The message is foolishness, the Man is an offense and His death is a stumbling block.
His words divide.
He calls Himself the way, the truth and the life, and He requires His followers to take up their crosses and follow Him.
Today though, in the name of tolerance and love, Jesus is no longer the narrow way, but one of many broad ways. Christ, King of the Jews, Man of Sorrows, God who became flesh and dwelt among us, and became sin for us, has been remade.
Now we have Jesus, arms open wide, who embraces everyone, even those who choose to reject Him. The Church, the body of Christ, has been demonized. Jesus' followers are simple-minded, mean-spirited, and the world would be better off without them. Hell isn't real, therefore Jesus didn't come to save us from hell, but merely laid down His life so we would have an example to follow. If we follow His example we can usher in "the Kingdom", right here on earth.
The new and improved Jesus sounds good in theory, but in reality, that Jesus doesn't exist. Numerous authors can write best selling books about how non-Christians love Jesus, but don't don't like His followers. They can exhort the church to change their message to something more tolerant, more inclusive, and more loving. Their books have an impact because, by and large, even those inside the church are Biblically illiterate.
The result: ?
What will the result be?
If you are a Christian, I challenge you to study your Bible and see what Jesus said about Himself. Peter tells us to always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks us to give the reason for the hope that is in us. When our faith is really grounded in the Truth we will be able to confidently discuss what we believe. Our love for our Savior will be deeper, and our hearts will ache for those who reject Him.
If you are not a Christian, but you respect Jesus or think He was a good teacher, study the Bible to see what Jesus said about Himself. You may find what you think about Him can not be reconciled with what He said about Himself.
Who is this Jesus? What will you do with Him?
3 comments:
I've been reading about Thomas Jefferson, and I stumbled on The Jefferson Bible. How disheartening to realize that he didn't believe in the divinity of Jesus. Reading through his so-called Bible is depressing because he took only the parts of the Gospel that made sense to him and left out all of the supernatural, including the virgin birth and the Resurrection.
I guess there have been people all along who just refuse to believe what they can't feel, see, or hear themselves. It upsets me because some of them are such neat,caring people, but they are headed for hell.
Thank you for being a voice in the wilderness. It can't be easy. I admire your courage.
Natalie...Amen! What a post at a time such as this. The people need to know God, the God that every saint in the bible fell to their knees in repentence, in deep sorrow over their sin and unworthiness, at the sight of. It is no casual belief that we hold, we must all choose us this day whom we shall serve...man or God.
you ever gonna update this thing or what?
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