Jesus of Nazareth is the only founder of a religion who performed supermaterial acts on earth.
I hope this gets your attention. That said, I ask my Christian brothers and sisters, especially the Evangelical and Fundamentalist variety, to allow me to BEG for 4 minutes of your time, Fully, 4 short minutes of an Eternal Life, please.
It will challenge your conceptions. You may want to strike back initially. Please, again, I beg you to read to the end and then think of how this compares to your personal or Evangelical Christianity.
It’s good to ask Who your Lord and Savior is? THE ONE YOU WORSHIP and what his life here meant on earth.
Your cogent, A-Z, comments, questions and any responses even insults are all appreciated. Please read below:
Attitude of the People
As Jesus mingled with the people, they found him entirely free from the superstitions of that day. He was free from religious prejudices; he was never intolerant. He had nothing in his heart resembling social antagonism. While he complied with the good in the religion of his fathers, he did not hesitate to disregard man-made traditions of superstition and bondage. He dared to teach that catastrophes of nature, accidents of time, and other calamitous happenings are not visitations of divine judgments or mysterious dispensations of Providence. He denounced slavish devotion to meaningless ceremonials and exposed the fallacy of materialistic worship. He boldly proclaimed man’s spiritual freedom and dared to teach that mortals of the flesh are indeed and in truth sons of the living God. 149:2.10 (1671.5)
Jesus transcended all the teachings of his forebears when he boldly substituted clean hearts for clean hands as the mark of true religion. He put reality in the place of tradition and swept aside all pretensions of vanity and hypocrisy. And yet this fearless man of God did not give vent to destructive criticism or manifest an utter disregard of the religious, social, economic, and political usages of his day. He was not a militant revolutionist; he was a progressive evolutionist. He engaged in the destruction of that which was only when he simultaneously offered his fellows the superior thing which ought to be. 149:2.11 (1671.6)
Jesus received the obedience of his followers without exacting it. Only three men who received his personal call refused to accept the invitation to discipleship. He exercised a peculiar drawing power over men, but he was not dictatorial. He commanded confidence, and no man ever resented his giving a command. He assumed absolute authority over his disciples, but no one ever objected. He permitted his followers to call him Master. 149:2.13 (1672.2)
The Master was admired by all who met him except by those who entertained deep-seated religious prejudices or those who thought they discerned political dangers in his teachings. Men were astonished at the originality and authoritativeness of his teaching. They marveled at his patience in dealing with backward and troublesome inquirers. He inspired hope and confidence in the hearts of all who came under his ministry. Only those who had not met him feared him, and he was hated only by those who regarded him as the champion of that truth which was destined to overthrow the evil and error which they had determined to hold in their hearts at all cost. 149:2.12 (1672.1)
On both friends and foes he exercised a strong and peculiarly fascinating influence. Multitudes would follow him for weeks, just to hear his gracious words and behold his simple life. Devoted men and women loved Jesus with a well-nigh superhuman affection. And the better they knew him the more they loved him. And all this is still true; even today and in all future ages, the more man comes to know this God-man, the more he will love and follow after him. 149:2.14 (1672.3)
This is who Jesus is.
He was not a fundamentalist, nationalist, power player, militant, political, bully, scallywag, con -artist or grifter and didn’t ask for money from his flock, ever. The House of Joseph did not Take Alms!
Anyone telling you different or serving you up a different dish of Christianity, Lord or God for you to serve, “Houston we have a problem”
Use the brain God Gave you
Seek the truth and the truth will set you free. There is much that man has held back from you. Ask God to guide you to knowledge and understanding, he will open your eyes.
The days of the wicked are truly upon us. The wolf is indeed devouring the flock, and the sheep are lining up. Let the True Shepard, Set you free.
May the one God, his Son and Spirit bless you.
To my friends and fellow humans who happen to folllow another faith, nothing in this article is aimed at your faith. I will take a chance here and very loosely paraphrase a passage. Something to the effect of; “…all religions that seek relation to a One True Source and Center are seeking the same God…..” I could not agree more.
That however would make a great discussion for another time. Please let me know if you would like to chat.
Christians of all flavors, What do you think?
Source:
https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-149-second-preaching-tour#U149_2_1
