Thread:Superdadsuper/@comment-26998507-20150921001036/@comment-26998507-20150930011837

Dynaboom wrote:
 * Which brings me to another topic: Why would ANYBODY need their own child killed JUST to be able to forgive others?

God hates sin, and there's only 2 ways to remedy it. There's Hell fire, and there's innocent blood. But no one is innocent but God. ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). I can't die for your sins because I'm guilty too. God is the only one capable of paying your price for you. The alternative is you being eternally punished for your sins in Hell and the Lake of Fire. Not pleasant, to say the least.

THAT'S why God sent his son, Jesus Christ, to earth. He was sinless. He lived a perfect life on earth for 33 years, then he died for our sins at the cross, went to Hell for 3 days, and on the third day he rose again. He defeated death and conquered the grave for US. For YOU!

God (the Father), Jesus Christ (the Son), and the Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost are all part of the "Trinity". So we consider all 3 of them sort of the same entity, all sinless. And Man was made in God's own image.

We were given a mind, body, and a soul. God is like the mind. Jesus Christ is like the body. The Holy Spirit is like the soul.

If you want to talk to God, you're going to need to go through Jesus Christ. Jesus is THE way, THE truth, and THE life. He is the ONLY WAY to Heaven (John 14:6). The only way to talk to God directly.

God is love, but love isn't actually God's biggest trait. God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, but ABOVE ALL, He is Holy. He's Holy, Holy, Holy. (Always was, is and always will be Holy.) Holiness trumps all of God's other traits.

It wouldn't be Holy for God to just ignore the sin and let it get into Heaven. There needs to be justice. But God loved us too much to just let us be tormented for Eternity. If you accept Jesus Christ as your savior, the penalty of you sin will be "Paid in Full" (Romans 6:23)!

Calvary's Cross is where justice and mercy meet.