What you want to know about Christ.

God had to be strict to show he meant the laws he had given the Israelites. Jesus IS God. When Jesus came to earth, it was to die so that we could have forgiveness. Jesus was without sin, so although he had all our sins on him when he died, he had no sin in him. 'The wages of sin is death...' but Jesus had not sinned, so death couldn't hold him down,'But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.' Jesus didn't come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Jesus is completely God. The Trinity (God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit) are all God, although this doesn't really make sense, because how can three be one?But there are many things that our primitive human minds cannot get around. These are things we must ask God in heaven. That man was getting what he deserved, but Jesus has now died, so we can have the gift of God-eternal life.Edited by AdminPhat, : spaces

'In the last days...' That sure sounds like it is talking about the end of time. I believe the Messiah is and was Jesus. Please give me a prophecy about the messiah, not the end of time, that Jesus did not fullfil.

Give me a verse which demonstrates God's 'thirst for blood'. God created us, and has a right to take our life away. God gave Jonah free choice. He allowed him to get halfway across the world and then still allowed him the choice of whether or not to admit to causing the storm, the choice to obey after God saved him with a fish. Pharoah did have that choice, but God knew already what his response would be. God knows all.

Grace and the law are two different things. Anyone who breaks the law (the Ten Commandments) deserves death. But God's grace gives us life. God could have pardoned that man, but in that situation it would have seemed to the Israelites that God's recently given law was merely advice, not law which they must obey.

I cannot read God's mind. I do not have all the answers, and I am definitely not perfect. Yes, the Old Testament prophets were mostly from Israel. Back then, these were his chosen people. But, good people from other places were saved as well. Eg, Rahab, the Ninevites etc. New Testament, there were the Wise Men, a few important Romans, and the Apostles spread the word of Jesus Christ to most of the then known world. Just look at the titles of Paul's (and others) letters: Corinthians, Phillipians, Collosians, Galatians, Romans, Hebrews, etc. Many who have not heard the law have it written on their hearts, so they are a law to themselves. They will not be judged as if they know the law.

Yes I can see how some people don't get this. I have talked quite a bit about this in the thread 'The Bible was NOT man made, it was Godly made'. Please read what I say in that, then ask me again if you have further queries.

My first post deliberately asks that people dont argue too much in this thread. I made it for people who are honestly searching for something more in their lives. If you want to debate things, please use another thread. God loves you, and so do I. But this is not the place for a debate. Yes, I do have answers to what you have stated, but this thread is not the place. I welcome you views, not your arguments. Almost everything in your post I have been over before. I am praying for you, and everyone else in this forum, sincerely that you may come to know Christ as I do.God Bless you, my brother (or sister, but your name suggests you are male) in Christ.

You may also like to read the post I just sent in reply to Brian. God sometimes performs in ways we cannot understand until he explains it. I do not see that I disagreed with the Bible. I stand by the belief that God knows all that has happened, is happening and will happen. He is all-powerful, all-present and all-knowing. (the Bible backs this up). I will also pray ernestly for you that you will come to know Jesus Christ.

God created us. God created the earth. 'The earth' includes our atmosphere, food, water and everything else that keeps us alive. Why is it that a lot of humans completely disregard God for all their lives, and then when someone dies or is hurt or there is some other tradgedy, they scream at God and ask him why he did it? Well, the thing is, he didn't do it. Satan did. Yes, God could have stopped him, but here is the reason:The only reason Satan is still alive is because God allowed it. Now, this may seem weird and cruel to the rest of us, but keep reading. Lucifer (what Satan was called before the fall) had gone around in heaven and convinced a third of the angels that God was unfair. This is because God hadn't included him, the head angel in his plans for the new earth. He was jealous, and like so many people who are just below the top position, tried extremely hard to get to the top. God had to throw Lucifer out of heaven, along with a third of his beloved angels. If God had killed Satan, then everyone would have always wondered what might have happened. We would have obeyed God out of fear, not love. God gave him a chance to show his way on this earth. Please note; Eve didn't have to eat the apple off the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but she gave into temptation and the result was Satan and his demons (fallen angels) being allowed over the whole earth. There is no sin on other planets. Only here. The whole universe is watching to see if we give in to Evil. I pray that you won't. I pray you all will resist. I pray you will all come to know Christ sincerely. Edited by gen, : I said the whole world was watching when I should have said universe.

In all three of these circumstances, the people had a chance to surrender to God and live. Noah preached for about 100 years to the people asking them to repent. None repented, but they had the choice. Abraham argued with God enough so that if there were even 10!!! good people in Sodom, then they would be spared. Pharoah had numerous chances to allow the Israelites out. But he declined. But even some of the Egyptians painted blood on their doorposts and were spared. All of Egypt could have done this. They were given the choice. Please do not use profanity. I have eliminated those words in the quote. The sacrifice of the lamb is not merely for the sake of it. It points towards Jesus giving his life to save ours. 'The Creator of the Universe would rather die for you than live without you.' (Thats a quote, but I'm not quite sure who said it). Think on that quote for a minute. In the Old Testament, the Ten Commandments were given to the Israelites by God. Anyone who breaks God's law is worthy of death. A lamb had to die in their place for their sins, because Jesus hadn't come yet. So those sacrifices pointed to the ultimate Sacrifice-Jesus Christ, the Son of God. When Jesus died, he paid for all of our sins. 'The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.' Romans 6:23. He died so we could go to heaven. We, means anyone on this earth. The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ. It's a gift! All we have to do is accept it. That's what different about Jesus! Most other religions include people [i]earning[i/] their own Salvation. But God gives it to us for free! Why shouldn't we accept? Romans 10:9 'If you confess with your mouth 'Jesus is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raise him from the dead, you will be saved! It's that simple! God's grace is a free gift to all who take it. Not accepting is like refusing a birthday gift and saying 'I need to earn it.' Sounds silly, doesn't it? That's because it is. Accept God's gift! God's people don't always do what God wants. This is wrong. 'Do not commit adultery.' 'Do not murder.' No-one on earth is perfect. This is exactly the reason we need God's grace. Without it, we would be dead. It is not God that causes these things, but Satan. Without God, the whole reproduction process would not, could not happen. God has given us the ability to do so. God fully deserves our praise. He created us, He died for us, He puts up with our silly whims, and He will take all who accept His gift to heaven one day. He can't do much more.I am praying for you Rahvin, my brother/sister in Christ, that you may come to know Jesus as your Saviour.God Bless.

I stopped replying in that thread because everything was going round in circles and I could see I wouldn't change their minds. The whole Bible agrees, and it was written by over 40 authors over a few thousand years on several different continents! Most of them didn't know each other, though may have read the others books. Especially the Old Testament prophets agree, often without knowing each other, or reading each others books. Any further discussion on this topic should be continued in the aforementioned thread.God Bless.

The Bible does not specifically mention about Jesus genes scientifically, because there was little known about that 2000 years ago. Luke, a doctor, gives the most detailed account of the birth of Jesus: As you can see, Jesus was not conceived normally. It was a miracle. Jesus really had no biological 'father', but the Holy Spirit caused Mary to conceive a child. Yes, Jesus was circumcised.Thankyou for your interest and questions. I will pray for you, as everyone else I receive questions from, my brother/sister in Christ.gen.

Please give me a Scripture reference for this. Please consider the following verse, which is different to what you are saying. I hope this texts helps you to see the difference.God Bless you, my brother/sister in Christ.

Sorry, but no. John was one of Jesus close friends, an apostle in fact. He definitely didn't live for another 300 years. All the gospels are different, because they were written by different people with different backgrounds and qualifications. Matthew was a former tax collecter, and a disciple, Mark was not a disciple, and was probably a Roman, Luke was a Greek doctor, and never met Jesus face to face, and John was a disciple, formerly a fisherman. Of course they will have different writing styles. They had different viewpoints, different relationships, and different statuses. So their view of Jesus was different, but they all mostly agreed. I know there are some discrepencies, but depending on how you look at them, they can usually be seen as the same. There are still some things that we can't understand until we get to heaven and ask the One with the nail-pierced Hands himself.God Bless you, my brother/sister in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

True. But they are still both faith. You are still believing what someone has told you if you have not travelled around the world. No, it won't. But I was giving an example of faith. I do not believe in an eternal hell. God will not have His creation, although it turned away from Him, suffer forever. They will die, and not become alive again. They will not suffer and suffer, because God is not that cruel. To have faith, you must have faith in your faith. I look around with my eyes, and they send messages to my brain of an earth filled with life that could not have come about by random. I can see the intricacy of nature, and it is obvious that there is divine creation involved.God Bless you, my brother/sister in Christ. I pray that you come to know Him as your Saviour, for that is what He longs to be.