The Three Texts Ending Christianity

The first text is the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Jesus told that parable as a way of putting the established Jewish authority in its place, of calling it out, of declaring it to be out of alignment with how things are with God and the people of God.

The son was forgiven by his father without redemption. Without atonement. The father declared his son to be resurrected from the dead and welcomed him home just as he was–which destroyed the need of the temple in the life of the people.
(I’ll refer you to my post on “The Parable of the Prodigal Son” to be found in several categories on this blog)

The second text is Jesus saying, “You have heard it said, but I say unto you,” placing himself in the seat of authority of declaring/deciding for himself what was called for in each situation as it arose, and by implication, making everyone their own authority in all matters of faith/belief/religion.

The third text is Jesus declaring, “The Spirit is like the wind that blows where it will.” The wind doesn’t work by agendas and plans, objectives and goals. The wind doesn’t know what it is doing next. The wind cannot be boxed in, penned down or up, made to come and go when ordered.

Thus the Spirit cannot be defined, expressed, told what to do or how to be. The Spirit cannot be explained, expressed, contained in or by confessions of faith, catechisms, Books of Order, doctrines, dogmas, ways of thinking, believing or saying how things are.

Ecclesiastical Declarations mean nothing. No one can say what the Spirit is, means or does. Neither the Temple nor the Christian Church has any foundation at all.

Jesus was executed because he was a threat to the establishment, and not as a sacrifice to atone for anyone’s sins. And here comes a fourth text that puts the matter to a fitting explosion of possibility and theological creativity:

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