That very good man had control over what he said. And regardless of ‘intent’ the events happened. See stuart, IF Jesus was a ‘very good man’ only, then one could make the case that he was also a lunatic. I mean, who goes around, as a ‘very good man’ telling people that he is the Son of God, that he is the only way to God, that he’s going to be killed and arise again?
It is only if you take the whole picture of Him in the Gospel, written I might add by eye-witnesses, that you can see that He was mjore than just a ‘very good man’ who told some whoppers of lies. Once He had been crucified and buried, if he was just a ‘very good man’, would not his followers have given up? I mean why fight the battle and be stoned, hanged, crucified and such for a ‘very good man’? Instead, those followers continued and echoed, based on their own observations, what Jesus said while He was here.
I too would not ask God the “Why’s” of things, but I do ask, “What am I to learn from this?”
It is OK to ask, I do not get upset. I have asked that I not be a stumbling block to others in what I say here. I do want to say to all, Jesus is, He IS, the Son of God, and IS the only way back to God after this life. That is my Rock, Jesus, the man and the Son of God.
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