31 May 18
In Matthew 16:15, Jesus asks His disciples "But who do YOU say I am"?
How would you answer this question? And does your answer determine whether or not you are a Christian?
Me: I am not sure. I try to believe He existed, and that He was divine, but it's difficult sometimes because of how long ago He lived, and that I must believe what the Bible tells.
Is He God? I have much difficulty with that.
But I'm curious to see how others here answer the question.
Thanks.
31 May 18
Originally posted by @chaney3The disciple Simon Peter answered the question.... so
In Matthew 16:15, Jesus asks His disciples "But who do YOU say I am"?
How would you answer this question? And does your answer determine whether or not you are a Christian?
Me: I am not sure. I try to believe He existed, and that He was divine, but it's difficult sometimes because of how long ago He lived, and that I must believe what the Bible tell ...[text shortened]... difficulty with that.
But I'm curious to see how others here answer the question.
Thanks.
- why did you leave out the answer
- why [clearly] do you not accept Peters answer?
31 May 18
Originally posted by @chaney3Jesus is Jehovah God incarnate, the veil of flesh, the invisible God made visible, the king of kings, the alpha and the omega and his name is exalted above all other names.
In Matthew 16:15, Jesus asks His disciples "But who do YOU say I am"?
How would you answer this question? And does your answer determine whether or not you are a Christian?
Me: I am not sure. I try to believe He existed, and that He was divine, but it's difficult sometimes because of how long ago He lived, and that I must believe what the Bible tell ...[text shortened]... difficulty with that.
But I'm curious to see how others here answer the question.
Thanks.
Your difficulties are not exclusive to you, try not to worry about full understanding if it eludes you. God knows a person’s heart.
31 May 18
Originally posted by @divegeesterJesus never made these claims Himself.
Jesus is Jehovah God incarnate, the veil of flesh, the invisible God made visible, the king of kings, the alpha and the omega and his name is exalted above all other names.
Your difficulties are not exclusive to you, try not to worry about full understanding if it eludes you. God knows a person’s heart.
31 May 18
Originally posted by @thinkofoneLOL ... Oh boy the man is moron.
[b]Neither of those is in line with Jesus being God.
Exactly the point[/b]
I think I better stay off this thread.
Originally posted by @chaney3They are all in the bible, but if you do not want to take the bible as your source and prefer to just focus on the documented words of Jesus then you have an extremely limited pool as Jesus didn’t write any of the bible himself and his words in it are relatively few.
Jesus never made these claims Himself.
Your problem therefore is your choice of source material. Decide what material you want to accept as being the truth and go from there.
All the best with it.
Originally posted by @rajk999it doesn't seem fair to blame him for being confused by all the nonsense that Christians espouse. He simply doesn't know who to believe. Hopefully eventually he'll decide to believe the gospel preached by Jesus during His ministry instead of the gospel preached by others.
LOL ... Oh boy the man is moron.
I think I better stay off this thread.
31 May 18
Originally posted by @thinkofoneWe he has been around here before with the very same questions... so it aint new.
it doesn't seem fair to blame him for being confused by all the nonsense that Christians espouse. He simply doesn't know who to believe. Hopefully eventually he'll decide to believe the gospel preached by Jesus during His ministry.
People do not accept the gospel preached by Christ. They rather dig into stuff they cannot understand and end up confusing themselves.
31 May 18
Originally posted by @chaney3Jesus did not ask "who do I say I am?" He asked "who do YOU say I am?"
I'm not sure what you mean?
Peter did NOT say that Jesus was God, and Jesus seemed okay with that.
Why does our society want to change that fact?
31 May 18
Originally posted by @chaney3The is a completely different matter of why society does not accept the teachings of Christ. Many accept him with their mouth, and then proceed to change his doctrine and sideline his commandments
I'm not sure what you mean?
Peter did NOT say that Jesus was God, and Jesus seemed okay with that.
Why does our society want to change that fact?