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If Jesus died for our sins... does that mean we better sin or he died for nothing?

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  • 6 years ago

    Jesus died for our sins so that we will be able to everlasting life on earth. It doesn't mean that we should sin because we are already born imperfect into a sinful world. We will always sin and we just can't help it. That's why we pray to god so that our sins can be forgiven. Other Than That, Jesus sacrificed himself so we could be perfect an sinless in a new world. So it's basically Jesus giving us the gift of his perfect life.

    “For this purpose the Son of God was made manifest, to break up the works of the Devil.” 1 John 3:8

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    That's almost funny, however no it doesn't meant that. The purpose for Jesus dying as a "ransom" is so we can be repurchased, in a sense, from sin and death. Once Adam sinned, we all inherited sin from him (Romans 5:12 - That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned) and there would have been no amount of sacrifice by the blood of animals to cover that. When Jesus died and gave his perfect human life that covered Adams failure (1 Corinthians 15:21 - For since death came through a man, resurrection of the dead also comes through a man).

  • James
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    It means He died to take the punishment of our sins upon Himself. As a member of the triune godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost), He took some responsibility for creating the choice to sin in the first place. He took our punishment (the second death -- John 5:28, 29; Revelation 20:5, 6) upon Himself. Also, He died to take our sins FROM us. To make it possible for us to stop sinning. This is a lifelong process for most of us, but as long as we are on that general path, God accounts it to us for righteousness. And NO man or woman on this earth, besides Jesus Christ, has ever not been a sinner (1 John 1:8; Romans 3:23).

    Source(s): Amazingfacts.org
  • 6 years ago

    It means that YOU have not sat down and given a lot of thought to what sins you have done, so you need to search your own soul as Jesus didn't die for nothing.

    You have already sinned. Sins are things you have done but also things you haven't done and should have, and sins come in large and small. Just because you didn't go to jail doesn't mean you haven't sinned.

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  • 6 years ago

    No. The Bible says that all of us are born with sin. Do you know what it means to be born with sin? Well it means that we are born imperfect. As a help in our understanding the situation, think of what happens when a baker bakes bread in a pan that has a dent in it. A mark will show on all the bread that is baked in that pan. Adam became like that pan, and we are like the bread. He became imperfect when he broke God’s law. It was as if he received a dent or a bad mark. So when he had children all of them received this same mark of sin or imperfection. Because of inherited imperfection, we have a real struggle to do what is right. All of us sin either in word or in deed. But by means of Jesus’ ransom sacrifice, we can receive “the forgiveness of our sins.” (Colossians 1:13, 14) To gain that forgiveness, however, we must be truly repentant. We must also humbly appeal to Jehovah, asking his forgiveness on the basis of our faith in the ransom sacrifice of his Son. (1 John 1:8, 9)

  • 6 years ago

    No. That means that because we were born into sin we are prone to it, no way out. Our fate would have been death without a hope but because of his death we now can have a chance of a resurrection if we die. Our sins will be forgiven at death and our judgment based on the life we lived. It is very important now to build a record of faith so that we can gain what Jesus. Bought back for us, life. Romans 5:12 and 6:23

  • ?
    Lv 4
    6 years ago

    Jesus bore the SIN of many And made intercession for the transgressor. There is a difference in terminology when you said SINS and SIN. Jesus said "Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do". Jesus died for our sin to being a part of His crucifixion. Then the question is "who crucified Christ? and for what he was crucified? Was it for the prophecy that He would suffer for humanities sins and God's plan of salvation. Jesus saw it as the will of the Father to be crucified, to pay for sin, and to give salvation to the believers of the ages.

    So what should we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound. Certainly not, How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it. Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptize into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? also read Gal 3:27 and 1 Cor 15:29.

  • 6 years ago

    Jesus dying for our sins is for the purpose of undoing the curse of sin and death we inherited from Adam.

    Ro 5:12 That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned—.

    I'm1Co 15:22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.

  • 6 years ago

    So, you haven't sinned? To quote the bible "For all have sinned and fallen short ". The term "sin" in Greek meant missed the target, fallen short. If God's target is righteousness none of us can claim to have hit it. When Jesus died, He took our punishment. Paul answered your question when asked he said "God forbid". As a Christian I am born again, I have a new nature not to sin - I don't have a list of dos and don'ts and I still miss the mark, often but I always can ask for forgiveness.

  • 6 years ago

    Since no one is perfect, we all indeed HAVE sinned by the time we reach

    the age of accountability. Therefore, we don't have to work at sinning as we

    already have committed sins, so we all need to repent and ask for His

    forgiveness. He took on all of our sins on that cruel cross to open the gate

    of heaven for all true believers.

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