Excerpt: ...laws imprisoning for debt and scourging for misdemeanors. 49 Some may say that the sentiments expressed by Jesus were not mistakes but merely presented the customs of his day. Possibly he did not intend to advise all that he seemed to approve; but if Jesus was a practical and prophetic guide he should have made it clear that he did not sanction the actions he apparently commended. In the parable of the pounds the nobleman, seemingly with the approval of Jesus, denounced the servant as wicked who did not put his ...
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Excerpt: ...laws imprisoning for debt and scourging for misdemeanors. 49 Some may say that the sentiments expressed by Jesus were not mistakes but merely presented the customs of his day. Possibly he did not intend to advise all that he seemed to approve; but if Jesus was a practical and prophetic guide he should have made it clear that he did not sanction the actions he apparently commended. In the parable of the pounds the nobleman, seemingly with the approval of Jesus, denounced the servant as wicked who did not put his lord's money in the bank to draw interest. 10 And in the parable of the talents the lord rewarded those who had made 100 per cent profit through speculation. 11 Another contradiction of his theory of the blessedness of poverty was his promise that those who followed him "shall receive a 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." 12 Finally, Jesus stated the unfortunate truth, "Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that he hath." 13 If Jesus did not approve of that worldly method of distribution, he 50 could have denounced its injustice instead of leaving the comment as if it expressed his own policy. Healing Many Christians value Jesus most for his healing powers, but Jesus looked upon disease almost as he did upon demoniacal possession, as something evil that could be cast out. "But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thine house." 14 There was confusion in his mind between sin and sickness. Jesus healed leprosy and palsy by touching the sick person; he healed the servant of the centurion by absent treatment, and restored sight by spitting on the eyes 15 or anointing them with clay made with spittle 16, or by requiring...
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