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How did Jesus' death wash away our sins?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 37266524:MV8xNTc3MDg0XzQyOTYxMjA2XzY1RTA1M0E0] [quote:Scrodiddles:MV8xNTc3MDg0XzY1NUIxMEZE] ... So they torture him, place him on a cross, and then wait for him to die. He passes away, is reborn and then ascends to heaven. Now I get forgiven if I have impatient thoughts? How does that work? Did he die, go to heaven and flip on a breaker switch, resurrect on earth to check if it worked and then just strolled on back to heaven? What happened during his death that made our sins forgivable? ... [/quote] Let us read the word of God: [b]Isaiah 53[/b] 1. Who really believed what we heard? Who saw in it the Lord’s great power? ... 4 The fact is, [color=red]it was our suffering he took on himself; he bore our pain[/color]. But we thought that God was punishing him, that God was beating him for something he did. [b][u][color=red]5 But he was being punished for what we did. He was crushed because of our guilt. He took the punishment we deserved, and this brought us peace. We were healed because of his pain[/color][/u][/b]. 6 We had all wandered away like sheep. We had gone our own way. [color=red]And yet the Lord put all our guilt on him.[/color] ... 8 He was taken away by force and judged unfairly. The people of his time did not even notice that he was killed. But [color=red]he was put to death for the sins of his people[/color]. 9 He had done no wrong to anyone. He had never even told a lie. But he was buried among the wicked. His tomb was with the rich. ... 12 For this reason, I will treat him as one of my great people. I will give him the rewards of one who wins in battle, and he will share them with his powerful ones. [color=red]I will do this because he gave his life for the people. He was considered a criminal, but the truth is, he carried away the sins of many. Now he will stand before me and speak for those who have sinned.[/color]” http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+53&version=ERV May God bless, protect and save us all! All glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost! Amen! [/quote]
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I am actually being sincere here. I was raised in a Southern Babtist home and have read the bible a fair share of times, but I am at a total loss when it comes to understanding how Jesus dying on the cross translates into me being forgiven for my "sins".
And please don't just post scripture that just states it matter-of-factly as if I should ignore that we live in a world where things have to correlate.
So they torture him, place him on a cross, and then wait for him to die. He passes away, is reborn and then ascends to heaven. Now I get forgiven if I have impatient thoughts? How does that work? Did he die, go to heaven and flip on a breaker switch, resurrect on earth to check if it worked and then just strolled on back to heaven? What happened during his death that made our sins forgivable?
It's like a father bursting through the door and telling his son that cursing is now allowed in the house because he hit a deer on the way home. How in the world is it connected?
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