September 11, 2009

  • Why Jesus would have ...

    made a good Chinese son-in-law

    (point by point "rebuttal" to TizzyAlexander - [her post] ;) )

    1) He was rich

     7 I will proclaim the decree of the LORD :
           He said to me, "You are my Son [d] ;
           today I have become your Father. [e]

     8 Ask of me,
           and I will make the nations your inheritance,
           the ends of the earth your possession.

     9 You will rule them with an iron scepter [f] ;
           you will dash them to pieces like pottery." 

    Psalm 2:7-9

    2) He is awe inspiring-ly good looking

    He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods

    Daniel 3:25

    Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death....
    Revelation 1:12-18

    3) He wasn't a doctor/lawyer/engineer

    "Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon?" Mark 6:3(parts)

    He's better than a professional.  He's the professional ruler of All!  He sets healthcare, legal codes, and the laws of physics!

    13 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

     

    Daniel 7:13-14

    4) He didn't spend time with family

    I and the Father are one.

    John 10:30

    5) He hung out with the right company

     1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 

    John 1:1

    6) He did things that restored people's "face"

      But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

     9At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

     11"No one, sir," she said.
          "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

    John 8:6-11

    7) He fulfilled the law

    17 v“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

    Matthew: 5:17

    8) He went beyond the rules

     Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.  John 15:13

     

    8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

    Romans 5:8-10

    9) He respected his parents(mother), obeyed her and took care of her.

     1On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, 2and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine."

     4"Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come."

     5His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

     6Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[a]

     7Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.

     8Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet."

       They did so, 9and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine

    John 2:1-9

    26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," 27and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

    John 19:26-27

    10) He got married, and provided for his children...

    7Let us rejoice and be glad
          and give him glory!
       For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
          and his bride has made herself ready.
     8Fine linen, bright and clean,
          was given her to wear." (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)

     9Then the angel said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!' " And he added, "These are the true words of God."

     10At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

    Revelation 19:7-10

    7He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

    Revelation 21:7