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An exploration of why Jesus is the only way. Starting from the idea that we're all humans, that imitate and desire, which ultimate leads to conflict and the scapegoat effect, which leaves us with two options: destroy ourselves or follow Jesus.
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why we’re all religious and Jesus is the only way
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how do we know? the FINAL hope of HUMANITY
IMITATION, DESIRE and the HUMAN CONDITION
WHY WE’RE ALL RELIGIOUSTHE SCAPEGOAT EFFECT
WHY JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY
YOU ARE AMAZING .
desire’s BAD side .
desire’s good side .
the HUMAN delusion .
the revolution .
the HUMAN delusion .
“I am a historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.”
H. G. Wells
the HUMAN delusion .
the HUMAN delusion .
“As I lay there on roAng prison straw...it was disclosed to me that the line separaCng good and evil passes, not through states, nor between classes, nor between poliCcal parCes either, but right through every human heart – and through all human hearts..”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
the HUMAN delusion .
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.I once was lost, but now am found,Was blind but now I see.
John Newton
the HUMAN delusion .
symptoms of the delusion
SELF-CENTREDNESS .
symptoms of the delusion
SELF-SUFFIENCY .
symptoms of the delusion
PRIDE .
symptoms of the delusion
ENVY .
symptoms of the delusion
BLAME .
symptoms of the delusion
LUST .
symptoms of the delusion
GREED .
symptoms of the delusion
PUT-DOWNS .
symptoms of the delusion
GOSSIP .
symptoms of the delusion
RIVALRY .
WHY JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY
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symptoms of the delusion
SELF-CENTREDNESS .
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22:37-38
symptoms of the delusion
SELF-SUFFIENCY .
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Matthew 6:25
symptoms of the delusion
PRIDE .
14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Luke 18:14
symptoms of the delusion
ENVY .
Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:25-28
symptoms of the delusion
BLAME .
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
Luke 6:41
symptoms of the delusion
LUST .
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:28
symptoms of the delusion
GREED .
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Matthew 5:42
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19
symptoms of the delusion
PUT-DOWNS .
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Matthew 5:22
symptoms of the delusion
GOSSIP .
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Matthew 7:1
symptoms of the delusion
RIVALRY .
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.
Matthew 5:38
“I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:43
WHY JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY
Jesus is not deluded
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Father, forgive them .
a new order .
RESURRECTION
2 reasons why Jesus
the delusion is all encompassing
2 reasons why Jesus
learn to love or we’re doomed
Exposes the human delusion .
Explodes the scapegoat effect .
Gives us the perfect model .
establishes a new humanity .
WHY JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY
why we’re all religious and Jesus is the only way
