Remember him letting the prostitute go and telling people to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s? I know lots of people who claim to be Christians who wouldn’t make the same decisions He did.
“Remember Him (Jesus) letting the prostitute go and telling people to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s?”
He let an adulteress go. He did not say why, but there was no adulterer partner brought forward, which as I understand it is the way it is written in the law. So it is usually interpreted, He let her go, because the law was not being carried out properly. Of course He obviously showed compassion, but He knew her heart. We can’t.
He told his disciples to pay their taxes. He didn’t make any statements about loving excessive government taxation.
To get back to the thread, well done, Fred. I kept thinking how tremendous the difference would be to have him and Hilary debating on the same tv screen. Night and day. The Average American would hopefully see that.
Excellent analysis of the words of Jesus compared to use of present day expressions-—