Jesus says this to people who have given up on the second coming and have settled into a ground - level religion.
Not exact matches
«I think
people say, «
Jesus Christ, somebody comes along and pours in all this money, this thing has
to be good.
Suffice
to say,
Jesus was indeed a real
person who was crucified for blasphemy and sedition.
A group of
people, a little over 2000 years ago,
said that a man called
Jesus was the Son of God, based on what he was
said to have done, including rising from the dead.
Did
Jesus even
say these words, or were they put in his mouth by later writers
to comfort and manage the
people of the church?
From the Bible New Testament, John 4: «
Jesus said to her (lady in Samaria), «Believe me, woman, the time will come when
people will not worship the Father either on this mountain (Samaria's temple location) or in (the Temple in) Jerusalem....
I think anyone that any Christian who looks at what
Jesus message was
said to be, and any other
person who just looks at what the right thing
to do for someone who needs comfort is, instead of focusing on absurd man made rituals, would see that the priest was very much at fault here.
Clyde,
person «A» walks up
to you and
says Jesus healed a number of
people, and some bread and fish appeared more than they started with after
people ate, and
Jesus was killed, then raised again from the dead.
It's meant
to make
people say «
Jesus would never do that!»
To say true to Jesus» sermon being referenced here, if one were to fantasize about a married person, or, if they are married, about someone other than their spouse, whether masturbating or not, they commit adulter
To say true
to Jesus» sermon being referenced here, if one were to fantasize about a married person, or, if they are married, about someone other than their spouse, whether masturbating or not, they commit adulter
to Jesus» sermon being referenced here, if one were
to fantasize about a married person, or, if they are married, about someone other than their spouse, whether masturbating or not, they commit adulter
to fantasize about a married
person, or, if they are married, about someone other than their spouse, whether masturbating or not, they commit adultery.
Jesus said, «Blessed are the peacemakers,» and He
said it
to a group of
people who were no less prone
to conflict than we are.
This led
to a big split among those that latched on
to the words that having faith in
Jesus is what is needed
to get
to heaven vs words that
say things like how it's easier
to get a camel through the eye of a needle than for a rich
person to get into heaven or help the poor.
jesus has no
say in it since the bible does not apply
to all
people.
you're
saying they just might be... do you understand that is was common at the time of
Jesus for
people to make the claim of being the Messiah?
So,
to me,
Jesus would
say that we as
people should do whatever we need
to do
to care for each other, knowing that whatever we do
to each other, we do
to Him, and that he knows what happens
to even
to the least fortunate.
Jesus would not have
said to kill
people in his name.
God takes two
people and joins them into one — in a way that
Jesus says humans don't have the authority
to separate.
AND then, after God /
Jesus kills all of the
people due
to the evilness, he
says he will never kill All again because man is evil!!!!!
He
said: «You only had
to have half an hours conversation with him
to realise that he was a man of passionate Christian belief and conviction and what is more he believed entirely in the incarnation, that God comes among us fully in the
person of
Jesus, and he believed entirely in the resurrection.»
As
Jesus said, the
people before Christ's time had the prophets
to know Christ was coming, just like we know Christ is coming again, soon.
Jesus gave us a clear picture of what that was all about as did others
say Peter for example 2 Peter 2:4 - 6: For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down
to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness,
to be reserved
to judgment; 5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth
person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample
to those that after should live ungodly;
Jesus himself could come down and proclaim that marriage is for everyone, and all
people are equal no matter who they are... and the religious right would disagree with what he has
to say.
You
said, «
To the Christian, who understands the consequences of accepting or rejecting Jesus, that person is compelled to share — not out of a desire to cause pain but to provide one more, maybe the only, opportunity for the dying person to avoid eternal punishment.&raqu
To the Christian, who understands the consequences of accepting or rejecting
Jesus, that
person is compelled
to share — not out of a desire to cause pain but to provide one more, maybe the only, opportunity for the dying person to avoid eternal punishment.&raqu
to share — not out of a desire
to cause pain but to provide one more, maybe the only, opportunity for the dying person to avoid eternal punishment.&raqu
to cause pain but
to provide one more, maybe the only, opportunity for the dying person to avoid eternal punishment.&raqu
to provide one more, maybe the only, opportunity for the dying
person to avoid eternal punishment.&raqu
to avoid eternal punishment.»
When
Jesus said that he brings a sword, does this mean that we no longer do anything in our power
to reconcile, make peace, and work for the unity of all
people?
What DO we
say to people when they are spitting in
Jesus» face and do not see anything wrong with it?
Thous shalt not murder —
says nothing about anger — but
Jesus asks us
to even deal with that attitude (which is different for each
person)... and a good freedom comes from seeing the usefulness of these things.
S.Lewis» «I am here trying
to prevent anyone
saying the really foolish thing that
people often
say about Him: «I'm ready
to accept
Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept his claim
to be God.»
So when
Jesus says things like «Give
to whoever asks,» that makes sense
to people who've learned how
to survive on the margins and in the cracks.
Says Cavey, «I am fascinated by the fact the no matter how hostile
people are towards organized religion, especially the Christian religion, these same
people often tend
to have a soft spot in their hearts for the historical
Jesus.
When it comes
to picking and choosing, too many
people avoid Mark 12:17 — «And
Jesus answering
said unto them, Render
to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and
to God the things that are God's.
As
Jesus said, the every
person remains under judgement for rejecting the light (aka
Jesus) and remaining in darkness (though we could probably all agree that even this darkness gets pierced by the light from time
to time).
Aside from all this, the bible
says Faith without works is DEAD... just being a good
person is NOT enough
to truly follow
Jesus Christ and do the will of God.
It's really easy for
people to turn there back on someone (let's
say the pastor / priest) because that
person has failed
to meet their expectations, but what
Jesus teaches us
to do is
to pray for that
person who fell, make yourselves available
to that
person, support them in getting back up, and forgive them!
@Kingnpriest, So in theory, if a
person lead a good life, and never sinned (unlikely but possible), but never
said a word about
Jesus, good or bad (they'd heard about him but never addressed the issue, they just focused on living a good life), what would happen
to them?
TO THE
PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT THESE WORDS WERE DELIBERATELY
SAID TO BE OBEYED BY
JESUS LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
M. Kelly is correct... Santa and
Jesus are white... it is getting absolutely ridiculous
to try and ruin everything because a minority of
people are not happy... too bad... that's life... get over it... I am not afraid of these
people who try and make me do what they want by
saying I am a bigot or whatever... I am just a realist.
in the day, s that
jesus our lord was on the earth (
jesus) there was many
people named
jesus, just as among hispanic and central american
peoples, it was a common popular name of many
people, if you want
to prove
to your self that
jesus was not married, look up what the apostle
said,» i saw standing upon mount zion with the lamb 144,000, these are they that have washed thier robes and were not defilled with women, for they are virgins,
jesus emphasised in parts the need and values of a husband and wife in a home, the two mary, s and the women that followed him and ministered unto him tells us the great importance of women, and women in the home, he wanted all married men
to have thier own wife, in those days of so many years ago there was false prophets, storytellers, wild imaginations, he told us not
to believe them, whether you are catholic, christian, islamic or any other, we can all take pride in the fact what the prohets,
jesus and the apostles told us all fits jointly
to gether, they were a work of love,
to understand the christian bible correctly, islamic
people are not rejected, but rather they are a equal, the angel told hagar
to return
to her mistress, he also told her he would make ishmael a blessing and his seed a great nation, regards
very simple test for
people that call themselves christians,
jesus said if you really believed in him you too can walk on water, well I have a bucket, anyone want
to try?
Jesus brought us all the rules of the Mormon church, but
people killed Him and the rules
Jesus taught were lost for 19 centuries until Joseph Smith, Gods new appointed savior, could find the golden plates (that nobody ever saw and all 6
people who claimed
to see them later recanted and
said they were lying).
Most of the
people who believe or what
to classify
Jesus as being white are in denial, the bible clearly
says in Revelation 1:14 - 18 New King James Version (NKJV) 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace.
the claims of some of you on this post in
saying Mormons are not Christian, I ask you
to define or clarify what makes a
person a christian, if it is a belief in
Jesus Christ that he is the only way
people can be saved, then Mormons are Christians.
What I also
said was that
people should read the bible and make up their own minds, and that
people have no place
to judge, that is God and
Jesus» right, not yours or your pastors.
And other believers,
Jesus told the disciples that if
people didn't welcome them and want
to hear what they have
to say, they should shake the dust off their sandals and leave them in their sin.
That is
to say, one true God would not reveal
to one group of
people that
Jesus is the only way
to heaven, and then tell another group something entirely different.
Jesus said: «Things that cause
people to stumble are bound
to come, but woe
to anyone through whom they come.
You are like a hungry
person looking for a fly in your soup when one is freely given
to you; step back and look at the big picture of what is being
said in Isaiah 40 and Malachi 3:1 and what
Jesus said about the prophet who spoke of Him throughout the Old Testament.
Thus, while distinguishing the
persons of Father and Son, they wanted
to say that
Jesus is truly God - of one being with the Father.
I shudder
to think at what
Jesus would have
to say about our multi-million dollar church buildings while poor
people are living in cardboard boxes all over our cities and selling their bodies
to get food.
Anyway, all this
to say that you have finally be able
to unlock a major mystery for me and give me insight into the possible reason that God allowed me
to be so viciously attacked (I was maligned, kicked out of church, lost all my friends, the whole bit... There are still
people posting publically that I'm satan spawn, a worker of unrighteousness sent
to destroy Gods Church, etc, etc — all because I refused
to «repent of my pride which believes I chose
to accept
Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior».)
Christians do not then force others
to believe anything, but rather go
to their homes as
Jesus commanded his genuine disciples
to do, seeking
to discuss, reason and hopefully teach them about our Creator, Jehovah God and his kingdom, for
Jesus said just before he ascended
to heaven: «Go therefore and make disciples of
people of all the nations... teaching them
to observe all the things I have commanded you.»