In today’s society, if you aren’t a little skeptical about things, you might find yourself in some dangerous territory.
Maybe you have come to a point where you don’t know what to think, you don’t know what or who to believe and you consider yourself faith-wise, more or less an agnostic.
That’s ok. We all come to these crossroads in our lives.
Would you be willing to share what you question? Not to argue, but rather to explore what the teachings of Jesus really say. What are you wondering about? What are some questions you have about Jesus Christ that you have been afraid or embarrassed to ask? Write us comment, visit us, or just give us a call.
We don’t have all the answers. There are plenty of things we will admit to not knowing.
But we do know, that above all our questionings, Jesus is the answer. Perhaps you will come to the same conclusion.
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Jesus can only be the answer if you have a question. No questions no need for Jesus to be the answer. There is a greater truth above Jesus, but it doesn’t really matter if you are happy and living as Jesus wanted. The only place Christians go wrong is they see themselves as being better, greater or more the chosen ones than any others.This is not ever what Jesus wanted. It tortures him so that people do ridiculous things in his name, all because they got the wrong end of the stick in understanding his teaching. God bless you.
To say that one does not have a question is to be untruthful.
Everyone has questions about something. And no matter what the question is, the answer can only be given by the knowledge and revelation that Jesus gives to humanity. My capacity for thought does not come of my own volition, it is a gift that God gave me. I do not necessarily have to acknowledge that or praise Him for giving me various gifts or simply Him giving me enough food to eat or a place to live. Lack of acknowledgment does not mean that the Truth does not exist.
There can be no greater Truth above Jesus, because He is the greatest Truth. Being happy and living in a manner He would condone isn’t really enough. It’d be nice if it were…. look at this way: if you are a parent and your child is doing the right things and seems to be happy but your child doesn’t trust you, doesn’t want much to do with you, and is off doing his/her own thing all the time, you’d be hurt. You’d wonder why your child ignored you and you’d want your child to be a part of your life.
It’s the same with God. He made us, He formed us, He created us and Jesus taught us how to live, but we’ve got to accept Him and the One who ultimately is Truth and we’ve got to learn to be obedient to His Word. In the Bible, Jesus doesn’t just say Love your neighbor, He says follow me, trust me, Love the Lord your God with all your heart. Living how He wants isn’t enough; we’ve got to accept Him into our hearts and allow Him to guide us daily so that we indeed can live the way He wants us to live.
You are right, Harrison, that many Christians have become arrogant in their faith and have done as you said, “ridiculous tings in His name.” They may well have not understood His teaching, but why might this be? Because our society has made it very difficult to be a Christian, and sometimes Christians allow their “natural” reactions (which is to say that which is not inspired by the Holy Spirit) to guide them – its sinful, and I don’t know many Christians who wouldn’t repent for that type of behavior. But there are plenty of Spirit-filled, Spirit-led Christians who do not do ridiculous things in His name, and who genuinely love people and want to serve.
“Religion” and “religiosity” have become a major problem. We do not believe that religion is a good thing. Christianity must be a way of life, demonstrating the love of God and walking daily in the power and strength and humility of the Holy Spirit who lives inside of us when we accept Jesus as our only Lord and Savior.
Religion is what makes Christians do terrible things. Religion is what makes virtually anyone do terrible things. Whatever a person is devoted to other than Jesus will cause them to become ritualistic, trapped in a religious system in which they will do anything in order to maintain the religion rather than to maintain the Godliness required of them if they have a genuine and intimate relationship with the Lord God.
We are to be followers of Jesus, not followers of a religion. Maybe that is the difference when it comes to questioning. Religious people can’t question much because they could question the foundation of the religious structure which if questioned enough causes their faith to crumble. Those who follow Jesus without it become religion but instead of dynamic relationship are able to question things and know that in Him is the answer; questioning as in doubting certainly isn’t real good for someone who has already accepted Jesus because they could be filled with confusion, but a healthy level of questioning to make sure that they are living as Jesus wants them to live, that’s ok and should be welcomed.
The question is: when will we give up our ways of doing things and follow the One who turned the world’s ways upside down?
Yes, that is all very good. But what are you going to do when you are communing with the Muslims?
That depends on what you mean by “communing”? Engaging in conversation/fellowship or literally celebrating Holy Communion (which can only be celebrated by Christians)……?