Assuming that YHVH created the world, that Jesus was His son and part of the godhead, that Jesus allowed Himself to be crucified in order to pay for the sins of all humankind, resurrected to show the humans that followed Him what their reward would be, knew that some or all of what He said as He was teaching would be written and then read for thousands of years,,,
when Jesus spoke, did He intend His words to be heard by modern Chrisitans as directions to them?
I mean, if He had secret instructions for His apostles and He knew all of this, couldn't He have told them not to write these down?
So if everything He said were directions on how we should follow Him, why do some people object that things like "Go not unto the Gentiles, but only the lost sheep of Israel." do not apply to them?
2006-12-22 07:45:02 · 4 answers · asked by raxivar 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe that Jesus' words were instruction to modern Christians and applies to His followers no matter their culture or time. As for secret instruction (where did you get that from????)... whatever is written in the Bible must be understood and dealt with under the right context. We are not to take everything literally. Only God can interpret His Word perfectly, we cannot, and therefore to understand it for yourself, God must be the one to interpret it for you. He does this only at the appointed time.
2006-12-22 08:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by discombobulated girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You bet ya.
If you have ears that hear.
My sheep hear My voice.
If you have eyes that see.
Christ has many flocks.
But also you must understand, some were not meant to be converted until the Millinneum, for their own protection against judgment.
If they would convert now and then follow Satan. They would probably be judged to the second death, the lake of fire.
I pray that helps.
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2006-12-22 15:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one can possibly know what Jesus intended, let alone whether "He" was the son of "God". But what we do know from history is that no matter how meticulously something is conveyed, as in instructions via ideology, religion, political group, etc., there will always be those corrupted and/or hipocritical "followers" whom either wrongfully interpret or wrongfully deny certain aspects of their "docrtine".
And besides, isn't the Bible contradictory and hipocritical enough not too take it literally.
2006-12-22 15:53:08 · answer #3 · answered by Smokey 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
He also told the apostle Paul that he should go to the gentiles.
2006-12-22 16:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by epaphras_faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋