What if Jesus never come ?

by gentlesoul 8 Replies latest jw friends

  • gentlesoul
    gentlesoul

    "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!" Not really--- Although I'd love to have lightly falling snow on Christmas mourning. I do dream of mysteriously finding a million dollars in my bank account and reading a scale that say's I'm 160 lbs. again instead of 180 lbs.

    We all dream. What are you dreaming ? You may be dreaming of family on their way to your home for the holidays or that perfect meal your preparing for 12. Perhaps you are dreaming of wrapping a mountainious pile of presents or fighting cranky crouds for the most recent Hollywood induced craze! I once heard about a young man who dreamed on Christmas Eve. While most kids were dreaming of Santaand presents, this teenage boy dreamed about life without Christmas.

    In his dream, the boy found himself up dressed very early in the mourning. Bouncing a ball and donned in his baby blue Nike warm-up suit, he ran down to the school to meet his friends. A plan to play a hot game of basketball had been brewing since the last day of school before Christmas break. Dumb founded, the young man saw only a vacant lot. Quickly, he turned around several times and he furtively checked the street sign to make sure he was on the right corner. He was. Finally, he saw a small yard sign in the middle of the lot that had once housed his school. It read, "If I had not come".

    He hurried then to the Hospital, where some of his friends were to gather in the early mourning. They had eachbought and wrapped gifts for the children stuck in the hospital for Christmas. But there again he saw only a big empty space, and a similar sign: If I had not come."

    Bewildered, he thought of the early mourning service at his church and ran there, expecting to join his parents at worship. Only he found another large vacant lot, and that same peculiar sign: " If I had not come." When the young man awakened, nuances of the dream teased him. "What did I dream? What did it mean?" Slowly, the message crept from his mind into his heart. What if Jesus had not come to Earth?

    Education, Medicine and churches are not the only segments of society that the presence of of Christ has influenced. What about helping the needy? Or bringing social justice to the world? Or, the embracing of true freedom? The human heart touched by Christ changed the ancient world incredibly and still changes everything it comes in contact with. After all, where would we be if we hadn't learned forgiveness? What would our homes look like if we didn't serve one another?

    What would bring joy even when suffering seems our plight in life? How would we find peace in a world of turmoil? What if we had never learned to turn the other cheek? What if Jesus had never come? I know only one thing for sure, and that is what kind of person I would be if I did not know Jesus. Believe me, it would be a nightmare. And that in itself compels me to to fall on my knees this Christmas season and sing" O night devine! O night when Jesus was born!"

    This young man who dreamed was myself. Merry Christmas to all and to all I pray you find peace in Jesus.!

  • gentlesoul
  • amac
    amac

    Those are nice sentiments. I agree that Jesus was a great man and set a great example for loving kindness. However, what convinces you that the world would have been different if he didn't come? How could we ever tell? What about the millions of people who do not believe or follow Jesus but who still do good things? What motivates them if it is not Jesus example? Those are some of the questions that pop into my mind when I try to attribute all good on earth solely to Jesus' example.

  • gentlesoul
    gentlesoul

    amac,

    Well that is simple, you did not start your race, those integrities were handed down from your and mine ancestors, we were taught them by someone else as they were also taught. Your folks were taught them by there folks and so on and so on. Just because you do not believe in the Christ and who he is and what he did does not mean that your folks did not or their folks did not. These values have been handed down and handed down time after time again. No you do not have to be a believer in God in order to have those kind of qualities but they come from somewhere did they not ? Yes they had too and most likely your parents. and where did they get them from ? The air? Highly unlikely/////

  • bisous
    bisous

    everyone sing along with me........

    CEL---E-BRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON...da da - duhduhduh- da da DA DA

    perhaps this would mean an end to religious perversity....opiate of the masses....

    hum along again,

    Imagine
    Imagine there's no heaven,
    It's easy if you try,
    No hell below us,
    Above us only sky,
    Imagine all the people
    living for today...

    Imagine there's no countries,
    It isnt hard to do,
    Nothing to kill or die for,
    No religion too,
    Imagine all the people
    living life in peace...

    Imagine no possesions,
    I wonder if you can,
    No need for greed or hunger,
    A brotherhood of man,
    Imagine all the people
    Sharing all the world...

    You may say Im a dreamer,
    but Im not the only one,
    I hope some day you'll join us,
    And the world will live as one.

    guess I'm just a dreamer, too

  • amac
    amac

    Oh, I know mine came from a desire to follow Jesus' example. But what if I didn't have that? Would I still have morals or be good? I don't know. But mainly I was referring to those who get their ethos from other gods or religious icons. Such as buddhists, hindus, jews, muslims, pagans, tribal religions, ancestor worship, etc. What of the good that they do? Whether or not Jesus came is probably immaterial to them.

  • bisous
    bisous
    Yes they had too and most likely your parents. and where did they get them from ? The air? Highly unlikely/////

    gentlesoul, as mentioned in my reply to your previous post, you may be unaware, but you have an email tone that is seriously holier-than-thou and offputting. It most likely will distract any readers from considering whatever point you are trying to make.

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere
    What if Jesus never come ?

    Then he would end up with a terrible case of blue balls!

  • bisous
    bisous

    lmao, elsewhere, I just noticed that typo myself....

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