Maybe you're immortal as long as no one kills you. Like, your natural lifespan is immortal, but a bullet will still do the trick.
Do you understand the difference between everlasting life and immortality? There is a BIG difference. They are not the same.
That he valued the same things you do?
No. That he would have negated the whole reason for his mission. He was sinless (not a son of Adam) and could have produced a family of offspring that had a completely different set of genetics.
The message we get, intentional or otherwise, is that we aren't important enough to do things the right way promptly.
No. It demonstrates that God does not operate in earth time. He is not bound by the time taken for the earth to rotate or to make its journey around the sun.
'A thousand years to us is like a day' to God. (2 Pet 3:8) This is why it is apparently taking so long (in our estimations) for God to carry out his purpose. What is time to an eternal being?
50% the Golden Rule, 50% apocalypse-mongering
The theme of Jesus entire ministry was the "coming" of the kingdom of God, bringing about the doing of God's will "on earth as it is in heaven". Look around...it hasn't happened yet.
Is there a particular reason many Christians don't listen to Jesus?
Yes. Its called apostasy. It was foretold by Jesus and his apostles, and it happened just as they said. Christendom was born and followed the exact same path as Judaism.
"Christians" follow Christ, but the counterfeit Christians that Jesus spoke about were going to emulate the Pharisees and defer to the "traditions of men". (Matt 15:7-9)
But there are strong reasons as to why that is, though. Mary certainly wasn't popular amongst the male apostles who thought they deserved all of Jesus' free time.
There are several "Marys'" in the Bible. Some of them get mixed up. Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute and she was never married to Jesus. His "bride" was not a human woman, but a heavenly arrangement made up of those who were faithful to him like a good wife. (Rev 21:2)
He didn't have to eat or go to the bathroom either. Why bother growing up at all? Why not just be born stillborn? Same death, no time wasted.
Are you serious?
This comment shows no understanding of the ransom or the whole reason behind God's permission of the suffering of his son or of humanity in general. There are serious issues that needed to be addressed so that the eternal purpose of God in creating the material universe and all that is in it, could continue without interference from any rebels on into eternity. The issue was that of God's Universal Sovereignty.
[/quote]The gospels are usually dated after Paul, so yeah, it can be said that Paul invented Christianity.[/quote]
No way that Paul invented Christianity. He was accepted as an apostle by the 12, although he was never reckoned among them. When Judas betrayed Jesus, he was not replaced by Paul. Paul was chosen as "an apostle to the nations", which meant that his education and skills were put to good use among the educated Greeks and Romans. His Roman citizenship was also used to further his mission as a preacher and teacher. Jesus chose him for a work that took him to many places and before a wider audience than the 12.
His ACTUAL followers were Jews calling themselves "the Way".
Sorry, but those belonging to "The Way" were the ones he persecuted as Saul of Tarsus. (Acts 9:4, 5; 22:4, 7, 8; 26:11, 14, 15; 1Cor 15:9; Gal 1:13, 23; Phil 3:6)
They were actually suspicious of him because of his former course.
Have you ever read histories of the bible?
Besides, you only believe that because some HUMANS told you that.
Doesn't everyone? Who has a religious belief that was not proposed by someone else?
Is Strongs a divine secretary?
Strongs allows us to check and see if a verse or word has been translated according to the original meanings of the words used in a language we don't understand.
I like to check things out for myself. Is that a bad thing?
And you don't see how this affects you?
I don't believe that God leaves sincere truth seekers in the dark. (John 6:44) I believe that those who display a humble attitude and are actually prepared to alter their course and way of thinking to show submission to the Creator, will be granted citizenship in his kingdom. Like all Monarchs, Jehovah has requirements for those who will inhabit his earth. As Jesus said, it will be "the meek" who will "inherit the earth"....not the haughty or the ones who want God to do things their way. He will never alter his ways for us, but we must alter our course to suit him. There is no point in arguing because our continued existence depends on us submitting to his sovereignty.
Yeah, don't you know that if Jesus wasn't the groom at THAT particular wedding, that means he NEVER got married?
If you know what the Bible teaches, (and we get all our information from the Bible) then you would understand why Jesus could never take a literal wife.
His tone was more of a spoiled brat that didn't care about his mom's opinions. When was he ever shown to be loving towards her?
Are you serious? Disrespect for one's mother was against the Mosaic law. The figure of speech Jesus used, as translated into English, was probably nothing like what the expression meant in Greek or Hebrew. I used to call on a Chinese couple and often thought that they were arguing, only to discover that it was a normal conversation in Chinese that sounded like an argument because of the normal tone of voice they used in their language. We can misread things in our ignorance.
