| 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.
