Jesus said that John the Baptist was the greatest man who had lived (MT 11:11). John the Baptist, it is well-known, said that he was not worthy to untie Jesus’ sandals (MK 1:7, LK 3:16, JN 1:27, AC 13:25).
So if we are less than John, and John isn’t worthy to untie Jesus’ shoelaces, how can anyone think that they are worthy of Jesus? (If John was wrong when he said this, or if Jesus disagreed, then he surely would not have called him the greatest of men without at least fixing this discrepancy).
The Bible says many times that Jesus loves everyone, but how much can he love them if he considers them unworthy of him?
He also said that anyone “who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me, and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me (MT 10:37-38, RSV).” This is kind of an odd thing to say (that non-Christians are unworthy of Jesus). If this unworthiness is only temporary (i.e., they become worthy of Jesus once they accept him), isn’t it an irrelevant thing to say? If it is permanent, how could he fulfill his implied mission to convert the world to Christianity?
2007-05-01
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