{"id":805,"date":"2008-03-25T23:28:40","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T23:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/did_jesus_come.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:30","slug":"did_jesus_come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/did_jesus_come.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Did Jesus Come toTeach us How to Live?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel <a href=\"http:\/\/aliensoil.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/link-gospel-of-narcissism.html\">pointed me<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/article\/20080321\/31608_Jesus_Doesn%5C%27t_Look_Like_Jesus_Anymore%2C_Says_Scholar.htm\">this article<\/a> about how more and more folks are re-making Jesus in their own image.  nothing new really, folks have been re-imagining a less shocking Jesus almost since he left.<br \/>\nIt got me thinking about what Jesus&#8217; was after in his teachings.  I&#8217;m thinking we just might be missing the point.<br \/>\nWas Jesus really teaching to get us to change?  Sure, I think he wanted and expected folks to take note and to rethink who they are, but prophet after prophet had come teaching much the same message.  The scriptures will filled with much of the same teachings.  Why would these same words from this man, even if he was God and man, be any different?<br \/>\nWhat if the point of Jesus coming to teach was to prove the point that we were helpless to save, powerless to obey and in desperate need of a savior.  He knew going in that ll the best teaching in the world wouldn&#8217;t save us.  Only he could do that.<br \/>\nYet people over and over examine and re-examine his teachings, hoping to expose that nugget that will transform.  Some magic nugget that has eluded all the others before.  That&#8217;s why we have Jesus the positive thinker, Jesus the spiritual guru, Jesus who wants you to have your best life now and on and on.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re missing the point.  When we look at Jesus&#8217; teaching on marriage and divorce, on generosity, on lust, on loving our enemies, on purity, on holiness, on pride, on anger, his compassion, his restraint, his patience, his sermon on the mount and the beatitudes and we look at who we are in our sin, our response can&#8217;t possibly be &#8220;OK, I can do that.&#8221;  No, when we see who we are in stark contrast to what God expects, we can do nothing but fall on our knees and beg for mercy.<br \/>\nWe do not need the self help Jesus for we cannot possibly help ourselves.  We need the savior.  The reach over the rail of the ship and catch me from the waves savior.  The run through the flames and snatch me from the burning building savior.  The step out into the firefight to pull you to safety savior.<br \/>\nAnd after he&#8217;s taught us who God is, and humbled us because we are not that and cannot hope to be, he goes to the cross and saves us.<br \/>\nAnd only then can we be transformed into that which was impossible before and only because he makes up the difference.  He bridges the gulf and now we are free to acheive that which had been impossible before.<br \/>\nHis message is not &#8220;you can&#8221; but &#8220;you can&#8217;t, but don&#8217;t worry, I will&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel pointed me to this article about how more and more folks are re-making Jesus in their own image. nothing new really, folks have been re-imagining a less shocking Jesus<a href=\"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/did_jesus_come.shtml\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Did Jesus Come toTeach us How to Live?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Did Jesus Come toTeach us How to Live? - salguod.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/did_jesus_come.shtml\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Did Jesus Come toTeach us How to Live? 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