@eboi1324

5 months ago

I disagree when he says "there is no such thing in the eyes of God as any Christian being any less than Jesus"

For two reasons,

1) We cannot level ourselves with Jesus. Jesus knew no sin, did no sin, had no sin while we knew sin, did sin, and had sin. There has to be a distinction. Otherwise, we wouldn't need Christ.

2) I know he's speaking from the context that we have Christ in us but that doesn't mean that we are not "any less than Jesus" in God's eyes

When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, we die to our old self and become born again as a new creation (such as shown in baptism). Therefore, when God sees us, He doesn't see us (our old self). He sees the blood of Jesus that washed away our sins. He sees Christ. Only.

What I understand from what this pastor said is that God sees US no less than Jesus because Jesus is in us, which is a false statement mixed up in many truths to come out as truth. The way he sets this statement up with "because you got it from me" glorifies us Christians instead and sets Jesus as a by-the-way.

In short, God sees Jesus ONLY.

That doesn't make us Christians no less than Jesus. We are a new creation because of Jesus but He is greater than us because He is God and the holy sacrifice for our sins. Accepting this pastor's statement means we are in equal level as God is, such as in what I understood when he said "because you got it from me" (talking about the same "access" to the same "ideas" the pastor had himself).

For clarity and alignment to God's word, I highly suggest that the pastor does not level ourselves with Jesus and instead recognize that God is the source of the wisdom on how to function in His kingdom.

This comment is open for a healthy debate. Feel free to disagree on my points and explanations.

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