For many
people Jesus was
simply a teacher
of moral
innovations and an
agent of change.
Many people give
Jesus credit as
one of history’s
most influential
moral forces and
innovators.
Attributing to
Jesus any power or
sustainability
beyond his ideias
and innovations
does not fit the
modern view of
Jesus. He died,
they say, but his
ideias and
innovations live
on among all the
other competing
ideias and
innovations.
People
who see Jesus in
this way have never
come to grips with
the Jesus of history
or the Bible. The
Jesus of the Bible
and history never
called people to his
ideas and
innovations. and he
never said he was an
innovator ready to
compete.
Jesus
called people to
Himself not to His
ideias. In fact, He
did not traffic in
ideas or
innovations. He
stated facts over
which he claimed to
have total authority
given to Him from
His Father. He was
singularly focused
on His own facts as
the facts that
matter.
Perhaps
to best way to see
Jesus is as a
personal, loving
invitation given to
each of us written
in flesh and blood.
Everything Jesus
said and did is an
invitation to us to
come home to the
original idea the
Creator has always
had for humanity
which is Jesus.
Jesus embodied this
original human ideal
and turned it into a
personal invitation
to live Him.
One
does not evaluate
the ideas of an
invitation. One
evaluates the one
who invites. Take a
good look at Jesus.
See Him and listen
closely to Him. If
He appears to be
generous, loving and
caring, say ´yes´ to
His invitation.
There will never be
a better one that
comes to us. He is
the God we all hoped
exists!
Bud McCord
Abide International
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