| He Died for our Sins? |
He Died for our Sins?
You have been told, as I have that Jesus died for our sins. When you were
a little kid and you first heard this notion, it is very likely that that idea did
not make sense to you. It certainly made no sense to me, and that among
several other ideas that we were taught haunted me for years until I came
to an understanding about why I felt that way.
We all have an idea about what Jesus was about, with the teachings we
were given that he taught to the people he came into contact with. He was
non judgmental, loving and always seeing in other people the same thing he
saw in the source of life, or God. He lived his life on this earth without
following any other man, or religion. He simply relied on the voice within
himself, and was able to access this knowledge for the way he thought
about others without judgment or condemnation.
We all know the story we were told about his life and the crucifixion at the
end of his life. We are also told the reasons behind this life and ending of
this life, were that he died so that God would be able to forgive us of our
sins. I want you to reflect back to the first time you heard this perspective
of this story. It is more than likely that this simply did not make sense to
you, your common sense that you were born with could not see a
connection between these events. Some of the questions that you may
have thought include; If God is God and all powerful, why could he not
forgive us anyway? Why would God allow his son to die in such a horrific
way, so that he would be capable of forgiving us, when as we all know
forgiveness is simply a choice that one makes. If your common sense is
like mine, it must have screamed to you that there is no connection
between the two events, not even in an indirect way. I certainly would not
have to sacrifice my kids to forgive you. There simply is no connection
between the two events.
Why would we be told this was the reason for Jesus to have walked this
earth?
Because this story instills the notion that we are separate from God, the
source, that we are “sinful” in nature and that is such a reality that God
allowed his son to die so that he could save our souls. This story makes
Jesus a martyr and creates the notion that we are inherently sinful and
separate from God, so that we have to follow the church to find our
forgiveness of these inherently sinful attributes that we are born with.
In other words, the church created this slant on the events to create the
illusion that we are so separate from God by sin, and that it is such a
reality that he let his own son be killed so that he could once again accept
us. This whole theory establishes the idea that we must follow the church
for forgiveness of sin. In fact it is so true that God had to sacrifice his son
to make it so.
Now lets use our common sense to evaluate this theory. If I do not need to
sacrifice my son to forgive you, then you can rest assured that God would
not have to sacrifice his son to forgive you. To even assume that God has
to forgive you, means that God has previously condemned you. To
condemn you means he cast you away from him, away from love, away
from acceptance and shut you off from his connection.
If God created everything, including you, then you have to be made of what
God is. If God is omnipresent, omnipotent and the source for all things, to
condemn you or me or anyone is to condemn a part of himself, much as a
person may hate and condemn their own fat body, or a face they perceive
as ugly. Humans do condemn their selves and even each other, and we
also contract diseases like cancer where the body begins to destroy its self
as if it were reacting to our own condemnation. But would you place that
same level of ignorance on the one you call God? Would God the source
actually condemn any part of its self, to shut a part of its self off from its
own love and forgiveness? Well if God would do that, he would be much
more Human than Godly.
Would it not agree with your own common sense that Jesus had a stronger
connection to this source than most of mankind? Would it not make sense
to you that the teachings and perspective that he gave the world at the time
he was here was a contribution that was needed at that time? Could the
reason of his lifetime simply be to impart that knowledge to the rest of us?
Jesus was not known to have ever condemned anyone for anything. Would
you think the source energy that he was living through would do any
different?
What does your common sense think about the possibility of men skewing
the truth of these events, to gain control of your spiritual destiny? For if
they can control your spiritual destiny then they control your values, your
tithing, your forgiveness and can remove your own sense of personal
connection to God. The same personal connection that Jesus must have
had since he was not part of any religion nor did he follow any master.
Jesus forgave everyone, without sacrificing anyone. I have forgiven many
people without sacrificing anyone, and I imagine you have done the same.
Whether Jesus was crucified or lived his life to an old age, his eventual
death had nothing to do with your forgiveness. Forgiveness was inherent in
his message and his life. Forgiveness wasn’t something that he exercised,
it was just the normal state since he never condemned. Jesus followed his
own inner voice, following no dogma or religious leader. He exercised his
own common sense and his innate connection to source that we all have
equally. Perhaps he was so knowledgeable for the fact that he looked for
the guidance and wisdom from within, rather than outside of himself.
Perhaps this alone was the message he passed along to the rest of us.
You have been told, as I have that Jesus died for our sins. When you were
a little kid and you first heard this notion, it is very likely that that idea did
not make sense to you. It certainly made no sense to me, and that among
several other ideas that we were taught haunted me for years until I came
to an understanding about why I felt that way.
We all have an idea about what Jesus was about, with the teachings we
were given that he taught to the people he came into contact with. He was
non judgmental, loving and always seeing in other people the same thing he
saw in the source of life, or God. He lived his life on this earth without
following any other man, or religion. He simply relied on the voice within
himself, and was able to access this knowledge for the way he thought
about others without judgment or condemnation.
We all know the story we were told about his life and the crucifixion at the
end of his life. We are also told the reasons behind this life and ending of
this life, were that he died so that God would be able to forgive us of our
sins. I want you to reflect back to the first time you heard this perspective
of this story. It is more than likely that this simply did not make sense to
you, your common sense that you were born with could not see a
connection between these events. Some of the questions that you may
have thought include; If God is God and all powerful, why could he not
forgive us anyway? Why would God allow his son to die in such a horrific
way, so that he would be capable of forgiving us, when as we all know
forgiveness is simply a choice that one makes. If your common sense is
like mine, it must have screamed to you that there is no connection
between the two events, not even in an indirect way. I certainly would not
have to sacrifice my kids to forgive you. There simply is no connection
between the two events.
Why would we be told this was the reason for Jesus to have walked this
earth?
Because this story instills the notion that we are separate from God, the
source, that we are “sinful” in nature and that is such a reality that God
allowed his son to die so that he could save our souls. This story makes
Jesus a martyr and creates the notion that we are inherently sinful and
separate from God, so that we have to follow the church to find our
forgiveness of these inherently sinful attributes that we are born with.
In other words, the church created this slant on the events to create the
illusion that we are so separate from God by sin, and that it is such a
reality that he let his own son be killed so that he could once again accept
us. This whole theory establishes the idea that we must follow the church
for forgiveness of sin. In fact it is so true that God had to sacrifice his son
to make it so.
Now lets use our common sense to evaluate this theory. If I do not need to
sacrifice my son to forgive you, then you can rest assured that God would
not have to sacrifice his son to forgive you. To even assume that God has
to forgive you, means that God has previously condemned you. To
condemn you means he cast you away from him, away from love, away
from acceptance and shut you off from his connection.
If God created everything, including you, then you have to be made of what
God is. If God is omnipresent, omnipotent and the source for all things, to
condemn you or me or anyone is to condemn a part of himself, much as a
person may hate and condemn their own fat body, or a face they perceive
as ugly. Humans do condemn their selves and even each other, and we
also contract diseases like cancer where the body begins to destroy its self
as if it were reacting to our own condemnation. But would you place that
same level of ignorance on the one you call God? Would God the source
actually condemn any part of its self, to shut a part of its self off from its
own love and forgiveness? Well if God would do that, he would be much
more Human than Godly.
Would it not agree with your own common sense that Jesus had a stronger
connection to this source than most of mankind? Would it not make sense
to you that the teachings and perspective that he gave the world at the time
he was here was a contribution that was needed at that time? Could the
reason of his lifetime simply be to impart that knowledge to the rest of us?
Jesus was not known to have ever condemned anyone for anything. Would
you think the source energy that he was living through would do any
different?
What does your common sense think about the possibility of men skewing
the truth of these events, to gain control of your spiritual destiny? For if
they can control your spiritual destiny then they control your values, your
tithing, your forgiveness and can remove your own sense of personal
connection to God. The same personal connection that Jesus must have
had since he was not part of any religion nor did he follow any master.
Jesus forgave everyone, without sacrificing anyone. I have forgiven many
people without sacrificing anyone, and I imagine you have done the same.
Whether Jesus was crucified or lived his life to an old age, his eventual
death had nothing to do with your forgiveness. Forgiveness was inherent in
his message and his life. Forgiveness wasn’t something that he exercised,
it was just the normal state since he never condemned. Jesus followed his
own inner voice, following no dogma or religious leader. He exercised his
own common sense and his innate connection to source that we all have
equally. Perhaps he was so knowledgeable for the fact that he looked for
the guidance and wisdom from within, rather than outside of himself.
Perhaps this alone was the message he passed along to the rest of us.
