Go with Jesus

Origen 248AD Trust Jesus over the philosophers! Did you know that the Biblical writings from the BC (BCE) predicted a coming “Servant/Messiah” who would bring God’s word to the nations world over? Did you know that Jesus claimed to be that Messiah and claimed that His message would go to the nations world over? Did you know that Jesus predicted both good and bad players in His multicultural/cross border kingdom? Did you know Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world? And yet the gates of hell would not prevail against it. The rest is history…. Continue reading Go with Jesus

The chief good

Let the ancient sages, then, make known their sayings to those who are capable of understanding them. Suppose that Plato, for example, the son of Ariston, in one of his Epistles, is discoursing about the “chief good,” and that he says, “The chief good can by no means be described in words, but is produced by long habit, and bursts forth suddenly as a light in the soul, as from a fire which had leapt forth.” We, then, on hearing these words, admit that they are well said, for it is God who revealed to men these as well as … Continue reading The chief good

The philosophers vs Jesus

Origen’s response to Celsus’ claim that the philosophers better put truth than does the Holy Scriptures: Now we maintain, that if it is the object of the ambassadors of the truth to confer benefits upon the greatest possible number, and, so far as they can, to win over to its side, through their love to men, every one without exception—intelligent as well as simple—not Greeks only, but also Barbarians (and great, indeed, is the humanity which should succeed in converting the rustic and the ignorant), it is manifest that they must adopt a style of address fitted to do good … Continue reading The philosophers vs Jesus

2 more kings of the Buble mentioned in antiquity

2 more Israelite kings mentioned in antiquity “Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.” – Jeremiah 10:11 Isaiah 49:6, Acts 1:6,7 Did you know that the Biblical writings from the BC (BCE) predicted a coming “Servant/Messiah” who would bring God’s word to the nations world over? Did you know that Jesus claimed to be that Messiah and claimed that His message would go to the nations world over? Did you know that Jesus predicted both good and bad players in … Continue reading 2 more kings of the Buble mentioned in antiquity

A Divine Hand

Origin 248AD “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.” – Isaiah 54:17 “Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon … Continue reading A Divine Hand

Our Teacher Isaiah 49:6, Acts 1:6,7

And if Celsus would maintain that there is no difference between us and the Egyptians, who worship the goat, or the ram, or the crocodile, or the ox, or the river-horse, or the dog-faced baboon, or the cat, he can ascertain if it be so, and so may any other who thinks alike on the subject. We, however, have to the best of our ability defended ourselves at great length in the preceding pages on the subject of the honour which we render to our Jesus, pointing out that we have found the better part; and that in showing that … Continue reading Our Teacher Isaiah 49:6, Acts 1:6,7

Thus you shall say

“Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.” – Jeremiah 10:11 “[1] Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. [2] The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. [3] The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. [4] I said, “Lord, be merciful … Continue reading Thus you shall say

Unbecoming of Himself

Moreover, as we have already said that for God to desire anything unbecoming Himself would be destructive of His existence as Deity Origen. 1885. “Origen against Celsus.” In Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second, edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, translated by Frederick Crombie, 4:553. The Ante-Nicene Fathers. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Company. “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, … Continue reading Unbecoming of Himself

To be incredible

Origen 248AD Is a miracle necessarily something that violates God’s good natural laws? Scripture never says that a miracle violates natural law. It could simply be that when God performs a miracle, He is acting in perfect harmony with His own natural laws—laws He understands far better and more completely than we do. Think of it like the magicians (or “natural philosophers”) of old who knew principles of electricity or magnetism that were unknown to most people. They used that superior knowledge to create effects that astonished and amazed their audiences. This view resolves some philosophical problems: it means God … Continue reading To be incredible