Comments on: The Messiah Has A Website http://www.sensesfive.com/2009/10/07/the-messiah-has-a-website/ "How do you know but every Bird that cuts the airy way is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?" - William Blake Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shakin' Dave http://www.sensesfive.com/2009/10/07/the-messiah-has-a-website/comment-page-1/#comment-75309 Shakin' Dave Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:31:13 +0000 http://www.sensesfive.com/?p=2268#comment-75309 I think a key difference between Jewish and Christian perspectives regarding the Messiah is not just a question of whom but of what the function of the Messiah is. I am not familiar with the teachings of Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, but I admire the Chabad-Lubavitch tenet that performance of mitzvot will usher in the messianic era. I think it's a false comparison to posit, as the apostle Paul does in Galatians, that faith supersedes law, for performance of mitzvoth <i>is</i> an act of faith. Also, I object to the notion that faith in Jesus absolves one of sin. Not only does this transference of guilt amount to idol worship, but it begets the scapegoating of the Jewish people. I don't want Jesus or anyone else to suffer for my sins; I accept personal responsibility for my actions. I think a key difference between Jewish and Christian perspectives regarding the Messiah is not just a question of whom but of what the function of the Messiah is. I am not familiar with the teachings of Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, but I admire the Chabad-Lubavitch tenet that performance of mitzvot will usher in the messianic era. I think it’s a false comparison to posit, as the apostle Paul does in Galatians, that faith supersedes law, for performance of mitzvoth is an act of faith.

Also, I object to the notion that faith in Jesus absolves one of sin. Not only does this transference of guilt amount to idol worship, but it begets the scapegoating of the Jewish people. I don’t want Jesus or anyone else to suffer for my sins; I accept personal responsibility for my actions.

]]> By: Matthew Kressel http://www.sensesfive.com/2009/10/07/the-messiah-has-a-website/comment-page-1/#comment-75070 Matthew Kressel Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:05:40 +0000 http://www.sensesfive.com/?p=2268#comment-75070 But I already have, David. I already have. If you had Jesus in your heart too, you would have seen that. But I already have, David. I already have. If you had Jesus in your heart too, you would have seen that.

]]> By: Mercurio http://www.sensesfive.com/2009/10/07/the-messiah-has-a-website/comment-page-1/#comment-75069 Mercurio Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:23:10 +0000 http://www.sensesfive.com/?p=2268#comment-75069 This wouldn't happen to you if you just opened your heart to Jesus. This wouldn’t happen to you if you just opened your heart to Jesus.

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