sermon: Do You Recognize This Man? (Part 1)
Misconceptions About Christ
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Given 27-Mar-10; Sermon #983; 79 minutes
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Richard Ritenbaugh, reflecting on Wanted posters in the Post Office and missing children’s pictures on the side of milk cartons, asks if we would recognize Jesus Christ if a description were given describing Him. The depictions of Jesus Christ (illegitimate, blasphemer, rabble-rouser, rebel, troublemaker, cannibal, etc.) were not provided by His followers, but by His enemies. Just about everybody with whom He came into contact misunderstood Him, including His own disciples. Having lived in a culture heavily influenced by the Roman Catholic Church and its Protestant daughters, we have consciously and unconsciously absorbed false pictures of Jesus Christ, displaying a weak, effeminate, and ineffectual image—a total misconception of what He is. In addition, we have to contend with false and twisted messages supposedly espoused by Christ, encouraging cheap grace, no overcoming, “name it and claim it” formulas, and other pernicious residues (from our previous backgrounds) which we have difficulty removing from our nervous systems. The world’s ‘Christian’ religions have thoroughly saturated us with false conceptions of Jesus Christ. We have to displace these false human caricatures with a spiritual viewpoint, supported by a Spirit-inspired understanding of God's Word, providing us with intimate knowledge of God the Father and Jesus Christ, far more complex than the false notions advanced by the world’s churches. None of us has seen Christ in His fullness, and will only do this when we are like Him.
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Assemblies of God Baptists Believing Calamity Caricatures Church wars Earthly king Earthly kingdom False church I John 3:2 Forgetting Human nature God with us God’s angle on things Golden calf Good shepherd and judge Immanuel Isaiah 53:1-6; 55:8-9 John 7:10-40; 10:11; 14:7; 17:3; 18 John the Baptist Judaism Knowing Jesus Luke 2:41-49; 4:16-28 Lutheranism Mark 3:1-6; 10:35-40 Matthew 2:1-4, 16; 4:1-4,10; 11:1-6; 25:30 Messiah Methodist Misconceptions of Christ Misunderstanding Christ Parthia Peace and sword Physician heal yourself Prophet not accepted in his own country Protestantism Qualifying Regeneration Religious art Residue of Catholicism Residue of Lutheranism Rod of iron Roman Catholic church II Corinthians 5:16-17 Servant of all Statue Suffering Thomas
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