5 Comments

1. andonis says:

   October 26, 2009 at 4:41 am

   its very inspired and very guiding. thanks very much.
2. andonis says:

   October 26, 2009 at 4:51 am

   l think to know this site ,will help me so much to read much about my christ and will also help to improve my christian life and my relationto my fellow christian brothers.thanks very much.
3. Andy says:

   October 28, 2009 at 10:19 am

   Thanks, Andonis, I hope you find the site helpful!
4. contial says:

   October 31, 2009 at 5:54 pm

   I don’t know if this is the right place to put this but I just finished reading a book that has left me disturbed and puzzled. The book is “A Matter of Time” by Beverly Byrne. The primise of the book seems to be that the New Testament is a network of lies created to unify the early church and vilify the Jews. That it is full of anti-simetisism and, at one point, even suggested that Jesus separated himself from the Jews. I don’t understand this at all. I read the Bible often, old and new and I have not found this to be true. My understanding of the life of Jesus is that He came to do exactly what was done. He was sent to be the only perfect sacrifice for out sins. It is only through His willingness to take on the mantel of our sin and to die as atonement for our sins that we have the opportunity for salvation at all. What avenue for salvation was there before His sacrifice? Jesus was not killed by the Jews, he was crucified by the Romans not at the behest of the people but at the behest of the chief priest and elders (Mat 27:1) Do you even believe that Christ, being who He was could have been put on that tree if He did not will it to be so?” Jesus was born a Jew, He lived His life as a Jew, He was raised in the traditions and faith of the Jewish religion and more importantly, He was sent specifically to the Jews to lead them back to His Father’s will. The primary promise of Jesus was sent to the Jews first and only through their rejection of Him were the rest of us offered the salvation that the Jews rejected. However, the early church consisted mostly of Jews who believed Jesus was the promised messiah and followed Him and His teachings. Jesus said Himself that He did not come to destroy the law but to fulfill. (Mat 5:17) From what I read, His message was one of love not of hate, of forgiveness not of vingence, of deliverence not of loss. How then can anyone say that the Gospel’s are full of hate? I am eternally gratful to the Jews for their rejection of Jesus because of it I have been given the most precious gift that any human can possibly have. The love of My Father in Heaven and the forgiveness of my sins through the sacrifice of His beloved son, my savior and closest friend, Jesus Christ. Linda Conti, a searcher for truth. I can be reached at contial@sbcglobal.net and I would appriciate any comment, here or there.
5. Chris says:

   November 2, 2009 at 6:00 pm

   @contial I think you’re right on about the message of the Gospels. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!