Dear Stephen but Jesus IS the Jew God, That shocks you I know but there is hardly a greater truth in the bible. He was crucified as King of the Jews, nor will He return until they own Him as their Messiah....and they will.
There is a truth about the cross I am not sure that you see, it is this that when Jesus was being punished He was being punished by God His Father. Not for any sin that He had commited or wrong He had done but because it PLEASED God to bruise Him. Yes it is shocking but true for Jesus God's Son was being punished for us, on our behalf....if He had not been punished then YOU and I would have to have been punished and killed, I was the sinner, I deserved to die but He did it for me. O.K. I apologise for saying Ghandi was a rascal...I think Churchill was a rascal but many English people think he was great.
Abraham was no better than us it is true, this gives me hope, for if he by believing God could find favour then so can I. Moses killed, David killed, all are dirty rotten sinners. The difference, the DIFFERENCE between them and all other people, whether it be Muslims or Romans or Greeks or British all who have been savage in their time is GOD....God chose them out of the rabble of mankind, not because they were better but so that He could show His love THROUGH them by lifting them up.
See I am no better than my neighbour, no better than Muslim, but God loves me, He chose me, He hopes that I can reach out and bless them and show His love for them.
You are I am sure opposed to Catholicism, but don't look at the Catholic church look at Mother Theresa.
There is a truth about the cross I am not sure that you see, it is this that when Jesus was being punished He was being punished by God His Father. Not for any sin that He had commited or wrong He had done but because it PLEASED God to bruise Him. Yes it is shocking but true for Jesus God's Son was being punished for us, on our behalf....if He had not been punished then YOU and I would have to have been punished and killed, I was the sinner, I deserved to die but He did it for me. O.K. I apologise for saying Ghandi was a rascal...I think Churchill was a rascal but many English people think he was great.
Abraham was no better than us it is true, this gives me hope, for if he by believing God could find favour then so can I. Moses killed, David killed, all are dirty rotten sinners. The difference, the DIFFERENCE between them and all other people, whether it be Muslims or Romans or Greeks or British all who have been savage in their time is GOD....God chose them out of the rabble of mankind, not because they were better but so that He could show His love THROUGH them by lifting them up.
See I am no better than my neighbour, no better than Muslim, but God loves me, He chose me, He hopes that I can reach out and bless them and show His love for them.
You are I am sure opposed to Catholicism, but don't look at the Catholic church look at Mother Theresa.