If you sat down to write about who Jesus was, what would you put down on paper?

We all have some images of Jesus. Some of them are the images we learned as children in our religion classes. Some of them have proved troubling and we don’t have anything to replace them with. Sometimes we dismiss Jesus on the basis of what we knew about Jesus at age six. Some of us have never examined the evidence for ourselves.

Is Jesus the Messiah? If that’s what you think, what does that mean? Jesus clearly didn’t fit into what a Messiah was expected to be. Messiahs were supposed to have power, were supposed to take charge, were supposed to set things right and free the Jews from political expression. But Jesus refused to stiff arm anybody. He refused to dominate or to take up arms.

Is Jesus the Savior? But what is he saving us from and what is he saving us to? Some people clearly had no interest in being saved. When Jesus said the poor are precious and the rich are in big trouble, only those on one side of that equation found it intriguing.

Is Jesus a Teacher? Surely, but is that all? Who do you say he is? Messiah, Savior, Lord, Teacher, Friend, Prophet, Prince of Peace?

As you try and answer that question, don’t be too alarmed if you can’t nail it down. Even those of us who wrestle with the question regularly find it difficult, because Jesus is sometimes downright incomprehensible.  Jesus is often enigmatic, ambiguous. From the very beginning, who Jesus was, what he was about, was far from self-evident. 

There were people who stood face-to-face with Jesus and said, “This is God incarnate.” There appear to be others who said, “This man is nuts.” Although I think that for most of us, the biggest issue isn’t that we’ve listened to Jesus and found him incomprehensible. It’s that we’ve listened to Jesus and found him too darn difficult.

Thanks to Herb Miller for sharing. 

The author makes some interesting points. He gets us thinking. His last line can set us on edge: “It’s that we’ve listened to Jesus and found him too darn difficult.” Any truth to that statement for YOU?

WE USE DUCT TAPE TO FIX THINGS.  JESUS USED NAILS!!

Today’s Message is a good one to share and to discuss.