Christians, for 2000 years the name Jesus has been worshiped in hopes that he will save you from the devil?

Question

he planted on earth to test our faith. Did you ever consider testing Jesus's divine power to the extent that he can prove he is the son of the Jewish God, not by you reading the bible did he ever come to the masses in a form that many people can ID him as Jesus. We the people do not know what he looks like except for pictures by people that never meet him.

Beam G
You have got to be kidding, if you were promised $10000.00 you would want to see the check to believe it, not just a written word in a letter, but in the letter it never said if you would be alive to get, so if you ever got and were dead it would not do you any good now would it

Grist
Why did you answer the question, with that answer, I don't have voice in my head, I have a brain and use it to ask question no one dare ask, because I have true free will, where is yours, and why do you hinder it

jimmyiiix...

if you didn't like my english, why in the hell did you answer

Answer 1

well gee, sir, its not right to test god.

if god was real and good, there should be nothing wrong with testing it because you'll just find out that he is real and good, right?

well, duh, but the bible seems to think otherwise.....

Answer 2

What's your point? What kind of test would you suggest? Are you somehow possessed of a unique wisdom in these matters heretofore not seen on this earth? Consider the voices that I strongly suspect you hear in your head - are they no less real despite the fact that no face appears with them, or no pictures come in the mail from the speakers?

Deckape later wanted to know why I gave the above answer. It's because he was unable to suggest any actual test, even though doing such a test was his suggestion. And the whole tenor and disjointed nature of the question is consistent with hearing something inside your head other than the voice of reason.

Answer 3

I don't need to test Jesus's divine power. Besides it is a sin to put God to the test. The I don't need to see what he looks like. The only thing that I need to prove that He indeed is the Son of God is the Bible and my faith. If faith is not good enough, then what good is it at all?

When I put my faith in Him, Christ has proved himself over and over again in my life, in ways that I can never begin to explain. My faith is the only thing that I need. I don't need anything else.

Answer 4

There are numerous texts in the New Testament that affirm our belief that Jesus of Nazareth is divine and equal to God. Those who look for the divinity of Jesus in the Bible usually turn to texts that call him God, looking for a formula such as “Jesus is God”. In doing so you will find problems with these texts, most are ambiguous when it comes to discerning whether the “Theos (typically translated “God”)” passages are talking about the Father or Jesus, and the texts that do clearly identified Jesus as God refers to the risen Christ or are from scripture that was written late after the resurrection of Christ in which this theology would have been able to be developed. What needs to be understood is that the writers of the New Testament wrote it in light of the Old Testament and with the understanding of their own Jewish culture, heritage, and traditions. When we come to the texts as English speakers in the year 2006 we bring our own understanding and biases to the text which can distort the meaning. What we need to learn in order to have a better understanding of the New Testament is the understanding of the Old Testament and the culture, heritage, and traditions of the writers.
While there are not many texts which state “Jesus is God” we do have several texts that link Jesus (Lord) to Yahweh / Ha Shem, the God of the Old Testament; these texts confess that “Jesus is Lord”. Through these texts we come to understand that Jesus is divine and because he is the same as God, he has been worshiped all along throughout the Old Testament and continues to be worshiped in the New Testament. We also find that the confession that “Jesus is Lord” is spread throughout the whole gamut of the New Testament.
The first text I would like to examine which links Jesus to Yahweh is 1 Corinthians 10:9, which was written around 55 AD. In looking at this passage we find that it has a strong correlation to some Old Testament passages (Exodus 17:2, 7; Numbers 21:5-6; Deuteronomy 6:16). Even though the Corinthian church was predominantly a Gentile church, the Hebrews and Paul would understand the phrase “we must not put Christ to the test” as an Old Testament reference (“do not put the Lord your God to the test”). In this passage which refers to the risen Christ (Cristo,n), Christ takes the place of and is linked to the God of the Old Testament (Yahweh / Ha Shem).
The next text I would like to observe is a text that focuses on the historical Jesus but still ties Jesus to Yahweh. Sometime after 80 AD the Gospel of Matthew was written. Matthew 7:21 again points out a correlation between Lord (kyrios) and Ha Shem (Psalms 14:4, Malachi 1:6). “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven” this passage while linked to the Old Testament it is also linked to the Gospel of Luke (6:46, both of these passages, Matthew and Luke, are considered by many to be from “Q”) which shows that many writers agreed that Jesus was Yahweh. That both Matthew and Luke include this reference shows that it was well attested by early Christians.
Jesus is connected to the God of the Old Testament (being one with Yahweh). This is shown throughout the New Testament from the early writings through the later “more developed” scriptures. Many of these scriptures are connected to both the Old and New Testaments. The confession that “Jesus is the Lord” links Jesus, the Son to Yahweh. We find in the New Testament that the early believers linked “Lord” to the Son, “God” to the Father, and “Spirit” to the Holy Spirit to help avoid confusion and to try to voice what they believe. Jesus is one part of the Godhead, one part of the Trinity. Jesus is Lord, Jesus is Yahweh.

Answer 5

Well I do not really know what you are asking about but I am going to comment on it.
Christianity is all about faith. If you do not have faith you cannot be a christian, and that is all there is to it. Jesus proved he was the son of God when he said he would die and rise again, which he did. He also said he would destroy the temple, and he did. Jesus did many miracles and acts that no one else on this earth has done or ever will done. Jesus is not going to come down in a shining light to prove to us he is who he said he was. We just have to beleive and know he is Lord and we will be saved. When judgment day comes all we know he is who he said he is. But not all who cry out "Lord, Lord" will entry to gates of heaven.

Answer 6

It's called Faith and Hope. Think about it if we really had "proof" there would only be one way of life for the whole world. if we had physical proof, very little people (if any) would stray because the proof says your wrong. If we had proof and it was a universal law because of the proof, we loose free will. We would loose choice. because of the "Proof" you would know with out a doubt or question how to live. there by no Free Will. No pleasure, pain, happy, sad, poor, rich, bad or good. Sure one side sounds good, but the good side needs the bad side to exist. "proof" sounds like Satan, one in questioning, and two in controlling. If there was "Proof", then Satan would be in charge, not god or Christ. Proof is exactly what Satan wants.

Answer 7

One of the first things we should learn in our search for the true Savior is His Name. The importance of knowing this Man's Name cannot be overstated. Names were and are very important to the Hebrew people, and their meanings are of great significance, not only to individuals, but also to entire families.

The name Jesus is an invention of man which in no way carries the meaning of the true Name of this Man mentioned in the New Testament. The simple fact (which is easily proven from authoritative sources) is that this man was born a Hebrew and He had a Hebrew name. There is no such name as Jesus in the Hebrew language.

Reading from The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 10, page 10, we find that the supposed name Jesus is actually the common Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua.

JESUS (d. 30 c.e.), whom Christianity sees as its founder and object of faith, was a Jew who lived toward the end of the Second Commonwealth period.

THE NAME, BIRTH, AND DEATH DATE OF JESUS. Jesus is the common Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua. Jesus' father, Joseph, his mother, Mary (in Heb. Miriam), and his brothers James (in Heb. Yaaqob), Joses (Yahseph), Judah, and Simon (Mark 6:3) likewise bore very popular Hebrew names.

The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 12, page 805, gives us additional information, concerning the Hebrew spelling of Joshua, which is yod-heh-waw-shin-ayin.


This source also points out to us that this Name, correctly pronounced Yahshua, is a compound name constructed with the Tetragrammaton,which is the Name: YAHWEH, . The Name Yahshua follows the common practice among the true worshippers of Yahweh, in forming and using compound names which brought glory to Yahweh's Name.

The Jewish Encyclopedia, Volume 9, page 153, tells us this about compound names which glorify Yahweh:

A distinctive characteristic of Bible onomatology is the frequency of composite names, which form at times even complete sentences, as in the case of Isaiah's son Shear-jashub (="the remnant shall return").
In the majority of cases these composite names are theophorous, referring to, or actually mentioning...the name of YHWH.


The Interpreter's Dictionary, Volume 3, page 505, tells us:

There is an increasing tendency, especially in the 7th Century b.c. to use compound names which state a fact or express a wish... The most numerous are names compounded with 'YAH'... which number over 150 and are almost entirely personal or family names.

The Name Yahshua is just such a compound Name. It is a combination of Yahweh's Name in a personal name (YAH: yod-heh) and SHUA (shin-ayin), which means salvation. The Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, by Brown, Driver, and Briggs, page 221, tells us that the Name Yahshua means Yahweh is salvation.

Answer 8

I'm not sure what "he planted on earth to test our faith" really means (or why the English is so incomplete), but "testing Jesus" has a familiar ring. It is, was, and ever will be the devil's ploy.
Satan begins with the words "If....then...." and says, to prove what you think, DO THIS. But who do you convince when you "do this"? You dont convince the devil, because he is just teasing you. He will NEVER BELIEVE. You believe, Jesus said, not by flesh and blood, but because the father in Heaven has "revealed it to you."

Answer 9

No. "Thou shall not test the LORD thy God."
Jesus never came into huge crowds and said simply, "I am Jesus." He would get too much attention.
He will save us from the devil if we believe, when Judgement Day comes he will come to judge the living and the dead.

Answer 10

I know that deep within you are desperate to find the meaning of GOD. Just by giving something a form and destroying the form doesn't change the fact that the form itself that you see or imagine came from the ONE whom we humans refer to as GOD.

This Christ's message is easy to read but you need inner peace to understand this. So I wish you freedom from your misery.

Answer 11

I don't hope Jesus is going to save me from hell, I know he is going to its called faith