Bible Discussion Thread

To think, His (Jesus') own father could not even look upon Him because he bore the sin of the world... That breaks my heart, because I, in part, caused that. The basic fact is that Jesus forgave us who believe in Him, even though we may have (most likely have) rejected Him in the past. He climbed on that cross (or let himself be put upon it) knowing that we were could be forgiven; He could die for the evil that we had committed (our sin), so that we could be reconciled with God. God sees Jesus' righteousness rather than our (the believer's) sin, as we believe in him (even though we still sin). Not only that, but upon trusting Him, He improves our lives beyond measure (although maybe not on a worldly scale at times). That is what I did not understand, that the Holy Spirit would come into my life and improve every aspect. Even if I am wrong about these things, He has improved my life. These things are important to me.
For example, God has helped me financially to a high degree, though people don't understand why I don't need or desire cable/satellite TV. The cost of cable has saved me enough money to buy a 50 inch TV every year, but people still don't understand. Even so, the cost has saved me enough to help others too... If you don't understand, just please know that I believe that Jesus, the Son of God, our creator, died for our sins. The penalty for our sin had been death, and he paid that price, by dying for our sin. That is why there are no more sacrifices, because the ultimate sacrifice had been made. When God put the sin of people on Jesus' head, God couldn't even look upon him, and Jesus said, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani, which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me" -NIV, Matthew 27:46. He was separated from God because of our sin for that time, and felt all of our pain during those moments.