What Rainn Wilson Said About Jesus Is SHOCKING… and Totally Wrong

Let me show you something that sounds humble on the surface but is actually deadly. >> You're a man of faith. I am. And even though I'm a Bahigh, I consider myself a Christian because my love of Jesus, the Red Letter Bible, like what Jesus taught, what he said, what he did being a little different than what rose up hundreds and hundreds of years after his life.

In that sense, I consider myself a Christian and the beauty of the teachings and the and the metaphors and mythology. >> And I would agree with you on that. So if we're talking about subscription to the teachings of Jesus, then I'm a Christian. >> Okay?

>> But because being a Christian meant something very specific to us and what we considered a Christian was someone who had specific faith in the person of Jesus as the offering for our sins, right? God in the flesh who sacrificed himself so that we could have a reconciled relationship with God. And because that's what it kind of communicates, I say I agree with the teachings of Jesus, but the person of Jesus, the nature of Jesus, and like what is fiction, what's fact, I'm not really that concerned with what's fact and what's fiction. >> Now, on the surface, that may sound gentle, maybe even humble, but look closer.

What you just heard is not humility. Let's walk through what's really happening here. Now, Rain calls the Bible mythology, and that is not a throwaway word. That tells you his starting point.

He's already decided that the Bible is not what Jesus says that it is. It's not the infallible word of the living God. It's not the true record of God's actions in history. Sure, it's a powerful story that you and I can harvest for metaphor and for meaning or something, but you never have to submit to the Lord who speaks through it.

Now, Rhett, on the other hand, knows what historic Christianity actually teaches. He said it out loud. being a Christian meant believing Jesus is God in the flesh, the offering for our sins, the one who reconciles us to God. He knows this.

But then he just shrugs it off and says he's just not concerned with whether that's fact or fiction anymore. He just likes, you know, the teaching. Now, I want you to see the move they're both making here. They are redefining Christianity in a way that keeps Jesus as a pleasant voice in our heads, but strips him of his authority.

So, let's press the claim. If someone says they embrace the teachings of Jesus, then they have to answer one question. Which teachings? Jesus taught, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." Now, most people are fine with that one, at least in theory.

But what about when Jesus said, "Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you." And then he watches most of his followers walk away. Or, "If you don't believe that I am he, you will die in your sins." Those teachings. Or when Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.

You see, you can't claim to follow the teachings of Jesus while quietly editing out everything that contradicts your personal worldview. And this exposes the real issue here. There is no neutral ground. No one stands above Jesus to decide what he wants to keep and what he wants to ignore.

Now, Ray and Ret right here, they're trying to they're trying to look at Christianity and decide which parts they want. But this is not a buffet. In fact, they end up using Jesus's own categories of beauty and love and meaning in order to decide which parts of Jesus they want to accept. And once you see that, the next question hits you with full force.

Think about it. On what basis does anyone say, this teaching of Jesus is beautiful, but that claim about him being God is just too much. What standard are you using to evaluate? Where did you get that from?

If there is no sovereign personal God who speaks and defines reality, including categories of reason and thought, then everything reduces to personal preference and social constructs. There's no objective good teaching. There's just what you happen to like on any given day. But we have Rain and Rhett still sitting here speaking as though absolute moral terms exist.

They talk about goodness, beauty, facts, spiritual growth. They care about things like meaning and truth. You see, they want the fruits that Christianity gives, but they want to reject the foundations. In other words, they want the kingdom.

They just don't want the king. But these men are standing on borrowed ground. You see, they are using the worldview that Jesus provided in order to deny the lordship that Jesus claimed for himself. But Jesus won't let you do that.

Nope. >> You see, when Jesus said, "Your sins are forgiven," he wasn't modeling kindness. He was exercising his authority as the judge. When he spoke of hell, he wasn't using a scare tactic.

He was describing a reality that exists under his sovereign rule. And when he said he will return to judge the living and the dead, he wasn't speaking in metaphor. He was declaring the future of the world and identifying himself as the one who will be seated on the throne when that day comes. Listen, you don't come to Jesus on your own terms.

You don't get to say things like, "I'll keep your teachings, but I won't acknowledge your authority." You see rain and red, they want the compassion of Jesus without the exclusivity of Jesus. My friends, that is not Christianity. That is self- worship dressed up in Christian language. And here's why all of this matters for us.

It is so easy to look at celebrities and to critique them. But it's much harder to realize that that same instinct lives in all of us. That instinct to try to tame Jesus, to file down those parts of his teachings that I'm not comfortable with. Jesus is not one spiritual voice among many in our playlist.

He is the author of the story. He's the Lord who made the universe and upholds it by his word. So no, you don't take Jesus on your terms. He takes you on his and his terms are very clear.

Repent and believe. Lay down your desire for self-ruule and trust in his finished work on the cross. Rean's version of Christianity is not a softer Christianity. It is a false religion.

And if you and I are going to stand firm in a world that talks like they do, we have to see what's underneath these types of claims. Here's the truth. In the end, you will do one of two things. You will either bow to Jesus as he is, or you will try to remake him into an image that you prefer, some sort of Jesus that you know always agrees with you.

But that second option has a name, idolatry. Reanh may sound humble here, even thoughtful, but listen closely to what's actually being said. They are rejecting the king's terms while asking you and I to admire their openness. That's not humility.

That's not deep thinking. It is a polite rebellion wrapped in spiritual language. It's a refusal to bow before the one who rules heaven and earth. Don't buy it.