Wanted God Jesus’suffering?
Is the death of Jesus man’s will and God had nothing to do with it? We are not hurting God when we say that Jesus’ suffering was God’s will. Tough question, and that is why we need to look at it. God did not will the death of his son but tolerated it because of his love for people. Jesus said the Son of Man must suffer. Not in the sense of forcing him to, but that it was necessary. It follows from the givenness of man’s sin. Man has chosen to live without God, against God. This results in chaos and death. Surely God could forgive sin in any way. God decided another way. Man wanted to be God. God humbled Himself to become man, and thus actually redeems man. No one forced Jesus to do this. He did it out of love. Just as when a mother says she must take care of her child, it doesn’t mean that someone is forcing her to do so, but she is doing it willingly and out of love. God’s will was for man to be redeemed, God’s love is a love that is given out. Jesus’ death on the cross shows how serious a matter of sin is. We do not understand the meaning of suffering. Without the Holy Spirit, suffering cannot be understood. Even the apostles did not immediately grasp the meaning of suffering. When Jesus spoke of his future suffering, Peter began to dissuade him and said. Lord, this shall not happen to you. He didn’t understand Jesus. Nor do many people today understand the meaning of suffering because they live without faith in God. We, Christians, believe that everything we do has implications for eternal life. We see that we would like to handle, get, and solve everything in this earthly life. That all righteousness would be fulfilled here on earth, that all problems would be solved here on earth. It is not possible. Whoever believes this will be disappointed. Here on this earth, it is not possible to solve all the problems, and that too because man is not perfect. What one man knows as justice and righteousness is another man’s injustice and lawlessness. Each thinks he is right and says that his arguments are convincing, but his opponent thinks the same. Is it possible to solve this problem? Yes, there is, and the remedy is real true love.
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