IFISEEUS
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"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
 to one who is striking at the root."
Henry David Thoreau

 

What Jesus Didn't Say

I.                   Larger than God Legal System

1.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – dying for our sins or paying our blood price

2.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – about being our righteousness or our substitute

3.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – going to hell if we failed to accept him

4.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – confessing or seeking forgiveness of sins

5.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – appending his teachings onto the sacrificial system of the Jewish paradigm

II.                Transcendence of God

6.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – God being transcendent

7.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – making God number one in our lives

8.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – surrendering our will to God

9.      Jesus didn’t say anything about – God testing us

III.             How to Conduct Our Lives

10.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – health reform

11.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – career advancement

12.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – self-improvement

13.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – leading a moral life

14.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – observing a holy day

15.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – obeying the 10 commandments

16.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – sacrificing our lives or being martyrs

17.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – sexuality, homosexuality, celibacy or eroticism

18.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – personal finance or investing

19.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – paying tithes or offerings

20.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – having a personal relationship with God

21.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – politics or government

22.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – loving God

IV.             Revelation of or By God

23.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – the Bible being the word of God

24.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – the Holy Spirit giving us mystical experiences

25.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – authorizing his disciples to speak for God

26.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – sending us prophets

27.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – letting anyone else speak for God

V.                God’s Role in Our Future

28.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – God having a chronological agenda

29.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – his one day ruling the universe

30.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – another advent

VI.             Church

31.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – church (as we know it)

32.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – worship or liturgy

33.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – establishing an institution in his name

34.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – building an organization to do “his work”

35.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – dealing in real estate on his behalf

VII.          Cosmology

36.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – science & technology

37.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – heaven or the kingdom of heaven being a place

38.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – a king or Lord of evil

39.  Jesus didn’t say anything about – creation or origins

VIII. Jesus said

40.  Well then, what DID he say?