2006-09-25 14:55:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hypocrisy
2006-09-25 14:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Does Jesus say to give up everything?
Actually, we are told to priortize. Put Jesus first, find God's will for our own life and then live it.
We are still expected to have a job, a car, a house, a TV, food, clothes, etc,.
What we cannot do, must not do, is make these THINGS the most important in our life. Anything or anyone that we make more important than Jesus (God) is , for us, an idol and idolatry is forbidden.
Yes my wife knows that she is number 2 in my life because God is number 1.
All that to say this - sounds easy - much harder to live out in the day to day. Every Christian is on a path towards the person that God wants them to be. All are on a different place on that path. So it is undesireable and ineffective to look sideways at someone else and ask why or why not. We are responsible for our own walk with God, and it is dangerous to compare it to someone else's.
Any Help?
2006-09-25 15:05:25 · answer #2 · answered by Gilley 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we are sinners. We are still on earth and perfection is not found until we are in Heaven with Jesus. Your right, we should be as much like Christ as possible, but by nature, we are not perfect and we are sinners. Becoming a Christian does not make you magically sin free. All knowing sins should be avoided and when you have Christ in your life, generally they do subside, but all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
2006-09-25 15:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People can be saved, and not be a disciple. Jesus said to be my disciple,deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me. Not every christian can do that. But another reason may be that they are not saved. Jesus also said that not everyone that calls me Lord, Lord shall enter my kingdom.For the ones who do as they are commanded and trust God blessed is he!
2006-09-25 15:09:43 · answer #4 · answered by scorpion 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have misunderstood the scripture. It means that you should be willing to give up everything to follow God and let nothing hinder you. You should readily choose God over all things. It gave material possessions as an example.
2006-09-25 14:59:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Giving up everything is too painful for most christians.
2006-09-25 14:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by baselthe2nd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aw, honey, if He was here physically we probably would. But now He is here spiritually, in the Holy Spirit, and it is a spiritual detachment that is called for. Nothing should mean more to us than Him, and following Him in what He sets before us in each moment...loving Him and our neighbor.
2006-09-25 14:59:51 · answer #7 · answered by Namaste 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because we are all sinners and we do the best we can. we should always strive to do better but we are only sinners saved by grace. this shows exactly way we need Christ. we can't do everything right we are not perfect so we needed the perfect Lamb of God to die and rise again to conquer death for us. it is only in His saving grace that we may enter Heaven.
2006-09-25 15:11:57 · answer #8 · answered by paul 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they are hypocrites that way. And Jesus never wrote anything, so we don't really know what he said.
2006-09-25 14:57:21 · answer #9 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as hard as we try we are sinners...it's wired into us as naturally as eating and drinking is. That's the good thing about forgiveness. Don't kid yourself. It's inpossible to be perfect, no one will ever follow Jesus perfectly as he would like us to. Don't sweat it. It's just nature...
2006-09-25 14:59:22 · answer #10 · answered by jess l 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋