Comments on: Did Jesus Teach Racism? [Matthew 15:23]

By: lamalanga

lamalanga — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:08:00 +0000

wrong.They were told not to go to gentiles and Caananites.there’s a dozen refferences to this.say 6 our fathers and 10 hail marys.

By: Lusani Raidani

Lusani Raidani — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:22:00 +0000

On the issue of calling the woman a dog ... Jesus as the son of God, could see what the heart was thinking. He knew this Canaanite woman, what her culture is and what she was thinking, just as he knew the history of the Samaritan woman.

There is a verse in the Bible, in Revelations 22:15, where the word dog is explained to mean people who practise sorcery, are sexually immoral and murderers. The Canaanites at the time were known to practise all these things, and hence Jesus' referral to the woman as a dog.

In spite of all of these, Jesus showed that anyone with faith can have access to the grace of God.

By: Tmat89

Tmat89 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:11:00 +0000

You have given additional meaning to the word, “racist.” You have fallen into the sam trap as millions of others.

By: Tmat89

Tmat89 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:06:00 +0000

Joshua – You have revealed your limited knowledge of the Bible.

By: Tmat89

Tmat89 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:04:00 +0000

What a forfetched interpretation of this scripture. It appears as though you simply want to find fault in Jesus. You have missed the entire point. Jesus was pointing out how Jews felt about those outside of their faith. He was showing them that anyone who acknowledges Him as the Savior is accepted and will receive His blessing, regardless of how Jews felt about them. He was showing the Jews that they were shortsighted and prejudice.

By: Dogma

Dogma — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Jesus, honestly, was a natural man born of the flesh who was obviously caught up and was mesmerized by the social and political ills of his day. In a moment of weakness he made his true feelings known about his distaste for people of other nationalities. However, Jesus the man was “a work in progress” and his body was a “temple” that was a home to the “Spirit of Truth” who was constantly teaching and correcting this man to do and say the right thing so that it could reveal itself to the world like no one ever did that came before him. It is this same “Spirit of Truth” that resides in each of us and who is really our true “I”dentity. This is why were all one. Jesus was not born a fully “Christed” being, although the “Spirit of Truth” guided him since birth, Jesus still had to make the effort and do his part to become a “Christ”. Even if it meant wandering through the wilderness in his devotion and quest to free himself from some of the major veils of earthly illusions that still blind and bind most of us living today. In personally pursuing, obtaining, meditating and speaking the “Truth” he knew he could demonstrate the power of the Spirit to bring Salvation to “his” people by showing them by example, that what he was doing, they could do also, and even greater things shall they do in earnest as they learn to let go and just let the truth that he demonstrated set them free. However, his personal shortcoming, or thorn in his flesh, was his love for national pride and it was this tragic sin of pride that almost had him killed. It’s just that simple.

By: Chance

Chance — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:12:00 +0000

As it turns out, this extremely famous quote is not at all what it seems. The word “neighbor” is an incorrect translation of the original word — reyacha. Rather than mean “a fellow human”, which is how most Christians are taught to accept the word “neighbor”, reyacha actually means “fellow Jew“. What are you basing this on? If I look up this word in the strongs concordance, I find this http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H07453&t=KJV which doesn’t say much about fellow Jew. In the references it shows, the term is used before the concept of “Jew” even exists.. The Greek variant of the word, used by Jesus is here, http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G4139&t=KJV , which says it can refer to “fellow Jews” but as I mentioned, it was used before the birth of the Jewish nation, so I don’t think it is limited to that term.

By: Vivienne

Vivienne — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:31:00 +0000

For God does not show favoritism. -Romans 2:11

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. -Galatians 3:28

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By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:28:16 +0000

If you read Luke 10:25-37 you will have the explanation of “neighbor” right from Jesus' mouth. You have completely misrepresented His teachings by twisting the definition of neighbor in Matthew 22:36-40 just as the rich young ruler did. He did it to justify himself, as you have done.

By: Bronson

Bronson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:35:18 +0000

This is correct. The bible never mentions a relationship with black people, In fact when God created Adam and Eve He placed chrubs around the garden to keep "THE OTHERS" out , and to keep Adam and Eve in. When god crfeated Adam he saw it was not good for "MAN" to be alone and created Eve from the rib of Adam. Notice that this is the first time God calls any of His creation "MAN". Anything cretd before Adam and Eve cannot fit into gods MAN scheme of things. From the creation of Adam and Eve you can trace the geneology of them and find that they are of the SACCSON or SAXON ( Jewish perverted interpretation used to through the real chosen of GOd off as to whomt they really are).

Nothing before or after the creation of Adam and Eve fall into the Man scheme of God . Therefore, not all peoples we call MAN today are included in the MAN scheme of God and are not know as MAN to GOD.

For intance, When Cain slew Able God asked im were his brother is and He told God , "Am I myy brothers keeper. Cain ( a Jew) was the first murderer from the beginning and God told cain He wuld thow him out of the Garden as a punishment. Cain replied" Father, if you throw me out of the garden "THE OTHERS" will seek me out and kill Me. God told Cain he would palce a mark on his head so that the OTHERS wuld not seek him oout and kill him. Now GOd and Cain knows and both admist that THE OTHERS were not MEN as prescribed in GODs MAN sheme plan nad God stated He created Adam and EVE for his own purpose among all his other creations. Whcih proves the Bible and Gods real chosen to be racial. And there were other people living outsidde the garden who were not men but diferent races resembling Men.

The scriptures below may incense you and make you realize that not all so-called races are Gods people or that God is not comming back for all the races. The 6th commandment of God as read from the KJ 1611 authorized version back to the Septuagint show that the sixth commandment has nothing to do with adultry but in fact reads THO SHALL NOT ADULTERATE. The word adulterate and adultery are two different things . To adulterate means to mix somthing that is pure with that which is impure or to mix two difernet races which result into a mongrel, I will explain in another post. The bible has never called blacks men and in fact does mention them but in a manner which is contrary to what we have been taught to believe which is not of GOd. Now on to the biblical truth in question which makes you find the answers for yourself.

The Bible does mention blacks but calles them "CHAYAH." In order to know what this word means you must search fro translation and the Bible gives a very good translation form the Greek.

Was Joel speaking of a "beast" or field hand in Joel 2:22?

What kind of a beast do you know that wears clothing (sack-cloth) as we read in Jonah 3:8?

What kind of a beast has hands as reported in Exodus 19:13?

What type of beast is capable of mixing or "sowing" his seed with the "seed of Adam" as described in Jeremiah 31:27?

What kind of a male beast could a woman lust after and "lie down thereto" and cause God to have them executed in righteous judgment? Leviticus 20:16

What kind of a female beast could a man lust after and cause a penalty of death to be decreed by God? Leviticus 20:15

What kind of beast would have the ability to "keep the vineyard" as we find in the Song of Solomon, Chapter 1, who incidentally was Black?

What kind of a beast "cries mightily unto God" in Jonah 3:8-10?

What kind of a beast would have "eyes full of adultery", as recorded in 2 Peter 2:12-14?

What kind of beast loves to riot in the daytime? 2 Peter 2:12-14

What kind of a beast can talk or speak? 2 Peter 2:12

What kind of a beast was made to be taken and DESTROYED? 2 Peter 2:12

Like I said. man has been trained to be incenced by this kind of Biblical truth in order to pervert man against God. But if there is a God then Gods word is true and blacks are not now and never will be part of Gods plan because they were never included into the Man scheme of Gods plan. The Bible does mention blacks ,but not favorable , but in a way to warn Gods chosen that they are the enemy of God and how they can destroy mankind if aload. the Same goes for Jews,although God never calls them the chosen but always refers to them as the anti-christ and murderers of Christ Jesus and the prophets. God and Jesus have never had anything favorable to say about blacks or Jews.

By: Rusty Gay

Rusty Gay — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:26:29 +0000

What was Jesus Relationship with Black People? I was taught that the Black race was cursed because Ham saw Noah Naked. The saying is God sent Ham down to aferica and turned him Black and to be servants to his bretheran.

By: Bronson

Bronson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:35:18 +0000

By: Rusty Gay

Rusty Gay — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:26:29 +0000

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:45:59 +0000

This is a total fabricated lie ! The word "reyacha" being translated means "RACE" Love thy race as you would love thyself. The
Bible is completely a racial bible. You failed to mention that the word "Jew" is an American word invented in the late 1600's after the French invented the letter "J" as a gift for America. The word "JEW" was used as a slng for the Kharzare sewer rats just as someone today would use the (N) word for the negro. But the Jews took the name and applied it unto themselves, at that point it had no teeth as a word of insult. Therefore there could be no word "JEW" in the Bible if history points out that it is a 1600 American inventive word.
Again, in the Hebrew language there was no "J" or "J" equivilant until the 1600's , so you thesis is nothing more than a myth or pure Jewish conjecture or distortion of the truth.
Lastly, you claim Jesus was a Jew but the bible NEVER makes that statement one time. The Bible never calls Jesus a Jew nor the Jews the chosen, that being since the word was added to the bible by Jewish interprtators who willfully lied about the interprtation. In Titus !:14 the word states that we must never listen to any word that comes from the mouth of a JEW, and we must rebuke the (JEW) daily, for they ( Jews) tell lies and myths, and pervert the word of God. And lastly we must never listen to their Rabbi's ( their men). The word says this witness ( against the Jews ) is true in the same verse of Titus.

How then can Jesus be a Jew when his own word ( Jesus being God in the flesh) says that Jesus being a Jew is a liar, tells myths, must be rebuked daily because he is a liar, and that HE ( Jesus ) would pervert His own word if he is in fact a Jew. This is contrary because we are ordered by God to never believe these Jews. This is one peice of evidence that proves Jesus is not a Jew less every christian is order by Jesus to never believe what the Jew Jesus says as stated in Titus. Jesus is not a Jew and you are a liar!

Next Jesus makes it perfectly clear He is not a Jew.

1Th 2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they [have] of the Jews:

1Th 2:15 Who killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men.

Now if Jesus were a Jew would it not be simple enough to say he was killed by his own people ( the Jews) instead of stating the Jews killed jesus and the prohets and that they are contrary to men? notice also that their is no mention of the Romans killing Jesus the christ for if it were true the bible would have stated it in these verses.

Jhn 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Who are Jesus servant? Not the Jews.! This verse makes it clear that Jesus was delivered unto the Jews for crucifixion and HE stated that if His servants were present ( meaning the Jews did it alone) they would fight and kill all the Jews that Jesus not be delivered unto them ( Jews) for crucifixtion. This makes it perfectly clear that no other people were present as bible incerts by Jewish translators have made appear in our bibles in order to place the blame on others . This also shows that Jesus is not one of them ( Jew).

Jesus states that his kindom is not frome HENCE when speaking to the Jews. This meaning makes it clear that Jesus is not a Jew. For in saying hence jesus is stating his kindom is not fromthe Jews nor thy from Him. The word Hence means dirived from. meaning jesus is not of the Jews no they of him.

Then we have Jon wereas Jesus makes many statement sabout the Jews and how they are not from Abraham and they lie , how they are not of him (Jesus) and so on. Perhaps you should study the word for clearity and understanding. Nowhere in the bible does God call Jesus a Jew or the Jews the chosen. And just so you don't get lost , the terrorist state of Israel was created in 1948 and they stole the name Israel and applied it to their terrorist state. That does not make them the Israel of the bible for the Bible always states that Israle is a people and never a piece of land or a state or country.

Not everyone buys the BS you are selling. Please be more honest in your writings in the future. The internet croud are not as stupid as you wish. Oh, and the original Septuagint states the woman at the well ask Jesus if he were a Judean, not a Jew. A judean is a member of a community just as a Texan is but not all texans are mexican, white Jews ect, but all Texans are Texans. Go back and read the Septuagint and the KJV 1611 for truth before the Jewish interprtators perverted the word. look up septuagint on the net and order one and your eyes would be opened unto the greatest truth on earth fo it is print in its original form without all the Jewish mythology incerted. The issue witht eh woman at the well deals with race and nothing more. A search on the word "Neighbor" would reveal that translated it always means RACE.

Hey, did you knopw the arabic word AL Quaida mean "rauncha " or THE TOILET". As usual Israel gives this name to America and alsways uses humilation upon its enemies so the word Al Quadia is intentional from the Isralies. If you were a respectable terrorist group, would yu call yourself TEH TOILET. Only Isralies do this to humiliate and America fell for it hook line and sinker. A internet language translater would reveal this simple truth.

By: Jamey

Jamey — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:40:02 +0000

Did Jesus teach racism? That was your question. Answer - no. Jesus came first for Israel, yes. In saying that He only came for the people of Israel, Jesus was saying that the rest of the World would get to hear the Gospel of Christ, His mission was to the people of Israel first. When Jesus responded with Matthew 15:26 with the statement that it isn't good for people to feed animals instead of there own children. The term dog that was used in this verse meant "a little dog, a puppy," —Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. However, if you want to think that Jesus was calling this non-Jew a dog, then you have missed the very lesson Jesus was trying to teach.

This woman however, did not miss the point ... in fact she used what Jesus said to show her true heart. "A proud, unhumbled heart would not have borne this; but she turned it into an argument to support her request. The state of this woman is an emblem of the state of a sinner, deeply conscious of the misery of his soul. The least of Christ is precious to a believer, even the very crumbs of the Bread of life."—Matthew Henry Concise

When on your search for knowledge, pray that God will show you the spiritual meaning of the Bible; if you are not saved, then that should be your first step on the road to wisdom.

By: Jamey

Jamey — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:40:00 +0000

When on your search for knowledge, pray that God will show you the spiritual meaning of the Bible; if you are not saved, then that should be your first step on the road to wisdom.

By: John

John — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:34:12 +0000

Daniel,

You are so wrong, where do you get ideas like this? I guess there have been confused, ignorant people like yourself around for centuries. Whether you are a believer or not your interprepation is foolish. Realize the history of the time period. The Cannanites were brutal enemies of the Jews, the reference would have raised eyebrows to the Jewish reader in the first century. Realize Matthew was intended for a Jewish audience. The Gospel writers were not writing a biography, they were trying make the spread the story of Jesus and convince their readers. Jesus was a Jew and preached to Jews. The children are a reference to Israel and the dogs are Gentiles. The words are metaphors! The woman realizes Jesus is the Christ and knows his message is for everyone. Even the enemies are entitled to the grace of God if they recognize him! Clearly you do not see God and see Racism, hate and other crazy ideas. And by the way, the whole love your neighbor interprepation you talk about is also crap. Love your neighbor was a common Jewish precept taught in the Temple it was nothing new for a Jew to speak it. The revolutionary idea Jesus espouses was to love your enemy! That was the controversial message, the Pharisees did not agree. I have some suggestions for you-- read from both sides, it will give you more insight.

By: John

John — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:34:00 +0000

Daniel,