Crucifixion isn't supposed to be good for your health

The following items are excellent examples of one of the major errors of Roman Catholicism: Roman Catholicism teaches that the death of Jesus Christ on the cross isn’t enough to pay the penalty for all our sins. In contrast, the teaching of the Bible is clear: Jesus Christ has done it all, and there’s nothing that we can do instead of or in addition to what He did on the cross to achieve our salvation.

On the cross, just before He died, He said "It is finished." (John 19:30). The Greek word is tetelestai, an accounting term meaning "paid in full." Other New Testament passages that confirm this include:
I Peter 3:18a: For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God...
Hebrews 9:26b: But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 9:28a: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many...
Hebrews 10:10: By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:12: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Hebrews 10:14: For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Obviously, if Christ has done it "once" and "for ever," it’s neither necessary nor efficacious to try to reenact Christ’s suffering, or to try to atone for our own sins by inflicting suffering upon ourselves. Moreover, we’re saved because of what Jesus Christ accomplished on the cross, not because He endured a certain amount of physical suffering. Mel Gibson is a Roman Catholic who believes that physical suffering is necessary for salvation; that’s why his movie The Passion of the Christ dwelt on the gory details of Christ’s physical suffering on the cross. The Bible on the other hand, doesn’t dwell on the gruesome physical details, but rather on what Jesus Christ accomplished on the cross. As the passages cited above state, He took the punishment that we deserved, and by the shedding of His blood (Hebrews 9:22b: ...and without shedding of blood is no remission) completely satisfied the demands of God’s law.

When Jesus paid the penalty for our sins, He paid a debt that was owed to His Father--not a debt owed to Satan, as some erroneously teach. The work of salvation was completely the work of God. It should be noted that when Jesus said "It is finished," He was on the cross; He didn’t finish the job in Hell, as some heretics in the so-called "Faith Movement" teach.

If anyone reading this blog hasn’t yet accepted Jesus Christ’s payment for sins, that forgiveness is available to you right now:
Psalm 95:7-8: ...Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart...
II Corinthians 6:2: ...behold, now is the day of salvation.
John 6:29: Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Romans 10:9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Warning: Crucifixion bad for health
From correspondents in Manila
March 19, 2008 09:43pm
Article from: Agence France-Presse

PHILIPPINE health officials are warning people taking part in Easter crucifixions and self-flagellation rituals to get a tetanus shot first and sterilise the nails to avoid infections.
Every Good Friday in the predominately Roman Catholic Southeast Asian nation, dozens of men re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by having themselves nailed to wooden crosses.
At the same time hundreds of others, mostly men, strip to the waist and whip themselves until their backs are cut and bloody as a way of atoning for their sins over the past year...

Man crucified for 22nd time
By Joseinne Ignacio and Samuel Medenilla in the Philippines
March 21, 2008 08:23pm
Article from: Agence France-Presse

A MAN has been crucified for the 22nd time in a gruesome Easter ritual.
Devout Roman Catholic Ruben Enaje donned a crown of thorns before being nailed to a cross.
The 47-year-old decorator was the first of 19 men in this northern Philippines village of San Pedro Cutud who underwent the bloody Easter crucifixion ritual, an extreme form of penance by devotees wanting to thank God for answering their prayers...