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What thing do you love the most in your walk with the Lord?
What are your favorite verses in the Bible?
Besides Jesus, who is your favorite character in the Bible?
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What I love most of walking with the Lord is having the freedom and confidence to fail. I used to be a perfectionist and extremely self-critical, trying to cover up my faults in front of other people, but with God, I can finally be human because I have someone who will pick me up when I fall.
My two favorite verses in the Bible: Jeremiah 33:3 and Job 23:10
Two of my favorite characters, which I feel no one talks about much: Ehud of Judges 3:12 because of the historical context at the time of the view of left-handed people and Hezekiah of 2 Chronicles 29:3 because despite his father's legacy, he chose to live one of truth and faith unlike his father.
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Love Jeremiah 33:3. The Lord is a telephone call away and able to listen at any moment's notice; And He can help reveal amazing things to us in such beautiful ways.
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why do you like questions
Questions are usually unexpected and help me to think about things I normally don't think about. Other people's curiosity intrigues me.
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why does other peoples curiosity intrigue you
Because everyone thinks differently and it reminds me of how unique people are.
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Well there is an answer, but it's so symbolic and requires knowledge of the old testament, one of the most boring (in my opinion) parts of the old testament. But I how how Jesus "became sin." Should I elaborate?
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When God asks questions they are important.
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God's Great Questions | Inside Report Magazine | Amazing Facts
The first question God asks in the Bible is "Where are you?"
Adam and Eve had just sinned, and in their fear and confusion they ran away from God. In Genesis 3:9, we read that "The Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?"
If you believe that God knew where Adam was, then you must pause to consider why God asked that question. I believe He wanted Adam to think: "What has sin done to me? Why did I leave God, and why am I running away from Him?"
The question "Where are you?" was posed first to Adam, but it's actually directed to you and me, as well. Every sinner is running from God, and the Bible says that our sins have separated us from Him (Isaiah 59:2). You need to hear God say to your soul, as a sinner: "Where are you? Are you hiding in the bushes, sewing together fig leaves in an attempt to cover your nakedness? What has sin done to you?"
It is probably no accident that God's first question to man in the Old Testament is "Where are you?" while the first question the wise men ask in the New Testament is "Where is he?" (Matthew 2:2). Humans have been separated from God by sin, and there is a massive search underway. God is looking for us, and we are looking for Him.
The Bible tells us that as soon as we begin to make an effort to return to God, He will draw near unto us (James 4:8). It's like the story of the prodigal son who ran away from his loving father. As soon as the father saw the young man approaching, he ran to embrace his son. God is looking for us, and He wants us to come back.
Adam and Eve had just sinned, and in their fear and confusion they ran away from God. In Genesis 3:9, we read that "The Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?"
If you believe that God knew where Adam was, then you must pause to consider why God asked that question. I believe He wanted Adam to think: "What has sin done to me? Why did I leave God, and why am I running away from Him?"
The question "Where are you?" was posed first to Adam, but it's actually directed to you and me, as well. Every sinner is running from God, and the Bible says that our sins have separated us from Him (Isaiah 59:2). You need to hear God say to your soul, as a sinner: "Where are you? Are you hiding in the bushes, sewing together fig leaves in an attempt to cover your nakedness? What has sin done to you?"
It is probably no accident that God's first question to man in the Old Testament is "Where are you?" while the first question the wise men ask in the New Testament is "Where is he?" (Matthew 2:2). Humans have been separated from God by sin, and there is a massive search underway. God is looking for us, and we are looking for Him.
The Bible tells us that as soon as we begin to make an effort to return to God, He will draw near unto us (James 4:8). It's like the story of the prodigal son who ran away from his loving father. As soon as the father saw the young man approaching, he ran to embrace his son. God is looking for us, and He wants us to come back.
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Jesus (Who is the spotless Lamb and who is sinless) took on our sins in the cup witin the Garden Gethsemane. He later was beaten and whipped. Isaiah says, he was wounded for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities and by his stripes (whip marks) we are healed. Christ was then crucified and the Father laid all Judgment of sin upon Him and He died for all of mankind's sins so as to offer man the free gift of salvation. Jesus was in the grave 3 days and 3 nights; And then Christ conquered sin and death with His resurrection. Jesus then ascended to the Father (After telling Mary not to touch Him), and entered the Holy Temple up in Heaven by his blood so as to be our mediator and or Heavenly High Priest between God the Father and man. Jesus restores our broken fellowship with God whereby He can live inside us.
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Oh, and God showed me a parallel involving Joseph and Jesus. For Christ taking on our sin in the Garden can be seen in the story of Joseph. For Judah took on Benjamin's guilt of the cup within his bag and was willing to go to prison (i.e. take punishment) in Benjamin's place for a sin that Benjamin did not do (See Genesis 44).
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Think of like how somebody was planning to kill you with a gun, and a close family member steps in the way of you and takes the bullet for you instead.
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He broke none: Jesus symbolically became sin. In Leviticus, you learn what must be done annually to forgive the sins of the congregation is the Israelites. The priests (who were the only ones that God deemed worthy) were to take a spotless animal, then symbolically place all of their sins on one animal by simply laying a hand on that animal and confessing all sins, transferring sin "Judiciously." In that way, the animal became sin.
In the same way, Jesus was accused by the Pharasees (the priests) of every sin, which answers the question, "Why was Jesus silent as he was being accused if he was innocent?" If Jesus would have plead his case, he would no longer be sin. Instead, his accusations made him sin in the eyes of the people. (Judiciously).
I don't know if I explained that very well. I hope so.
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The cup was the cup of suffering. That's why the cup was filled with wine to symbolize his blood during the last supper.
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No symbolism here. The actual sins of the world were within that cup and Jesus took them upon himself. It is why he reviled the idea of taking the cup in the first place. But seeing there was no other way to save us, He took the cup and He was then wounded for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities afterwards by being whipped and beaten and then finally crucified.
Maybe this animated music video will help you to understand the exchange that happens between Christ and mankind whereby He can then give us the gift of salvation (if we freely accept it).
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