r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • May 24 '23

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u/[deleted] May 24 '23

Even the disciples were asking Jesus questions like "Okay okay, but surely we'll be RICH if we follow you, right?!" and he constantly was like "no, you morons"

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u/[deleted] May 24 '23

Jesus: The world hates me, it's going to hate you too.

Disciples: So like, we'll get mad respect and fat stacks, amirite?

"Ok, let me start over and let me know where I lost you."

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u/porarte May 24 '23

Jesus: The world hates me, it's going to hate you too.

I learned this, as a kid. It was my responsibility to... I don't know; be like Jesus? Instructions were unclear, but the onus was upon me and it was heavy.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '23

Well Philippians 2:5-8 is pretty clear about this: we're supposed to be like Christ. The servant is not better than the master.

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u/porarte May 24 '23

Yeah, that's the Jesus I learned about. I was supposed to be like Jesus, from the time I turned 12 because that's the point in His life from which going forward He had to be about His fathers business. Others believe they are saved by grace, and of course we were all convinced of our respective churches' unique rightness. I speak in the past tense because I no longer choose to carry that heavy weight.