Is he holier than Jesus, or did the clergy who added his epistles to the NT have more of a reason to keep the laity from expecting the clergy to be perfect/complete as they are called upon in Matthew 5:48?
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
2006-10-18 00:22:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have taken this way out of context. Nobody can be perfect. we are called to strive for perfection and to strive to be like God is perfect. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
Jesus was not here to write anything. He didnt write anything. His account was told by the common people of that day so that others cant say that He created and wrote his own religion. the Bible was an account of factual events that can and have been proven through archeology.
The new testament authors were common people from all walks of life to emulate the culture. if Christ had come in our time, he would have chosen his diciples from people like the guy who manages the McDonalds, the Mechanic that fixes your car, the guy who cuts your lawn, or the teller at the bank, not people from the local church so that comon people could give an accurate account of his actions.
2006-10-18 00:30:00 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Linder 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You speak from ignorance. The clergy did not "add" Paul's letters to the New Testament. In the 300's the Christian leaders, aided by The Holy Spirit, looked at all of the writings that existed at that time and determined which ones contained no errors. This group of writings IS what we call The New Testament.
Two of Jesus apostles that were with Him night and day for His last 3 years wrote the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of John. Mark and Luke were written by people who were disciples of one of the 12 apostles. How many books of what Jesus said and did do you need? If you won't believe those 4 books, would 12 make a difference?
God loves you even though you don't believe in Him. What have you got to lose by giving Him a chance?
2006-10-18 00:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by Smartassawhip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did not write any books. But many books were written about Jesus. Jesus was more practical than theoretic. He left earthly issues for people to agree upon, the only condition is to respect their word (what you tie on earth is tied in heaven and what you release (untie) on earth is released (untied) in heaven). When apostles preached Jesus, they had to leave books to code the faith or belief. These books or (codes) have been interpreted differently. Different interpretations resulted in different dogmas.
2006-10-18 00:40:13 · answer #3 · answered by rambahan_1953 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each book in the Bible is credited with a writer, but Jesus is credited with inspiring all of them.
I Cr 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
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2006-10-18 00:34:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul had a lot to do with telling new testament christians how to deal with living in the NT era
2006-10-18 00:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus didn't write ANY of the books of the NT.
2006-10-18 00:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by Smiley 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul was one of those early Christians who were instrumental in starting the Christian movement. He was also important in getting some of the basic foundations of the Church started.
2006-10-18 00:30:40 · answer #7 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus has a book in the New Testament? What Paul's books are, are actually letters that he wrote to his friends in their missions to convert people.
2006-10-18 00:27:22 · answer #8 · answered by Safe as Coffee 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps because Jesus never wrote in anything but sand?
2006-10-18 03:22:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they each had a definite purpose jesus was to show us the Father and His plan paul showed us how god can even take his enemy and turn him around and use him to teach the plan of god
2006-10-18 00:31:31 · answer #10 · answered by just wondering 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋