I Appeal To Caesar!

we now push those secondary things aside as we address one concept that is absolute, indisputably against the Scripture that we all believe. This one teaching overshadows every possible discussion! This, my friends, is the foundation of the false theology of the Jesus People.” Caiaphas pauses and takes a deep breath as he scans his alert audience. * * * * * “The Jesus People declare: ‘ Jesus Is God.’ “Let me expose this blatant error in two simple, common-sense ways, first using a Philosopher’s syllogism, a way of expressing and clarifying the truth; and then, of course, using key Scriptures: ‘ A human being cannot be God!’…… A Major Premise. ‘ Jesus was a human being’……… An Established Fact. ‘ So, Jesus could not be God!’…….. An Absolute Truth. ‘God cannot suffer and die like a cursed human being!’ ‘Jesus did suffer and die cursed on a cruel cross.” ‘So, Jesus cannot be God!’ * * * * * “Here now are three well-known Key Scriptures Jews cherish and ever uphold: we believe and teach without reservation that there is One God! “1. My first reference comes as no surprise. I refer to the words of the Shema , the best-known words in Judaism’s liturgy, and the watchword of Israel’s faith: ‘Here is another simplified, three-fold statement: “Immediately, we know that this cannot be true!