Did you ever wonder what Jesus really said? What was he really
trying to say? Memoirs of Jesus is a book that attempts to look at
the deeper meaning of what Jesus Christ said and did at least as
portrayed in the Gospels. Most of the text follows the Gospel of
Luke. Jesus was often misunderstood. Certainly he was misunderstood
by the religious leaders of his day. Even his own followers did not
always understand what he is trying to say. Memoirs of Jesus are an
attempt to help readers understand some of the complex even
conflicting things that the Gospels present. Memoirs of Jesus was
inspired by a homily given for the feast of the Ascension of Jesus.
The homilist mentioned that he has seen pictures of Jesus ascending
into heaven but never pictures of what Jesus saw as he ascended
into heaven. He said he would like to see such a picture. I knew
that I did not create pictures but I did write. I decided to create
a written account of what Jesus saw. Basically as I wrote an
account of the twelve Apostles I realized they were all misfits in
the religious environment of their day. I came to the conclusion
that they chose Jesus as well as Jesus chose them. They chose Jesus
because he was also a misfit in the religious environment of his
day Luke presents the work of Jesus as his "mission.'" But what was
the mission of Jesus? The author takes the approach that Jesus'
"mission" was to preach the message of the forgiveness of God. That
should have been the approach of the religious leaders of Jesus'
day. The book points out that there were fees charged for being
forgiven. Jesus was cutting into the economic structure of
religious practice in his day. The religious leaders were the ones
who profited from the fees. So Jesus was definitely a misfit. I
began to see Jesus as one who preached a simple message: "Your sins
are forgiven. Be well " Once I saw Luke's Gospel in that light the
Gospel began to flow in a very simple way. Each event followed on
the last event. Many well-known passages took on a new meaning. I
hope the reader is able to see the Gospel of Luke in this way. The
sole intention of the author is to help others see the Gospels and
the mission of Jesus in a new light.
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