What if Jesus really was perfect, didn’t ever lie, and his followers lied about Jesus lying? Does that cast the rest of the apostolic writings into doubt? OMG, doubt overload!
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| Pretty Little Liars, not Jesus! |
A really long time ago Yahweh gave his best friend Moses a list of rules everyone needed to follow so society could function (see Exodus 20:3-17). Nowadays we usually call these “The Ten Commandments,” not to be confused with the 1956 film of the same name starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. Most people think “Thou shalt not lie” is one of the “Big Ten.” This is totally untrue. The Ten Commandments instruct us to not lie when talking about someone else (Exodus 20:16). Yahweh is clearly ok with lying about ourselves. We just have to turn to Holy Scriptures to see this for ourselves.
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| Jim Carry in Liar Liar, not Jesus! |
The Gospel of St. John is the newest of the gospels. It didn’t reach its published form until about 60 years after the crucifixion. It is the gospel that focuses the most on the divinity of Christ and it is the one we use to show how following Jesus’ example includes lying.
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| Lying twins, separated at birth, not Jesus! |
In John 7:8 Jesus told his “brethren” to head up to the Feast of Tabernacles without him: “Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come (emphasis added).” Then in John 7:10 we learn that after Jesus’ brethren went up to the feast, he followed them all secret-like. LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!
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| A body language expert solves crimes, not Jesus! |
Also, when Jesus was on trial for treason and sedition he told the High Priest and Elders of Israel that “I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing (John 18:20: emphasis added).” Of course anyone that has read the gospels known this is a bald-faced lie. Jesus secretly taught his disciples about his divinity ALL THE TIME. He also commanded people to not repeat his secret teachings and actions in Mark 1:34, 1:44, 3:11-12, 5:43, 7:36, 8:30; Luke 4:41, 5:14, 8:56, 9:21; and Matthew 8:3-4, 12:15-16, 16:20. SERIOUSLY: LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!
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| A story of love and lies, not Jesus! |
Moral: lying is Christ-like. Just don’t lie about someone else or you’ll go to hell.
NOTE: If we are willing to look outside the Book of John we find that in Mark 10:28-30 Jesus promised everyone that was willing to follow him a hundredfold increase in material wealth IN THIS LIFE! It’s pretty obvious from readings Acts and looking into subsequent Christian history that this was not the case.
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| Crazy Management Consultants, not Jesus! |
Mark 10:28-30 KJV
Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. (emphasis added)
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| The dilemas of a circle of friends, still not Jesus! |
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