Hi Smiddy – here are the
scriptures you cited plus a bit of context. Can’t find a Titus 4:1 though.
(Acts 10:40-43) . . .God
raised this One up on the third day and granted him to become manifest, 41 not
to all the people, but to witnesses appointed beforehand by God, to us, who ate
and drank with him after his rising from the dead. 42 Also,
he ordered us to preach to the people and to give a thorough witness that this
is the One decreed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. 43 To
him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone putting faith in him gets
forgiveness of sins through his name.”
(Acts 17:30-31) . . .True,
God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind
that they should all everywhere repent. 31 Because he
has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in
righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and he has furnished a guarantee
to all men in that he has resurrected him from the dead.”
The words Jesus spoke came from His Father – so this is how
I understand it, it’s where a person has stood throughout their lives in relation
to the values Jesus expressed. And it had to be Jesus expressing them because he lived by them perfectly. So, I don't see a contradiction.
My bottom line is if Jesus was wrong, I’ll be wrong with him
because I think he was a nice, kind person. Throughout my life, I have always
found that if I follow the direction Jesus gives, things work out and you are
happy. I appreciate you have a different view. Just explaining why I value
Jesus’ words.