RE: Bible Lesson: The Death of Jesus an Evolving Myth
July 27, 2014 at 8:13 am
(July 26, 2014 at 7:04 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Yes, we can selectively find support for all the early Christian sects in the Bible. And having read the gospels a few times myself, I doubt that the gospels would lead you to the church's (Catholic, liberal or conservative Christian) current or first millennium view of Jesus if you were to read them without a theological overlay. The gospels simply do not provide a coherent picture of Jesus. And should you read the non-canonized gospels your view would be even more confused.
God spent centuries building a theology before Christ came. The gospel wasn't intended to be heard in a vacuum. A "theological overlay" is not necessarily a bad thing. Consider the Bereans: Act 17:11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness,
examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
Quote:Paul won. But not necessarily because he was right--
As noted, the apostles and a gospel writer endorsed Paul's message, which indicates that Paul was in accord with Jesus.
