But Jesus Never Said It!
Posted by:
Bible Blogger on
September 28, 2007 at
10:15AM EST
There are a group of Christians out there who are trying to give certain sins a pass under the entire logic that "Jesus never said specifically it was a sin!"
I can't describe the absurdity of that belief.
Jesus wasn't some wild rebel that had no connection to God. Jesus didn't come here to say that what God declared as sin wasn't sin and just because Jesus didn't talk on a particular issue doesn't mean we have a free pass to do whatever we want with something that was called a sin by God the Father. In fact, Jesus himself said they are one:
"Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works." - John 14:10 (ESV)
Jesus says that he speaks on the authority of God and it's the Father working through Him. That means that Jesus was speaking God's truth but also that means that Jesus was following God's rules. Jesus clarified many things for people to make the Christian walk more understandable in terms of how we deal with others but it doesn't mean that he said some things were not sins any longer.
So when you run into someone trying to promote a sinful lifestyle within the church or as a Christian on the false basis that "Jesus never said it!" point out to them the scripture I referenced from John. Jesus and God are one so Jesus couldn't have said or endorsed something that God called a sin. Jesus may not have said it Himself...but since He and God the Father are one if God said it then Jesus said it.
