What Christians Believe About The Death Of Jesus
Different denominations are all united in their belief of the death of
Jesus.
As a result of Jesus' death on the cross, he redeemed humanity.
Through its sinful behaviour the human race had effectively sold
itself to Satan, but Jesus had to pay the necessary price to buy it
back.
Christians believed that when God sent his only son, Jesus Christ to
die on the cross, he saved us all from sin and reunited with God.
Therefore, Jesus is seen to Christians as a ransom, which was paid in
order for the world to be at atonement with God once again. Jesus was
sinless, and was God incarnate as well as man, and so his death was
able to redeem mankind.
We are once again reminded of Jesus' sacrifice in order to be
reconciled with God, when he is referred to as the second Adam, as he
corrected the fall of mankind (Adam & Eve).
Christians also argue that the death of Jesus was inevitable; he had
to die, for humanity couldn't be redeemed without him being
sacrificed. The bible teaches us this. It teaches us that God is
merciful, but he is also just, so our sins have to be paid for.
The Crucifix holds symbolism for Roman Catholics as well as
Protestants. Roman Catholics see it as a symbol of Jesus death,
therefore having a crucifix with Jesus on. Protestants however, see it
as a symbol of Jesus' resurrection therefore having a plain crucifix.
Jesus if often referred to as 'The lamb of God'. This can be compared
with the Old Testament (Exodus) where an innocent lamb would be
sacrificed each year at Passover. Jewish people did this, as they
believed that by shedding the blood of an innocent lamb and painting
it upon their doors, they would be spared by the angel of death. Jesus
is like the lamb that is sacrificed in order to spare the Jews lives.
An example of this today can be found at mass where the congregation
There are two different kinds of righteousness that are explained through scripture; passive righteousness and active righteousness. In the film Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen, a nun, comforts Matthew, a convicted murderer and rapist, and the tension between her comforting Matthew over the families loss of their children grows. Sister Helen opposes the death penalty, whereas the Apostle Paul, in Romans 13, did not object to the death penalty. The Apostle Paul teaches that we must live by grace with each other, but Paul also clearly states that we are to obey and respect human government. Passive righteousness and active righteousness are examined in Dead Man Walking.
The purpose of the Bible is for humanity to acknowledge their sins and build a relationship with God because our goal is to go to heaven. The Bible is also a guide for humanity because it demonstrates how to live life. For instance, the Bible states we should love the individuals we encounter as ourselves. Furthermore, some individuals question that if Jesus was not physically resurrected, then Christianity would be a false religion. However, after watching the video, I believe Jesus physically rose from the dead because there are many historical events to substantiate this claim.
Prominent figures like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens have all argued that God does not exist. However, there is historical proof for God’s existence. Using different theories, this paper will show that God, the creator of the universe exists. The proof that God exists is also seen in the fact that we have a savior, Jesus Christ. Our compassionate God sent his son Jesus to die for all the world’s sin. The sting of sin is death, but thanks to God Christ took away this sting by dying on the cross. Jesus made atonement for sin. It is through Christ that we live. Paul wrote triumphantly in 1 Corinthians 15:55, “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” Similarly, Christians rejoice because we have victory over death.
In his Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Mourning (c.1460), a piece within the Northern Renaissance collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rogier van der Weyden portrays a stark image of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The right panel of the diptych depicts the gruesome image of a crucified Christ. Weight pulls the emaciated body down into a Y-shape, contrasting the T-shape of the cross it is mounted on. The only movement comes from the loincloth wrapped around Christ’s waist that dances in the wind. Blood visibly trickles from the corpse’s wounds. Behind the body, a red cloth is draped down the grey wall. At the base of the cross sits a skull and bone. The left panel portrays the Virgin Mary swooning in despair as Saint John attempts to support her weight. Her hands are clasped in prayer as she gazes up at her lifeless son. Both figures are clothed in pale draping robes. The vibrant red of the cloth that hangs from the grey wall in the background contrasts the subdued colors of the
First, His death matters because He took our place. In the Old Testament days, God graciously allowed for the offering of sacrifices in the form of animal blood — animals without blemishes — as a means to pardon us from the consequences of sin. Then, later in history, God sent His Son, Jesus, to serve as a more perfect sacrifice for our sins. His death on the cross served as a once for all sacrifice — eliminating the previously required animal sacrifices. The author explained that, though the penalty for sin is death, as Christians, we escape paying this penalty since Jesus died in our stead.
The resurrection of Jesus is a topic in Christian Apologetic that confirms the faith of a believer. Groothuis submits, “Of all the world’s religions Christianity alone purports to be based on the resurrection of its divine founder. No other religion or worldview makes such an audacious and consequential claim. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus himself predicts his own betrayal, death and resurrection.”1 The Bible reveals the importance of the resurrection in Corinthians 15:14-17, “And if Christ wasn’t raised to life, our message is worthless, and so is your faith. If the dead won’t be raised to life, we have told lies about God by saying that he raised Christ to life, when he really did not. So if the dead won’t be raised to life, Christ wasn’t raised to life. Unless Christ was raised to life, your faith is useless, and you are still living in your sins.”
Each month our educational center section provides the Hinduism Today staff with a 'kind of group meditation. Individually we ponder our subject, and together we discuss it in detail. These past 30 days our meditation was on death. You might think we had a morbid March. Not so, since, as U.S. General George Patton rightly noted, "For Hindus death is the most exalted experience of life."
In the Bible, God, sacrifices his only son, a respectable, revered "heavenly" figure, allowing Jesus to live amongst sinful people. In human form, Jesus treats the common people's illnesses and performs miracles to help them; above all, he cares for them and loves them. Jesus is selfless, endlessly devoting himself to helping and serving others, and ensuring that they will have a better life by showing them "the way" to God. Jesus sacrifices his life in heaven to come to Earth and help his people.
This God is the sole origin of reality, creating what is good, and a world of order
For Christians, the story of Jesus’ resurrection is celebrated on a holiday known as Easter. The narration begins with Jesus being arrested for exclaiming that He was the Son of God. He was taken to the Roman governor, Pilate, who delivered Him to be crucified. The soldiers took Jesus away and cast a crown of thorns on His head and a reed on His right hand (Matt. 27:28-30). To Christian...
We know that in those final hours of His life Jesus was crucified. But what exactly is a crucifixion?
Christians also believe that Jesus died on the cross to repent the sin's of man. On the other hand, Judaism believes that Jesus did not die to repent man's sins. Sins are not repented by Jesus’s death, but by just seeking forgiveness.
I do believe that the cross and Bible are symbols of our faith and walk with Christ. One, the bible tell us the history of our churches and the word of God, although, it can be used to justify the things that people do I believe that its main purpose is to tell us what we have gone through and who our God is. In orthodoxy, the cross is a very important item because it symbolizes the we believe in God and also when you’re baptized as a child you God parent gives you a cross to symbolize the commit to God that they made to help you grow in the faith. Another, reason the cross is important is because it symbolizes the death and love that Jesus had for us. I mean he sacrificed himself for our sakes and that is what the cross symbolizes to me our commitment to God and his
"Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." (James 1:15), or as Paul puts it in Romans 6:23 " the wages of sin is death". Christ never sinned, and therefore did not earn the wages of sin. Therefore God raised him from the dead "having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it." (Acts 2:24). The full story of Christ's death and resurrection can be found in Matthew 27 & 28, Mark 15 & 16, Luke 23 & 24, and John 18 - 21.
I believe Jesus died for our sins. Christianity to me is more of a relationship with God rather than just a religious practice. The bible to me is God last words and teachings in a matter of faith and practice.