03-31-2013, 06:45 PM
Hi Chuck,
please have a look on this:
Iren?us observes of these Jewish Christians: ?They practise circumcision, persevere in the
observance of those Customs which are enjoined by the Law, and are so Judaic in their mode of
life that they even adore Jerusalem as if it were the house of God.?50 Their Christology was a
simple one. They believed that Jesus was the natural son of Joseph and Mary, elected to the high
office of Messiah by virtue of his holy life and Davidic descent; that he had been so designated at
his baptism by the entering in of the Holy Spirit, and the Voice which proclaimed, ?Thou are my
son, this day have I begotten thee.? They also believed that after proclaiming the kingdom of
God, he laid down his life for the salvation of Israel, was buried, rose again from the dead,
ascended into Heaven, and would shortly come again to set up his kingdom, and reign over the
house of Jacob forever.
This was the faith of the Nazarenes (Jerusalem Mother Church)! Compare it with yours please!
The Gentile Christians, on the other hand, were ignorant of the meaning of the term ?son of
God? in its Messianic sense, but were familiar with its use in their mythologies to signify one
begotten of a god in a supernatural sense. Thus Justin Martyr writes in his First Apology to the
Greeks:
And when we say also that the Logos, who is the firstborn of God, was produced without
sexual union, and that he, Jesus Christ, our Teacher, was crucified and died,
and rose again, arid ascended in to Heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe
regarding those whom you esteem sons of Jupiter ?.
Moreover, the Son of God, called Jesus, even if only a man by ordinary
generation, yet, on account of his wisdom, is worthy to be called the son of God; for all
writers call God the Father of men and gods. And if we assert that the Word of God was born
of God in a peculiar manner, different hum ordinary thing to you, who say that Mercury is
the angelic Word of God. But if anyone object that he was crucified, in this also he is
comparable to those reputed sons of Jupiter of yours, who suffered as we have now
enumerated.?And if we even affirm that he was born of a virgin, accept this in common
with what you accept of Perseus. And in that we say that he made whole the lame, the
paralytic, and those born blind, we seem to say what is very similar to the deeds said to have
been done by Aesculapius.
Is it really me who is mislead ? Can you see where your faith comes from?
Peace be with you!
Michael
please have a look on this:
Iren?us observes of these Jewish Christians: ?They practise circumcision, persevere in the
observance of those Customs which are enjoined by the Law, and are so Judaic in their mode of
life that they even adore Jerusalem as if it were the house of God.?50 Their Christology was a
simple one. They believed that Jesus was the natural son of Joseph and Mary, elected to the high
office of Messiah by virtue of his holy life and Davidic descent; that he had been so designated at
his baptism by the entering in of the Holy Spirit, and the Voice which proclaimed, ?Thou are my
son, this day have I begotten thee.? They also believed that after proclaiming the kingdom of
God, he laid down his life for the salvation of Israel, was buried, rose again from the dead,
ascended into Heaven, and would shortly come again to set up his kingdom, and reign over the
house of Jacob forever.
This was the faith of the Nazarenes (Jerusalem Mother Church)! Compare it with yours please!
The Gentile Christians, on the other hand, were ignorant of the meaning of the term ?son of
God? in its Messianic sense, but were familiar with its use in their mythologies to signify one
begotten of a god in a supernatural sense. Thus Justin Martyr writes in his First Apology to the
Greeks:
And when we say also that the Logos, who is the firstborn of God, was produced without
sexual union, and that he, Jesus Christ, our Teacher, was crucified and died,
and rose again, arid ascended in to Heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe
regarding those whom you esteem sons of Jupiter ?.
Moreover, the Son of God, called Jesus, even if only a man by ordinary
generation, yet, on account of his wisdom, is worthy to be called the son of God; for all
writers call God the Father of men and gods. And if we assert that the Word of God was born
of God in a peculiar manner, different hum ordinary thing to you, who say that Mercury is
the angelic Word of God. But if anyone object that he was crucified, in this also he is
comparable to those reputed sons of Jupiter of yours, who suffered as we have now
enumerated.?And if we even affirm that he was born of a virgin, accept this in common
with what you accept of Perseus. And in that we say that he made whole the lame, the
paralytic, and those born blind, we seem to say what is very similar to the deeds said to have
been done by Aesculapius.
Is it really me who is mislead ? Can you see where your faith comes from?
Peace be with you!
Michael