Got milk: history will show us that a movement this large does not get inspired by a lunitic or liar. I believe everything Jesus said. I believe He is Divine. I believe He was/is God wrapped in flesh, an image of God and the evidence of God that people wanted. I also am not in a mental institution. Why does it "piss you off" as to what I believe? You can go on believing He was a good man and a preacher, it's no skin off my back. I am stating my own personal beliefs(which happen to be shared by 2.3 billion others). You can choose to deny His Divinity, but only a fool would deny that this man, whether God or not, made a HUGE impact on history.
Sinfix: Jesus taught submission to those who had power over you. The only thing He was against was the hypocritical religious pharasee's and saducees. They preached the coming kingdom of God and to obey mosaic law and ritual. They presented themselves as "holy", yet set up a business in the temple. Sounds kinda like the "church" today huh? The apostle Paul wrote that the Christ walked among them, and they knew Him not. The reason Jesus was so popular was for the simple reason that He was the fulfillment of a 1000 year old prophecy. A promise that God Himself would be with man on earth. He was the Messiah, the promise of salvation to the Jews. Yet, despite the number of His followers, He was still crucified...why? Because the High Priests in charge of the Jews believed the Messiah would free His people from oppression and establish a new Jewish kingdom. But they missed out, the promised Kingdom of God was not to be a physical one. It was a spiritual kingdom. Jesus did not bring salvation from the Romans, but salvation from sin. For the first time ever, the people could know God as a personal God. To not have to sacrifice animals to cover sin, but to have Christ be the sacrifice for absolute forgiveness of sin. The Pharasee's crucified Jesus, not the Romans. He was murdered because He didnt fit the Jewish interpretation of the Christ. He called them out on their hypocrisy and their false rituals. Therefore, they sought to silence Him. Little did they know, He was meant to be crucified as the ultimate and final sacrifice for sin. Rome was not the reason Christianity grew. Revival started in the places Jesus walked, talked, and performed miracles. He endowed the apostles with the same abilities and from that and eye witness accounts...Christianity spread like wildfire, first to the Jew then the gentile.
I'm sure Jesus was a popular name. I'm sure others were crucified. But none left the legacy He did, none claimed or taught what He did, none gave themselves up to die for humanity. Say what you will brother, but in 3 1/2 years, Jesus accomplished the greatest revival in history. One that no man has done or could do again. You choose to believe He was a good man that died and that's fine. For me, He is my own personal God, my Friend, my Father, my Savior and my Lord. Best of all; I know Him by name, by experience, and by things which surpass understanding and the natural world. I know what God has done for me and with me. Atheists mock Christians for believinibg something without proof, yet they have never actually seen evolution happen. Don't believe me, check out the article below for an unbiased non Christian report...
Science Literature - Experimental Evolution in Fruit Flies
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