When I was flipping channels the other night, I came across O’Reilly talking about some interview he did in connection with this book. He showed a clip in which he said Jesus was just a regular guy who really didn’t want to get up on that cross.
I would disagree with the "regular guy" comment but Jesus did plead with the Father in the Garden of Gethsemane to "remove this cup" (i.e. betrayal and death) from him if there was any other alternative. He also relented by saying "not my way but Thy way be done", an example all of us should follow.
This example is also cited to portray Jesus' "humanness". He would have preferred not to have suffered on the Cross but chose to obey His Father.
He [Bill O'Reilly] showed a clip in which he said Jesus was just a regular guy who really didn’t want to get up on that cross.This is Bill O'Reilly. [I usually can't watch him for more than 20 seconds.] As far as not wanting "to get up on that cross," it was Christ's desire to suffer for us that brings so many to the Cross, which allows us then to suffer for His peoples (with eventual joy and no grumbling).
He showed a clip in which he said Jesus was just a regular guy who really didn’t want to get up on that cross.
Sometimes those flippant remarks reveal a lot.
To me this is about $$$ , not respect and accuracy.
Anything we say about anything says something about everything in how we think.
Note the use of the past tense singular use of the action verbs. It assumes Jesus Christ isn't very alive today.
The more significant event was His Resurrection and now His Ascension and Session.