04-26-2016, 03:48 PM
(04-26-2016, 01:30 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I understand the concept that man has done nothing to deserve God's forgiveness, but I have never understood why Jesus had to die for it.
If I make a sacrifice to myself I am not making a sacrifice at all.
That's where the mystery of the trinity comes in. To be honest it always seemed symbolic to me, and I always wondered why God needed a symbolic sacrifice to be able to forgive us.
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