Comments on: Who do they see? http://trueform.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/who-do-they-see/ the only way to erase lies is by replacing them with truth Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Blair W. http://trueform.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/who-do-they-see/#comment-3 Blair W. Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:59:00 +0000 http://trueform.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/who-do-they-see/#comment-3 Thank you for your kind words. You are right, people do often emphasize Christ's death over His life. While I believe that His death and resurrection was of great importance, I also believe that His life was equally important. I have heard people blame Paul for this and they are quick to quote Phillipians 3:10: "that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;". I think that Paul wants to know Christ in his death because he wants a complete understanding of who Christ is. It is not enough for him to only know Christ in His life, but he <b>ALSO</b> wants to know Christ in His suffering, death and resurrection.<br/><br/>As for what Christ wanted, well he clearly wanted many things out of people. But I think most of all He wanted people to listen to Him. My guess is that if the God of the universe is taking the time to come to earth, He was not in the business of wasting time or words. Thank you for your kind words. You are right, people do often emphasize Christ’s death over His life. While I believe that His death and resurrection was of great importance, I also believe that His life was equally important. I have heard people blame Paul for this and they are quick to quote Phillipians 3:10: “that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;”. I think that Paul wants to know Christ in his death because he wants a complete understanding of who Christ is. It is not enough for him to only know Christ in His life, but he ALSO wants to know Christ in His suffering, death and resurrection.

As for what Christ wanted, well he clearly wanted many things out of people. But I think most of all He wanted people to listen to Him. My guess is that if the God of the universe is taking the time to come to earth, He was not in the business of wasting time or words.

]]> By: Spc. Freeman http://trueform.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/who-do-they-see/#comment-2 Spc. Freeman Wed, 10 May 2006 08:33:00 +0000 http://trueform.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/who-do-they-see/#comment-2 Great post. You raise some excellent points here, and though I myself no longer attend church for personal reasons, I still agree with you.<br/><br/>In my experience, the big problem that faces Christians today is the heavy emphasis (for which I blame Paul) on Christ's death rather than his life. Christ to me was an important figure because he encouraged people to think for themselves and to practice compassion toward their fellow human beings. Christ the man, in my opinion, was anti-religion, anti-doctrine. He wanted people, I think, to embrace the Divinity in themselves and all around them. <br/><br/>And while you seem to have figured that out (and I applaud you), many today in America have not. Look at the way that Christianity is politicized. Great post. You raise some excellent points here, and though I myself no longer attend church for personal reasons, I still agree with you.

In my experience, the big problem that faces Christians today is the heavy emphasis (for which I blame Paul) on Christ’s death rather than his life. Christ to me was an important figure because he encouraged people to think for themselves and to practice compassion toward their fellow human beings. Christ the man, in my opinion, was anti-religion, anti-doctrine. He wanted people, I think, to embrace the Divinity in themselves and all around them.

And while you seem to have figured that out (and I applaud you), many today in America have not. Look at the way that Christianity is politicized.

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