. . . even as good stories and morals.
Most historical records will show that there was a man "Jesus" at the time recorded of the biblical stories of Jesus.
To the Christian Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, The Lamb, the Son of God and other religious titles preluding to old testament prophecy.
To the Christian Jesus is Lord. To those outside christianity he is just a man. To that end only christians can use his teachings without contradicting thier inward fiath/belief system. For anyone outside of christianity it would be quite illogical to accept anything that Jesus said even as a good moral tale coming from a good man.
Why, you might ask? Glad you did, I am bored and feel like explaining.
Jesus proclaimed himself to be God by many of his claims. And to the Jew particularly by using the words "I AM" in his his description in the book of John 7 times. Also many times He took credit for doing things that in the Old Testament God took crdit for thus claiming equality or oneship with God. To The Christian this is accepted as the mystery of the Triune{Trinity} Godhead was revealed through out the old testment and Jesus just fulfilled. So thus Christians Accept Jesus as Lord.
By these same claims those outside christianity would call Jesus a liar, Jesus was just a man like you or me, He was not God claiming to be so makes him a liar. And like a liar you cannot trust anything they have to say so thus, anything that Jesus had to say taught in the New Testament would be wholly untrustable because he was/is a liar.
Also the view that Jesus was a lunatic, maybe he was a o year Todd read a little to much Old Testament, got a few visions of grandeur in his head and got himself a God complex going on, just a little touched. and nobody would/should ever accept any advice from a lunatic no matter how good it may sound.
So there you have it Only christians are able to glean anything from the stories, parables, teachings and life of Jesus because they view Him as Lord. Any one who does not accept Jesus either places him in the catergory of liar, for claiming to be God, thus negating any of his teachings, parables, stories, or lifestyle in thier life as too untrustworthy to glean from. If Jesus is not the Lord and not the Liar, then he must be placed as Lunatic then once more negating the use of his teachings, parables, stories, and lifestlye as fits of mental illness unusable by them.
Most historical records will show that there was a man "Jesus" at the time recorded of the biblical stories of Jesus.
To the Christian Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, The Lamb, the Son of God and other religious titles preluding to old testament prophecy.
To the Christian Jesus is Lord. To those outside christianity he is just a man. To that end only christians can use his teachings without contradicting thier inward fiath/belief system. For anyone outside of christianity it would be quite illogical to accept anything that Jesus said even as a good moral tale coming from a good man.
Why, you might ask? Glad you did, I am bored and feel like explaining.
Jesus proclaimed himself to be God by many of his claims. And to the Jew particularly by using the words "I AM" in his his description in the book of John 7 times. Also many times He took credit for doing things that in the Old Testament God took crdit for thus claiming equality or oneship with God. To The Christian this is accepted as the mystery of the Triune{Trinity} Godhead was revealed through out the old testment and Jesus just fulfilled. So thus Christians Accept Jesus as Lord.
By these same claims those outside christianity would call Jesus a liar, Jesus was just a man like you or me, He was not God claiming to be so makes him a liar. And like a liar you cannot trust anything they have to say so thus, anything that Jesus had to say taught in the New Testament would be wholly untrustable because he was/is a liar.
Also the view that Jesus was a lunatic, maybe he was a o year Todd read a little to much Old Testament, got a few visions of grandeur in his head and got himself a God complex going on, just a little touched. and nobody would/should ever accept any advice from a lunatic no matter how good it may sound.
So there you have it Only christians are able to glean anything from the stories, parables, teachings and life of Jesus because they view Him as Lord. Any one who does not accept Jesus either places him in the catergory of liar, for claiming to be God, thus negating any of his teachings, parables, stories, or lifestyle in thier life as too untrustworthy to glean from. If Jesus is not the Lord and not the Liar, then he must be placed as Lunatic then once more negating the use of his teachings, parables, stories, and lifestlye as fits of mental illness unusable by them.
