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JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

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Jesus was accused of being a bastard:<br />

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"'I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill Me,<br />

because you have no room for My word. I am telling you what I have<br />

seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your<br />

father.' 'Abraham is our father,' they answered. 'If you were Abraham's<br />

children,' said Jesus, 'then you would do the things Abraham did. As it is,<br />

you are determined to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that<br />

I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. You are doing the<br />

things your own father does.'<br />

We are not illegitimate children,' they protested. 'The only Father we<br />

have is God Himself'" (Jn 8:41).<br />

Jesus was accused of being a would-be suicide:<br />

"Once more Jesus said to them, 'I am going away, and you will look for Me,<br />

and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.' This made the<br />

Jews ask,<br />

‘Will He kill Himself? Is that why He said, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"<br />

(Jn 8:21-22)<br />

His enemies called Him a blasphemer:<br />

"The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves,<br />

'Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but<br />

God alone?'" (Lk 5:21).<br />

"Again the Jews picked up stones to stone Him . . . ' We are not stoning You<br />

for any of these [good deeds],' replied the Jews, 'but for blasphemy, because<br />

You, a mere man, claim to be God'" (Jn 10:31,33).<br />

"The high priest said to Him, 'I charge You under oath by the living God:<br />

Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.' 'Yes, it is as you say,'<br />

Jesus replied. 'But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of<br />

Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the<br />

clouds of heaven. Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, 'He has<br />

spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you<br />

have heard the blasphemy What do you think?'" (Mt 26:63-66; see also Mk 14:55-63).

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