IF CHRIST CAME TO YOUR DOOR

[squareshot]

I hope I would. I think since I'm Christian...I would hope I would know Him. If He came to my door, I believe I would know right away that person was not a threat. Jesus wouldn't come across like that. We're told that we should always greet others with respect and help them when needed....we never know who we are entertaining. Sometimes Angels, and sometimes it could be Him.

Hi CJ, but you must admit He has a violent streak, because He used a whip to drive the money changers, and their animals off the temple grounds, and also dumped their tables to the ground. There were hints of violence in some of His teachings. Yet Christians call Him the Prince of Peace. There are so many crazies out there, that unless people call me first, my door is opened very cautiously, and I don't think I would recognize the wheat from the chaff.

 

[squareshot]

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• And sometimes it could be Jack the Ripper.

And it is more likely to be some kind of goof ball, than Jesus.

 

[squareshot]

I hope I would. I think since I'm Christian...I would hope I would know Him. If He came to my door, I believe I would know right away that person was not a threat. Jesus wouldn't come across like that. We're told that we should always greet others with respect and help them when needed....we never know who we are entertaining. Sometimes Angels, and sometimes it could be Him.

A sometimes it could be the devil himself.

 

[NightSwimmer]

I might have some concern about a potential criminal showing up at my door.

Angels, Demons, Gods and Devils... Not so much.

Why would a supernatural being need a door?

 

[gigi]

Anyone would recognize Jesus at the door. Our hearts would recognize Him. We would just know.

 

[Caroljo]

Hi CJ, but you must admit He has a violent streak, because He used a whip to drive the money changers, and their animals off the temple grounds, and also dumped their tables to the ground. There were hints of violence in some of His teachings. Yet Christians call Him the Prince of Peace. There are so many crazies out there, that unless people call me first, my door is opened very cautiously, and I don't think I would recognize the wheat from the chaff.

Yes, certain things did make Him mad....and the money changers using God's temple this way was one of them. Nobody ever said that He never got upset over things. He was, after all, human at that time. I think if Jesus came to my door, because I'm a believer, I would KNOW in my heart it was Him. Now, if someone like Mark Dreher was standing there (he even looks creepy!), the door would NOT be opened!

 

[squareshot]

Yes, certain things did make Him mad....and the money changers using God's temple this way was one of them. Nobody ever said that He never got upset over things. He was, after all, human at that time. I think if Jesus came to my door, because I'm a believer, I would KNOW in my heart it was Him. Now, if someone like Mark Dreher was standing there (he even looks creepy!), the door would NOT be opened!

Yes, I think I know how it is with you, and if you feel that strongly, I an sure He would give you a call before he showed up in His best robes on your doorstep.

 

[Caroljo]

Yes, I think I know how it is with you, and if you feel that strongly, I an sure He would give you a call before he showed up in His best robes on your doorstep.

What do you mean "how it is with you"? Anyway, I don't expect Him to come to my door. When He does return, we will ALL see and know Him.

 

[squareshot]

What do you mean "how it is with you"? Anyway, I don't expect Him to come to my door. When He does return, we will ALL see and know Him.

Nothing in my post is meant to insult you. I meant that I know how you feel about Jesus.

 

[fairsheet]

Hi CJ, but you must admit He has a violent streak, because He used a whip to drive the money changers, and their animals off the temple grounds, and also dumped their tables to the ground. There were hints of violence in some of His teachings. Yet Christians call Him the Prince of Peace. There are so many crazies out there, that unless people call me first, my door is opened very cautiously, and I don't think I would recognize the wheat from the chaff.

I'm sure some professional parser of every stitch of The Bible, might contradict me. BUT, I believe the Tax Collector/Pharisees part of The Bible to represent a specific AND intentional exception to the "Jesus rule".

I could be wrong about that. BUT...if we consider this part of The Bible from the perspective I've suggested, as opposed to the perspective that it's just one more instance of Jesus's getting pissed off, we may derive something completely different from it.

 

[Caroljo]

Nothing in my post is meant to insult you. I meant that I know how you feel about Jesus.

I do know that...I appreciate that you are considerate, even if we don't always see eye to eye

 

[Renee]

Anyone would recognize Jesus at the door. Our hearts would recognize Him. We would just know.

And we might say, "you look taller in person."

 

[PhilFish]

I would accept his pamphlet and politely decline any solicitation for money...then close the door

 

[squareshot]

I'm sure some professional parser of every stitch of The Bible, might contradict me. BUT, I believe the Tax Collector/Pharisees part of The Bible to represent a specific AND intentional exception to the "Jesus rule".

I could be wrong about that. BUT...if we consider this part of The Bible from the perspective I've suggested, as opposed to the perspective that it's just one more instance of Jesus's getting pissed off, we may derive something completely different from it.

Hi FS, I am not sure that I know what the Jesus rule is . Could you explain please ?

 

[squareshot]

What do you mean "how it is with you"? Anyway, I don't expect Him to come to my door. When He does return, we will ALL see and know Him.

Isn't there a phrase in the bible about him coming as a stranger in the night? I know what the bible says about his return, that He will come in the clouds with angels, or words too that effect.

 

[squareshot]

I do know that...I appreciate that you are considerate, even if we don't always see eye to eye

Hi CJ, We do know how to carry on a discussion without letting our post drift into a nasty, hateful, angry, useless tirade of insults. Some on this site come just for the fight. Neither of us need that to get our point across. Thank you for that.

 

[Friday13]

No flowers...but he cuts the grass in that diagonal way...leaves it looking SHARP!

Totally worth 50 bucks a month.

Where are you? He's exactly the guy I need!

 

[squareshot]

Where are you? He's exactly the guy I need!

He's the guy all of us need. Service has become so lousy that you expect to get screwed before they show up at the door. You are one lucky human being to have such a man.

 

[Corruptbuddha]

He's the guy all of us need. Service has become so lousy that you expect to get screwed before they show up at the door. You are one lucky human being to have such a man.

A man who takes pride in his work. Sure he's a gardener.....but he's a damn GOOD gardener. He took MLK's words to heart:

And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it. don't just set out to do a good job. Set out to do such a good job that the living, the dead or the unborn couldn't do it any better.

If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music, sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say: Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well. If you can't be a pine at the top of the hill, be a shrub in the valley. Be be the best little shrub on the side of the hill.

Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

 

[fairsheet]

Hi FS, I am not sure that I know what the Jesus rule is . Could you explain please ?

Hah! In this case, my "Jesus rule" is but editorial artifice pulled straight from my ear! It's not some sort of doctrine, dogma, nor commonly accepted concept.

In any case, what I'm referring to is the idea that Jesus is/was a man of non-violence and peace, in every instance.