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Originally Posted by HaShaliach
My dear friend - He did. Only then, God wrote His book in Adam's mind and on heart. It is even so today, for those who will allow it to actually take place. But, even now, as it was with Adam before, we are all still free to close that book whenever we choose.
We who are in Christ, have taken on the mind of Christ. Yet, does not nature testify against us for refusing to keep the mind of Christ? We set Him aside whenever it becomes inconvenient or too uncomfortable to follow in His foot steps and after His precepts. We demand that our ways be accepted and our precepts be acknowledged. Jesus demanded neither. We demand to be served and admired. Jesus did neither. We desire to be justified in our own eyes, according to our own knowledge, understanding, wisdom, and religious performance. Jesus just did as He was instructed, and copied what He heard the Father saying and doing.
Bottom line: We complicate everything, Jesus kept it simple.
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HaShaliach, I have a lot of respect for you and your openness for debate. I feel I can be honest with my feelings and opinions, and that you will consider my approach to Faith and Religion. That's all I ask from people; just consider. You don't have to agree, but at least think about it.
I wish I could agree about the simplicity in Jesus Christ, but it's not that simple. For example, the same Jesus that extended mercy to the lowest of the lows on his earthly mission, will someday sit on a Throne, casting all of humanities unworthy subjects into the torment of eternal fire. This doesn't make any sense.
Look at the Talmud. How do we look at this? How does this fit in Faith and our mission as Christians? Unveiling this "Document" can unnerve the best at heart in regards to Christianity and the Jews.
The Bible itself is full of discrepancy, opinion, and doctrines that cannot be proven (the afterlife being one); this alone leaves people to ponder in speculation and doubt. Why in the world would God leave human beings, who can’t even pay their bills, with the responsibility of dishing out Eternal Damnation to people who struggle to understand or don’t agree with a particular Religious ideal?
Even you had posted that if Jesus is the Truth, and we must follow this Truth, we would need another Book as large as the Bible to explain the Truth about Jesus, and that very few people can describe this Truth.
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