If Jesus died for my sins

[ValiantDomain]

then why do I still sin?

What is meant by “Jesus died for our sins”? It’s never made sense to me, sorry. Even when I apply the imagery of Christ as the Lamb of God, I still don’t see how any sins were died for or what changed because of it. Seems like a needless death?

 

[water]

then why do I still sin?

What is meant by “Jesus died for our sins”? It’s never made sense to me, sorry. Even when I apply the imagery of Christ as the Lamb of God, I still don’t see how any sins were died for or what changed because of it. Seems like a needless death?

God gives us our will to do what you want, and because of our ignorance, selfishness, pride, blindness, weakness, lack of faith, you name it, etc:

• we don’t see Jesus Death’s is for us,
• we are not truly sorry for our sins,
• we don’t know that if without God’s Mercy, we are doomed for eternity in the fire of Hell.
• we don’t see that our sins hurt Jesus enough.
• we don’t thank Him enough for His Death and resurrection.

We are so blinded by our sins.
I am sure many others can give you more reasons.

Have you read any stories about sinful people turn to God? It would help you to at least sin less.

 

[LilyM]

ValiantDomain:

then why do I still sin?

What is meant by “Jesus died for our sins”? It’s never made sense to me, sorry. Even when I apply the imagery of Christ as the Lamb of God, I still don’t see how any sins were died for or what changed because of it. Seems like a needless death?

Jesus didn’t die to stop us sinning entirely, although for many his exemplary life and death do show them how to live in a relatively sin-free state.

Jesus died to take on himself the ultimate consequence of every single one of our sins - which is death. We none of us would have any chance of heaven without him since we all do sin.

Haven’t you seen examples of self-sacrifice in everyday life? Family, friends, parents or spouses who lie and are punished in order to cover up for or to take on themeselves the punishment for wrongs (even crimes) committed by those they care deeply about?

 

[InLight247]

then why do I still sin?

So you agree you still sin.
That sinful nature is originated from the original fall of our ancestor, Adam and Eve. Because Adam and Eve sinned, the relationship between men and God was broken.
Because God is LOVE, God does not want men to be condemned forever.
Because God is JUST the broken relationship has to be mended.

But there is no way for men to mend such a huge gap, therefore, God send His only begotten son to this world, become a member of mankind, carry the Cross for us all and died for us all. His precious blood washed away our sins, mended the gap between men and God satisfied the just wrath of God. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, men once again could stand before God. That’s how our baptism washed away our original sin and all the sins before baptism.

However, because of our fallen nature, we continue to sin. That is where confession, the Sacrament of Reconciliation comes in. When we sin, we go to the confessional, confess our sins to the priest, the representative of Christ, to receive the forgiveness once again from God.

 

[trustmc]

I’m very happy that you are seeking an answer this very important question. The complete answer is not a brief one, so please indulge me here. The understand the answer to how Jesus died for our sins, we must first discuss two things:

First, the penalty for sin is death according to the bible. St. Paul said it succinctly in Rom 6:23: For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In this case, death is not merely the physical shut-down of our bodies, but eternal separation from God. The purpose for life in this light can be seen as an opportunity to choose to be with God for eternity (repent of our sin and be forgiven) or turn away from God forever (die unforgiven of our sin). Since God gives us a choice to sin or not to sin, then ultimately it is our choice to be with God in heaven or live apart from him in Hell.

Second, Jesus Christ was not just some great teacher or prophet or miracle worker, he was God Himself. Not only did he claim as much (John 14:6-11), but also proved it with his miracles (John 15:24).

Born separated from God, we are all pre-disposed towards sin, especially once we reach an age of reason and become mature enough to order our God-given free will away from doing good at all times. In other words, our sinful actions disqualify us from an eternity with God, and no good deed is good enough to make up for our sins.

This second point is not just some theological innovation made up by the Church, but the logical conclussion of Jewish beliefs which required the annual sacrifice of a lamb in the Temple to attone for a year of sins. Even for them, good deeds could not make up for our sins. Only the life taken from an umblemished creature could do that. Christ, being both sinless and eternal, becomes our final sacrifice that is sufficient for sins commited by everyone.

The need for our salvation then is freely offered by our sinless God with his own death on the cross. Having lived a sinless life, Christ offers us his own death in place of our own to assume the penalty of our actions that we deserve. Placing faith in Jesus Christ and asking him to indwell within you assures us of our spiritual salvation when we physically die. That is the promise of God, which is why we Catholics share this good news with others.

If one wants the gift of salvific assurance, then all one would have to do is take account of one’s sins, acknowledge one’s need for a savior, and pray to receive Christ the way one would receive a gift. Then one should seek out a Catholic Church and ask the priest for guidance to ensure one’s faith is properly disposed to receive Christ fully at a mass (classes are required for non-Catholics) and partake of the sacraments to shed our sinfulness while still on earth. We call this process living the life of grace.

Continue seeking answers, for Christ Himself did promise: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matt 7:7)

Mike

 

[havemercy]

Christ died for the forgiveness/remission of sins.

 

[littleone]

God made us to His likeness and that ment that we have our own minds to make up. We are not made like a computer. You might remember St Paul saying “Body of mine why do you do the things I detest”? (Acts of)
The love of God NEVER controls unless for a reason God demands something to show that He and He alone is God of all. Take Paul (saul) when he was knocked off his horse and God appointed him as an apostle. Up til that time Saul had sinned manny times.

God gives us the spirit of control, and the spirit of discernment those are His gift to us should we ask for them. However God also knows our heart, take the sinner on the cross who asked Jesus to remember him when He went into His kingdom, God’s mersy saw right into the persons heart and mercy was given him just as it is given those of us who sin ( make mistakes) through our own weaknesses.
God like all good fathers (and better) allows us to live in freedome not caged up animals. So His Mercy oversees our hearts and thoughts, just as He expects His children to exercise mercy on our brothers and sisters ( all people) here.
I hope that helps!!

 

[nkelly]

What is meant by “Jesus died for our sins”?

Dear ValiantDomain, I asked myself this same question several times before my conversion. I was something I’d heard so often but never understood. My poor catechism in school didn’t help. Discovering the meaning of this was a real eye opener for me!

I think of it like this:

When we sin, we incur a “debt” with God which has to be repaid according to His law. Since sin is so offensive to God, becase of His infinite holiness, we can’t in our finite human capabilities pay this debt because it’s so big. Nothing we do can atone for our sin.
i.e. we depend completely on Jesus for our salvation! We cannot save ourselves.

The only thing that could pay the “debt” for sin, was the sacrifice of the Son of God - the pure “spotless Lamb of God”. Jesus has esentially paid the ransom for us and set us free from the bondage of sin. The merit of His sacrifice is infinite so it can be used to atone for all sins ever committed and all sins that ever will be committed.

I hope this makes things a bit clearer for you?

God bless you,
Noel.