my co-worker at work, always mention "...oh thank you Jesus". how about Thank you God instead? the one who created you and created every living beings, the one who created Jesus inside his mother womb, the one who sent jesus to you?
this is the God you should worship alone, and the one that u truly have to thanks alot.
2006-09-12 07:44:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's nothing wrong with giving thanks to Christ. However, this is something I've actually been a bit concerned about lately. In my church's rites and rituals, God seems to be barely mentioned anymore. It's always Jesus. God and the Holy Spirit come off sometimes as extreme bit players, with far lower billing. I've tried to put God more in my thoughts lately. The answers you get will likely depend upon whether the respondent is a Trinitarian or not.
2006-09-12 07:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by thaliax 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We do mention God the Father quite a bit a Mass and at Home.
We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
2006-09-12 14:54:45 · answer #2 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In thanking Jesus you are thanking God, please study more before you judge. You don't know what you are saying, Jesus was with God from the beginning as was the Holy Spirit . Jesus is God, the Father is God, the Holy Spirit is God. And since Jesus was sent by the Father to die for all of our salvation, he was the greatest teacher and he told us that no one goes to the Father but through Him. Hope this helps. God Bless
2006-09-12 14:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by Neptune2bsure 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was with God, and was God. He was there from the beginning. He is worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. Sounds like your co-worker is a bit on the pentecostal side, but she's not doing anything wrong. Jesus = God. That's Christianity.
2006-09-12 14:46:42 · answer #4 · answered by ©2007 answers by missy 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I totally agree! Christians lost site on who God is. According to most Christians Jesus and God are one in the same. However they agree that Mary, Jesus' mother was human. Guess that means Jesus their Lord is half human and half God?
And what of Adam? He had neither mother nor father but he isn't recognized nor honored.
God is Almighty, with no equal and no partner. God was not begotten nor did he beget.
2006-09-12 14:52:08 · answer #5 · answered by littledarling54 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Christian scripture says that Jesus has been given a name that is above all names and the only name by which men may be saved.
Acts 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Phillipians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
In their faith, it is God's will and desire that they glorify the name of Jesus above all names. God has no name and cannot be invoked by name. Thus he replied to Moses "I am that I am." In Judaism the creator God is ineffable and cannot be named.
ineffable \in-EF-uh-buhl\, adjective:
1. Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable.
2. Not to be uttered; taboo.
2006-09-12 14:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under the doctrine of the Trinity, we understand that Jesus is God.
(Technically, "God" is a title, indicating position.)
Jesus is one of many names referring to God.
Follow the logic of Isaiah 9, below. Jesus IS the mightty God, everlasting Father.
2006-09-12 14:51:26 · answer #7 · answered by Bob L 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
What you say is true, it's all God's grace but, we pray and communicate with God through Jesus Christ. He is our righteousness.
We are worth a Son to God.
2006-09-12 14:52:38 · answer #8 · answered by thomasnotdoubting 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You thank God and you thank Jesus NO DIFFERENT!!!!THEY ARE ONE....The only way to the Father in Heaven is thru Jesus Christ
2006-09-12 14:55:35 · answer #9 · answered by Mei 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus has always been here.there are many different gods to different people ,but there is only 1 Jesus
2006-09-12 14:48:17 · answer #10 · answered by norm s 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋