Is the sacrifice of Jesus over rated?
Jesus “died” on the cross for our sins. But God cannot die....Jesus certainly suffered but He did not die.
IMHO, many Christians seem to over rate His sacrifice.
When I was an atheist, I had no illusions of everlasting life, yet I would have died to save my children. I think every decent person would do the same.
Jesus “died” knowing he would not die....not much sacrifice there. Jesus “died” to provide a path to salvation for billions of God’s children. We would die to save one of our children.
Should we be grateful that He gave us a way to salvation....CERTAINLY!!
Was it much of a sacrifice....not in the big scheme of things.
Is the sacrifice of Jesus over rated?
Many lessons are connected to the death of Jesus, IMO.
Humanity may never achieve a sin-free existence, especially when it insists on elevating to positions of power a few to rule over the many.
Jesus’s own people betrayed him when he was brought before Pontius Pilate; Pilate asked the crowd gathered in audience to claim Jesus as one of their brethren, and offered Jesus a reprieve from death if they would but remove him from the confines of the city and relieve Pilate of the complaints about Jesus’s sermons. No one stepped in to prevent the sentence of death by crucifixion. Jesus told Pilate he was not afraid to die. Pilate was left no choice at that point but to send him to his death, lest he appeared weak before the public he ruled over. And that was that.
The little guy versus the government behemoth...doesn’t that sound all too familiar?
R/Griff