Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
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Title - Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Church - Living Word Lutheran in Katy, Texas (ELCA)
Author - Pastor Mike Aus
Citations - 2 Corinthians 5:19-21, Philippians 2 5-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
Quality - There are a few small clicks
Summary - The church's spiritual growth campaign for this season of Lent involves discussing the core beliefs and questions of Christianity in small groups. One of the key questions is: why did Jesus have to die? A popular theory is that God was angry with us and had to take it out on someone and so Jesus took the brunt for us. It's the "I'm mad at you, but I'll kick the dog instead" theory. This is a quesitonable reading of scripture. This turns God into an angry tyrant that needs the murder of his son before he can forgive. But this is irreconcilible with the story of the prodigal son. Jesus suffers through the worst the Roman world could hand him and still forgives us and absorbs all our sin, always and forever. It's because of God's love, not God's anger.
Title - Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Church - Living Word Lutheran in Katy, Texas (ELCA)
Author - Pastor Mike Aus
Citations - 2 Corinthians 5:19-21, Philippians 2 5-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
Quality - There are a few small clicks
Summary - The church's spiritual growth campaign for this season of Lent involves discussing the core beliefs and questions of Christianity in small groups. One of the key questions is: why did Jesus have to die? A popular theory is that God was angry with us and had to take it out on someone and so Jesus took the brunt for us. It's the "I'm mad at you, but I'll kick the dog instead" theory. This is a quesitonable reading of scripture. This turns God into an angry tyrant that needs the murder of his son before he can forgive. But this is irreconcilible with the story of the prodigal son. Jesus suffers through the worst the Roman world could hand him and still forgives us and absorbs all our sin, always and forever. It's because of God's love, not God's anger.
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