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Its not Jesus. Its an actor playing the role of Jesus.

Keep in mind though, He came to Earth as the Son of Man - his most popular title for himself.

5 Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: [Let Him be your example in humility:] 6 Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained, 7 But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being. 8 And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!

The Amplified Bible (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1987), Php 2:5–8.

Jesus will meet people when and where needed. He will be Savior, Lord, Advisor, Friend - whatever the Believer requires. He is the Living Word, the Lamb of God, King of Kings, Love Himself and on and on. He can be whatever is necessary to save lost souls.

The actor portraying Jesus may not be your cup of tea. But maybe there are a few thousand people out there who know very little, or even worse know only false things about Jesus, who might want to get to know the real Jesus because of the show. When the entertainment alternatives are Lucifer, Reality shows, and drag queen competitions - this just might be a good alternative.

freepertoo - You do not have to defend your opinion. I know exactly what you mean from watching other Biblical shows. This response was to your post, but really for anyone else that might have similar sentiments. KNOWING Jesus personally certainly raises the bar, and it would be quite difficult to replicate perfection on screen with a cast of ordinary folks.

I’m dictating this so I hope autocorrect behaves itself! I also know that you know that any response that I make is not intended to be in your face or anything like that. But this is not a portrayal of Jesus. It is a deception. Jesus was a man but he was different from other men. He did not need to send out flyers and have his apostles tack up posters asking for people to come to the sermon on the mount. He did not make the kind of mistake I saw in one snippet where he told his disciples to meet him one place then forgot where it was and wound up in another place without them. The Jesus we see in the chosen is not Jesus as he is portrayed in scripture. If we get nothing else right, let’s get that right. Having said all this, I was influenced as a very young woman by godspell. So I know the Lord can even use a talking donkey to bring people to himself. But this Jesus that I am seeing on the screen is a deception, is a bumbling fool who must ask for help, and I am offended. Very offended. Again please know this is not directed at anyone who is posted anything, and of course I respect the opinions of others. But I am offended on the Lord’s behalf.