Reciprocally, man's action is not determined by God
any more than that of Jesus Christ was.
Not exact matches
Undoubtedly,
Jesus still loves us all
more than either
of us could ever fathom but the only way you, me, we're going to be able to live fulfilled and victorious lives is by accepting God's truths as they truly are in the bible and by leaning on His grace for empowerment to walk in them in our personal relationships with him.
I am so sorry that you have been told / taught such awful things about
Jesus, but whether or not you believe He is fully man and also fully God, there is
more than enough proof historically and in present scripture to show that labeling Him as a mysogonist and an advocate for murder is a drastically false account
of who He is and what He stood for.
Now men who know
more than God [sarcasm] decide they don't like that saying, and it doesn't fit in their thinking, so off they go and write books and develope a following
of other people who don't like the truth
of what
Jesus said.
I submit that
Jesus healing someone, is vastly
more believable
than the formation
of even just our earth being formed by «nothing».
The prospertiy gospel — sounds
more like the American dream
than the gospel
of Jesus Christ does it not?
I am far
more educated on the Old testament
than the New, but I'm pretty sure some
of Jesus's key points are love and compassion.
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.
No, I think he meant the belief that suffering is a «kiss from
Jesus», that women can't make decisions about their own bodies, that the RCC's wealth, power and reputation are
more important
than doing what is right, and that children are there for the pleasure
of the clergy.
(And I agree — there are a lot
of atheists out there that seem to follow
Jesus far
more closely
than do many who label themselves Christian.)
While Muslims believe
Jesus was to be revered as a prophet and Apostle
of God, they do not believe He was
more than this.
We have known for over 200 years that the bulk
of the Bible's claims are nothing
more than Jewish tradition and folklore and that the
Jesus as represented in the NT is nothing like the real
Jesus who lived.
The existence
of Jesus of Nazareth does not make him supernatural or divine any
more than a historical Paul Bunyan would force the conclusion he was 100 ft. tall with a giant pet blue ox.
There is
more evidence
of UBL dying last week
than there ever was
of Jesus or anything that happens in that work
of fiction called the bible.
Jesus had
more of a problem with those religious figures in his day
than the homosexual Greek.
Think
of it this way:
Jesus was, by almost anyone's estimation,
more than a carpenter.
There is
more historical evidence to prove
Jesus walked the earth
than there is to prove the existence
of Napolean.
But nothing
more crazy
than a Julian
of Norwich claiming to have received a revelation
of divine love from
Jesus himself...»
Jesus is nothing
more than a myth, built from the stories
of multiple deities.
I find it VERY difficult to bait god and
jesus, since NEITHER
of them is any
more than a myth.
So, what is my point?To read Paul's polemic, his rhetoric and generally his theology as an end in itself, rather
than his attempt to bring others to an experience
of the living God is to me, missing the point.It seems that much
of the divisiveness between believers on this blog and a few others I visit is just that: I often read... Paul says this... hey, but
Jesus says that... no, he wasn't saying that, he was saying this and so on and so on.Am I the only one bored with this «your Mother and my Mother were hanging out clothes» approach.I think we need a little
more adverb, as in maybe....
As for the one god being
more valid
than any
of the other thousands, that things you attribute to him (technically to
Jesus), still haven't been proven in anything outside
of the bible, which no one
of a scientific mind can accept as convincing proof.
Jesus said in Matthew 10: 37 - 38, «Anyone who loves his father or mother
more than me is not worthy
of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter
more than me is not worthy
of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy
of me.»
more than 02 billions
of christians are belive in
Jesus the human god,
more than 900 millions
of Hidus are believe in Krishna the human god
more than 300 millions
of Buddahs are belive in Buda the human god, and many others are belive in the human god who will come in the end
of days to save the human kind.
all things were created by nothing with nothing and for nothing... that takes
more faith
than i have... i prefer to believe in
Jesus Christ — the one and only who rose from the dead — the most astounding historical fact ever recorded; Christians don't have all the answers but as the author Don Miller noted: «I can no
more understand the complexity
of God
than the pancakes I made for breakfast can understand the complexity
of me»
The Venerable Stuart Bain, Archdeacon
of Sunderland, said: «David was a master
of the one liners: «God is as he is in
Jesus», «You can't keep a good God down» and even his oft misquoted comment about the resurrection «The resurrection is
more than just a conjuring trick with bones».
The presence
of Jesus in accounts that were written 200 years after his death do not prove his existence any
more than the lack
of contemporaneous accounts disprove it.
Philippians 3:8,9 «
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view
of the surpassing value
of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss
of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness
of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis
of faith,»
George, if you can read this genuine, heartfelt piece and your first reaction is to dispute it by being critical
of the source and not appreciative
of the message, it seems you have a mind set
more similar to the scribes and pharisees
than to that
of honesty, generosity, grace, and love that
Jesus commands us to pursue.
The most gracious person who ever walked the planet was
Jesus Christ, and He spoke
more on the subject
of hell
than anyone in the bible.
The chances that your spirit for want
of a better word will live on, is
more likely going to be your the form
of energy either in another dimension or with another life form from a distant planet who by most accounts from so many writings and drawings all across our earth has a higher probablity
than some guy named
jesus or his never caring ignorant father or a holly ghost (remember when that was the real name).
39:32 — Then, who does
more wrong
than one who utters a lie against Allah, and denies the truth [this Quran, the Prophet (Muhammad SAW, and
Jesus the Son
of Marry), the Islamic Monotheism, the Resurrection and the reward or punishment according to good or evil deeds] when it comes to him!
Jesus» entrance into Jerusalem on a donkey at Passover with a gaggle
of followers and / or his money changer incident in the Temple were
more than enough to seal his fate.
It is our love that transforms us into the image
of Jesus — for we never look
more like Him
than we do when we love.
There are
more contradictions in your bible including the gospels,
than Bobby Henderson, could fit into the Gospel
of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the modern day equivalent to the
jesus» myth.
jusqu'a quand» in which, when addressed to the God
of Jesus, and our God, I join you cordially, and await his time and will with
more readiness
than reluctance.
Many people do not marry in a church, even
more (billions) do not celebrate the birth
of Jesus, probably even
more do not cry out to any gods, or may to other gods other
than (yours), and many people consider life elsewhere in the universe because science and reason points to that possibility.
One thing is certain and proven... no matter what creed we utter, create, or claim to believe...
more people over the centuries (including the 200 years
of NT historians and theologians studies you lean upon) will remember... seek, find, and trust in a risen
Jesus (the illiterate peasant carpenter)
than will ever know you and I... let alone sing our praises.
There's a fairly long list
of recent messiah claimants, a number
of which, like Vissarion, who are still living and have far
more followers
than the number usually associated with
Jesus during his life in the biblical stories.
So, from an archeological viewpoint, there is
more proof
of Jesus than there is
of Moses.
Members
of the Church
of Jesus Christ
of Latter - day Saints come from many nationalities, cultures, and backgrounds check this link out for yourself: http://mormon.org/me/3QV2 In fact, there are
more members outside
of the United States
than inside!
Blessed are the Cheesemakers You should
more impressed by the fact you just expressed
Jesus to be
of form and substance
more like God
than scientifically provable organic matter that existed and is falsifiable.
I believe that altruism for the sake
of positive feedback from those that you help is far
more rewarding
than «Well I will help you, but only because
jesus won't let me in if I don't».
In a tribute published to mark the 40th anniversary
of the breakup
of the band, who singer John Lennon once claimed were «
more popular
than Jesus,» the Vatican newspaper «L'Osservatore Romano» said it had forgiven them and called them a «precious jewel.»
If you look at the entire religious structure (who they believe God to be, their daily relationship with God, who they think God was before, their view
of heaven, their view
of Jesus, etc.), traditional Christianity and Islam have a lot
more in common
than traditional Christianity and Mormonism.
So
more than a thousand years after Christ may or may not have lived, a sect
of Christians wrote some shlt down that may or may not be percieved to claim that
Jesus was married.
I know women are
more respected in The Church
of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints
than maybe anywhere else.
It often seems as the «share» the details
of this relationship that
Jesus is
more like a child's imaginary friend who is always on their side when any conflict occurs with others rather
than the
Jesus who loved people enough to tell them, without accusing or withdrawing affection, the hard truths they needed to know to encourge them to make
more meaningful choices.
Pete Greig, one
of the founders
of 24 - 7 Prayer International, told Premier's Inspirational Breakfast: «Going to number one is incredible, but what it means is that this week
more people are downloading videos about
Jesus at Christmas
than Ted Talks, or Ricky Gervais» podcast, or the Foo Fighters!»
That quote was from one
of the press conferences where Mr Lennon was trying to explain his «We [Beatles] are
more popular
than jesus» comments, which were taken out
of context by xian zealots in 1966.