If youre alluding to the fact that Jesus submitted to the will of GOD ALMIGHTY then you are absolutely correct. He(Jesus) never claimed to be GOD himself and Never told his followers to worship Him(Jesus).
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Dear guy-uninterrupted,
For your statement on "Jesus never claimed to be God", I have to respectfully disagree. Jesus has told us that He and the Father are one (John 10:30). One of the key doctrines of Christianity is the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. Hence, Jesus is the Second Person in the Trinity, and He is Co-equal with God.
Coming to the topic of challenging atheists, I am afraid I have to side my fellow brother, Kinanna. I did this quite relunctantly but I want to be honest to say that the word challenge might be 'too strong' a word. Rather, Christians should defend our faith and we are told very clearly that we need to give an answers to people who question us of our faith, especially, the redemptive work of Jesus.
I think you are one of those who did follow quite closely to what took place in my postings in the Today's Scripture Readings. I started the threads about 3 years ago and when I first started the thread, I have categorily informed readers that what I wrote was meant to encourage our own Christian brothers and sisters to walk closer with our Saviour and to have a more personal relationship with Him. They were mainly for Christians and if non-Christians find them offensive, they could easily skp them. I think all my threads, at least 150+ of them are mainly written from the Bible perspectives and what we Christians should (and should not) do. The intend is to ensure that we follow what the Bible and what Jesus told us to do. But instead, I have received tons of emails...literally tons of them from atheists, using vulgar words to 'challenge' my belief. That was not my intention to 'challenge' anyone.
My conclusion, sadly, after all these is that, we have to be prepared to 'challenge' our beliefs, and although I did mention this word might be too strong and my perferred word is to 'defend' our faith, that was not what atheists preferred. We are left, quite unfortunately, wiith no choice but to challenge them.