APOSTLES' CREED
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
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I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
NICENE CREED
I believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, one Being with the Father,
Through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven: (All bow, up to: and became man)
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfilment of the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
I believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, one Being with the Father,
Through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven: (All bow, up to: and became man)
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfilment of the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Saturday, November 14, 2009
CREED -- a brief, authoritative, formal statement of religious beliefs. The word creed comes from the Latin word credo ("I believe"), the first word of both the Nicene Creed and the Apostles' Creed.
There are three most historically important, creeds of the Church.
The Nicene Creed. A creed adopted by the First Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) and revised by the First Council of Constantinople (A.D. 381). The First Council of Nicaea, convened by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (ruled A.D. 306-307), rejected a heresy known as Arianism, which denied the divinity of Jesus. The Nicene Creed formally proclaimed the divinity and equality of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the Trinity.
The Apostles' Creed. This well-known creed lies at the basis of most other religious statements of belief. Although it bears the name of the apostles, it did not originate with them. It was written after the close of the New Testament and it held an important place in the early Church.
The Athanasian Creed. A Christian creed originating in Europe in the fourth century and relating especially to the doctrines of the Trinity and the bodily INCARNATION of Christ. This creed was originally ascribed to Saint Athanasius, but it is now believed to be the work of an unknown writer of the time.
NICENE CREED
I believe in One God the..............
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
There are three most historically important, creeds of the Church.
The Nicene Creed. A creed adopted by the First Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) and revised by the First Council of Constantinople (A.D. 381). The First Council of Nicaea, convened by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (ruled A.D. 306-307), rejected a heresy known as Arianism, which denied the divinity of Jesus. The Nicene Creed formally proclaimed the divinity and equality of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the Trinity.
The Apostles' Creed. This well-known creed lies at the basis of most other religious statements of belief. Although it bears the name of the apostles, it did not originate with them. It was written after the close of the New Testament and it held an important place in the early Church.
The Athanasian Creed. A Christian creed originating in Europe in the fourth century and relating especially to the doctrines of the Trinity and the bodily INCARNATION of Christ. This creed was originally ascribed to Saint Athanasius, but it is now believed to be the work of an unknown writer of the time.
NICENE CREED
I believe in One God the..............
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Friday, November 13, 2009
5) Jesus is the Lord.
As we consider all the evidence, there is only one possibility that truly satisfies:
Jesus is who He says He is. He is God in the flesh. He is the eternal Son of God, the Messiah, sent to save the world from its sins. He indeed is the Lord of the Universe, who came to give us eternal life. He really and truly shed His blood for us on the cross and He really and truly rose from the dead and ascended into heaven.
Now He offers us all the riches of His love, mercy, forgiveness, joy, power and peace by the gift of the Holy Spirit, and eternal life with His Father through the sacraments of His Church, which is His body.
BY THE EDITORS OF CATHOLIC EXCHANGE
Your Faith . Your Life . Your World.
For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophesying is imperfect; but once perfection comes, all imperfect things will disappear. When I was a child, I used to talk like a child, and think like a child, and argue like a child, but now I am a man, all childish ways are put behind me. Now we are seeing a dim reflection in a mirror; but then we shall be seeing face to face. The knowledge that I have now is imperfect; but then I shall know as fully as I am known.
In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love. - 1Cor. 13:9-13 -
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
As we consider all the evidence, there is only one possibility that truly satisfies:
Jesus is who He says He is. He is God in the flesh. He is the eternal Son of God, the Messiah, sent to save the world from its sins. He indeed is the Lord of the Universe, who came to give us eternal life. He really and truly shed His blood for us on the cross and He really and truly rose from the dead and ascended into heaven.
Now He offers us all the riches of His love, mercy, forgiveness, joy, power and peace by the gift of the Holy Spirit, and eternal life with His Father through the sacraments of His Church, which is His body.
BY THE EDITORS OF CATHOLIC EXCHANGE
Your Faith . Your Life . Your World.
For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophesying is imperfect; but once perfection comes, all imperfect things will disappear. When I was a child, I used to talk like a child, and think like a child, and argue like a child, but now I am a man, all childish ways are put behind me. Now we are seeing a dim reflection in a mirror; but then we shall be seeing face to face. The knowledge that I have now is imperfect; but then I shall know as fully as I am known.
In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love. - 1Cor. 13:9-13 -
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4) Jesus was a light and fluffy New Age.
Well, yes, say some, Jesus did claim to be God. But He meant it in an Eastern or "New Age" way. He was merely asserting His "God consciousness" in an attempt to awaken this same consciousness in us. He was, in short, a guru to the Jewish people. When He says He is the Son of God, He means we are all children of God and, indeed, we are God ourselves if we but realize it.
It's an interesting thought, but it's not what Jesus said. On the contrary, He affirms that God is Lord of heaven and earth, not that He is heaven and earth. Indeed, He does not speak of God as identical with Creation; He speaks of Him in a thoroughly Jewish senses as Transcendent Creator, Judge and Father. - Matthew 19:4, 6:14-15 -
He does not tell His disciples they are parts of God; He plainly reminds them they are sinners in need of salvation who are, apart from Him alone, incapable of accomplishing that salvation or anything else. - John 15:5 - Far from affirming that He's OK and We're OK, He frequently tells us we are evil, but He is without sin; we are from below, but He is from above. - John 8:1-11; 8:23 -
He insists that the way to life is not by discovering our divinity but by putting our faith exclusively in Him.
Very well then, if the records are reliable they clearly show us a man who is neither merely nice, not a liar, nor insane, nor a New Age guru. Yet He still stands before us implacably asking, "Who do you say I am?" - Matthew 16:15 - And as He does so in an ever more insistent voice, we begin to feel the grip of C.S.Lewis' logic that...the historical difficulty of giving for the life, sayings and influence of Jesus any explanation that is not harder than the Christian explanation is very great.
The discrepancy between the depth and sanity and (let me add) shrewdness of his moral teaching and the rampant megalomania which must lie behind his theological teaching unless He is indeed God, has never been satisfactorily got over. (C.S.Lewis, Miracles)
Which leads us to only one conclusion:
Jesus is the Lord.
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Well, yes, say some, Jesus did claim to be God. But He meant it in an Eastern or "New Age" way. He was merely asserting His "God consciousness" in an attempt to awaken this same consciousness in us. He was, in short, a guru to the Jewish people. When He says He is the Son of God, He means we are all children of God and, indeed, we are God ourselves if we but realize it.
It's an interesting thought, but it's not what Jesus said. On the contrary, He affirms that God is Lord of heaven and earth, not that He is heaven and earth. Indeed, He does not speak of God as identical with Creation; He speaks of Him in a thoroughly Jewish senses as Transcendent Creator, Judge and Father. - Matthew 19:4, 6:14-15 -
He does not tell His disciples they are parts of God; He plainly reminds them they are sinners in need of salvation who are, apart from Him alone, incapable of accomplishing that salvation or anything else. - John 15:5 - Far from affirming that He's OK and We're OK, He frequently tells us we are evil, but He is without sin; we are from below, but He is from above. - John 8:1-11; 8:23 -
He insists that the way to life is not by discovering our divinity but by putting our faith exclusively in Him.
Very well then, if the records are reliable they clearly show us a man who is neither merely nice, not a liar, nor insane, nor a New Age guru. Yet He still stands before us implacably asking, "Who do you say I am?" - Matthew 16:15 - And as He does so in an ever more insistent voice, we begin to feel the grip of C.S.Lewis' logic that...the historical difficulty of giving for the life, sayings and influence of Jesus any explanation that is not harder than the Christian explanation is very great.
The discrepancy between the depth and sanity and (let me add) shrewdness of his moral teaching and the rampant megalomania which must lie behind his theological teaching unless He is indeed God, has never been satisfactorily got over. (C.S.Lewis, Miracles)
Which leads us to only one conclusion:
Jesus is the Lord.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
3) Jesus was a lunatic.
Well then, perhaps Jesus was just insane?
Consider the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, chapters 5-7. Does this look to you like the ravings of a lunatic?
Read again His deft answer to the people who wanted to catch Him in His words. - Mark 12:13-17 -
Observe the brilliance and subtlety of His answer to those who wanted to stone the woman taken in adultery. - John 8:1-11 -
This kind of savvy is hardly evidence of madness. No wonder people who tried to trick Him were "astonished by his answer [and] became silent". - Luke 20:26 -
His lucidity, sense of perspective, irony, and humor do not bespeak madness but great sanity. Nor does even His iron resolve to meet His fate look like madness. We never get the impression that He desires death; instead He believes Himself to be commanded by God the Father to overcome death by giving His life "as a ransom for many". - 1Timothy 2:6 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Well then, perhaps Jesus was just insane?
Consider the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, chapters 5-7. Does this look to you like the ravings of a lunatic?
Read again His deft answer to the people who wanted to catch Him in His words. - Mark 12:13-17 -
Observe the brilliance and subtlety of His answer to those who wanted to stone the woman taken in adultery. - John 8:1-11 -
This kind of savvy is hardly evidence of madness. No wonder people who tried to trick Him were "astonished by his answer [and] became silent". - Luke 20:26 -
His lucidity, sense of perspective, irony, and humor do not bespeak madness but great sanity. Nor does even His iron resolve to meet His fate look like madness. We never get the impression that He desires death; instead He believes Himself to be commanded by God the Father to overcome death by giving His life "as a ransom for many". - 1Timothy 2:6 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
2) Jesus was a liar.
OK, so maybe the apostles told what they believed to be true. Isn't it still possible that Jesus was the deceiver here? Maybe He was just a clever huckster bent on selling Himself to the crowd for the usual reasons of power and money.
Problem is, Jesus does not do the things that a deceiver or opportunist would do. He flees into the desert when people try to make Him king. - John 6:15 - Then He makes speeches - John 6:25-60 - that guaranteed to offend all but the most die-hard grassroots supporters. He repeatedly conceals His miracles. Mark 5:43; 7:36; Luke 5:14 -
He hobnobs with thieves, drunkards, and lepers. He surrounds Himself with tacky people who would look terrible in campaign brochures. He looks past the president of the Capernaum Chamber of Commerce and without excusing Himself, extends a cheery "Hello!" to a local prostitute who just crashed the exclusive cocktail party without an invitation. - Luke 7:36-50 -
That's not the way to win political favour. Nor does it make sense to take particular pains to make sure that those Roman and Jewish leaders who thought the least of Him - and had the power to do something about it - would find plenty of reasons (and opportunities) to see Him dead.
Such political "blunders" characterized His entire career. He regularly alienated the most powerful men of His day, both Jewish and Roman:
Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" "I am," said Jesus - Mark 14:61-62 -
And Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
And [Jesus] answered him, "You have said so" - Mark 15:2 -
He was not a man to quibble about what the meaning of "if" is. Instead, when He was on trail for His life, He twice said the very thing that would absolutely ensure He suffered an ignominious and horrible death. If He was after worldly power, He had a strange way of showing it.
3) Jesus was a.......
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
OK, so maybe the apostles told what they believed to be true. Isn't it still possible that Jesus was the deceiver here? Maybe He was just a clever huckster bent on selling Himself to the crowd for the usual reasons of power and money.
Problem is, Jesus does not do the things that a deceiver or opportunist would do. He flees into the desert when people try to make Him king. - John 6:15 - Then He makes speeches - John 6:25-60 - that guaranteed to offend all but the most die-hard grassroots supporters. He repeatedly conceals His miracles. Mark 5:43; 7:36; Luke 5:14 -
He hobnobs with thieves, drunkards, and lepers. He surrounds Himself with tacky people who would look terrible in campaign brochures. He looks past the president of the Capernaum Chamber of Commerce and without excusing Himself, extends a cheery "Hello!" to a local prostitute who just crashed the exclusive cocktail party without an invitation. - Luke 7:36-50 -
That's not the way to win political favour. Nor does it make sense to take particular pains to make sure that those Roman and Jewish leaders who thought the least of Him - and had the power to do something about it - would find plenty of reasons (and opportunities) to see Him dead.
Such political "blunders" characterized His entire career. He regularly alienated the most powerful men of His day, both Jewish and Roman:
Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" "I am," said Jesus - Mark 14:61-62 -
And Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
And [Jesus] answered him, "You have said so" - Mark 15:2 -
He was not a man to quibble about what the meaning of "if" is. Instead, when He was on trail for His life, He twice said the very thing that would absolutely ensure He suffered an ignominious and horrible death. If He was after worldly power, He had a strange way of showing it.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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