Bible Question:
Makarios, Greetings. Please enlighten me. In human terms, one is responsible for his own doing. In a workplace, a manager is responsible to whatever failure his staff makes and in a family, a father is responsible for his children's behaviour. Now, my question is " Don't you think God feels responsible for the misdeeds of His creation?" Could it be God gave His only Son because of this feeling of responsibility ( I know John 3:16 ). BUT if it was so, it seems like it is some sort of imperfection yet we all know He is perfect. God bless Ngop |
Bible Answer: Ngop, these are great questions you bring up. However, i think you need to look at it a little differently. ask, 'why is a father respsonsible for his child's behavior?' i would not say a father is really responsible, but out of love responds to the child out of responsibility... let me clearify. In no way is a father going to jail for a child's crime. there is juvenile institutions for that. when a child is older (i believe its 18 years?) they are to face consequences as an adult. what i mean by this all is a father gives birth to his child and loves his child. because he can see himself in the very being he created, he is in love and wants to be fully responsible for the child. however, the father's role mainly is to prepare the child to grow up, ween, and then raise the child to a point where it would be able to one day have its own child to love also. you see, there is a core of a relationship where this responsibility comes from. there are many people that do not hold responsibility for their child. We have this love relatinship with God. In no manner did God have to take responsibility for us and our sins. His love for us saw that we were in dire need of a savior, so HE responded. a loving father would not sit still if his child was in dire need of something. if you ask me, the fact that God sent Christ just makes Him even more perfect of a father. as for the management role, i feel it healthy not to look at it that way. management leans toward a business mentatliy, and that would sway Christianity into more of a religion versus a relationship with GOd. i know this was not very lucid, but i hope it helped some. great question though. |