Who is Jesus?
Who is Jesus? So many ask this question and there are about as many answers to this as there are people asking. Let's really disect who he is. Let's look at the history of the first century, the description of him and his actions.
Jesus lived in the first century A.D. and at a time with a large number of revolts. He led not a revolt, but a revolution in the way people see life. He challenged people to look at life as the most precious thing. He lived in a time when the Romans oppressed so many people and so many faiths. He lived at a time when the Jewish people were expecting a Messiah. Other leaders came before him around that time, but they did not have the same title as he did.
Jesus was a rabbi with authority, meaning he had the entire HEBREW BIBLE MEMORIZED! the man knew his stuff when it came to Jewish customs. Yet, he grew up in a town so poor, so destitute that Josephus doesn't even mention it as a town in the vicinity of Galilee in any of his documents. He was an average looking guy by the description that we get. He didn't have pretty blue eyes with curly blonde hair and a white skin. This is an aweful depiction of Jesus. The church has really messed up what Jesus probably looked like. Jesus truly did have the mastery of word over even the most zealous of Pharisees and Sadducees. He didn't act like the hypocrites of the Jewish religion though. He treated people like...PEOPLE.
Jesus was the cool guy who would hang out with the lowest of the lows. He spent his time with tax collectors and sluts and liars alike, without judging them. Was there any reason why people didn't want to follow a guy like this? He had the highest, most honorable title to the Jews and he spent his time with the least of them. Jesus showed love in the way the scirptures said to show it, not the way the religious leaders twisted it to say. His actions showed compassion on people who no one wanted to even touch. The equivelant of these people in today's culture would be people like meth addicts, the high school dropout at McDonald's with no friends, or that weird guy you see on the side of the street who has a sign asking for money, but doesn't have the dignity to look you in the eye after such a broken life.
Is there any reason the disciples taught out of such love? Jesus was a real man with a real story. He had a real family with real problems. He was a real teacher with real students. Decide what you want about him. If you believe he is the savior of man take the plunge, if not, no one is making you choose. If you think he was a looney, find the evidence. You ultimately decide who Jesus is and what he did, but remember that he was only one man with one real identity, so dig in and find it out. I'm not trying to prosletize, I'm only challenging you to look into this Jesus thing a lot deeper than what you have in class. I know so many people who make claims about Jesus, but they have never really read the bible, never really looked at the apologetics, never studied the history, or even really questioned their beliefs about it. Dig in before you give an "educated" answer.
Jesus lived in the first century A.D. and at a time with a large number of revolts. He led not a revolt, but a revolution in the way people see life. He challenged people to look at life as the most precious thing. He lived in a time when the Romans oppressed so many people and so many faiths. He lived at a time when the Jewish people were expecting a Messiah. Other leaders came before him around that time, but they did not have the same title as he did.
Jesus was a rabbi with authority, meaning he had the entire HEBREW BIBLE MEMORIZED! the man knew his stuff when it came to Jewish customs. Yet, he grew up in a town so poor, so destitute that Josephus doesn't even mention it as a town in the vicinity of Galilee in any of his documents. He was an average looking guy by the description that we get. He didn't have pretty blue eyes with curly blonde hair and a white skin. This is an aweful depiction of Jesus. The church has really messed up what Jesus probably looked like. Jesus truly did have the mastery of word over even the most zealous of Pharisees and Sadducees. He didn't act like the hypocrites of the Jewish religion though. He treated people like...PEOPLE.
Jesus was the cool guy who would hang out with the lowest of the lows. He spent his time with tax collectors and sluts and liars alike, without judging them. Was there any reason why people didn't want to follow a guy like this? He had the highest, most honorable title to the Jews and he spent his time with the least of them. Jesus showed love in the way the scirptures said to show it, not the way the religious leaders twisted it to say. His actions showed compassion on people who no one wanted to even touch. The equivelant of these people in today's culture would be people like meth addicts, the high school dropout at McDonald's with no friends, or that weird guy you see on the side of the street who has a sign asking for money, but doesn't have the dignity to look you in the eye after such a broken life.
Is there any reason the disciples taught out of such love? Jesus was a real man with a real story. He had a real family with real problems. He was a real teacher with real students. Decide what you want about him. If you believe he is the savior of man take the plunge, if not, no one is making you choose. If you think he was a looney, find the evidence. You ultimately decide who Jesus is and what he did, but remember that he was only one man with one real identity, so dig in and find it out. I'm not trying to prosletize, I'm only challenging you to look into this Jesus thing a lot deeper than what you have in class. I know so many people who make claims about Jesus, but they have never really read the bible, never really looked at the apologetics, never studied the history, or even really questioned their beliefs about it. Dig in before you give an "educated" answer.
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