What Jesus says is the gospel has gone by the wayside.
Jesus tells us very plainly anyone who follows Him has a cross to bear.
The majority of today's Body focuses on the blessings which can be granted, earned or pulled out of God.
Jesus' gospel plainly talks about death and then rebirth.
Today's Body largely wants to focus just on the "victory" after the rebirth.
Jesus says "if you're going to follow Me, you'll deny yourself".
Today's Body likes to savor on "whatever is good...think about these things".
The Body today does not like to talk about the death part of the Way.
And yet, we plainly see there is no rebirth without death first. Think it's coincidence we see example after example after example of this all around us in the rest of the (non-human part of the) world?
And we would exclude ourselves from this very thing?
Just one facet of the Itching Ears way.
Christianity centers around death.
Face it.
What a concept. American churches talking about death. BAAHHH-AAAHHHHH-AHHHHHH (just like the Oriental character "Al" on Happy Days).
Anyone want to talk about death? Didn't think so...
Jesus does.
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