Jesus's life and teaching are very important to us because in them is the way to God in this life. He said few would find it and he knew that "finding" is not done in the scriptures and had such a sure and true confidence in what he was saying that he never wrote it down. Forgiveness in those days was a very rare commodity and the very idea of it was revolutionary, love your enemies and give more to those that steal from you. To own that idea you would have to write it down surely? make sure that it was never forgotten.
However Jesus didn't write it down even though he was a teacher because he knew that the things he talked and lived about was how to find the well of eternal life and never thirst again. He said it was within you and likened to it with teachings that would help and assure you that you are on the right path.
He also warned of teachers and how bad teaching can spread like wildfire and I myself do wonder how far the loaf can leaven from such tiny grains of yeast.
His life was one of obedience responding to what he saw and all the people he encountered right unto death, willingly and when he cried "it is finished" He declared that no heart should ever be overcome by the world, the devil, the flesh and sin. If you do not still your mind and heart to rest in the freedom that is there, and always has been from the beginning, then what is the point of it all is what I would ask.
His life and teaching are vital I'd say
However Jesus didn't write it down even though he was a teacher because he knew that the things he talked and lived about was how to find the well of eternal life and never thirst again. He said it was within you and likened to it with teachings that would help and assure you that you are on the right path.
He also warned of teachers and how bad teaching can spread like wildfire and I myself do wonder how far the loaf can leaven from such tiny grains of yeast.
His life was one of obedience responding to what he saw and all the people he encountered right unto death, willingly and when he cried "it is finished" He declared that no heart should ever be overcome by the world, the devil, the flesh and sin. If you do not still your mind and heart to rest in the freedom that is there, and always has been from the beginning, then what is the point of it all is what I would ask.
His life and teaching are vital I'd say