# Was Jesus deliberately ambiguous? #

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Or anyone else knows it.

 

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We’d break that elusive 1,252 post barrier.

 

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And this discussion thread.

 

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Though certainly not the most interesting.

 

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Nor the most thought-provoking.

 

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Nor the most worthy of being read.

 

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Nor replied to.

 

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Might possibly become.

 

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The one.

 

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Most replied to.

 

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Possibly.

 

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I mean, 1050 posts.

 

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That’s pretty close to Genesis v. Evolution.

 

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Started November 15th.

 

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Less than 200 posts to go!

 

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Don’t you know?

 

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… In Christ
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In Christ to you, too!

 

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DerekD, you said to Paul:

**Wrong except from a legalist view point, but not from the gospels view. Luther added one word “alone” to a german translation and it did not change the meaning a single ioata; it did emphasize the meaning, but I would not have condoned adding to the Word; there was no point for Luther to do soo; for faith alone is obvious to believers.
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I realize that this question is for Paul, and he is more than qualified to answer, but I must say just one thing: Speaking as a former Lutheran, in Martin Luthers German translation of the Bible, he took Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation and placed them at the end of the New Testament. He categorized them as inferior to the rest of the Bible. The book of James contradicted Luther’s principle of Justification by Faith Alone.

James 2:

“See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.” “faith without works is dead.”

Rather than change his theology, Luther just denied that James the Apostle, was the author of James and removed it from his canon. He referred to the book of James as an “epistle of straw.” If he was right in doing so, why don’t protestants (especially Lutherans) - regardless of ilk, follow suit, and place these books at the end of the New Testament, and categorize them as inferior to the rest of the Bible?

Sorry Paul…it’s all yours.

(And still nodding.)

 

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How can you say that? Ironic is when the opposite of what you say happens. How could that be with Jesus?

He said he would tear down the temple and re-build it in 3 days and he did. He died and rose again in 3 days thats his body the temple.

He promised his Apostles that he would send them the Advoate the HS to help them to lead the CC into all truth. It happened on Pentecost. How could that be ironic is beyond me.

(And nodding.)