Of Philosophers
St. Augustine wrote,
“I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden."
St Augustine.
There are many very good philosophers in the world today. Many men and women who are espousing good ways in which to live. I see that as a good thing. BUT. All the good philosophers in the world cannot get you into heaven.
Only Jesus said,
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30.
Jesus and His disciple spoke in absolutes.
In the above scripture Jesus makes it clear that He will give you rest. All we have to do is have faith in Him.
I personally can attest to this. Over the years I have gone thorough many very serious problems in my life. Yet through it all I have been able to go to Christ in prayer and find peace that got me through all of it.
I also know many people who have also found rest in Christ as they have gone through extreme hardships.
Philosophers as good as their teachings may be cannot match the teachings of Jesus. They cannot do this because Jesus is God. The teachings of Jesus are directly form God.
Jesus said,
“I and the Father are one.”
John 10:30.
Jesus also said,
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”.
John 14:6.
These are radical statements for his day. For that matter they are radical statements for today. Christianity to my knowledge is the only religion in the world in which it’s founder claimed to be God incarnate.
C. S. Lewis said of Jesus.
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say.
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell.
You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.
You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.
Thus it comes down to the choice of each individual who reads or hears about the teachings of Jesus. Each individual must make their own choice.
Before you the reader make any decision about Jesus I would ask that you take time and read the New Testament honesty asking God to show you His reality.
Please think about it.
St. Augustine wrote,
“I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden."
St Augustine.
There are many very good philosophers in the world today. Many men and women who are espousing good ways in which to live. I see that as a good thing. BUT. All the good philosophers in the world cannot get you into heaven.
Only Jesus said,
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30.
Jesus and His disciple spoke in absolutes.
In the above scripture Jesus makes it clear that He will give you rest. All we have to do is have faith in Him.
I personally can attest to this. Over the years I have gone thorough many very serious problems in my life. Yet through it all I have been able to go to Christ in prayer and find peace that got me through all of it.
I also know many people who have also found rest in Christ as they have gone through extreme hardships.
Philosophers as good as their teachings may be cannot match the teachings of Jesus. They cannot do this because Jesus is God. The teachings of Jesus are directly form God.
Jesus said,
“I and the Father are one.”
John 10:30.
Jesus also said,
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”.
John 14:6.
These are radical statements for his day. For that matter they are radical statements for today. Christianity to my knowledge is the only religion in the world in which it’s founder claimed to be God incarnate.
C. S. Lewis said of Jesus.
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say.
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell.
You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.
You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.
Thus it comes down to the choice of each individual who reads or hears about the teachings of Jesus. Each individual must make their own choice.
Before you the reader make any decision about Jesus I would ask that you take time and read the New Testament honesty asking God to show you His reality.
Please think about it.
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