@suzianne said
Of course not.
My position has never wavered.
What you put forward is one half of the gospel of Jesus.
You don't believe he is the Son of God, sent to be propitiation for our sins, and an intercessor with the Father on our behalf.
In fact, it is yet to be seen just what you believe in, because you steadfastly refuse to tell us. This isn't "following Jesus". Adv ...[text shortened]... belief is fine, but you still must 'believe'. So far, no one has seen any evidence of your belief.
Okay. Then you don't actually think the following is true:
"Jesus was ONE guy. Follow HIM. That's all. The rest is just BS."
Advocating action over belief is fine, but you still must 'believe'.
Of course belief in Him is required. When Jesus was preaching His gospel He used the terms "believe Him" and "believe in Him" essentially in three different ways:
1) Believe that He has the authority to speak the word of God
2) Believe that His words are the word of God
3) Believe His words in and of themselves.
That's it. Jesus did NOT use them to mean to believe that He was "sent to be propitiation for our sins" or what have you.
That "believe in" Him equates to believing in "His commandment", "the things [He] speak[s], "[His] sayings", "the word[s] [He] spoke" cannot be laid out much more straightforwardly than the following:
John 12
46 “I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
50 “I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
48 “He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
What you put forward is one half of the gospel of Jesus.
What I put forward is the gospel preached by Jesus. I do not put forward the "gospel ABOUT Jesus". Jesus did not put forward the "gospel about Jesus".