I may not believe that Jesus was the Son of God, but a man tring to change the world?

Question

to a better place. Should he be rescepted just for that and not for forming a religion.

Answer 1

Yeah, I think you have the right idea, but many people have tried to do that. many people had the same qualities as he did, and tried to change the world. Respect is the right word here.

Answer 2

You may believe whatever you like. Also Jesus did not form a religion he like other prophets of his time earnt their living (bread and water) preaching wisdom and forgiveness. The Romans having crucified him realised they had killed some one with a significant following amongst the people and created Jesus - Christ-ianity . Catholics were the first real christ believing religion and then Henry the Eighth decided he did not like being Catholic
( The Catholic Church denounces devorce) and decided to have his own religion The CHurch of England. Please understand this is a thumbnail sketch - you wil find more in English history and The History of the Roman Catholic CHurch. THere are a great many people who believe taht Jesus CHrist was a man who could do many amazing miracles using tricks of light and tides who was a great man who was able to help many people but whether a virgin was impregnated by god and the rest is very unbelieveable........................................And has never been repeated in history since

Answer 3

you are sitting on the fence here, you neither believe that Jesus is Son of God and you do believe that He was a good person and frankly you are in no-mans land at the moment.
if Jesus is not a Savior for you then He is just another crusader fighting world injustice but actually told lies about Himself?

Answer 4

If your view is true than Jesus was a liar. He claimed to be the son of God. His primary mission on earth was not to heal sick people and say good things. He came to die for our sins so that we could be freed from the eternal consequences.

To say Jesus was just a good teacher trying to spread a message about helping others is to completely water down his ministry.

Answer 5

Jesus Christ does not allow us to just write Him off as a good man. You see, Jesus Christ said that He is God in the flesh. Therefore, He is either Lord, liar, or lunatic. I encourage you to read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Read the teachings of Jesus. See what He did--things that only God can do. Notice how He responded to people and situations. I believe you will see that there is no way possible for Jesus Christ to be either a liar or a lunatic. He is Who He claimed to be--Lord.
What evidence is there for Jesus' divinity? The first is that of His sinless life—something only God could do. The Bible says Jesus was "tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin" (Hebrews 4:15). Then there is the evidence of His miracles—miracles that demonstrated the power of God.

But the final proof of Jesus' divine nature was His resurrection from the dead. Anyone could claim to be the Son of God, but only Christ proved it by coming back from the grave—an event witnessed by hundreds. Who was Jesus Christ? He was God in human flesh—and He came into this world for one reason: to save us from our sins. Why not open your heart to Him today?

Answer 6

Muslims believe, that Jesus was one of the mightiest messengers of God that he was the Christ, that he was born miraculously without any male intervention (which many modern-day Christians do not believe today), that he gave life to the dead by God's permission and that he healed those born blind and the lepers by God's permission. In fact, no Muslim is a Muslim if he or she does not believe in Jesus!




What will also surprise the christians is the fact that the Muslim does not take the holy name of Jesus, in his own language, without saying Eesa, alaihi assalam ("Jesus, peace be upon him").


Mention in the Quran

And that in the Holy Quran Jesus is mentioned twenty five times.

For example:

"We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear signs and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit" The Holy Qur'an,Chapter 2,Verse 87

"O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary..." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 3, Verse 45

"...Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of god..." The Holy Qur'an ,Chapter 4,Verse 171

"...And in their foot steps we sent Jesus the son of Mary..." The Holy Qur'an,Chapter 5, Verse 46

"And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the righteous." The Holy Qur'an,Chapter 6, Verse 85

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Answer 7

I as a Jew do not believe Jesus to be God'd son but can respect and revere his mercy and great teachings. He definitetly changed the world to a better place and what Jesus said then still holds today. No one else in history has done so much more the world

Answer 8

Well, he was only trying to change his little corner of it. Everything he said was in the specific context of Roman-Occupied Palestine. He was not interested in non-Jews. It was Paul who merged his ramblings with neo-platonic mysticism and went for the wider vote!
And those who try a paint a picture of Christianity as being a peace-promoting, world-hugging hippy movement, and Jesus as a great humanist, are ignoring all the downright nasty, vicious and violent things he said. You need to read ALL of the testament, not the edited highlights!

Answer 9

You are so off the mark, my friend. If you respected Him, you would believe His words. He said that He was more than a man. He said He was the Son of God, the Savior of the world. He didn't come to change the world or make it a better place, He came to call sinners to repentance.

Answer 10

Why should he change the world?
What benefit does he get out of his attempt to change the world? All so that he is to be crucified?

The world brings a man out of poverty. Brings a man out of pain and trouble. If Jesus only brings a man out of poverty and pain, I think he should be respected for changing the world.

But no, Jesus also brought poverty out of man.
Jesus brought pain out of man.

For this, he has to be the Son of God.
For no man has such great influence to create such great person as Mother Theresa or Pope John Paul II.