KCU/03/SMAJ

Topic 10: Why did Jesus have to die?

Question: Based on what you know from the Bible & other sources (including the Theology Matters readings), why do you think Jesus had to die? (Be sure to do more research into the issue. If the group cannot come to a consensus, feel free to have different group members each express their own opinions.)

Jon Alexander's contribution:

	Jesus died for our sins.

	The death of Christ has been believed to be the fundamental related to the moral possibilities of justification.

	That he provided to five his Son so that he might righteously forgive.

	From god’s point view, however, every sinner in principle- in his moral status- is forgiven from the beginning and the basis of the fact, which God in Christ from eternity himself became responsible for the foreknown sin of the man whom he was to create. 

	He became as it were sin itself, treat him as if he was sin and in our sin’s stead he died. 

	Expressed the passion of the divine heart engaged at suck measureless cost in saving man.

	If God can love, or if he is holy, he can suffer.

	Because he is infinitely holy and loving, and such is in sensitive relationship to his creature, he is the Supreme Sufferer in the Universe.

	Jesus death was voluntary

Mildride Macena's contribution: Since the beginning, God has planned to save men. When Adam and Eve have sinned it was the lamb that paid for their sins. The lamb was a sacrifice to cover their sins. In order for sin to be forgiven blood has to be shed. The sacrifice should be perfect. The lamb that was killed for Adam’s sin knew nothing from right and wrong. He was blameless. The lamb was a substitute for Adam and Eve. Jesus was sinless and therefore He was the right sacrifice. He was also our substitute; he was the only one who could pay for our penalty. The punishment for sin is death. Romans 3:23said that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Jesus was made perfect. Through him we are saved.

Stephanie Cherubin's contribution: Source:The Cross of Christ by John R. W. Stott

According to different people Jesus died for different reasons :

According to the Jewish leaders:

   - Jesus was a blasphemer
   -they killed him because they envied him
   - Jesus had a disrespectful attitude toward the law
   - Jesus made provocative claims
   -Jesus' teachings were dangerous and even subversive( having the ability to overthrow completely)
   -Jesus' teachings were against God
   

According to the Romans:

  -Jesus was proclaiming himself king of the Jews, thus challenging the authority of Caesar
  - His crime was sedition(conduct or language inciting rebellion against the state)
  - Jesus' crime was against Caesar
  - Jesus was a revolutionary thinker and a preacher and some even considered Him a revolutinary activist as well
  -Jesus disturbed the status quo- the existing state of affairs
  

Bassically to the groups above Jesus died as a law-breaker but in reality He died as the victim of small minds, and as a martyr to His own greatness.

Jesus went to the cross voluntarily According to the Octavius Winslow,God delivered Jesus up to die for love.

 - John 3:16- "For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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Stephanie Cherubin SMAJ 1 Jonathan Alexander Arthur Harvey Mildride Macena

                          First Draft:   Why Did Jesus Have To Die
         

 Since the beginnig, God has planned to save men. When Adam and Eve sinned, God killed a lamb, took his skin, and covered Adam and Eve.This lamb's skin symbolized Jesus comming as a lamb to cover the sins of the world. In order for sin to be forgiven,blood has to be shed and it also has to be perfect blood.Who else was perfect enough to come and die on the cross for us? Jesus was our substitute; he was the only one who could pay for our penalty.According to Romans 6:23, "The wages of sin is death." Somebody had to die and Jesus took the responsibility and died for our sins.But as many of us have often asked "Why?" Why did Jesus have to die? Our group searched and found some reasons Jesus why Jesus.We tend to say that He died for our sins, but it's much more complicated then that. According to different people ,Jesus died for different reasons. We will discuss the views of these groups of people: Jewish leaders, Romans, and Christians.
                    
                     According to The Cross of Christ by John R.W. Scott , Jewish leaders considered Jesus to be a blasphemer.They considered His attitude to be very disrespectful toward the law.They said that He made provacative claim and that His teachings were dangerous and even subversive.To make it more simple, they believed that Jesus' teachings were against God.For this reason they decided that the best thing to do was to put Him to death and get rid of Him. They felt like He was a manace to them.He was bringing all they lies out and they could not stand that.They were afraid that the people of Israel were going to find the truth and not believe their teachings anymore. They envied jesus because He was getting a lot of followers and He becoming very popular. They knew  that Jesus was right and several times they tried to prove Him wrong but couldn't but they were too proud to admit it and therefore put Jesus to death thinking that would solve their problems.
                    
                  The Jewish leaders weren't the only ones responsible for putting  Jesus to death. As a matter of fact they inspired the act but did not physically do it. The murderers of Jesus were  the Romans. It was their soldiers that hung Jesus up on the cross. Two of the Roman rulers in Israel condemed Jesus, but why? Well here are several reasons.Acccording to The Cross of Christ, Jesus ,in proclaiming Himself King of the Jews, was thus challenging the authority of Caesar. Ceasar was considered to be the only king and almost the only one worshipped. For anyone to proclaim them King or anything of that sort was considered to be insulting Caesar. It as even considered a crime against Caesar.To the Romans the crime that Jesus committed was sedition meaning that He incited rebellion agianst the state.They  came to see Him as a revolutionary thinker, preacher,and even  a revolutionary activist as well. Jesus was as a disturabance to the status quo- the existing state of affairs. Therefore when the Jewish leaders brought Jesus before them, they  did not even consider Him to be even a little bit right; they just got rid of Him thinking that they were getting rid of a menace.
              
                To Christians,Jesus died for a  whole different reasons.Jesus died for our sins. He died to restore our relationship with God.According to How Does The Death Of Christ Save Us? by Henry C. Marbie,D.D., the death of Jesus has been believed to be the fundamental reason to the moral possibilities of justification.  Without Jesus' death there was no way that we could have been justified.Jesus' death was the bridge that connected us God the father.
 
               To different people, the death of Jesus means different things. Now that we've read what it meant to some people, we should go and think what the death of Christ means to us and how it affects our lives.