Jesus and the Charge of Blasphemy Mark 14:64 “You have all heard his blasphemy. What is your verdict?” “Guilty!” they all cried. “He deserves to die!” There are today many liberal theologians who profess to be Christians, but who argue that Jesus was merely a great man, and that He never claimed deity […]
“How can Jesus be both God and man at the same time?”…What is the hypostatic union? …Answer: The hypostatic union is the term used to describe how God the Son, Jesus Christ, took on a human nature, yet remained fully God at the same time. Jesus always had been God (John 8:58, 10:30), but at […]
“What did Jesus mean when He said to ‘not cast your pearls before swine’ (Matthew 7:6)?”……Answer: “Do not cast your pearls before swine” is a portion of the Sermon on the Mount, and to understand its meaning, we have to understand its context and placement within the sermon. Christ had just finished instructing the crowd […]
“What did Jesus mean when He instructed us hate our father and mother (Luke 14:26)?”……First, we must take this verse in the context of the chapter. Jesus is teaching His disciples, and like any good teacher, He begins with a truth statement that is hard to understand in order to get his students thinking. …Then, […]
“What did Jesus mean when He instructed us to love our enemies?”……Answer: When Jesus said we are to love our enemies, He was creating a new standard for relationships. He proclaimed to the crowds listening to His Sermon on the Mount that they knew they were to love their neighbor because the command to love […]
“What did Jesus mean when He said ‘he who is without sin can cast the first stone’?”……Jesus’ statement “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her” is found in John 8:1-11. Jesus was teaching in the temple when the scribes and Pharisees brought to […]
“What did Jesus mean when He said ‘I AM’?”……Answer: Jesus, in response to the Pharisees’ question “Who do you think you are?” said “‘Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.’‘You are not yet fifty years old,’ the Jews said to him, ‘and you have seen […]