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Just Give Me Jesus. The Jesus I Don’t Believe In Luke 9:18-20. Successful Jesus. Jesus is the key to successful living “I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to heaven but that we excel in this life” This idea would seem foreign to many suffering believers in the world.
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Just Give Me Jesus The Jesus I Don’t Believe In Luke 9:18-20
Successful Jesus • Jesus is the key to successful living “I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to heaven but that we excel in this life” This idea would seem foreign to many suffering believers in the world
Fire Insurance Jesus • Just prepare me to avoid hell Jesus and then let’s keep our distance • We have constructed an apparatus that we do not find in Scripture • It has often been abused and misused
Self-Actualizing Jesus • We incorporate Jesus to complete life; to complete the self • The Jesus of Oprah • “ A Course in Miracles”
Self-Actualizing Jesus • Jesus is not about helping with self-esteem; completing self, or improving self • “If anyone will come after me, let him DENY HIMSELF.” • “When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die” Bonhoeffer
Mild or Passionless Jesus • Jesus on Google—180 million hits • Amazon—148,103 books. • He is viewed in many ways, often in conflict with Scripture
Mild or Passionless Jesus • Often portrayed as passionless • Or mild-mannered • Spock or Mr. Rogers
Jesus • You brood of vipers • White-washed tombs full of dead men’s bones • Get behind me Satan • Woe to you hypocrites • Woe to you Korazin