Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah and Son of God?(if yes:)?

Question

why?


an interesting thing came up while i was helping out with Religion School, it said that when Lazurus died Jesus asked his sister "do you believe I am the Son of God" she said yes and Jesus resurrected Lazarus.
Then the teacher asked the class the same thing, they all said yes. Then the teacher asked why. No one really had an answer.


So I ask you, Why?

Answer 1

The true answer is probably better left to several books, but here's a summary off the top of my head. I believe that Jesus is the son of God for three reasons: reason, the history of the church, and faith. Logically speaking we know that if God exists He must be an infinitely perfect being. From their we can reason that this infinitely perfect being would want to share His infinite love with others, and be perfectly united with them in this infinite love, hence creation. It also stands to reason that God would give us free will, because it has to be our choice to love Him back. True love cannot be forced. And of course in order to make that choice God must first provide us with knowledge of Him.

Free will, however, leads to the possibility of sin. This creates a problem for God because a pefect being cannot unite Himself with something that has imperfections. This is where Jesus comes in. The only way that God could reconcile Himself to imperfect beings would be through a perfect sacrafice freely given, linking our humanity with God's divine nature. Of course the only candidate for that would be a child of God, who is both human and divine, and can freely choose to die or not.

As far as the history of the church, that's another several books in and of itself. But if you study the church that Jesus began Himself, clearly defined in sacred scripture, and see the marks that signify it is the true church, you will see that it is reasonable to accept such history and thus the authority of the church to communicate God's will without error. One claim this church makes, of course, is that that Jesus is the son of God.

In terms of Faith; everything I just said is reasonable, but there are certain mysteries I metioned that humans do not have the ability to understand. This is where Faith comes in. The mysteries of God go beyond human powers of reason, but not against them. It is thus with Faith that we can begin to understand them.

Answer 2

When Jesus asked Peter who he thought He was, Peter answered and said thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus said that he could not know that of himself but that the Father had made it known unto him through the Holy Spirit. This is something you need to study and pray about.

Answer 3

I accept He was who HE said He was. The Bright and
MORNING STAR. (Near the end of Revelation). Job talks about the Morning Stars, "when they sang together." So I imagine they were the First Order of Life that came from our Creator. (There is no Division in Spirit. Only in our ego minds).
The Bahai Faith teaches about the Day Star. It is the progression of Faith one should consider. But Baha'u'llah said there would be a Messenger for Our Time. So don"t get hung up on the Bahais. They are full of themselves too.
Gnostic Teachings say the spirit that lived as Christ actually opened the doors to the spirit world with His Power, that were
slowly closing to us. But don't get hung up on the story-telling fashion used in Old Times. That's just how they had to teach people who knew little.
Think in terms of mutli-dimensional realites. Physics, magnetic forces. Telepathic and empathic abilities within each and every one of us. These things influence us and create ties.

Answer 4

There are many prophesies about the messiah written throughout the old testament, hundreds of years before Jesus wash born. Many of those prophesies were fulfilled in His birth and life.

Also, just the fact that He was able to heal the lame, sick, blind, and insane with a touch or a word.

Then there is the testimony of the eyewitnesses to His life, and the fact that so many of them chose death over changing their story.

Answer 5

Yes, Jesus was the son of God in the flesh. The Bible clearly tell us that He humbled Himself and made no reputation for Himself. But there is coming a day when all things will be finished and Jesus will be seen as He really is !!

AS GOD!!

The Bible also says that God was manifested in the flesh!!

Read the word of God daily and ask God for truth.

Sandra P.

Answer 6

No. That is not how the account went. Instead, Jesus asked: "He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life; and everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25, 26)

Mary then responded: "Yes, Lord; I have believed that you are the Christ the Son of God? (John 11:27)

Answer 7

Christians, I hope this has showed you something........know why you believe!!!! Faith and personal experience is not objective. How are you going to convince a Buddhist to accept Jesus based upon faith and personal experience when he has just that in his religion?? The intersting thing about this is that Christians believe they are saved purely on faith alone yet they can't even tell you why they have faith. This faith you speak of is a paper tiger, it has no substance.....and I still call myself a Christian!!!

Answer 8

He's the only person who has brought back to life a four day old corpse. Others, such as Shamans, can resurrect the dead, but not a well decomposed body.

Answer 9

Jesus is a rehash of prior existing Pagan deities.
As a matter of fact, it was Horus who raised Lazarus (Osiris) from the dead.
Asar was an alternative name for Osirus, Horus' father. He was referred to as "the Asar," as a sign of respect. Translated into Hebrew, this is "El-Asar." The Romans added the prefix "us" to indicate a male name, producing "Elasarus." Over time, the "E" was dropped and "s" became "z," producing "Lazarus.

Don't beleive everything in the bible as true and original.

Answer 10

He cannot be the messiah because human sacrifice is an abomination.

The purpose of the messiah is to bring peace on earth to all nations. No peace -- no messiah.

Maybe he'll make another stab at it. Isn't it strange that He couldn't get it right the first time?
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