Leesa's Perspective

Did Jesus trivialize and even advocate disobedience to God’s laws? Here is a List of some verses that have been MISINTERPRETED as Jesus encouraging trivialization of and even disobedience to God’s laws. 1.       Matthew 15: 10-11 “ Jesus called the crowd to him. He said, " Listen and understand .  What goes into your mouth does not make you 'unclean.' It's what comes out of your mouth that makes you 'unclean .' " Jesus was teaching that sin comes from within. Many biblical scholars and ordinary Christians incorrectly interpret this statement of Jesus to mean that Jesus was authorizing them to eat anything, drink anything because it doesn’t make you unclean.   What Jesus was stating here is that disobedience to laws starts from the heart.  They immediately justify their lack of adherence to the health laws in the Bible based on this statement that Jesus made – they completely took this statement out...

The question of SALVATION:   “What must I do in order to attain eternal life?” Let’s first look at what Jesus said the KEY to salvation is and then we’ll see what the other prophets said in the Torah and we’ll confirm it with other scripture.  Please note, my references from the New Testament will not be based on what Paul said or what someone else said the key to eternal life is – I will base references purely on what Jesus himself taught as per his own words as taken from the four canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). There will be three (3) parts to this chapter because of the high significance of this topic. Part 1 The Prophets’ and Jesus advise per his own words about the Key to eternal life/salvation.   1.          Matthew 19: 16-17 “It was then that a young man approached him and asked, “Master, what good work must I do to attain eternal life?”  Jesus answered “Why do y...