Jesus is the ultimately example of lowering the context. God himself needed to be contextualized. So he came on earth in the form of a human to relate to us, to love us, and to know us. God, in the Old Testament, is a transcendent creator, who is also personal. He loves and created humanity and made humans in his own image. But he is a paradox. Other ancient Near Eastern religions kind of set up a codependent relationship between their gods and humans, but our God doesn’t need humans, but he wants them, he loves them. This was certainly complicated for people. And so Jesus enters, I think, to help simplify matters. Of course, this has its own complications. People have been wondering ever since if he is truly God. There’s always a problem, but I think that’s OK. See it as an opportunity.
Acting like a neighbor
Acting like a neighbor
Acting like a neighbor
Jesus is the ultimately example of lowering the context. God himself needed to be contextualized. So he came on earth in the form of a human to relate to us, to love us, and to know us. God, in the Old Testament, is a transcendent creator, who is also personal. He loves and created humanity and made humans in his own image. But he is a paradox. Other ancient Near Eastern religions kind of set up a codependent relationship between their gods and humans, but our God doesn’t need humans, but he wants them, he loves them. This was certainly complicated for people. And so Jesus enters, I think, to help simplify matters. Of course, this has its own complications. People have been wondering ever since if he is truly God. There’s always a problem, but I think that’s OK. See it as an opportunity.