JESUS WAS NOT SINLESS

JESUS WAS NOT SINLESS

Hugh Fogelman

Christians maintain that Jesus was sinless. However, according to Torah (the Source Document), he was very sinful. So it all depends on how you define “sinless.” Let us look at Jesus’ behavior in the context of just the four following commandments given to us by God. They are found in Leviticus 19:

To honor those who teach and know Torah (Leviticus 19:32)
Not to curse any other Israelite (Leviticus 19:14)
Not to put any Jew to shame (Leviticus 19:17)
Not to wrong anyone in speech (Lashon Ha’Ra) (Leviticus 19:17)

Throughout the New Testament, especially in the 23^rd chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, the violent Jesus is quoted cussing out his elders, the Pharisees and the Sadducees. In the Gospel of John, Jesus told his fellow Jews that their fathers were the devil (John 8:44-45).

While it is a sin to quarrel with any Jew, the sin is greater when one initiates a feud with a Torah scholar. And when one’s adversary is his own Torah teacher, the sin is magnified manifold.

It is the way of warring parties to disparage one another, and it is regarding one who disparages a Torah scholar that the Sages apply the verse, “For he scorned the word of Hashem and broke His commandment; that person will surely be cut off, his sin is upon him” (Numbers 15:31).

The Talmud relates (Shabbos 119b) that the sin of shaming Torah scholars led to the destruction of Jerusalem, as it is written, “But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, to a point that the anger of Hashem rose against His people, without any possibility of abatement” (II Divrei HaYamim 36:16).

The Talmud states:

R’ Chisda said: One who argues against his Torah teacher [and incites others to join him] is considered as if he argued against the Divine Presence, as it is written [regarding Korach’s rebellion against Moshe], “... when he [Korach] contended against Hashem” (Numbers 26:9). R’ Chama bar Chanina said: One who initiates a dispute with his Torah teacher is considered as if he had initiated a dispute with the Divine Presence, as it is written, “They are the waters of strife, where the Children of Israel contended with Hashem” (ibid. 20:13)

How foolish are those who are quick to initiate disputes against the rabbi or av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) of their city, and ignore the severe punishment which they are likely to incur, both in this world and the next!

The verse, “You shall honor the presence of a sage” (Leviticus 19:32) requires us to show respect for Torah scholars. Commenting on this verse, the Midrash (Bamidbar Rabbah 15:13) speaks harshly of one who fails to accord his rabbi proper respect. Surely, to initiate a dispute between the local community and its rabbi is a sin of far greater severity and demands far greater retribution.

Did going against God’s Laws make Jesus sinless? Of course not! But if you make up your own laws and rules – as Christians did with their New Testament – anyone could be deemed “sinless.” Voilà! It is really simple if you are a Christian; if you don’t like God’s rules, you simply change them or ignore them

Yes, the early Christian Church Fathers since 325 C.E. rewrote God’s Bible to form a new religion called Christianity.

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