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    The document discusses the view of Jesus as a teacher of wisdom. Several scholars are mentioned who saw Jesus as primarily a moral teacher who emphasized love, forgiveness and challenging authority. However, others argue that if Jesus was simply a moral teacher, he was either a liar or madman for claiming divinity. While Jesus taught wise principles and challenged Jewish laws, his teachings were not entirely new and millions today still do not follow him, questioning whether he was ultimately successful or just a wise rabbi. There is debate around whether Jesus was more than just a teacher by performing miracles, but there is no proof of such events.

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    The document discusses the view of Jesus as a teacher of wisdom. Several scholars are mentioned who saw Jesus as primarily a moral teacher who emphasized love, forgiveness and challenging authority. However, others argue that if Jesus was simply a moral teacher, he was either a liar or madman for claiming divinity. While Jesus taught wise principles and challenged Jewish laws, his teachings were not entirely new and millions today still do not follow him, questioning whether he was ultimately successful or just a wise rabbi. There is debate around whether Jesus was more than just a teacher by performing miracles, but there is no proof of such events.

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    The document discusses the view of Jesus as a teacher of wisdom. Several scholars are mentioned who saw Jesus as primarily a moral teacher who emphasized love, forgiveness and challenging authority. However, others argue that if Jesus was simply a moral teacher, he was either a liar or madman for claiming divinity. While Jesus taught wise principles and challenged Jewish laws, his teachings were not entirely new and millions today still do not follow him, questioning whether he was ultimately successful or just a wise rabbi. There is debate around whether Jesus was more than just a teacher by performing miracles, but there is no proof of such events.

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    •Jesus as a Teacher of Wisdom


    ◦Scholars
    ◾Martin Luther
    ◾pushed for the Bible to written in languages other than Latin so people could understand
    the teachings
    ◾John Hick
    ◾Resurrection should not be taken literally, as it is a metaphor for the resurrection of Jesus'
    moral teachings
    ◾The core concept of Jesus is the golden rule; "love thy neighbour as yourself". this is good
    reason to say he is a teacher of wisdom
    ◾Ludwig Wittgenstein
    ◾Jesus affirmed authentic living by embodying spiritual and moral virtuousness
    ◾Leo Tolstoy◾
    "the significance of Jesus lay in his moral commandments"
    ◾Christopher Hitchens
    ◾argued against Jesus being a moral teacher because "if only non-sinners have the right to
    punish then how can an imperfect society ever determine how to prosecute others?"
    ◾C.S. Lewis
    ◾he is a teacher of wisdom AND the son of God; if he is not the Son of God as well then he
    was a liar and cannot be a good teacher - "either this man was and is the Son of God or else
    a madman"

    ◦Arguments

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    ◾Jesus' role was to fulfil the law of the Old testament through the New testament in order
    to adapt to human moral understanding and obligation. he makes the law stricter in order
    to ensure people are loving to everyone, including enemies
    ◾Parable of the Lost Son - Jesus' demand for forgiveness goes against the idea of justice. he
    says we should forgive over seek revenge because although morality allows sinners to
    repent multiple times, forgiveness should never end because generosity should never end
    ◾Jesus says inner motivation is more important than the actions themselves. he also
    teaches of radical inner purity meaning just the thought of sinning means you have
    committed it. he emphasises this to remove sin from both mind and body
    ◾Jesus favours the poor and oppressed over the rich as he says just because they're
    suffering does not mean they have sinned. an example is the Healing of the Woman with a
    Haemorrhage
    ◾Jesus was not divine as he is shown to be scared of death in the Garden of Gethsemane
    ◾Jesus teaches of morality, forgiveness and confrontation of political and religious authority
    in parables such as The Lost Son and The Good Samaritan
    ◾Jesus was just a Rabbi with a special message. He spent a lot of time preaching in
    synagogues as shown in Mark 11:201
    ◾A Rabbi is a respectful teacher who interprets the Jewish law

     Jesus's sayings were similar to those in the Old Testament which was written thousands of
    years before Jesus. This makes him wise but not special as they are not brand new insightful
    teachings.
     X On the other hand, Jesus was more than a teacher of wisdom as he was known to be a
    miracle worker. For example he healed a blind woman.

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    However, there is no evidence that this actually happened so the possibility of it being true is
    unlikely.

     ✓ Jesus challeneged Judaism in order to teach how humans can reach God. He challenged
    the law makers as he knew God would want something different than the laws of the land.
    Despite this, people are still Jewish today, ignoring his teachings, therefore he is wise but
    unsucessful and actually changed noting.

     X On the other hand, millions of christians do follow Jesus's teachings which highlights how
    omnipotent and omnscient he is.
    However there are many different religions in the world so if Jesus was more than a teacher of
    wisdom then why would everyone not be following him?

     ✓ Jesus led a 'Sermon on the Mount', where a long list of wiseteachings were expressed. For
    example he told people it was wong to get divorced. This shows a good teaching but people
    get divorced today so it was unsucessful.

     X Millions of people believe Jesus was actually God through Incarnation.


    However whilst on the cross, Jesus cried out "Father why have you forsaken me?". Therefore, it is
    very questionable that Jesus was God, as he was crying out for help

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