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“The purpose for Jesus was to wash us clean from our sin through his precious blood; for us, for whom you don’t believe he died.”
Once again, my Friend, you completely fail to understand the premise of my pro-Jesus interpretation of the Scriptures. Of course I believe Jesus died, Lucy, just probably not on the cross (as Jesus himself actually told us in the Bible – see Matthew 16:21, Matthew 17:22, Matthew 20:18-19, Matthew 20:22, Matthew 23:34-36, Matthew 26:2, Matthew 26:6-12, Matthew 26:21, Matthew 26:24, Matthew 26:32, Matthew 26:45-46, Mark 8:31-32, Mark 9:31-32, Mark 10:33-34, Mark 14:21, Mark 14:28, Luke 9:22, Luke 9:44, Luke 11:30, Luke 11:49-51, Luke 13:33, Luke 18:31-33, Luke 22:15, John 2:21-22, John 3:14, John 6:51, John 7:33, John 8:21, John 8:28, John 10:11+15, John 10:17-18, John 12:8, John 12:23-25, John 12:27, John 12:32-33, John 14:30, John 16:7, John 16:16 & John 18:11b) … And I most certainly do believe that Jesus came to show us a Way to cleanse us of our sins – a Way of selfless & caring action; a Way of selflessly caring for others (see Matthew 22:37-40, John 13:34-35, John 14:20-23, John 15:12 et al); not a mere hollow religious Faith in him as a personal savior (see Mark 10:18, John 5:41, John 7:16, John 8:50-54, John 12:47 et al). Indeed, Jesus never once said “worship me” in the entire New Testament, and yet he did tell us to follow him (see Matthew 16:24, Matthew 19:28, Mark 10:21, Luke 18:22, John 8:12) – to emulate his Way of Loving & Living – to adopt & enliven his version of unconditional LOVE, in order to thereby enter his “Kingdom of Heaven” (Luke 17:20-21). In fact, it can fairly be stated that your persistent refusal to see this Truth is placing a stumbling block in front of those who would otherwise be saved by his teachings … So, at the very least for their sake, please stop doing so!
“Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone … For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done for you … If you understand these things, you are blessed while you DO THEM.” ~ Jesus Christ (Mark 10:18 + John 13:15-17)
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