Taste and see why don't ya?
"What do I need Jesus for?"
I don't like to even answer that question beacause it completely misses the point. If you come to Jesus on a need-to-have basis, fine, but realise it's not about needing Jesus. Yes, there are resons, life without Jesus, I would argue, is leading to a life you don't want, but that's not why Jesus came.
Jesus didn't come just to give us a "get out of Hell free card," Jesus came to redeem the world. The Gospel of Jesus is good news especially for those who don't believe it. If all your neighbors were Christians (living like they say they do) your life would be easy.
So, if you are one who asks "what do I need Jesus for?" good luck finding the answer you're looking for. I suspect those who seek this question have a barrier up anyway. I don't follow Jesus just because I need Him, though I absolutely do need Him, I follow Him because His way is the best possible way to live life and in Him there is hope. It's not simply about me getting something, it's about His promise being true, that the Whole world will one day be redeamed and His people will live in it (maybe they can live in it now, topic of later discussion).
We often sell Christianity like it's all about what you'll recieve, it's all about getting. Then when someone says, "that sounds good" and "accepts it" they feel gypt to see that life in Christ is difficult and filled with struggle and submission.
Christianity is not what we've created it to be. Life under a Christian label is still life, we're all trying to figure it out. If I knew you, who ask "what do I need Jesus for?" I would not answer with doctrine or dogma because the answer is deeper than words anyway. I would invite you to join with me, to seek the answer you're looking for down a different road. Being a Christian is not, as some have said in the past, "being responseble to have these answers." I would invite you to live in the life of Jesus, then decide who or what He is, how or why he came.
"Taste and see that the LORD is good"
I don't like to even answer that question beacause it completely misses the point. If you come to Jesus on a need-to-have basis, fine, but realise it's not about needing Jesus. Yes, there are resons, life without Jesus, I would argue, is leading to a life you don't want, but that's not why Jesus came.
Jesus didn't come just to give us a "get out of Hell free card," Jesus came to redeem the world. The Gospel of Jesus is good news especially for those who don't believe it. If all your neighbors were Christians (living like they say they do) your life would be easy.
So, if you are one who asks "what do I need Jesus for?" good luck finding the answer you're looking for. I suspect those who seek this question have a barrier up anyway. I don't follow Jesus just because I need Him, though I absolutely do need Him, I follow Him because His way is the best possible way to live life and in Him there is hope. It's not simply about me getting something, it's about His promise being true, that the Whole world will one day be redeamed and His people will live in it (maybe they can live in it now, topic of later discussion).
We often sell Christianity like it's all about what you'll recieve, it's all about getting. Then when someone says, "that sounds good" and "accepts it" they feel gypt to see that life in Christ is difficult and filled with struggle and submission.
Christianity is not what we've created it to be. Life under a Christian label is still life, we're all trying to figure it out. If I knew you, who ask "what do I need Jesus for?" I would not answer with doctrine or dogma because the answer is deeper than words anyway. I would invite you to join with me, to seek the answer you're looking for down a different road. Being a Christian is not, as some have said in the past, "being responseble to have these answers." I would invite you to live in the life of Jesus, then decide who or what He is, how or why he came.
"Taste and see that the LORD is good"