The Bible On Trial

Metamorphosis~ 

In perusing Facebook this morning I was accosted by a meme that was stunning in its implications:

"The metamorphosis of Jesus from a humble servant of the abject poor to a symbol that stands for gun rights, prosperity theology, anti-science, limited government (that neglect the destitute), and fierce nationalism is truly the strangest tranformation in human history."

There is so much wrong with this statement, beginning with the initial premis that Jesus came to be a servant of the abject poor. The initial statement that Jesus came to be a servant of the abject poor does not fit with His own words seen in John 18:37. Jesus never inserted Himself or His message into the government or it's function. Jesus never insisted that the Roman government take care of the poor and needy. Jesus DID say that His servants were to do that. Jesus never conflated the role of government with what He said or did, or insisted that governments should function as an arm of the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of the Heavens is a kingdom of the Spirit (John 3) NOT a kingdom of this world. Not yet!

And this is where those that consider themselves in the Kingdom of God today have a problem of identity that prevents them from seeing the truth. 

Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." John 3:5.

One person in responce to this meme said categorically declared that if Jesus was alive today on earth He would be a Democratic Socialist. But everything Jesus taught shows that this is not only not true but it borders on blaspheme. This is how far down the spiritual identity of the world has fallen that there are those that insist that if Jesus was here right now He would be just like them, instead of them becoming just like Him.

Spirit os everything, the physical means nothing.