Scripture says he laid down his life -- that means died -- of his own free will.
I thought suicide was a sin.
I'm 100% sure that I would give my life so that all of humankind would live in peace. Does that make make me God?
God forsook him and he died. He actually died.
Yes, God forsook Him. But, He was God? I guess if you forsake yourself then you might kill yourself, but, again, isn't suicide a sin?
He came back because all it took for him to pay for our sins was dying itself in our place.
So, good on Jesus. He already paid for my sins. Or, wait, do I have to recognize the blood sacrifice just like I would have had to witness and/or instigate an animal/human sacrifice in order to repent or please the god(s)? I'm not really sure here. I figure the blood of God is enough seeing as how He so loves me and all.
Because he himself was personally sinless he couldn't die for himself but only for us.
Why would He die for Himself?
He died bearing OUR sins. He paid for them by dying in our place. He paid for our sins and then God returned him to life, which he could do because he was sinless.
But He didn't die in our place. If Jesus is eternal and He preached to the dead (even those who sinned magnificently -including all the wickedest of the wicked before Noah - before Jesus walked the Earth), why didn't/doesn't Jesus (as God) preach to all departed souls until the end of time? Why the need to walk the Earth as Man?
Actually there are three separate statements about Who brought Him back to life, one says He Himself did, one says God the Father did, one says the HOly Spirit did -- all of them being God.
I don't necessarily doubt you and I'm sure I do not know scripture as well as you do, but I would like to know the passages that support this statement and/or why they are interpreted as such.
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