Is Jesus THE Christ, the promised Messiah, the Holy One foretold in Scripture?
What do you think?
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Is Jesus THE Christ, the promised Messiah, the Holy One foretold in Scripture?
What do you think?
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Absolutely !
yes undeniable!
READ ISAIAH 53 ...the whole chapter, and you tell me who it is describing (written 100's of years before his birth.)
Yes, he fullfilled all the phophecy of the OT. Name another that has affected history and lifestyles as much as the Lord Jesus Christ.
I believe that God sent His Son to incarnate on this earth for a reason.
His Son was born and became the Son of man. His name was Jesus.
The Jews do not accept that Jesus was the Messiah.
They cite Biblical prophesy that was not fulfilled that described who the Messiah would be.
These are God's chosen people saying that, despite what they heard from Jesus or what He did.
By his teachings and actions there is no doubt in my mind that He was the Son of God incarnate.
Yes Yes Yes Yes and YES!
Yes & he died for us, brought love to the world. It hasn't been the same since.
Yes, Jesus THE Christ, the promised Messiah, the Holy One foretold in Scripture.
Jesus is the one who saved me and gives me eternal life and I thank Him and give Him all my praise.
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Maybe. The evidence is weak, mostly only what is recorded in the New Testament which might be a work of fiction, no Roman or Jewish record of his execution but I don't doubt the Romans executed a bunch of Jews like Jesus. That Jesus, if he was executed by the Jews/Romans, rose from the dead, again no Jewish or Roman record of that event. The only people to record the miraculous resurrection are a few of his Apostles who would benefit from the belief that their leader was such as the true Christ.
Maybe, a few billion people believe that their salvation depends on believing it. Of course more people don't believe it than do believe it.
Tim
This makes me look at Matthew ch7 vs 13-14
dtknowles: wrong answer.
Ah, yes. Now you've caught me out on a limb haven't you?
But, on the other hand ol' Joe was born and grew up in the same area so he not only would have known the stories but at least a few living witnesses. And he was in the Messadda fight in 70 AD. So I, for one, suspect he's probably worth listening to!
Just have to wonder, is it your position that only the accounts of historians who directly witnessed something should or could be trusted?
"The woman said to him, 'I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.' Jesus said to her, 'I who speak to you am he.'"
John 4:25-26 (E.S.V.)
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But there are some records of his execution.....this You Tube clip gives details from ancient historians that mentioned it...Roman & Jewish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A41Tm5FDKns
There's a thousand times more evidence of the Jewish Jesus than there is of the Greek Homer but "intellectuals think" (?) Homer was real but Jesus is not.
Some intellectuals are quite smart and know Jesus was and is but most are mushroom dumm people who preach that He was not. They "prove" it by citing how many other dummies like themselves agree!
Spiritually blind people only prove to each other that there are none so blind as those who refuse to see!
Without question:
"Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Mark 16:13-16
I became a Christian in 1970 at age 28. I was a young lawyer at the time. Before I could proceed with life, I had to find the answer to two questions;
1. Did Jesus really live?
2. Are the New Testament documents a reliable account of his life, teaching and death?
In order to answer these questions, I left the practice of law and entered a three year graduate course of study at Asbury Seminary. My legal education had prepared me to do research and I spent every spare hour my first year in the library seeking the answer to my question. I found the answers and the answers were both a resounding yes!
You were not born when Lincoln was killed, but I bet you know the story pretty well. The life and death of Abraham Lincoln fundamentally change the history of the country. The life and death of Jesus transformed the Roman Empire and eventually the history of the entire world.
John 20:29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Jesus Christ IS the Son of GOD, Redeemer of the World.
I hope you find out before it’s too late.
Is Jesus the Christ?
Absolutely. Sent to change the world, tear the veil, Light in the darkness.
Christ is not His last name, it is His title. From the Koine Christos, Messiah.
Jesus Christ is our only hope.
But we have hardened our hearts and would rather watch football.
We closed the churches for wuflu but kept the liquor stores open.
So who is running America? Kick God out of school, who runs the school?
I hope to see you in church.
Dt, I hope for your soul you will have a change of heart. God sent his only son to earth to pay for our sins and that’s why He was crucified. I personally don’t believe God would let his word be tainted in anyway. We have free will to believe or not to believe. It’s your choice and that is forever. I don’t want to stand before God and Jesus on judgement day and hear him say depart from for I know you not.
Well, it sure sounds like they had some notion of it by how they answered Jesus.
Like I (rhetorically asked), why would they say that?
Yes, in my understanding, it was a prerequisite to the coming of the Messiah.Quote:
But the did believe that Elijah would return.
Did Elijah return before Jesus came on the scene?
No?
Then Jesus would not be the Messiah then would He.
Was John the Baptist the reincarnated Elijah?
If so, then that would satisfy the biblical prophesy.
Jesus stated that Elijah had come and related this to John the Baptist.
I did not say it was.Quote:
Return and reincarnation is not the same thing at all.
Elijah would return as Elijah.
Elijah reincarnating would come as someone else.
If you read the Gospels, you will find that Jesus selected disciples and took them with him as he went about teaching and ministering. The prevailing concept of Messiah/Christ was than of a powerful military leader who would throw out the Romans and reestablish a Jewish kingdom much it was like under King David. This is very far from whom Jesus was as Messiah. He allowed the disciples to discover for themselves who he was as Messiah. The passage I quoted from Mark was the final exam and Peter as spokesman got it right.
If you are interested in learning, there you have it. If you just want to be an arguing troll, then I am done with you.
I see, there I have it. Yet you did not answer my question(s).
Well, I have read the Bible. Currently I am in the middle of my second time.
I made a reply to your post but you can't or won't answer my questions, so you call me an arguing troll?
This seems to be a pattern with you when put on the spot to back up what you posted.
You get all huffy.
Perhaps you need to discuss your temper issues with your Pastor.
Yes, I am interested in learning.
That is why I ask questions.
What's your excuse for side stepping the questions?
An interesting point about Elijah is that since he didn't die, instead being taken up in a firy chariot, he could come back, without reincarnation being needed. Many suppose that the prophets of doom spoken of in revelation could be Elijah and Enoch, since neither of them had died previously. I hold no stance on that....God will use who God will use. The people of Jesus'day were very superstitious, holding beliefs that the Torah, our old testament, did not support.
"The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'"
John 1:29 (E.S.V.)
With the way the world is going. I hope Jesus returns soon.
Yes!
"and crying out with a loud voice,
'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!'
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, saying,
'Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.'"
Revelation 7:10-12 (E.S.V.)
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Rizzo, I'm confident everyone here knows what I meant ... including you. And I'm not going to be a foil for your foolishness.