If Jesus was approved by GOD as his son why is their so little written about what he said ?...Why didn`t he put pen to paper all that he said? If he was the greatest man who ever lived ?

smiddy

What prompted me to pose this question, I read a piece of trivia that said: in the old testament their are 593,000 words approx. In the new testament their are 181,000 words approx.If the sayings of jesus were so important to mankind /salvation, and such why were not ALL of his sayings recorded for prosperity ? Isn`t it written somewhere in scripture that not all of his sayings were written down because all of his sayings would fill volumes ?

Apparently they couldnt have been very important if GOD didn`t see fit to preserve his words. 593,000 words in the old testament,most of which would have been obsolete with the arrival of jesus,and only 181,000 words ,very few of jesus actual words, in the new testament !!

Then again, if he did actually speak volumes of wisdom to those people who heard him ?: ,then whats the point ? they all died with that information and nobody benefits from his counsel/instruction ?

Then again if he was the son of GOD and he was a perfect human being ,why wouldnt HE record ALL his words of wisdom for all humanity to benefit from,and not just leave it up to imperfect humans to record a fraction of what he was supposed to have said,and argued and debated these interpretations for the past 2000 years ?

smiddy

WTWizard

How many Gospels got weeded out because it didn't fit the agenda of the early Catholic church? Jesus was trying to help people to think for themselves, and most of that got edited out of the Bible by those who wanted to control others instead of freeing them from such. All of what was eventually written was because someone was moved by these acts, and much ended up in the rubbish because it could not be used to control others.

Then, Paul came along and distorted Christ's teachings by adding extra rules. Most of the Gospels--all of the ones that wound up in the Bible--were written after this happened, further casting doubt on the accuracy. The early Catholic church further edited things to fit their own doctrines and destroyed as best they could what was left. Then, the Protestant groups came along--some trying to bring back those earlier writings, some trying to further obscure them. All of them insisting that they alone had the truth. You get more of the sense that Jesus was doing Jehovah's work and not Satan's--Jesus was actually trying to set people free from Jehovah, not enslave them to him.

smiddy

BTTT

Qcmbr

I suspect the wandering prophet who got labelled as the Christ couldn't write. its very unlikely that the pious would actively try and remove his actual words. I suspect he didn't say all that much but later authors filled his mouth for him.

FlyingHighNow

Treat other people like you want to be treated yourself. Pray for your enemies. Feed your enemies, give them blankets. Return evil for evil to no one. Let he who thinks he is standing, pray he does not fall. Let he who has not sinned, cast the first stone. Sometimes you can say a lot with very few words.

tec

Then again if he was the son of GOD and he was a perfect human being ,why wouldnt HE record ALL his words of wisdom for all humanity to benefit from,and not just leave it up to imperfect humans to record a fraction of what he was supposed to have said,and argued and debated these interpretations for the past 2000 years ?

What would it matter if He had written them all down? People abuse and twist even the words (such as the ones we all know that FHN wrote above), that we DO have written down.

Writing something down does not stop debate and argument and misunderstanding. Writings can be corrupted, and mininterpreted by those who are corrupt or simply mistaken.

Now what I do think about why he did not write things down are this: The SPIRIT teaches. The SPIRIT will lead you into all truth. The SPIRIT within you will speak through you. Some 'hear' and recognize that voice. Some do not. Some cannot see past what has been written down (and called inerrant), and then misled by the misinterpretations of people who don't know anything themselves.

Sometimes the letter does 'kill'.

Qcmbr - He wrote on the ground when that woman was to be stoned for adultery. He also stood up and read from the scrolls, revealing Himself as the Messiah. There is no reason to think that he could not write.

Peace,

Tammy

MrFreeze

Why are we missing like 30 years out of his life if his life was so important?

AGuest

why is their so little written about what he said ?

NONE of what he is recorded to have said was written WHEN he said it, dear smiddy (peace to you!)... or even within a few years afterward. Indeed, most was written approximately 20 years or more after he was purported to have said it.

I suspect the wandering prophet who got labelled as the Christ couldn't write.

He could read (as he did from Isaiah, etc.)... and write (as he did when they brought the woman caught in the act of adultery before him), dear Qcmbr (peace to you!). Edited to add: Sorry, I just saw where dear Tec (the greatest of love and peace to you, dear one!) posted the same thing. My apologies for the redundancy...

Again, peace to you all!

A slave of Christ,

SA

AGuest

Why are we missing like 30 years out of his life if his life was so important?

Because he hadn't received holy spirit... and been sent to the House of Israel... yet, dear MrFreeze (peace to you, as well!). Everything that occurred before that event was pretty benign and of little significance. (although some things were quite interesting - however, they weren't life-giving/saving).

It wasn't until John announced him as the "Lamb of God"... and he AGREED to carry out that work (as indicated by his being baptized, to signify to Israel what it was THEY were to first do)... that it mattered. Yes, his birth mattered... in that God showed His love for the world by sending him; however, it wasn't until he presented himself to "do [God's] will"... that what he did/said was any more significant than what, say, John, was doing: making disciples.

I hope this helps and, again, peace to you!

A slave of Christ,

SA

If Jesus was approved by GOD as his son why is their so little written about what he said ?...Why didn`t he put pen to paper all that he said? If he was the greatest man who ever lived ?

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