What is the basis for the insinuation that a statement by Jesus is more important than other Bible teachings?
Of course, in this forum it is sometimes more than insinuation. Some outright claim that if something is taught in the Bible but not specifically mentioned by Jesus, it somehow carries more authority.
Yes, I’m aware that "red-letter Bibles" which showed Jesus’ words in red used to be very popular. But I find it interesting that it is often the anti-Christian posts which seem to want to focus on dividing the Bible’s teachings into Jesus and non-Jesus doctrine.
All very good answers. There shouldn’t be any more importance in a statement made by Jesus than any other passage of the bible. It all supposedly came from God anyway…2 Tim 3:16. Anti-Christian posts as you put it focus on dividing the Bible’s teaching into those 2 categories because they haven’t read the whole thing (most likely) and assume that the passages actually spoken by Jesus are more accurate than the ‘men’ that wrote the others…..just a guess
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July 28 2009 11:54 am | Bible
windsonged on 28 Jul 2009 at 5:18 pm #
Because Christianity (in a purely literal sense) means following the teachings of Christ. If Christ didn’t say it, how do you know it comes from him? What’s to stop people from making up stuff to push their own agendas and put it in the Bible?
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God answers all questions on 28 Jul 2009 at 5:51 pm #
Judge not and you will not be judged; do not condemn and pronounce guilty, and you will not be condemned and pronounced guilty; acquit and forgive and you will be acquitted and forgiven.
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Jonesy on 28 Jul 2009 at 5:58 pm #
The difference is the words from the mouth of the Lord himself and words that are from men but under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I don’t discount any of it. It is all the Word of God. I admit that the words of Jesus are my favorite, but there are some wonderful passages in other parts of the Bible too. It’s all good.
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Melorious on 28 Jul 2009 at 6:03 pm #
Look at it this way, tolkien the writer of Lord of the rings, and the biggest fan lets call him sid the reviewer. Sid says elves are mortal, Tolkien says no they are immortal.
which is right?
obviously tolkien as the books are his creation,
while Sid may be well respected and his word creditable ultimately he is a scholar of something forged by Tolkien.
the same rules apply with jesus in christianity.
Followers of another faith majorically believe that the bible has segments of heavenly and true prophets words mixed in with at the best, misguided and at worst infidel writers. The other faith followers will only value what has been said by the prophets of their faith
nonbelievers believe that all writing in the bible was done by man the nonbelievers attack more the words of Jesus because “Followers of Christ” translates to “Followers of Jesus” which the nonbelievers therefore see as the most important thing to disprove and dismiss as it is challenging the faith as opposed to the teachings of an acknowledged non deity such as Mathew.
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iCanHelp on 28 Jul 2009 at 6:43 pm #
All very good answers. There shouldn’t be any more importance in a statement made by Jesus than any other passage of the bible. It all supposedly came from God anyway…2 Tim 3:16. Anti-Christian posts as you put it focus on dividing the Bible’s teaching into those 2 categories because they haven’t read the whole thing (most likely) and assume that the passages actually spoken by Jesus are more accurate than the ‘men’ that wrote the others…..just a guess
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