Is Jesus just a 'crutch'?

[sweetycakes]

Religion may be a crutch - but Jesus? No I don't think so....if so then this previously hard bitten, get to the top at any cost, old curmudgeon freely admits "I AM A CRIPPLE" JESUS be my crutch.

Aahh...but you've got to remember...

The intent of my original post was to say that Jesus is NOT a crutch.

A crutch is only a partial support - (this relating to salvation) - which would mean part God and part man.

As I said, Jesus is not a crutch - He is a stretcher, since we are 'carried' into heaven by His Grace, and not by any of our own power, however partially. We, ourselves, have not a 'leg' to stand on.

Remember the line from the poem......Footprints?:

"When you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

[GeneV]

Religion may be a crutch - but Jesus? No I don't think so....if so then this previously hard bitten, get to the top at any cost, old curmudgeon freely admits "I AM A CRIPPLE" JESUS be my crutch.

Aahh...but you've got to remember...

The intent of my original post was to say that Jesus is NOT a crutch.

A crutch is only a partial support - (this relating to salvation) - which would mean part God and part man.

As I said, Jesus is not a crutch - He is a stretcher, since we are 'carried' into heaven by His Grace, and not by any of our own power, however partially. We, ourselves, have not a 'leg' to stand on.

Remember the line from the poem......Footprints?:

"When you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

Yep I love that one - as to your post yes I agree Jesus would hardly call us to believe and not then send a carriage to carry us

[sweetycakes]

Religion may be a crutch - but Jesus? No I don't think so....if so then this previously hard bitten, get to the top at any cost, old curmudgeon freely admits "I AM A CRIPPLE" JESUS be my crutch.

Aahh...but you've got to remember...

The intent of my original post was to say that Jesus is NOT a crutch.

A crutch is only a partial support - (this relating to salvation) - which would mean part God and part man.

As I said, Jesus is not a crutch - He is a stretcher, since we are 'carried' into heaven by His Grace, and not by any of our own power, however partially. We, ourselves, have not a 'leg' to stand on.

Remember the line from the poem......Footprints?:

"When you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

Yep I love that one - as to your post yes I agree Jesus would hardly call us to believe and not then send a carriage to carry us

Yep.

"Do I bring to birth, and not deliver?"

[undone]

I think it relates to the "god of the gaps" idea unbelievers accuse Christians of practicing. Of course, Jesus is the God according to Christians. The crutch is the supposed illusionary support of our claims that lacks evidence.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

I haven't read all the posts - but whenever someone says Jesus is just a crutch, they evidently have not tried to live a Christian life according to God's Word. Just a few examples - turn the other cheek as many times as it takes, love your fellow man, put God's will above your own 24/7, listening and obeying what God tells you, etc. Any one of those things is a lifetime "project." Chrisitianity isn't for wimps.

Religion may be a crutch - but Jesus? No I don't think so....if so then this previously hard bitten, get to the top at any cost, old curmudgeon freely admits "I AM A CRIPPLE" JESUS be my crutch.

I wouldn't be standing today if it wasnt' for Jesus.

Thank You Jesus!

[Guest K.R.E.B.S]

I think the statement that religion is a crutch is similar to that statement that religion is an opiate (of the masses). In both cases, it's an illusion designed to give our lives comfort and meaning. I personally think this is somewhat true, but I don't fully agree with either statement because they both imply religious people know they are subscribing to an illusion in the same way opiate and crutch-users are aware they are using opiates and crutches and that furthermore, they could live without these things. But because I don't think most religious people are aware of this, calling Jesus a crutch is somewhat unfair.

RH, you'd like this book I'm reading by Dr. Armand Nicholi called "The Question of God." Both Freud and Lewis subscribed to this "opiatism" philosophy, if you will, early on in their atheism. Freud asserted that we creat God in our parent's image. He insisted that one's personal relationship with God depends entirely on one's relationship with his or her Father. Alot of scholars have speculated he came up with a lot of his own theories because of his own relationship to his elderly father and teenage mother.

Lewis countered this with assertion that the Biblical worldview involves a great deal of despair and pain and is certainly not anything one would wish for (like taking up your cross daily). He continued on saying that until you've "hit bottom," until you've realized there is a real Moral Law, until you've realized how short you've come to meeting the Creator's standards, you can never experience the comfort of belief.

It's like describing to someone what it's like to skydive, only you've never skydived. It's also something a lot of people would hardly wish to do.

Blessings,

Joe

[JIME]

A few years ago, I had someone tell me I was using God as a crutch, and it got me to thinking. So I typed up this little study about it.

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The Crutch Called God

The word crutch means: Anything one leans or relies on for support or help. Isaiah 50:10 says,

[RustyAngeL]

I think it's fine to call Him a crutch. I know for myself I could not get through a day without him. With the past few months and my husband going through cancer surgery and facing chemo after the first of the year, I"m so thankful that I have Jesus to hold on to. I don't know how people do things like this and not know God.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

I think it's fine to call Him a crutch. I know for myself I could not get through a day without him. With the past few months and my husband going through cancer surgery and facing chemo after the first of the year, I"m so thankful that I have Jesus to hold on to. I don't know how people do things like this and not know God.

Like I said . . . I wouldn't be standing today if I didn't have Jesus to lean on!

Thank you Jesus!

[undone]

We won't do much standing in His presence though. It will be on our knees and faces freely giving praise and glory.

Will I stand in your presence?...or to my knees will I fall? Will I sing Hallelujah?...Will I be able to speak at all?...I can only imagine!

I personally think there will be a lot of knee time. A lot of "You are worthy" "You alone are worthy" too.

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived the things the Lord has in store for us. WOOHOO! FEELIN' GOOD!