Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. How can jesus know something and not know something at the same time. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Embracing his words of life and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. These are sayings of the living jesus recorded by thomas who is called didymus.
The unknown sayings of jesus books, audio, and online. The hard sayings of jesus arent found only in the gospels, but throughout scripture, since jesus is the ultimate author of scripture as the eternal word of god. Spawned horn several books of the same title among them hard sayings of jesus and hard sayings of the old testament, published by intervarsity, the sermons in this series explore texts that are in some way bothersome, obscure, or difficult to put into practice. Hundreds of sayings were attributed to the sage from nazareth by ancient admirers. It is a nice gateway to begin the journey into the more difficult teachings of jesus, from those with confusing meanings due to linguistic, historical, and cultural barriers to those with all to clear of meanings that challenge our own comforts. Pointing out the hard sayings of jesus is not usually my thing. Since the 16th century they have been widely used in sermons on good friday, and entire books have been written on theological analysis of them. A popular adage has regularly been applied to the person of jesushe comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.
He offers valuable background information to help clarify these difficult verses. I suggest the one who wants a compresive list to read the gospels and do a word study of the sayings of jesus to find all quoted from the hebrew scriptures. For i have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. Bruce was instrumental in helping me gain a better understanding to some of the more challenging passages found throughout the gospels, particularly certain teachings of christ. Beals while the entire gospel narrative is essential to christian theology, jesus own words distinctively teach us how to live and how faith makes a difference in ones life. I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. The complete sayings of jesus ebook by arthur hinds. The sayings and teachings of jesus ebook edited by timothy j. Sometimes this is true even of the same party, at the same time. We have buried our books, you will not find them until the end of the world. What was once a mystery becomes plain to a person once the holy spirit opens up their understanding matt 16.
The complete sayings of jesus by arthur hinds 1927 contents start reading page index text zipped like the jefferson bible, this is an attempt to edit the four gospels into a consistent account, in this case focusing on the words of jesus. They are unaware that they would not accept many of jesus instructions. Three years after jesus ascension, christians were waiting for jesuss return on clouds of glory which jesus promised every eye would see from eastern to western sky. The gospel of thomas is a noncanonical sayings gospel. Hard sayings of jesus the hard sayings series kindle edition by. Hard sayings of jesus lesson 9 unless you hate your father and mother. Amen, amen, i say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. He is not love that is hate to those who are atheists or another religion. Whoever learns the inner meaning of these truths shall live forever in the eternal sea. When jesus said, unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves john 6. After hearing jesus speak, some of the disciples said. Explore some of jesus christ best quotations and sayings on such as it is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of.
Like his original hearers many people today find jesus sayings hard. Considered as verses, the new testament has 7,959 verses, of which but 1,599 are sayings of christ. Many people who claim to really and truly believe in jesus christ do not know what he really taught. Bruce examines seventy of the hard sayings of jesus to clear away the cultural and historical difficulties which keep us from grappling with the real challenge of jesus. Fundamentally, what is so hard about the hard sayings of jesus is not our inability to understand them fully but to believe them fully and obey them fully. More than fifteen hundred versions of five hundred quotations are attributed to jesus in the new testament, the gospel of thomas, and other gospels found at nag hammadi. Challenge has routinely been associated with the message of jesus and rightly so. The few who do find it hard to accept and others reject these truths altogether. Jefferson bethke has recently published jesus religion. Hard sayings of jesus the hard sayings series and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. People such as the westboro baptists, the ku klux klan, the crusaders of the middle ages, and so many other groups have twisted the words of jesus and scripture to justify some really, really horrible stuff. Understanding the hard sayings of jesus preaching source. Anyone who is young, old, male, female, no matter what sins you have committed anyone and everyone is invited to follow jesus. When it comes to stirring others to hear that hard message of the cross and to guiding.
The gospel of thomass 114 sayings of jesus biblical. Some difficult words from jesus that will challenge your. Jesus often used spiritual allegory, parables, and symbolic illustrations to help teach certain truths to his disciples. A final category contains instructions about the lifestyle of disciples.
It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. Even in the time of christ many of his words were misunderstood and rejected. This book gives a panoramic concept of the thoughts and teachings of jesus. Bruce examines seventy of the hard sayings of jesus to clear away the cultural and historical difficulties which keep us from grappling with the real challenge of jesus message. Brauch offer this handy reference compiled from five earlier hard sayings books. When jesus spoke, lives were transformed and the trajectory of life forever altered. Can you imagine hearing jesus say to all who were listening whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and i in him john 6. Prior to the nag hammadi library discovery, the sayings of jesus found in.
A page from the coptic book calledthe sayings of jesus the christsaid to be written by the disciple thaddaeus, 11 years after the death of jesus. There is plenty of connecting narrative around the instances where jesus speaks, so. Among his outstanding publications are new testament history. Worldrenowned new testament scholar bruce examines 70 sayings that are hard to understand or apply and clears away the difficulties that keep modern readers from grappling with the real challenge of jesus message. Why he is so much better than trying harder, doing more, and being good enough. He gathered disciples around him and spoke to crowds of godand so how to livethrough parables and wisdom sayings, emphasizing the nearness of god and.
Bruces hard sayings of jesus, is to make difficult teachings of jesus easier to understand. In this collection of sayings jesus spoke of anger, discipline, honesty, vindictiveness, and love. The complete sayings of jesus christs bondservants. But beyond the challenging words of jesus come the hard sayings. Explore some of jesus best quotations and sayings on such as beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, g. The book of thomas makes no new revelations but for a deep. Jesus used this type of saying in the six antitheses of 5.
This was true for his original audience and continues to be so for his contemporary readers. When the disciples asked jesus about the time of his return, he gave them a hard saying. Below, read the 114 sayings of jesus as translated by stephen j. The more technical background of understanding the difficult words of jesus is to be found in scholarly literature authored by flusser, safrai, and others at hebrew university,2 but especially important as a prelude or com. The hard sayings of jesus what christians want to know. This sixth volume of hard sayings of the bible is now available in paperback. The words of jesus christ are life changing and timeless. These are the hard sayings of jesusthe teachings we will examine in this series. The books title and content are inspired by his spokenword video, why i hate religion, but love jesus, which has been viewed 26 million times. Four seasoned scholars, all with a notable gift for communicating with people in the pew, take you behind the scenes to find succinct solutions to a wide variety of bible difficulties, ranging from discrepancies about numbers to questions about. The short, easytoread historical, cultural, and linguistic explanations help you to interpret the meanings of over 500 perplexing passages and.
The hard sayings of jesus are not hard once a person has been regenerated by the holy spirit and they come to saving faith in jesus christ. What did jesus mean by this statement, and by other hard sayings such as. The name of thomas was also attached to the book of thomas the. He told them that no man, including himself, knew when the son of man would return. Some sayings are hard because they are difficult to understand, others because the demands they make on us are only too clear. These relatively few sayings of jesus have not a place apart, but run in an uneven distribution through the four gospels a few in other books.
The only place, at least in the douayrheims bible, where one of jesus sayings is described as hard is in john 6, where jesus tells the disciples. Yes, 26 million filled with jeffersons own story, the book is raw and authentic. He tells us that he is the way, the truth and the life john 14. Lets take an indepth look at some difficult words from jesus that will challenge your soul. Bruce examines seventy of the hard saying of jesus to clear away the cultural and historical difficulties which keep us from grappling with the real challenge of jesus message. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. What are meant by the hard sayings of jesus are those that are exaggeration or hyperbole. Why did jesus say the following and what did he mean by saying them. Here, ill try and give a list of some of the hard sayings of. The best books on jesus five books expert recommendations. Everyone needs to accept jesus christ as their lord and savior. Hard sayings of the bible offers explanations of over 500 of the most troubling verses to test the minds and hearts of bible readers.
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