The same reason lots of people love to have money, but hate having to work for it.
Words in writing?
Jesus said to identify Him as God through what He said, not any other way. I know the feminine mind would prefer to see Jesus in the flesh and not pay attention to what He said as evidence, however, this is not the kind of dependency He was for.
Where is justice and care when you cannot even make an effort to read the texts for yourself.
In other words they might be worshipping a Jesus that is not mine, ie mine is One that knows me and praises us making the effort to know Him in every way we can with a certain effort of interpretation through the heart. To not want to know is the foundation of sin, of worshiping gods who do not know you but pretend, like a politician or a billionaire Kalif sheik who has no inkling of what factory or business he really owns.
Easy. Some people like the idea of the cartoon hippy Jesus, but they don’t like the idea of a God (Jesus) that will stand in judgement.
Because, the Catholic Bible was not written by God but by Man.
Simply because they have been taught, or believe a false doctrine. This “Jesus is love” stuff, and that’s it. No Holy and perfect God, no condemnation or justification. Simply, Jesus is love, He loves me, I love Him. Done. It is infantile in it’s understanding of the Creator of the universe.
because they love only parts of Jesus but not all. They have not made Him LORD in their hearts and minds and lives.
Jesus constantly referred to The Law, which is Torah. Without having read that, Jesus cannot be fully understood.
How about we read the Bible and try to live our lives properly.
Lots of people get so wrapped in the messenger, they forget the message.
To answer the question in the title:
Because it is easier to create your own false god than to learn and walk in true righteousness.
A lot of people has turned from the solid word of God and are now comfortable with any image of Jesus that satisfied them. I personally know people who automatically bow down to pray to a wooden crucifix and has pictures of Mary in their homes, but their lives say something else apart from righteousness.
The ironic part of it all is that when Jesus was on earth, the Jews were waiting for a warrior who would rule the world with justice. I believe that is why John the Baptist had to ask Him if He was the Messiah.
Today, people see Jesus as only a friend. Both groups of people need to read the Old Testament and the New Testament to get a grasp of the fact that Jesus is, in fact, the perfect apple that fell from the perfect tree.
He is God and all the names given to the Father are applicable to His Son. All the qualities that endear us to Jesus are also those of His Father.
Isaiah 43:10 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
10 “You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.
Bkmk for later
Makes sense why he could give sight to the blind, heal people of all sorts of ailments, lift up the broken-hearted, love the unlovable, help his neighbors and just be who he is for all to see and experience... and yet go wholly unrecognized. Worse, he downright angered all those who had false expectations and false doctrines.
Then again, Elijah was a fellow named John who said that he wasn't Elijah, even though Jesus declared that he was, so naturally that confused a few folks.
History repeats!
I have met people like this, those who claimed to have accepted Jesus and refused to read Scripture and did not approve of or accept much of what was written in it.
People like the Bible. They just don’t like those that claim they, and only they, understand the Bible and everyone else isn’t a Christian and is going to Hell.
Our pastor had a great sermon this morning.
Jesus is not your buddy. He is not your boyfriend. He is your God.
That isn’t what people want to hear.
John 1
The Eternal Word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.