Friday, March 6, 2009

Did God create Jesus as another god?

Did God create Jesus as another god, equal but separate from the Creator? Do I follow him because he is a god? No, I follow him because he showed us the way out of the darkness into the Light. Jesus, the man who was fully human, showed us the way to God.
His life and his death demonstrate what God wants from us—a willingness to surrender ourselves to the Light. The message of Jesus is not about how to get into heaven. It’s about how to live our lives in accordance with the Spirit. It’s about giving up (dying) to our egoistic selves and letting ourselves be used in the service of the Light. This is the real meaning of being born again. It’s not about a ticket to heaven. It’s about how to experience life at its fullest. It’s about giving up all the reasons that you can’t do what the Spirit is leading you to do. Jesus voluntarily let himself be used to manifest the triumph of the Spirit over a life lived in doubt and fear. This is the essence of true Christianity expressed by Quakerism: Let yourself be used by the Light regardless of the consequences. I follow Jesus, not because he is a god, but because his Light shows us the Way.