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  GINKWORLD: SE7EN QUESTIONS

 

Jesus of Nazareth

 

1. What do you think of Postmodernism?

Postmodernists have their heads in their Bibles constantly  because they think they’ll find eternal life there. But they  miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am  standing right before you. And they aren’t willing to receive from me the life they say they want. I’m not interested in crowd approval. I am not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Love is not the center of their agenda.

 

2. What do you think of the Emerging Culture shaping modern Christianity?

I can’t stand your religious meetings. I’m fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I ‘m sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image-making. Do you know what I want? I want justice--oceans of it. I want fairness-rivers of it. That’s what I want. That’s all I want.

 

3. You are a legendary story-teller, and teller of parables.  What’s the importance of it in the Kingdom?

You’ve been given insight into the Kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight. It hasn’t been given to them. Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understanding flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. That’s why I tell stories.; to create readiness. To nudge people toward receptive insight.  To get people ready for the Kingdom.

 

4. How do politics effect the Kingdom of God?

What are politics?  Pray for your leaders. That’s all I ask of you. You can’t serve two Kingdoms. You either love one and hate the other. Or you serve them both lukewarmly. I hate nothing worse than living and loving lukewarmly.  If you sincerely want to enter the Kingdom of God don’t invest in the kingdoms of man. Store your treasure in the Kingdom of God where moth and rust won’t destroy your investments.

 

5. In your opinion, what does the ideal leader look like in the Kingdom of  God?

You have observed how rulers throw their weight around. The Kingdom of God isn’t about that, when people get a little bit of power it all goes to their heads. Whoever wants to be first. Let them be a servant. Whoever wants to be the greatest let them be the slave. If you want to be like the King of this Kingdom  give away your life in exchange for many. Follow my example.

 

6. How has the September 11th  tragedy changed the American’s view of Christianity?

Whatever happened to “Love your enemies” and “Pray for those who persecute you”? So called Christians don’t even know who I am and they pretend to have a relationship with me. You can’t have a relationship with me and do the opposite of what I have shown you how to do. Like I said  “It’s easier for a Rich Man to get into the Kingdom of God  than for a Camel to pass through the gate called the Needle’s eye.”  Who is your God? Wealth or my Father? Are you more worried about protecting your assets or loving your enemies? This is a sign of brother that he loves his enemies.

 

7. What is the status of Christians in the East? 

There is something to learn from them. The world hates them. Does the world hate you? Or have made friends w th the world? You keep living on the world’s terms. So the world loves you. You  look no different. I picked you to live on God’s terms. The world is going to hate you. How can you be God’s people if you don’t any different?

 

 

Any final thoughts?   Keep it simple. Don’t pollute your lives with religious rules and regulations. Don’t dress up to impress yourselves. Dress down. And give away what you hold dear to the poor. Solve poverty. Love the untouchable. Learn to live in the world and not of the world.  Forget Sunday Mornings. What about the other six days? Or have you forgotten I don’t want part of your lives. I want all of  them.

 

 

 

Published by Permission of The Journey

Written by Iggie Krug with generous help from The Message.

Footnote: This article was not actually an interview with Jesus. It was a “mock” interview in which we pretended to interview Jesus in order to get you thinking. If you are reading this you are thinking…

   

      

 

  

  

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