why do christians seem so proud of Jesus dying?

Question

why do christians seem so proud of Jesus dying?

Answer 1

Its because of the reason he died. We aren't glad he died but we are thankful.

Answer 2

Because of His death on the cross we never have to die Spiritually. If you have placed your faith in Christ you will never have to be seperated from God.

Answer 3

No greater love has a man than this, that he would lay down his life for his friends. ~Jesus

Answer 4

it is not a bad sign. he died for our sins. then he was raised back from the dead three days later. he beat death and sin. so yea its pretty great!

Answer 5

Because He died to save us, but He arose and is not dead....let me see your god or any other one die for you and arise again...

Answer 6

Because He died for their sins which saved them from going to hell

Answer 7

It's not the point that he died, but that he ROSE FROM THE DEAD! He conquered death and showed us that when we die in this life we will rise again to a better life.

Answer 8

Because it is the only mechanism which adequately addresses the irreconciliable concepts of mercy and justice. Other belief systems either don't adequately address this very real dilemma or else they completely ignore it.

Answer 9

Jesus dying was a good thing because he came back to life! Jesus lived a perfect life therefore he could pay the penalty for our sins. That means he died so that we don't have to! He was buried and then was raised 3 days later! If He hadn't done all 3 of those things (perfect life, death, resurrection) it woudl mean nothing. But He did it all so we can have life though Him!

Answer 10

cuz He had the guts to put others ahead of Himself!!!

Answer 11

Yeah, and they don't even realize that in mythology Jesus wasn't the only God to die and come back. There's tons of other examples.

Answer 12

First of all, Jesus was fully human as well as fully God at the same time, so for Him, dying was just as bad as it would be for you. an example where we can see that he was human as well as God because before he was taken away to be killed, he prayed to God and asked Him that i there was any other way, that he could take that instead of dying, but there was no other way.



He loved every one, no mater how bad they were/are, so much that he was willing to be very painfully killed on the cross for our sins. Jesus was also publicly humiliated and mistreated and falsely accused. (the process of dying on the cross is extremely cruel and painful, it can sometimes take hours to die. This is why the guard stuck a spear in Jesus' side, cos this is what they did to see if some one was dead or not.) Would u be willing to do that for your people? I dont think so.



Secondly, we are not grateful that he died, but the fact that he died AND was resurrected. He came back to life, he defeated death. Have u ever heard of a person doing that?

Answer 13

can't people comprehend the simplest things?



1) in greek mythology/roman mythology, a God could be mortal or immortal.

2) God isn't part of greek mythology. Christ (as every human being) was both mortal and immortal. What separated him from normal man was that he was God incarnate: the fullness of the trinity as flesh.

3) Christ, as God, had to cut himself off from his own Divinity, so human rules and limitations applied: he had to Pray to God the Father for power/guidance, he had to work according to God the Father's will, he could actually feel physical pain, was milited by time, etc.



Christ died more than a mortal death. we just leave our bodies. Christ left with the sins of the world on his shoulders. we die cause no man lasts forever. Christs died so we could "live" forever.

Answer 14

It is counterintuitive that a man dies yet a great world religion can start from him. Yet Christianity has stood the test of time. Worth thinking God's existience when many people choose this strange path due to thier own experiential evidence



Blood is the source of life. If you loose it you have no life. Eternal blood was shed to share eternal life with all mankind. Truth is often stranger than fiction.

Answer 15

I don't see it that way, I have never ear a Christian been proud, any time that some one die, Not Christian would be proud of this, although we look at death like a transition, from one World of God to the other?, Some of us, (We know), that there isn't death, after living this material Body, but only more Life.

Answer 16

It is a sacrifice.

Symbolic of payment.

He did it for YOU.

No sacrifice, destined for hell.

Sacrifice done for you and you claim that sacrifice, no hell for you.

The Payment.

The buying back from a bad merchant.

Tough to explain in a short time.



Don't forget the resurection--He lives now. He is not dead now. Only a God could do this.

John 10:17 "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.

John 10:18 "No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."

Answer 17

You miss the point of Christ's death, that is why. We believe and love Him so much because He died in OUR place. We were the ones who have sinned against Him, and we are the ones who should of suffered on that cross. But He took our place, and that is LOVE! God planned it this way, there was no other way. And that is why we who believe want to live for Him, and love Him so much....We want to glorify Him and tell others about His great love and sacrifice, so they too can be set free from hell and sin.

"Faith comes from hearing and hearing the word of God" Romans 10:17--one must hear the gospel of Jesus Christ in order to receive faith in Him. He says to those who believe in Him:

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.



-The meaning of life is IN Jesus Christ! It is in His written word, the Holy Bible! We who believe should take NO glory in this, all the glory belongs to God! He is the one who deserves all PRAISE and HONOR! Because we are but dust~ Yet He loved us that much--and out of His grace He chose to do this- Ephesians 2:8. What an awesome God we have!

Answer 18

When Jesus died for us and our sins he did it b/c he loved us, that's why we think it's so amazing, someone loved us so much that he gave his life for us and he did it knowing that even though so many would reject him, that a few would believe so he went through the beating and ridcule all b/c of his deep love for us. Not only did Christ suffer but so did God who allowed his only son to die.

Answer 19

It's not the god's death that is important, it is his rebirth, or in the case of Jesus, his Resurrection.



Of course, how this age old tradition plays out is confusing, because Jesus was considered God's ultimate sacrifice for our sins. Yet a sacrifice that comes back to life is hardly a sacrifice. It would have been much better if He had stayed dead. That would have been a sacrifice.



Jesus dying for you and then immediately coming back to life, isn't much more significant than Jesus taking a nap for you.

Answer 20

I am proud because it shows true love. He was willing to give up everything for humanity, while other followers in different beliefs have given up their lives for one who has given them only guidance. My God died in human form, taking on my punishment for my sins. Its like having your perfect sibling take the blame and punishment when actually you killed the cat. But my God didn't just die, he rose again. Wana prove me wrong? Go right on ahead. But, before you do, check out Simon Greenleaf on Google. Thanks for the question!

Answer 21

good point.



also..deaths can be faked. he was either



a.) a crazy street person who fooled a lot of people who didn't want to look stupid, so came up with a look alike



or



b.) a con artist who was fed up and came up with a look alike



i wonder if he shrunk when he came out of the cave. once, my brothers goldfish, Larry, Daryl and Daryl died while he was in the hospital and they were pretty big. I we didn't want him to be upset, so we bought 3 more, they were littler, and told him that they missed him so much that they shrank.

Answer 22

Jesus' death and supposed resurrection is the crux of the whole Christian religion.



His story is the same one told about many kings who were killed to redeem the sins of their subjects so life would go on. It's an ancient and primitive belief that's been told in many cultures.

Answer 23

Because Christ paid the ultimate penalty for the sins of His people: born again Christians - those that know Him as their Lord and Savior and those who will be saved later on in time. He paid the price on the cross for our sins so we could spend eternity in heaven with Him when we die (born again Christians). If He didn't die on the cross for the sins of His people, we'd have no hope of everlasting life.

Answer 24

IF YOU BELIEVE JESUS IS GOD'S ONLY SON AND HE SACRIFICED HIM FOR THE WORLD, AND LET HIM DIE AND SUFFER AND GO THROUGH THE SAME THINGS WE DO. THAT WOULD MEAN JESUS KNOWS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN WE CRY, HURT, SUFFER, GRIEVE, LONELY, ETC, THEN IT'S HARD TO SEE YOUR OWN CHILD DO THIS FOR SUCH PEOPLE AS WE ARE. WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR OWNCHILD TO SUFFER FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BE SAVED? GOD LOVED US THAT MUCH-

Answer 25

I personally think that he would have done much better if he lived and actually helped the world instead of dying and creating divisions...but then again, they probably wouldn't be holding him up as a Messiah if he did that.

Answer 26

Even better is how he's always going to come back. They've been saying that for 2000 years and he's still not here. He's either late, has no intention of showing up or just another mythological figure like Zeus, unicorns and Pegasus.

Answer 27

theres an interesting relation to his death and the act of sacrificing things to save your self or your soul



as far as I remember, sacrificing things to gods was a pagan ideal



not a monotheistic one



ahem: whoever gave me a thumbs down...is pissing me off.

this is monotheism...and trinity has nothing to do with it

Answer 28

Because it gives them a "license to Sin"

It also helps them understand spiritually since they don't have enough abstract reasoning abilities to just accept God without having some human face attached to it.

Answer 29

It's how they measure their self-worth against a tremendous burden of self-doubt.

Answer 30

Yeah, why can't God die for us and let us get on with controlling our own fate.

Answer 31

i wonder that too there religion is seriously flawed it needs to be taken back to the drawing boards!

Answer 32

because he (apprently) did it for the people.

Answer 33

it gives them something to be arrogant about



"Jesus died for MY sins so that *I* am saved"