So Jesus was the "ransom" for our sins?

Adam sinned. The children of Adam are born in sin. The children of Adam killed the Son of God. Now their sin is redeemed. Killing the Son of God should be a greater sin than eating an apple (or having sex or killing any child of Adam). And such a huge sin made man’s sin redeemed. I just can’t get it.

you have many good and correct answers here. I'm answering the same. It is satan who demanded the ransom. God offered himself in the form and person of Jesus to pay it by giving his own life.

So yeah. I am struggling to understand the real reason for this question Jon. I know you to be a good, kind and fun loving person. :)

((((jon))))

I laugh when I see the born again crowd refer to salvation as a "free gift", but then tell you in the same breath that if you refuse the free gift, you'll burn in hellfire forever.

Which makes it CONSIDERABLY different than a Reader's Digest Sweepstakes.

Christians do us "other theists" a rotten disservice by being the most vocal ones about the nature of our life on this earth. There's a rationalist side to it as well which doesn't involve a Bible or a Christ but no one pays it any attention. Sad.

Now, how could a man repent except he should sin? How could he sin if there was no law? How could there be a law save there was a punishment?

Now, there was a punishment affixed, and a just law given, which brought remorse of conscience unto man.

Now, if there was no law given—if a man murdered he should die—would he be afraid he would die if he should murder?

And also, if there was no law given against sin men would not be afraid to sin

But there is a law given, and a punishment affixed, and a repentance granted; which repentance, mercy claimeth; otherwise, justice claimeth the creature and executeth the law, and the law inflicteth the punishment; if not so, the works of justice would be destroyed, and God would cease to be God

But God does not cease to be

The power of love. An act of love so beyond the imaging of mankind from a God who took flesh. It took that much to shine light into a dark world.

lol, some Christian kid is crying after reading this.

Edit:

But to answer your question, I really think that there is a underlying part to Christians where you have to be 'tortured' in some form to earn passage to a seat next to god, because God is just 'too good' for any of us, we can't just be given a ticket to his table.It then becomes an ironic competition to see who can make their and others lives more of a living hell, to see who is better fit for heaven's gates

In other words Christians are quite the masochists.

The wages for sin is death and thus people had to sacrifice a lamb for their sins. Jesus was the alternative. He came down to save us from our sins and to allow us to be saved from sin. God has more justice than man, thus He needed to go by His laws. by being crucified, Jesus gave us the ultamite love, an unconditonal love, that only if you choose not to accept it, will be the torure he went through again. He died for you and all you have to do is accept it. may God help you make the decision to follow Him.

Stockholm Syndrome?? LOLZ...

You're darnedly right dude!!!

"I would exercise my free will, but the God I love is pointing a gun at my temple, and he's just co-cked it!"

No.

It was more of like a handshake, where you cut the palms of both shaking hands to "seal" the pact. Jesus dying sealed the pact betwen God and man.

Cutting your palms hurts, but it is necessary to show you are serious. The same is true for God. Seeing His son die was painful, but necessary to show you how serious He was.

See? It's His serious face.

oh my Stockholm Syndrome LMAO LawL!

now seriously repent or my god will cut u!!!!