Sin

[SH89]

I have a simple question that has been bothering me today.

Why couldnt God just wipe away all sin (past, present, and future) the minute Adam sinned?

I know in genesis 3:21 he put "coats of skins, and clothed them" because of their sins.

Hebrews 9
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

I understand hebrews 9:22.
Is it because the wages of sin is death, so Jesus needed to pay the price of sin on the cross?
Jesus being innocent, tasted death when he didnt need to, since he never sinned right?
I know why Jesus died, but im doubting why God could of just wiped sin away instead of laying down his life for us ?

 

[jbarcher]

Wait...

Are you asking, Why didn't God wipe away all sin?

Or Why couldn't God wipe away all sin?

The difference is huge. The first assumes that God could, but recognizes the fact that God DID NOT. The second assumes that God did not...I don't know where CANNOT comes from.

Killing the first animals was God matching our failures with His grace.

I think it's quite possible that God could just wipe out everything and do it again. To ask, "If God knew that the Fall was going to happen, why did He go ahead with it?" is in the same category as "Why didn't God just wipe out everything?" I think.

I don't think the question is even raised. Please correct me if I am wrong.

However, let us refrain from the error of attempting to judge what we do not know. If we don't know God's motive, then we cannot pass judgment on it. (We don't have any grounds anyway to judge God.)

 

[StAnselm]

I'm assuming the question is whether Jesus needed to die in order for sins to be forgiven.

The Hebrews 9:22 verse is vitally important, as is Hebrews 10:4, "For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." Come to think about it, this is what the entire book of Hebrews is all about - the only way God can forgive sin is through the death of his Son. God can't remove sin just like that, because he is a righteous God. Sins must be paid for...

 

[Katydid]

Here is a question for you, though I don't know if you can understand. I mean, it is a parenting question, but maybe you can put yourself into the position to understand.

My husband and I KNEW that when we had children, they would disobey, they would break our rules and we would have to discipline them. Well, why on earth would we have children if we knew all of this would occur?

In my mind G-d is very much like that. He knew that when he gave birth to man that we would sin, we would break the rules.

With our children, when they sin, when they break our rules, we discipline them.

G-d also used discipline to teach. He gave us sacrifices.

With our children, when they reach adolescence, we have to alter our methods of discipline. Timeouts don't work with a teenager.

G-d also had to alter his tactics for discipline. Sacrifices were no longer truly sacrificial. Israel had people selling lambs for sacrifice, so the people no longer had to sacrifice one of their own. They found a way around the form of discipline given. So he decided to send his son. 1. to show that it is possible to live without sin. 2. to demonstrate the love he has for us. 3. to show us what grace is.

Whenever I have problems understanding why G-d did something, I always put it on a smaller level of us. We were made in his image. I am thoroughly convinced that G-d gave us parenthood for the purpose of teaching us about Him. You will never know true unconditional love until you hold a child in your arms that you know is completely dependant on you. And, you know that you would walk through hell and back to help that child. That is what Yeshua (Jesus) did for us. He walked through hell and back.

 

[mark kennedy]

I have often wondered the same thing and the answer is actually pretty complicated. Romans 3 addresses this issue directly and if I follow the reasoning God had to justify his forbearance.

"...for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; *whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God;*for the shewing forth of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just, and justify him that is of the faith of Jesus. "(Romans 3:23-26)