"Almost everyone
loves Jesus! In a complementary book I
wrote on the life of Jesus, Sacrilege, I
made the case that people talked favor-
ably about Jesus because He was sac-
rilegious about everything. Sacrilege just
means to remove or peel away religious
facades to reveal the real deal. Jesus
was constantly doing and saying things
that broke down the falsities of religion.
He was sacrilegious with Scripture and
told the Bible scholars of the day to
quit being arrogant about all their knowl-
edge, calling them instead to obey what
they knew. He was sacrilegious on the
Sabbath, healing people and doing things
that made sense to people. He was sacri-
legious with social norms and constantly
ate with sinners, touched lepers, included
little children, and dignified woman. He
was sacrilegious with Jewish family cus-
toms and taught people that His Father’s
family was more important than any in-
dividual family. And He was sacrilegious
with the temple and spiritual leaders, as
He destroyed the need for it and them."
(Hugh Halter. FLESH)
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