One of the ways, I believe, that Christianity has gone astray, is the worshiping of Jesus. Jesus made it clear in his teachings that he did not want to be worshiped. He said to his followers, "Why do you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good." Jesus' command was not "worship me" but rather "follow me."
Jesus tried to get through to his followers that everyone had direct access to God. At one point he even said, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'?" That is a statement that most Christians do not talk about. Could it be that we are not worms of the dust or lowly sinners, but really divine beings?
Jesus went on to say, "He who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do." Is it possible that we have the power to perform miracles? Jesus believed we did. He saw the Christ within us that the apostle Paul also acknowledged ("Christ in you, your hope of glory.") In many of the healings we read about in the Bible, Jesus does not take credit for the healing. He says instead that the person's "faith" has made them well.
It is time that we stop worshiping Jesus and begin following him. There are many challenges in our world today and, as Charles Fillmore, co-founder of the Unity movement once said, "What we need are not more Christians, but more Christs." Are you ready to accept your divinity and use your divine power to transform this world?
This is amazing. I just blogged nearly the exact same article myself! I went to search for it out of curiosity on blogger, and stumbled across this one written 17 hours before mine. Very good points, Carla, and I wholeheartedly agree with what you have said here. I am really glad to see there are some others out there that have observed this to be a problem. I'll be reading any of the comments that show up on this article, and I'll browse around some of your others.
Posted by: Jeff | April 09, 2006 at 05:47 AM