Bible Question: All my life i have been told that God sent his son Jesus to die for our sins, but God didnt send his son to die for our sins he sent his son to preach the word. Why do people say this when in all actuality God wouldnt have to send anybody to die for our sins because God is God? |
Bible Answer: How do you explain John chapter 3? The statement that Jesus was sent to preach the Word is self defeating. John chapter 1 tells us that the "Word" is Jesus himself. Are you saying that Jesus was sent to preach about himself? Also, what does the "Word" or the "Gospel" include? It includes the events leading up to and including the Death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as well as the motivation behind it, hence for Jesus to die for our Sins. Now, back to my initial question. John chapter 3, specifically verses 16 - 18, comes right out and tells us that the purpose behind Jesus coming was to save the world. Now, for your last comment/question about God not truly sending anyone to die for our sins. I refer you to the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 16, verses 21 - 23. Jesus foretells his death. Peter opens his mouth and says "God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to you!" Jesus replies back, and rebukes Peter by saying "Get behind me, Satan." Such talk about Jesus not coming from God, or coming to save our sins, but coming for other purposes are nothing more than Satan trying to decieve. In closing, I refer you to 1 John, chapter 4. To sum up this passage, Don't believe everything you come across, hear, or read, or are told by those claiming to be from God. Instead, John tells us to put those claims to the test. That test is to compare what they teach about Jesus to the written Word. If they confess Jesus as being sent from God, and sens to be the payment of our sins, then they are from God. Those sent by God will teach and live and work through Love, because God is the originator of Love. Jesus coming to us, in the flesh, was because of God's Love. Jesus Loves you. Jesusman |