There Has Been Much Speculation On What Jesus Would Do If He Were Ministering In The Flesh Today. I Think The Greater Question Is: Would The Church Receive Him If He Were Ministering And Preaching Today? In Conclusion, We All Need To Ask Ourselves The Question: If Jesus Were To Be Born In Our Day Instead Of Two Thousand Years Ago, Given Our Present Priorities And Lifestyle, Would We Have Been One Of His Followers Or One Who Would Have Rejected Him?
Seven Reasons Why Jesus Would Be Rejected Again Today
There Has Been Much Speculation On What Jesus Would Do If He Were Ministering In The Flesh Today. I Think The Greater Question Is: Would The Church Receive Him If He Were Ministering And Preaching Today? In Conclusion, We All Need To Ask Ourselves The Question: If Jesus Were To Be Born In Our Day Instead Of Two Thousand Years Ago, Given Our Present Priorities And Lifestyle, Would We Have Been One Of His Followers Or One Who Would Have Rejected Him?
And So, Nine Months Later, In A City Not Her Own And In A Smelly Animal Shelter, This Heavily Pregnant Girl Laboured And Gave Birth To The Son Of The Most High God, Who Is The Saviour Of The World. She Had No Mother Nor Midwife To Tend To Her, No Epidurals To Alleviate Her Pain, No Sterilised Towels To Clean The Afterbirth, And No Balloons And Flowers To Bring Her Cheer.
I Was Born In The UK, The Last Of 4 Children, To A Brahmin Hindu Couple Who Had Emigrated From Kerala In 1955. My Father Was Not Religious In Any Way; In Fact, He Was Very Political, Seemingly An Atheist And Had Been A Journalist For A Communist Newspaper In The 1940s During Turbulent Times In India. He Had Been In Jail For Some Time For His Political Beliefs And Fighting For Independence. He Married My Mother Immediately After India’s Independence In 1947 When He Was 29 Years Old And She Was Just 15 Years Old.
The Law Of Moses Clearly Warns About Mob Violence (Exodus 23:2). Group Dynamics And Mass Hysteria Operate In A Mob. Usually, The Damage Is Done Before The Truth Is Ascertained. And Clever Persons, Including Wily Politicians, Manipulate Such Groups For Their Benefit. There Are Four Steps In This Unfortunate Journey Of The Life For Mobsters Which Is Evidenced In The Mob That Shouted Against The Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 23:18-21).
The Scripture Teaches Us That All Humanity (At Least Subconsciously) Knows God, Which Is Why No One Will Have An Excuse Before The Judgment Seat Of Christ (Romans 1:20). God Has Also Set An Intuited Sense Of Eternity In Every Human Being’s Heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11). In Light Of This Intuitive Knowledge Of The Creator, Scripture Describes Various Emotional And Spiritual Conditions Humankind Has In Regard To Their Attitude And Relationship With God.