Jesus orders his followers to kill in his name.
Luke 19:27 "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."
Before I read this passage, I had some respect for Jesus. Now it is apparent that Jesus did not respect human life. If you wanted to earn salvation through merit, treating Jesus as an ally instead of submitting to him, Jesus would have you murdered.
Jesus got exactly what he deserved on that cross. Good game.
2007-06-02 12:51:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That this statement is part of the parable is ambiguous. It actually seems unlikely. Why would the master who was angry at one servant suddenly begin to threaten numerous other people? It is much more likely that Jesus ended his parable and began to speak for himself.
Even if this were a portion of the parable, however, Jesus is obviously trying to communicate "truth" through his parables, is he not? It's not hard to get the "message" when you realize who is who in his story.
2007-06-02 13:14:10 · update #1
In this entire passage - Luke 19: 11-27 - Jesus is tellig the parable of the ten talents. Jesus was not telling them to bring anyone to him and kill them.
2007-06-02 13:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by God's Child 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So you think salvation is earned by your own merit, not by his.
It is no wonder you take the stand you do in this post for he has condemned the thing you espouse.
It is by grace we are saved, God's grace. That is God's gift to us and it is only given through faith. We do nothing to deserve salvation. No amount of sitting on the sidelines as an ally will be sufficient.
It is so deceptive to quote this verse out of context of the parable being told as support of a supposed unrighteousness.
2007-06-02 13:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by sympleesymple 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it isn't. In context: the story about the rejected king may have originated with a contemporary historical event. After the death of Herod the Great, his son Archelaus traveled to Rome to receive the title of king. A delegation of Jews appeared in Rome before Caesar Augustus to oppose the request of Archelaus. Although not given the title of king, Archelaus was made ruler over Judea and Samaria. As the story is used by Luke, however, it furnishes a correction to the expectation of the imminent end of the age and of the establishment of the kingdom in Jerusalem (Luke 19:11). Jesus is not on his way to Jerusalem to receive the kingly power; for that, he must go away and only after returning from the distant country (a reference to the parousia) will reward and judgment take place.
2007-06-02 12:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A parable is a story that Christ used to try to help people who knew nothing about the Kingdom of God to understand by using terms that they did understand. At the end of this particular parable of the talents, the one who was dishonorable took the masters money and hid it under the ground. A hidden gift from God prophets him nothing. He in fact becomes an enemy of him. The nobleman in this parable is God the Father. The enemies of God are disobedient people who he gives gifts to who use them for evil. These people will be in torment for ever.
Understand???
If you stand before the supreme nobleman (God) as an enemy, you will be slain (cast into Hell).
2007-06-02 13:40:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you actually took the time to read the passage, you would have found that Jesus was telling the parable of the Ten Minas. The particular verse you quoted is the response made by the king. I think this question, your "damning" evidence, and your response tells me more about you.
2007-06-02 13:03:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The statement from Jesus is directly related to the preceding Parable of the Talents. Jesus is describing the end times, when the Lord shall return to judge his servants, and referencing himself as that Lord.
2007-06-02 12:58:42 · answer #6 · answered by w2 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is exactly what they do to Muhammed (pbuh). Some take certain passages from the Holy Qur'an and try to misguide others for there own personal slander campaign.
2007-06-02 13:09:31 · answer #7 · answered by Ming Merc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go over the New Testament some more and you will really find who he is, once you get to have the understanding. You could be on the right path...or go to this website...www.thename.ph
2007-06-02 13:01:47 · answer #8 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And to think that Satan has been so hated when all he's ever done was rebelling against the tyrant Yahweh.
You sir are exactly right.
2007-06-02 12:55:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
You realize that you won't get any real answers, right? They'll just spew hatred and gibberish at you and report you :(
2007-06-02 12:57:43 · answer #10 · answered by I WALK FUNNY 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋