Who Was Jesus?
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I felt a very positive impression of who Jesus was after finishing
the Book of Matthew. I had a new image of someone who was a down-to-earth,
caring individual. I did not find quotes of Jesus that claimed being
superior to the common man, of whom sinners could not look upon (a view
that most people had of their Gods for centuries before). Matthew 12:49-50,
Jesus announces to multitudes that they are his mother and brothers. In
that way, he puts himself at an equal level to the people, rather than
claiming to be a God above them. This reflects the whole attitude of the
book.
Chapters 6-7 of Matthew ...
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upon the people.
I find some conflict in Jesus' actions, however. Jesus never (as far
as I know) says to ignore to commandments of God in the Hebrew Scriptures;
however, constantly breaks the Sabbath (Matt 12:13 and others), and gives
VERY flimsy and unconvincing explanations for it. I am not sure what his
message was in those actions. Perhaps he didn't care?
In general, Matthew was a good, entertaining story to read, with a
very dramatic ending, and great character development (a little sarcastic
humor here)!
I was very surprised to find much of the Book of Mark a repeat of
what was written in Matthew, but with a little less detail, and a few
stories omitted.
Jesus goes a little overboard on the parables! Most of the parables
needed to be explained to his disciples, and some of them I wasn't able to
understand either! Although many parables have a good, inspiring morals
to them, I would question Jesus as to if they were an effective way to
witness to common ...
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find the spot, but Jesus seemed reluctant to pay attention to a
sick gentile, but finally healed her because of her faith. Yes, he is the
king of the Jews, that is said in many places. But, was Jesus here to save
only Jews, or the people in all the world (like Rome, the Sumarites,
etc.)? That kind of makes me feel unsure of why Christianity has become
the primary religion of Non-Jewish people. My God, the expansion of
the Church was incredible from the time of Jesus! After reading Matthew
and Mark during the time of Jesus on earth, and then reading Acts, I was
shocked at the change! A few things that happen in Acts are strangely
different than what I had expected after reading about ...
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