tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post8873407579351621623..comments2023-08-27T06:33:12.637-05:00Comments on The Bible in a Year - and Beyond!: Wednesday, January 16thTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-59546594204598612262013-01-29T14:49:01.661-06:002013-01-29T14:49:01.661-06:00I just found Mark Driscoll's series on 1 John ...I just found Mark Driscoll's series on 1 John and have been listening to it, and I really love it.<br /><br />One thing he brought up in his first sermon was all the reasons why we believe in Jesus Christ as God.<br /><br />1. Jesus said He was God. Very very few credible people have ever claimed to be God. In fact, Christianity is the only religion founded by someone who claims to be God. <br />2. Jesus said He was from heaven. He came from heaven, came here and went back. He's the only One who knows how to get back there.<br />3. Jesus said He was sinless. Nobody has ever claimed that because somebody will always be there to refute that in .5 seconds. The fact that His mother and brothers worshiped Him as God is concrete proof of this. Your family sees you at your worst the way no one else does. If anybody knew whether or not Jesus was sinless it was His brothers.<br />4. Jesus forgives sin.<br />5. Jesus said He was the only way to heaven. He is the path, the only path.<br />6. He confirmed to others that He was God. The first point was that He said He was God. But this point makes it clear that other people realized that's what He was saying, questioned Him to be sure that's what He was saying, and He confirmed that's what He was saying. Ultimately they crucified Him because of this claim. <br />7. Jesus accepted worship as God. People worshiped Him as God and He allowed and encouraged them to. This means that He either is God, or He is a lunatic, or He is a cult leader. The option of good person or good teacher is not left open to us.<br />8. Jesus performed miracles, the greatest of which was raising other people from the dead and raising Himself from the dead. Incredible spiritual power.<br />9. Jesus knew the future, verbally predicted the future specifically, and was 100% right.<br /><br />And then Mark explains that John gives us the reasons why we should listen to him, why we should trust him. John is an eyewitness. He was there for the first miracle, the first sermon, the special occasions - everything! <br /><br />There are people these days, or even hundreds of years ago, that try to contradict eyewitness testimony - that's ludicrous! People 2000 yrs later writing books about things that they didn't even see. Whose testimony is more credible? How could you possibly accept anybody's testimony as more credible than John's?<br /><br />It was a great sermon!Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-26431717261216230862013-01-26T20:07:18.617-06:002013-01-26T20:07:18.617-06:00Great introduction to this book and I, like Miriam...Great introduction to this book and I, like Miriam, appreciated the purpose of 1 John compared to the Gospel of John.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770898936799604859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-10763184370922457692013-01-16T10:37:31.410-06:002013-01-16T10:37:31.410-06:00I loved the statements in the post about what the ...I loved the statements in the post about what the purpose of 1 John is as compared to the Gospel of John. Thanks for that info.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764103317419913495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-81076454985438449702013-01-16T10:16:21.330-06:002013-01-16T10:16:21.330-06:00One question I had about our NT reading.....
Jesus...One question I had about our NT reading.....<br />Jesus describes the scene from the OT where David eats the bread of the Presence, and Scripture does not condemn David for eating this bread. And yet God strikes Uzzah dead for trying to prevent the ark from falling and possibly breaking. Why the one and not the other? Is it simply a matter of God showing grace/mercy as He chooses, or am I missing some significance?Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.com