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Q. What was the message of Jesus? What did he preach?
A. He preached an urgent message of: "Repent! Turn to God!
Turn away from your sin! Live right -- live by the highest
standard of right!" See Matt. 4:17. He endorsed John the
Baptist who preceded him preaching the same message and had
John the Baptist baptize him. Jesus spoke frequently of
hell and eternal damnation. He taught that "unless your
righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees you
will in no way enter the kingdom of heaven". He taught that
the unrepentant sinner would burn in an everlasting hell.
He preached essentially the same message as the great
prophets of the Old Testament: "Repent and turn to God!"
Q. What was the standard of morality taught by Jesus?
A. It was the same standard as the Old Testament. The Ten
Commandments. Love God. Do the right thing by your
neighbor. Do not steal, murder or commit adultery. Honor
your father and mother. Like David of the Old Testament
Jesus emphasized the importance of "the rightness of the
heart", and of obeying the spirit of the law and not just
the letter. The standard of morality taught by Jesus, in a
way, went even further than that of the Old Testament. For
example, he said, "You have heard that it has been said,
'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy', but I
say to you, 'Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that
despitefully use you and persecute you'".
Q. The New Testament teaches that the main purpose of Christ's
coming down to earth was to atone for the sins of man
through his death on the cross. Did his death on the cross
atone for the sins of all men i.e. even the sins of the
wicked? Or just for the sins those who love God and are
following in his way?
A. If his work on the cross provided atonement for the sins of
the wicked even the wicked would go to heaven and we know
that will not happen. It only provided atonement for the
sins of those who follow in God's way.
July 1997
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