Troy’s Morning Coffee Reflections

This week I read a post asking if Jesus was on a suicide mission. Well that got me to thinking was it a suicide mission, an unselfish sacrifice or murder?

Here is how I responded and a little more as I gave this some thought.

Original Blog Post:

“They say Jesus died for our sins. Did God send him on a suicide mission?”

“ I think it’s humorous that the FOX News crowd, for example, is very critical of Muslim suicide missions and “terrorism” yet they never stop to consider that God sent his “only” son on a suicide mission; never mind that God terrorized several cities with plagues and all kinds of natural disasters, sometimes on account of jealousy, or to fulfill some long-forgotten curse he had punished their ancestors with.

So, yes, I am interested in a deeper answer, if you have one.”

Troy’s Response

I agree with you whole heatedly that most folks do come across inconsistently about religion, politics. Which is why as a follower of Jesus Christ I must be able to defend my beliefs through, logic, science, history, and most of all our unwavering faith.

Now, I do find your statement on Fox News interesting. Yes, they are very critical of Muslim suicide missions, and “terrorism”, but when you compare Muslim suicide missions, with what Jesus did, I have to disagree. However, my disagreement may in part to my view of this event, or maybe because if my investigative research to prove to myself there really was a God.

I see God as willing to sacrifice His son Jesus, who (if you believe the story as I do) was willing, and agreed with His father, that His sacrifice would be the only way to spare the human race from an eternity without a personal relationship with God.

Now unlike the extreme Muslims and other like minded groups (terrorists) who in the name of God, not only commit suicide, also kill other people on their self serving mission, and in several cases innocent victims. So respectfully I do not see this as the same type of mission.

You are correct God did “terrorize” not just cities, but whole nations, including his chosen people. However, if we read each event in the context in which it is written, we do see where God gave plenty of chances for people to change and accept Him as the one true God. And in the one case where He gave Satan permission to “terrorize” Job, in the end God rewarded Jobs faith and loyalty with more than he had before the terror started.

And yes, God has been known to be a jealous God, when it comes to people following pagan gods, and not fulfilling their life mission. And admittedly I sometimes scratch my head, wondering why people would decide not to follow God, when they had seen His mighty wrath, and in even more cases His unwavering love.

However, the reality is, that for any of this to even make since we have to realize that when Jesus died on the cross (murdered, suicide or sacrifice), that the old covenant was set aside, and a New Covenant was written, and God made only one command… Accept Jesus as the only way to have a personal relation with God, then we can live in eternity with Him forever. He did away with all the rules and regulations, that past generations had to live by, and made it clear, that through His grace, we are free from condemnation.

Even, Jesus made it clear “I came so the world might be free, not to condemn the world.”

Going back to your statement above, to many people who call themselves “Christians” want to point fingers at everyone else and condemn them, instead of following Jesus’ example of reaching out to see how He could help.

So, although, I do not fully agree with everything you wrote, you bring up some powerful questions, which people on both sides should think about.

In the end, if a person doesn’t have the faith and belief that there really is one true God, who sent His only Son, who was sinless, to become “as” sin, to die in the place of mankind, then it really doesn’t matter what I might say.

The really sad thing about this whole issue, is not about who is right and who might be wrong, but the fact that since the dawn of time people have died in the name of God from both sides of the story, and how Religious leaders have fallen into the same corruption as all the rest of us common folks do from time to time, when their eyes are taken off their God given mission.

So in closing, depending on which side of the spectrum one sits, will determine whether they believe God sent Jesus on a suicide or sacrificial mission. Either way Jesus came on His own free will, and willing allowed others to put Him on a Cross to die for our sins.

Never Give Up,

Troy

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