Here are your reasons. Now will you read them with an open heart or will you be like the Pharisees who "watched" Jesus so that they might accuse Him? You see, they never had any intention of repenting, all they wanted to do was challenge everything he did.
"He taught non-anger, yet became angry."
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:" Eph: 4:26.
There is a righteous anger and God has it towards those who have yet to repent. He did not teach non-anger.
"He taught not to call a person a fool, yet did it himself."
But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? Luke 12:20
Since God has the right to tell people what they are and since the Son has been given the authority to judge mankind (see Jn 5:22,23), it would only stand to reason that as the Father judges, so does the Son..
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Mt. 5:22.
We have no right to judge our fellow man for we've all fallen short of God's glory. Christ was able to make the claim that he always pleased his father. He backed it up by the healings, miracles and forgiveness of sins. By calling someone a fool, he simply stated fact. After all, the world was created by Him and for Him and he knows what is in the heart of man. We don't.
"He taught to honor your father and mother, then was contemptous of his own mother."
This statement is almost laughable. Remember, He was not of this world in the sense that we are. As he stated, those who do the will of God are his real family. This is not showing any disrespect. When his parents "sorrowed" looking for him in Jerusalem, he remained subject to them. Show one example where Christ showed contempt towards his mother.
"Jesus lied to his brothers about going to the feast of the Tabernacles. He lied to the high priest, saying that he never taught secretly."
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. For neither did his brethren believe in him. Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. When he had said these words unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.
Jn 7:2-10,14-17
Lastly, I don't know how you can say he lied. He clearly told his brethren that his time to go wasn't right then. As far as doing things in secret, I guess one has to wonder how he became so popularly known and followed.
Like those who tried to find a fault in Christ rather than face their own obvious failures, you appear to be an individual who refuses to see your own need for a saviour. Truth begins by looking at where one stands in relation to a holy and righteous God. |
