Over the years, I have noticed that most of the secular world view Jesus as a good man who taught that we should be good people. They completely ignore the rest of the Bible and the rest of Jesus’ life.
I’ve gotten many accusations from non-Christians lately that I’m not a Christian because I disagree with people (particularly Muslims). They imply that because I disagree with them, I hate them, and therefore am breaking Jesus’ command to love your neighbor as yourself. But Jesus didn’t teach that we could fulfill all the demands of the law in ourselves, summed up in “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,” and “your neighbor as yourself.” As expounded by Paul and others in the New Testament, the law is to condemn us. Which one of us has always loved God and our neighbor perfectly? Jesus’ message was that we are sinful, and need salvation. He said that His purpose in coming was to be the Messiah who will save the people from their sins. He received the punishment from God for our sins when He suffered and died on the cross. That way, our sins were put on Him, and His perfect righteousness put on us. Then He rose from the dead, signifying that the Father accepted His sacrifice. This message (the Gospel) is contained clearly in the Bible. But you wouldn’t get any of this from the people who are accusing me. They profess to be Christians (while I of course am not because of my vehement hate) but reject the Bible’s message, reject God and His Son, and ignore the plan of salvation in favor of a self-righteous profession of the Law, just like the Pharisees whom Jesus condemned.
People need to look to God for salvation and read the whole Bible, looking at the context in the Old Testament to Christ’s coming, instead of quoting Jesus’ sermons without understanding who Jesus is or why He came.
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