Cheryl Schatz

Thanks for the response Peter, and your continued dialog. I am going to ask questions and respond to just pieces at a time so that we can better define any differences we have, The beginning part of your synopsis I agree with. I will pick out what stands out to me. You wrote: – He was trying to get them to go away as He only wanted followers who believed Him. I don’t see this in the passage. Where specifically in the passage does it say that Jesus wanted many of His followers to go away? You wrote: In that sense his offensive language served its purpose What specifically does Jesus say that identifies why people are scandalized by His words? Jesus responded with their problem, yet He said that the words that He gives are spirit and life. If Jesus is giving the crowd words of life, then what makes you think that Jesus was expressively desiring that people would not stay around Him to hear the words of life?