Jesus Was a Man (part 4)
Ernie Fitzpatrick asked:
Like you and I, Jesus was a product of the process of life. He had genes just like you and I! He was subject to the same environmental forces that we are. He grew weary and tired. When He was sad, He cried. Here’s how the church pictures Jesus, “The little Lord Jesus no crying He makes….” The truth is, that a better statement would be something like this, “Tears and smiles like us He knew.” It’s a truth that the world can relate!
Listen, to be a member humanity that I hail from (and you as well): to be a member of the species known as homo sapien sapien, means having the genes and chromosomes that have been shaped by natural causes for millions of years- if not tens, or hundreds of millions.
Hey, let me offend all the more!
You can’t pull a MAN (or woman) out of a hat like a magician would a rabbit. And especially if that man is to be a genuine man (flesh to redeem flesh), He can only come by the process that we do and have. (http://www.lrchouston.com)
While Matthew is only one of two people who speak of His virgin birth, Matthew also went to great lengths to show that “on the human level” Jesus was born of the stock of David.
The religious right misses this vital point.
Matthew went to great lengths to affirm Jesus at the level of humanity and at the level of the Spirit. The point of view of Jesus is not to be understood only on the Spirit level (virgin birth), but at the human level where we live (heredity and environment). And that’s what this series of commentaries are trying to build.
We’ll get to the “divinity part” later.
Paul
Like you and I, Jesus was a product of the process of life. He had genes just like you and I! He was subject to the same environmental forces that we are. He grew weary and tired. When He was sad, He cried. Here’s how the church pictures Jesus, “The little Lord Jesus no crying He makes….” The truth is, that a better statement would be something like this, “Tears and smiles like us He knew.” It’s a truth that the world can relate!
Listen, to be a member humanity that I hail from (and you as well): to be a member of the species known as homo sapien sapien, means having the genes and chromosomes that have been shaped by natural causes for millions of years- if not tens, or hundreds of millions.
Hey, let me offend all the more!
You can’t pull a MAN (or woman) out of a hat like a magician would a rabbit. And especially if that man is to be a genuine man (flesh to redeem flesh), He can only come by the process that we do and have. (http://www.lrchouston.com)
While Matthew is only one of two people who speak of His virgin birth, Matthew also went to great lengths to show that “on the human level” Jesus was born of the stock of David.
The religious right misses this vital point.
Matthew went to great lengths to affirm Jesus at the level of humanity and at the level of the Spirit. The point of view of Jesus is not to be understood only on the Spirit level (virgin birth), but at the human level where we live (heredity and environment). And that’s what this series of commentaries are trying to build.
We’ll get to the “divinity part” later.
Paul
