Re: OT: Racial superiority / Intelligent design was Re: OT:Thanksgiving

"Alistair" <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Judson McClendon" <ju...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Howard Brazee" <how...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Even so, no one is saved by their actions. Everyone has "fallen short"
of what God demands (Romans 3:21-23), and nobody is acceptable to God
except through faith in Jesus (Acts 4:10-12). Jesus is the only Man
Who ever lived a life acceptable to God, and no other human will ever
see heaven, apart from accepting God's grace through believing in the
atoning work of Jesus Christ. Our work is to accept God's plan of
salvation (John 6:29). We obey God to please Him *because* of what He
has done for us, and also because of Who He is.

Having seen something of Monty Python's Life of Brian this week
(again) perhaps one could ask a simple question:

was Jesus the only person acclaimed as a messiah around that period?

I only ask because it may be that there were others who were acclaimed
as messiah (and probably died for our sins too) but don't get due
credit. After all, we are required by the bible to stone to death
those who claim to be prophets and messiahs

Only if you are an Old Testament Jew, living under the Mosaic Law.
Are you such a person? ;-)

and therefore anyone
setting themselves up as a prophet/messiah are unlikely to live a full
and useful life.

The question isn't "who died" but "who died, rose again and ascended
bodily into Heaven?" Only been one of those. :-)
--
Judson McClendon judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (remove zero)
Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."


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