Andre is at it again!!!
Was Jesus Truly A Rebel?
While Jesus lived on the earth, Jesus traveled frustrating and getting under the skin of the religious leaders and even the government. Jesus healed the sick on the Sabbath, raised the dead, His disciples were instructed not to fast while Jesus was with them - AND EVEN FORGAVE SIN! That was a no no. At the time Jesus walked the earth religious rules had already been established usurping control on God's people and how they worshiped, this would definitely be cause for a rebellion.
Jesus did exactly that. Jesus went against the views and man made regulations. Time after time Jesus was questioned in order to catch Him in some blasphemous statement that would implicate Him. Ironically, every response was seasoned with sound teaching so finding fault in what Jesus taught was not possible. It would appear Jesus was a rebel, wouldn't it?
Christians have to be careful with their attempts to make Jesus and the things of God cool!
As in the words of Andy Mineo "It's Embarrassing!!!"
That leads me to this. We have to be careful not to "criminalize" Jesus to make Jesus look cool. This is certainly up for debate, but after I am done with what I am trying to communicate, I believe you will understand where I am coming from.
Merriam Webster defines a rebel as opposing or taking arms against a government of ruler. Let me go further to try to open your thinking on this matter. Did Jesus come to rebel or to restore?
Was Jesus the rebel or did Jesus come to "save" the rebellious ones from God's wrath? Did Jesus rebel against the religious leaders or DID THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS REBEL AGAINST GOD - hence, why Jesus had to come in the first place?
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Whatever opposition Jesus faced in his time walking the earth wasn't so He can be the first in a long line of Christian rebellions against the devil and the devil's worldly system. We put Jesus in the same category as satan when we refer to Jesus as a rebel. Why? Because, satan was the first one to "rebel" against God.
God established an order, us humans jacked that up by rebelling against God. Jesus came to restore that order and bring the rebellious ones (all of us) back to the right order - God's order. Jesus was a part of the order that was established at the creation of all things.
(John 1:1)
Was Jesus A Rebel?
NO!!!
For Jesus to be a rebel, He would have had to be a subordinate of the religious leaders, the government, the devil and the devil's worldly system - and Jesus was not.
Jesus - who established the original order- came to re-establish relationship with man who rebelled against God through Grace.
What Are Your Thoughts?
