There’s an old story that you’ve probably heard about an elephant that comes into a village of blind people and the villagers come out to find out more about what this thing is. Various ones start to feel about the animal and start to describe what it is like based on the part they touch- the tail, a leg, a tusk, the trunk etc.- definitively concluding that’s what the elephant is, based on what they have experienced.
What many people conclude about Jesus is done much the same way as this. Whatever they have or haven’t heard or read about him becomes their reality. Further, depending on who they want Him to be to serve their own agendas or feelings is what “Jesus” becomes to them.
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