Jesus' Resume...WHAT DID HE DO?

Red Wolf · Post by **Red Wolf** » Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:47 pm

What did Jesus ever do, that we can see, to improve the lives of mankind?
As a Prophet, what prophecies did Jesus ever make that have been fulfilled?
Jesus was a charismatic orator....he said some great sayings.....but what did he ever do?
IMO, all we have from Jesus are unfulfilled promises. We have nothing concrete that we can see. Did Jesus die for your sins? How can you tell if he did or not? How can you tell if you still have sins or not?
WHAT DID JESUS DO?

Checkpoint · Post by **Checkpoint** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:49 pm

marco wrote:
onewithhim wrote:

No these things haven't happened YET but they sure as heck will happen in the not too distant future! Every thing you mentioned will be accomplished when Christ comes back at Armageddon to finally obliterate all of the evil in the world. Just because you think that he is being too SLOW doesn't mean that those things will not be accomplished at all!
It is rather sad that despite modernity hitting us like a blast of cold air, we bury ourselves in folk-lore. There was panic when the millennium came round since many thought this date would herald something biblically dramatic. The Mayans created an astonishing calendar with key events marked out for future emphasis. And of course we have horoscopes; people who are Pisces pick out some happy event for their daily fortune. For many years people paraded in cities with placards reading "The end of the world is nigh."

I would like to see the mathematical ingenuity that has told some of us that apocalyptic events will happen "in the not too distant future."

Folklore, faith, feasibility, fantasy, and/or facts, can become a strange mixture and quite a challenge.

Cold air could just be better than hot air.

Here is an example of each:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_C._Whisenant

Acts 1:7

He replied, â€œThe Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.

myth-one.com · Post by **myth-one.com** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 4:36 pm

Welcome Red Wolf!

Red Wolf wrote:Did Jesus die for your sins?

No.

Red Wolf wrote:How can you tell if he did or not?

One would find that information in the Holy Scriptures.

Here's a summary of how humans can gain everlasting life as detailed in the scriptures:

Those whose names are written in the Book of Life will inherit everlasting life when the Covenant between God and man is probated.

Under the original Testament, the wages of sin was death -- and all mankind ever born had sinned.

Then Jesus was born and lived a sinless human life.

Consequently, He became the only human to have His name written in the Book of Life.

But Jesus freely offers His inheritance rightfully earned under the Old Testament covenant to other sinful humans who are willing to accept Him as their Savior under the New Testament covenant.

That is, under the New Testament, if one accepts Jesus as their Savior, Jesus gives His inheritance which He earned under the Old Testament covenant to them.

The rational is that if by the one man, Adam, sin and death passed to all mankind; then conversely by the inheritance of everlasting life through the efforts of the one man Jesus, salvation can also be offered to all mankind.

Thus, salvation becomes the gift of God through the man Jesus Christ.

Salvation is no longer based on our works to remain sinless.

Red Wolf wrote:How can you tell if you still have sins or not?

Guilt, shame, et cetera, are symptoms.

Red Wolf wrote:WHAT DID JESUS DO?

Jesus lived a sinless human life, and offers His reward for doing so to those who believe in Him.

All we have to do is choose everlasting life or everlasting death.

Sin, or the absence of sin, is no longer in the equation.

Elijah John · Post by **Elijah John** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:02 pm

Red Wolf wrote: What did Jesus ever do, that we can see, to improve the lives of mankind?
As a Prophet, what prophecies did Jesus ever make that have been fulfilled?
Jesus was a charismatic orator....he said some great sayings.....but what did he ever do?
IMO, all we have from Jesus are unfulfilled promises. We have nothing concrete that we can see. Did Jesus die for your sins? How can you tell if he did or not? How can you tell if you still have sins or not?
WHAT DID JESUS DO?

What did Socrates ever do? Plato? Buddha? Shakespeare? Mohammed? Moses? Isaiah? Certainly there is a place of honor for all of our prophets, poets and preachers.

onewithhim · Post by **onewithhim** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:32 pm

Elijah John wrote:
Red Wolf wrote: What did Jesus ever do, that we can see, to improve the lives of mankind?
As a Prophet, what prophecies did Jesus ever make that have been fulfilled?
Jesus was a charismatic orator....he said some great sayings.....but what did he ever do?
IMO, all we have from Jesus are unfulfilled promises. We have nothing concrete that we can see. Did Jesus die for your sins? How can you tell if he did or not? How can you tell if you still have sins or not?
WHAT DID JESUS DO?
What did Socrates ever do? Plato? Buddha? Shakespeare? Mohammed? Moses? Isaiah? Certainly there is a place of honor for all of our prophets, poets and preachers.

For sure. And if anyone believes the Bible, Jesus did the most for mankind of any other person that ever lived. He provided the means for our ransom from sin and death. He demonstrated what would happen in the coming paradise on Earth---the dead will come back to life; there will be no more starvation; the elements of nature will be controlled so that no one will die by earthquakes, tidal waves, hurricanes, fires, etc. He gave us all hope, to get through these difficult days and finally see the earth as the home that God wanted for us in the beginning.

Genesis 1:28; 2:15
Psalm 115:16
Isaiah 45:18
Isaiah 55:11

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Checkpoint · Post by **Checkpoint** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 3:24 am

onewithhim wrote:
Elijah John wrote:
Red Wolf wrote: What did Jesus ever do, that we can see, to improve the lives of mankind?
As a Prophet, what prophecies did Jesus ever make that have been fulfilled?
Jesus was a charismatic orator....he said some great sayings.....but what did he ever do?
IMO, all we have from Jesus are unfulfilled promises. We have nothing concrete that we can see. Did Jesus die for your sins? How can you tell if he did or not? How can you tell if you still have sins or not?
WHAT DID JESUS DO?
What did Socrates ever do? Plato? Buddha? Shakespeare? Mohammed? Moses? Isaiah? Certainly there is a place of honor for all of our prophets, poets and preachers.
For sure. And if anyone believes the Bible, Jesus did the most for mankind of any other person that ever lived. He provided the means for our ransom from sin and death. He demonstrated what would happen in the coming paradise on Earth---the dead will come back to life; there will be no more starvation; the elements of nature will be controlled so that no one will die by earthquakes, tidal waves, hurricanes, fires, etc. He gave us all hope, to get through these difficult days and finally see the earth as the home that God wanted for us in the beginning.

Genesis 1:28; 2:15
Psalm 115:16
Isaiah 45:18
Isaiah 55:11
.

Yes, but what God wanted for us is even better than what you described, and the verses you listed.

That's because the old order will then have passed away, to reveal the new order, a new heaven and a new earth together, where righteousness dwells, with God and man in perfect harmony.

That is the Paradise Jesus promised the thief on the cross, and all overcomers, best described in Revelation 21 and 22.

That's what we are looking forward to.

2 Peter 3:

13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.
15 Bear in mind that our Lordâ€™s patience means salvation,

JehovahsWitness · Post by **JehovahsWitness** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 6:31 am

Red Wolf wrote: What did Jesus ever do, that we can see, to improve the lives of mankind?

Life is nothing without hope.

He gave us hope.

JW

Yahwehismywitness · Post by **Yahwehismywitness** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:05 pm

Jesus spent 1/3 of his time teaching, 1/3 healing and 1/3 casting out demons
Picked 12 Apostles into eternity
Confronted political and religious groups
Fed thousands
Water Baptism
Sole Teacher
Sacrificial lamb
Set up church structure

JehovahsWitness · Post by **JehovahsWitness** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:42 pm

Jesus came for men and women of faith and only they will see his life as being significant. For the world Jesus did nothing of real value, this should be of no surprise since people of faith have historically been deemed as nothing by the world. Paul wrote of those ones...

HEBREWS 11:37-38

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. The world was not worthy of them.

Would it not be pointless to try and convince those that are see only the physical of the spiritual achievements of the greatest man that ever lived? For us, he settled the issues that ensured universal peace...for the world that sees only a carpenter from Nazareth, he did nothing much.

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JW

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Yahwehismywitness · Post by **Yahwehismywitness** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:27 pm

Would it not be pointless to try and convince those that are see only the physical of the spiritual achievements of the greatest man that ever lived? For us, he settled the issues that ensured universal peace...for the world that sees only a carpenter from Nazareth, he did nothing much.

Mathew 10:34 Think not that I come to send peace on earth. I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth: and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Revelation 1:16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

Checkpoint · Post by **Checkpoint** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:50 pm

JehovahsWitness wrote:
Red Wolf wrote: What did Jesus ever do, that we can see, to improve the lives of mankind?

Life is nothing without hope.

He gave us hope.

JW

What he gave us, and gives us, is by the grace of God Himself, and is His gift of love to us who believe and have become his friends and his family.

Matthew 20:28
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.â€�

John 15:
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down oneâ€™s life for oneâ€™s friends.
14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his masterâ€™s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 12:
48 He replied to him, â€œWho is my mother, and who are my brothers?â€�

49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, â€œHere are my mother and my brothers.
50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.â€�

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