THE JESUS I NEVER KNEW
This report is on the book entitled THE JESUS I NEVER KNEW BY PHILLIP YANCEY. First I want to start out saying that my view on who Jesus is and what he means to me has changed. Mr. Yancey brought out in his book the many misconceptions his own people the Jews had of him and even the present day Christian and their views of who Jesus is and the way he went about teaching, preaching, healing and forgiving. First I want to tell you about who I thought Jesus was as a young kid. Growing up the television show GOOD TIMES had show about a black family growing up in Chicago and in this particular episode JJ painted a picture of an old wino named Ned but he made it into an image of a prophet or such that Michael picked up the Bible and read that it was possible that Jesus was a black man well the mother has had a picture of a white Jesus hung on the wall. Well in one swooping incident all of the sudden good luck started to happen for the family and it was attributed to having a black Jesus in the house. Well needless to say the impression that it left on me was that Jesus was a black man and you could tell me no different. I mean after reading the description and hearing Michael on the show reading it I really thought I had a bead o
His spirit overawes me, and his will comfounds me. No matter the status you held or whatever disease you had it didn't matter your circumstance. One attribute that I can say that I knew but sometimes didn't accept was that Jesus was always humble. Phillip has broke it down into who Jesus really is and what he can do and who he does it for. Take what I know about him and believe that is all Christ wants for us to do have faith and believe. But Israel always had a problem keeping that commandment. Most of all Christ death plays an important role in understanding Jesus better. In this journey that I am taking now I know that my understanding of scripture has been enhanced and I want to do better because I do know better and I think the title of the book says it all there is always something to learn about Jesus everyday and everyday is sweeter than the day before. Another attribute I found about Jesus was that he came to serve and in several instances in the bible we find out how he came to serve. Between him and whoever else in the world, there is no possible term of comparison. We matter to God, "By loving the unlovable, you made me lovable. Knowing that the only way to get to the Father is that we go through him and we can get to him is through prayer and faith that he will answer our prayers. After scripture had been fulfilled and all the prophecy had come true its in the resurrection that we can find solace in. n this Jesus thing but I have to admit that I was totally wrong.
Common topics in this essay:
Sermon Mount,
Pharisees Sabbath,
PHILLIP YANCEY,
Christ God,
Abrahamic Covenant,
Napoleon Christ,
Knowing Father,
Pharisees Saducees,
Israel God's,
,
god loves,
assurance christ,
jesus black,
people jews,
|
Acceptance Essays
