What does Jesus death mean for people today?

Answer 1

Jesus' sufferings and ressurection influence Christians today because Christians need to know that Jesus died for their sins and that eh did everything for us.

We are to be influenced by the love and passion that is shown here.

Another viewpoint:

Jesus proved by his faithful course while on earth that he could keep his integrity to God. 1 Peter 2:21 tells us that Christ suffered thereby leaving a model for us to follow his steps closely. So his lifecourse affects his followers by showing them how to be integrity keepers. Even though now we are imperfect, we can still do all we can to follow Jesus' example as best we can

Answer 2

The teachings of Jesus Christ are described extensively in The Bible, and provide the basis for the Christian religion. Since he lived 2000 years ago, it is very significant that the events of his life are known to so many people worldwide. Jesus influences us today because he is the founder of a religion which continues to this day, and is present nearly everywhere. There is also much mythology based around Jesus, such as the story of his being born of a virgin, turning water into wine, etc, as well as more modern works of fiction such as The Da Vinci Code.

Answer 3

For people today, Jesus is the way for a person to restore his/her relationship with God.
Jesus said “

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I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”.

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John 14:6.

Jesus is the way because he died as a sacrifice for sin

The Bible says everybody is born spiritually dead.

Another way of saying this is people don’t have a relationship with/know God. This is because the first man and woman did not obey God and so their relationship with God – the creator and sustainer of life

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was broken. This is sin.

Throughout the history of mankind – as told in the Bible – the way for a person to restore their relationship with God is to acknowledge their relationship with God is broken and to offer a sacrifice.

In the early history of mankind this is what people did. God chose the nation of Israel to be His representatives on earth. Israel was supposed to show the other nations what a relationship with God is like. But Israel turned from God and His ways and followed other gods.

So God came to earth as a man – Jesus – and died as the ‘lamb of God’, a sacrifice for the sin of all who believe.

If a person believes this, the Bible says God forgives the person and that person gives them eternal life.

1John 5:11

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

1Johnn 5:12

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

This eternal life is a free gift. To receive it you only have to believe Jesus is the saviour of the world.

Answer 4

In one sense, the baptism of Jesus was an example for Christians to follow. In following his example, baptism is a core ritual in Christian practice today. In another, deeper sense, it represents something about who Jesus was, according to Mark's Gospel, where the story first appeared. Mark wanted to demonstrate that Jesus really is the Son of God, and to associate Jesus with Elijah and Moses, messages that continue to influence Christian belief. The structure of Mark's Gospel creates a narrative by chiastic association, around the baptism and Transfiguration of Jesus.

Immediately after his baptism, Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days, ministered by angels (Mark 1:13) just as Elijah was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days (1 Kings 19:5-7). There is no actual suggestion in Mark that Jesus fasted for this time, but those familiar with the story of Elijah are likely to have assumed he did do so. This brings into play another allusion, to Moses when (Exodus 34:28) he fasted for 40 days while he wrote the words of the Ten Commandments on tablets. Finally, the baptism, the voice of God from heaven and the forty days in the wilderness (events B, C and D) are linked through the framework, parallel structure of Mark's Gospel to the Transfiguration, in which the disciples saw Jesus talking to Elijah and Moses (events B', C' and D'):A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)

B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)

C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)

D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)

E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)

F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)

G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)

H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.

-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)

I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)

J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)

K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)

L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)

M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up

N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)

O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority

P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)

Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)

R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)

S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)

T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)

U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)

V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)

W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)

X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.

B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)

C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)

D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)

E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)

F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)

G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)

H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)

I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)

J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)

K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)

L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)

M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die

N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)

O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority

P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)

Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)

X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)

-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking

R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)

S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)

T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)

U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)

V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)

-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes

W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)

A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)

The use of a parallel structure in this way emphasises the meaning of the baptism, the voice of God and the forty days in the wilderness, confirming through repetition and association that Jesus is the Son of God. Nowhere else in the gospels do we find these points more forcefully made.