Was Jesus an ego maniac, or was Jesus about his father's work?

Question

In other words, does Jesus really care about Jesus, or does he care about other ideas like love and feeding the hungry.

I understand the theology about Jesus dieing for the sins of all mankind, I am in fact a 29 year old American who has a moderate degree of cultural literacy.

Answer 1

"Jesus about his father's work" that's the TRUTH you stumble upon. That TRUTH is what we are meant to do. That why we are born unique & each with its own giftings. Food for thought, Jim.

Peace, man

Answer 2

Well, how about this to start the discussion: Was Jesus? At all?

Assuming you hypothetically grant that the man may actually have existed even as a man, you then have to consider whether his actual life was anything like the "gospel" portrayal. And if you ask any serious, responsible historian or anthropologist worth his salt (it doesn't count if he graduated from Bob Jones), he'll tell you that any first century Jew would've recognized all the dogma that's clustered around the figure of Jesus in the centuries since his death as nothing but hijacked paganism - if he recognized it at all.

The historical "Jesus" would've been absolutely outraged by the blasphemy that he was the divine incarnate "Son of God." That's a purely pagan idea, which is also why we still celebrate the winter solstice as "christmas" and the vernal equinox as "Easter."

Answer 3

Jesus is, of course God in the flesh. He proved it through His miracles. The life, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ is an immutable fact of history that can be proven. In addition, the Bible is easy to prove to be of a supernatural source. Just look at the fact that every single prophecy in the Bible, except those that deal with end times, has come true. For example, over 300 prophecies about Jesus were fulfilled in His life. These were written hundreds of years before His birth.

Answer 4

Jesus' most important desire was to do God's will. If not, He would not have died on the cross. He was not forced to be crucified, He willingly accepted the will of God. One of the things that makes Jesus' love for us and His desire to do God'w will so important to Him is talked about in John 2 when it is discussed that Jesus' most agonizing moments on the cross, were not the physical pain, but the pain He felt being separated from God when he descended into hell. Jesus always wanted to do what was God's will. This is evident even when he was a boy of 12-years-old and ministering in the temple, as noted in Luke 4. Jesus never took credit for His good works and miracles, He always gave praise to God.

Answer 5

He may appear to be ego maniacal, but his divinity precluded that. His life showed a humility and selflessness that no other human could hope to copy.

With all the history surrounding his life, the lives changed on his behalf, the things that have been written about him, an entire religious faith, adhered to by nearly a billion or more people, he might have reason to be ego maniacal. But he seems kind of tame in comparison to some of the egos I see asking and answering questions in this forum.

He spent his entire life working up to the greatest selfless act known to humankind... he showed a number of great works of healing and miracles and gave us so many things to help us guide and direct our lives. But of course, that all dims in comparison to being able to ask and answer pithy questions on Yahoo Answers. Certainly he has nothing on someone as great as you...

Answer 6

Well to answer that let's look at His life.

Born in a stable
Grew up as carpenter
Began ministry at the age of 33
Lived a meek existence His entire life.
Healed the sick and fed the poor.
Made blind men see and deaf men hear (literally and metaphorically)
Never asked for any praise for His actions.
Lived a perfect life but was tried and put to death
Had the oppurtunity to save Himself, but chose instead to willingly give His life for the forgiveness of your sins.

My vote is Jesus was all about His father's work. He spread a message of peace and forgiveness, not to be confused with complete indifference to moral behavior. He displayed perfect Agape love for me and the entire world. For that He is my savior.

Answer 7

Jesus did feed a crowd at one picnic with loaves and fishes. He also furnished the wine on one occasion, but other than that it isn't recorded that He ever did much about feeding the hungry. But I don't think anybody regards Jesus as an egomaniac- except for a few crackpots, maybe.

Answer 8

Have you ever actually opened up a bible and read it, or are you just taking an uneducated bias against Christianity? Jesus lived his life just like anyone else.
He preached a message of acceptance, love, and responsibility to our fellow 'humans'. Same thing leaders of all religions have taught.
What makes Jesus have an ego? He never said he was 'the shiznit'. That was placed upon him.

Answer 9

Jesus went out of his way not to put him self above others, in most cases referring to himself as "the son of man" and not the "Son of God." Moreover, he affirmed his oneness with humanity but stating that "he who does it unto the least of these my brethren, has done it unto me." He also said, that "the works that I do, you shall do also..."

Several hundred years after his death, it was in fact the Catholic Church who put him on a pedestal and made him into an idol instead of an example - essentially assuring that very few would dare to attempt to follow in his footsteps.

And what was that example? The example is of a human being who became One with God - the Christ as it were while still in embodiment. This is what we all have the potential to do and is our destiny should we decide to walk in his footsteps.

Answer 10

I think he was/is interested in doing the will of the Father, and seeing it done on earth. Everyone needs to hear the voice of the Father for themselves. The Bible is a very good guide, ( the best in my opinion) but when all is said and done, it's still about doing the will of the Father, not about reading a book (no matter how Good the Book).

As to our deeds, people may have different roles to fullfil, but no one is excused from being the 'Good Samaritan', when the occasion presents itself. And I suspect that it presents itself more often than we recognize.

Hoping the best for you jim*heart*darwin...

Answer 11

Jesus was 100% about his, and my fathers business.

I am a 41 year old American with a great deal of cultural literacy.