tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post5407125250881661194..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Did Jesus testify as to his identity?Weekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-61134024302544429152008-10-05T12:21:00.000-05:002008-10-05T12:21:00.000-05:00I'm trying to make as many of my points as I c...I'm trying to make as many of my points as I can to do double-work. That is to say: <BR/><BR/>1) Jesus had more going for him than a claim about himself; he had miracles to testify to him. There are debates in which the other side, wondering why Jesus didn't blow his own horn, is speaking for someone who did blow his own horn but had no miracles. So that's a line of argument that makes two points at once, even if one is only made implicitly. <BR/><BR/>2) One of the times when Jesus called miracles as his witness was when he was asked whether someone else was coming after him; Jesus' answer made plain that the one expected from the prophets was among them, and they weren't to expect another. Again, in some debates, the people on the other side are those claiming Jesus wasn't the one and another was coming after. Without the miracles, Jesus was and no one else was. So again this line of testimony answers two points at one time. <BR/><BR/>Some of the opponents' weaker points, they may never invite us to address and for obvious reasons. It's up to us to do the work there as to why we follow Jesus. <BR/><BR/>Take care & God bless<BR/>Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-70046690181880121902008-10-01T22:27:00.000-05:002008-10-01T22:27:00.000-05:00In a recent post on my blog I made this case:If a ...In a recent post on my blog I made this case:<BR/><BR/>If a man made racist remarks about minorities and called them subhuman, and said that his race was better, and you said, "This man is racist," and I replied, "I won't believe he's racist until he says the words 'I am racist.'"...what would you think of me? You'd probably think I was delusional.<BR/><BR/>But as you said, saying, "I'm a prophet" or any other title doesn't make you what you say you are. I wish more people would realize that.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232209481041145155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-90915788538488155072008-09-29T12:04:00.000-05:002008-09-29T12:04:00.000-05:00There are a couple of other things that might help...There are a couple of other things that might help too: <BR/><BR/>1) Saying "I am a prophet" and insisting that everyone call you a prophet -- doesn't make you a prophet. <BR/><BR/>2) Miracles testify louder than words, especially self-promoting words. If a certain person claiming to be a prophet never, say, performed a miracle but still claims, say, that he's greater than Jesus, then it's not me testifying that the other guy is wrong; the miracles testify it. <BR/><BR/>Take care & God bless<BR/>Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-28342296676264671502008-09-29T08:46:00.000-05:002008-09-29T08:46:00.000-05:00Excellent point that while some claim Jesus never ...Excellent point that while some claim Jesus never said, "I am God," neither did He outright say, "I am the Messiah," or "I am a prophet." I'll need to remember that for future debates.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232209481041145155noreply@blogger.com