At 3 o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout “ eloi, eloi, lema sabachtani” which means my God my God why did you abandon me, then he cried with one last shout then died “with a loud cry Jesus died”
What do Christians believe about life after death?
Different Christians have different beliefs about life after death. Christians believe that when you die you do not go straight to heaven you are judged “and as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after the judgement” But if you are a saint then you go straight to heaven” Love for god has been perfected this life” or you would go straight to a place called purgatory how long you stay depends on how well you have behaved in your lifetime.
Protestants have different beliefs, conservative Christians believe that you are judged at the end of time and Christians go to heaven and non-Christians go to hell for eternal punishment. Some Protestants believe they go straight to heaven and most Christian’s think of there loved ones being in heaven.
Liberal Christians believe in but not a permanent place of punishment, they believe in living a good life and trusting that life after death will be sorted out “they believe that if they lead an ethical, caring life, that matters will sort themselves out after death”
Explain why the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus is important for Christians today
The suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus are important for Christians today because it shows how Jesus as a human being went through pain and suffering during and before his crucifixion this shows that God is willing to make sacrifices for us, and that if God is willing to do this for us then we should be just as willing as he.
Jesus has shown us to overcome death by rising from the dead and to overcome the evil and death we should be inspired by this when we are down and get depressed of all the evil that surrounds us in the world.
In doing all this Jesus had brought the human race and God together by dying on the cross for us. Because of all the sin in the world humans couldn’t have any kind of relationship with God. People tried to make sacrifices to God to try and gain some kind of relationship in the Old Testament but all had failed. Jesus was the man to change all that he brought humans and God together. This is the underlining of Catholics belief that while God loves us he cannot simply overlook sin.
When God gave Jesus as a sacrifice he gave us the supreme example of self-giving love. Jesus showed us that by him being nailed to a cross it showed us that we could also make sacrifices. Jesus became the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world “ By substituting his obedience for our disobedience, Jesus allowed us to share in his sacrifice.” Every time we go to mass we do this.
For a Christian to die for his/her beliefs does not make sense. It is better to live for them. Do you agree?
Some people agree with this. This is because if you are dead and in heaven then how can you do Gods work on earth like helping the sick and caring for them like Mother Teresa did she followed the commandment to love your neighbour, as yourself and she believed in following Jesus teaching to help the needy when doing this by helping the poor you are also helping Jesus. Also other good Christians like Martin Luther King has used his beliefs to fight against racism, furthermore Oscar Romero dedicated his life to helping to poor like Mother Teresa did.
But others disagree; this is because Jesus said, “ You don’t know what you are asking for. Can you drink from the cup of suffering” also it makes sense to die for your beliefs “Whoever wants to save his own life will lose it, but whoever loses his own life for me and for the gospel will save it” Jesus expects us to die for our beliefs people like mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Oscar Romero were willing to do this to show their love for god.
