The Gospel of Judas
On April 9th, 2006 the National Geographic Channel ran a special on the Gospel of Judas. I did not watch and will not comment on the show. I will address a misrepresentation by the MSM which has, in various articles, claimed this document is Christian. In short, this is not a Christian gospel.
This 'gospel' was a product of Gnosticism and Gnostics, by their own admission, are not Christians. In fact there are several areas in which Gnosticism and Christianity are different, and the Gospel of Judas as well as many other Gnostic documents and gospels were written to support a non-Biblical world view.
Christians believe we receive salvation in Jesus Christ. Very simply, if you accept Jesus by faith, trusting in His work on the cross, you will go to Heaven. If you reject Jesus you go to eternal punishment (hell). Gnostics believe there is certain secret knowledge that will help you separate from your flawed physical being, setting you free. If you do not gain this knowledge before death, Gnostics believe you return to the physical (essentially reincarnation).
Christians believe there is one God who created all things. Gnostics believe the physical was created by a false god who is trying to keep us from knowing the true god from whom all emanates.
For Christians, Christ's death on the cross is perhaps the most important event in history. For Gnostics the cross is only relevant as a tool for freeing Jesus, who was not physical, from a flawed physical body.
I could go on and on, but the point is that Gnosticism and the Gospel of Judah are not Christian and run counter to most Christian teaching. The bottom line: if Jesus was whom the Bible claims and if He died on the cross and rose from the dead three days later, then He is the only way to salvation. And Gnosticism is just another false doctrine designed to keep people from the truth.
Update 4/14/06: Independent Conservative post: Jesus Died For Our Sins
This 'gospel' was a product of Gnosticism and Gnostics, by their own admission, are not Christians. In fact there are several areas in which Gnosticism and Christianity are different, and the Gospel of Judas as well as many other Gnostic documents and gospels were written to support a non-Biblical world view.
Christians believe we receive salvation in Jesus Christ. Very simply, if you accept Jesus by faith, trusting in His work on the cross, you will go to Heaven. If you reject Jesus you go to eternal punishment (hell). Gnostics believe there is certain secret knowledge that will help you separate from your flawed physical being, setting you free. If you do not gain this knowledge before death, Gnostics believe you return to the physical (essentially reincarnation).
Christians believe there is one God who created all things. Gnostics believe the physical was created by a false god who is trying to keep us from knowing the true god from whom all emanates.
For Christians, Christ's death on the cross is perhaps the most important event in history. For Gnostics the cross is only relevant as a tool for freeing Jesus, who was not physical, from a flawed physical body.
I could go on and on, but the point is that Gnosticism and the Gospel of Judah are not Christian and run counter to most Christian teaching. The bottom line: if Jesus was whom the Bible claims and if He died on the cross and rose from the dead three days later, then He is the only way to salvation. And Gnosticism is just another false doctrine designed to keep people from the truth.
Update 4/14/06: Independent Conservative post: Jesus Died For Our Sins
posted by Dennis | 3:04 PM
1 Comments:
The anonymous author of the "Gospel of Judas" created a work that runs counter to the rest of the gospel.
Is National Geographic going to try next to do a special on the "Satanic Bible" and see how they might find some "clue" in the Christian Bible that offers some support to Satanists?
The so-called "clues" they pull from the Christian Bible are very suspect at best. They totally pieced things together to try and suggest conclusions that divert from the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. (Of course they do it all as simply asking "questions".)
This is why that crap like the "Gospel of Judas" used to be burned on sight.
It would have been better if a church group purchased the "Gospel of Judas" text from the person who had it sitting in a bank vault and burned it, as was done with other copies of such text in the past.
Of course if this were a text that ran counter to the teachings of Islam, the actual people who reported on it would be burned. At least we Christians are not that cold. Do you think NG will do a full report on the Satanic Verses that Muslims issued a death threat over and tried to kill the author? Or maybe they will air during prime time some of the other works Muslims have disliked and killed people over or issued death threats about?
Nope I don't think think that will happen. Once again, the foundation of Christianity is attacked and questioned, while they fear ever doing such a thing with Islam. Is that why they call Islam the religion of "peace"? Because Islamists wage war on those who defy their faith? Muhammad waged war on "infidels" himself.
But hey, National Geographic's slogan is "Dare to Explore".
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