Is Jesus God?

[jcrichton]

If he renouced his Godship then why did he peform miracles?
I also said who is healing the buddist, muslim, hindu, atheist, jew,
and apostate?

Jesus warned that many would perform all sorts of miracles in order to lead astray the elect, if it were possible… have you considered too that we have been Created in the image and likeness of God?

What about the jew who claim to have a relationship with the father or the muslim who claim the same God as the jews?

…from that perspective, all religions are valid and/or invalid… is that your belief?

What about the catholic who thinks they have a license to sin because of confession, who sin repeatedly and then return without remorse or true repentenence.

If you really think about this one… you could almost hear the light bulb coming on, couldn’t you?.. “then return without remorse or true repentenence”…did you hear it?.. Yahweh God is not a man to be fooled or bribed… we have the ability to fool others and even ourselves, but we will never be able to feign remorse or repentence when facing He Who sees into our innermost being… those “Catholics” (and whole bunch others) who think that they gain something through feigned external compliance with Yahweh God are due for an extremely rude awakening!

Maran atha!

Angel

 

[jean8]

I have the Vulgate:

Omnis = all, every.

Are you using the NKJV? The KJV has “whosoever”, which means the same as omnis. Someone trying to update the language without changing it too much might say “whoever,” but that is wrong.

God bless you,

Ruthie

Yes, Jesus is God. See Jn.8:58, Col.1:1-17 “The Supremacy of Christ.” Heb.1:8

God bless,
jean8

 

[blackst]

Jesus warned that many would perform all sorts of miracles in order to lead astray the elect, if it were possible… have you considered too that we have been
Created in the image and likeness of God?

Yes God said we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, What i’m asking is do you think only the christian will be saved since God is in everyone, but scripture says no one comes to the Father except through the son. The Church used to teach there was no salvation outside of the Catholic Church, but they also taught limbo for unbatised children.

…from that perspective, all religions are valid and/or invalid… is that your belief?

I think there is truth in all religions, God revealing Love and inselfishness to all his children, wherever they may be.

If you really think about this one… you could almost hear the light bulb coming on, couldn’t you?.. “then return without remorse or true repentenence”…did you hear it?.. Yahweh God is not a man to be fooled or bribed… we have the ability to fool others and even ourselves, but we will never be able to feign remorse or repentence when facing He Who sees into our innermost being… those “Catholics” (and whole bunch others) who think that they gain something through feigned external compliance with Yahweh God are due for an extremely rude awakening!

Maran atha!

 

[jean8]

The septuigant is what I mean’t to say, the different version can say alot, Did Jesus mean Hate your Mother and Father and yourself or is it a bad translation?

Peace and Grace

No, the Fourth Commandment teaches we are to honor our mother and father.
Jesus knows how much we love our parents, he is using this as a guide line as a measure of our love toward Him.
Jesus is God we are to love and honor Him above everything. Your parents would’ ve taught you this.
Jesus died for our sins. he loved us that much. He continues to love us even when we are in sin. Jesus is always there to lovingly listen and forgive us. Jesus should come before anything else in our life, but Jesus also wants us to love and honor our parents.

All honor and glory are His, now and forever.

jean8

 

[blackst]

No, the Fourth Commandment teaches we are to honor our mother and father.
Jesus knows how much we love our parents, he is using this as a guide line as a measure of our love toward Him.
Jesus is God we are to love and honor Him above everything. Your parents would’ ve taught you this.
Jesus died for our sins. he loved us that much. He continues to love us even when we are in sin. Jesus is always there to lovingly listen and forgive us. Jesus should come before anything else in our life, but Jesus also wants us to love and honor our parents.

All honor and glory are His, now and forever.

jean8

Jesus also said to leave your Mother and your Father and cling to your wife that the two shall become one.

The issue that your not addressing is Hate, to Hate your Mother and Father and even your own Life. He used this word, or at least scripture does, and to love your enemy.

 

[jean8]

Jesus also said to leave your Mother and your Father and cling to your wife that the two shall become one.

The issue that your not addressing is Hate, to Hate your Mother and Father and even your own Life. He used this word, or at least scripture does, and to love your enemy.

blackst,
Your giving your opinion,. I really don’t know how to respond to this.
If you want to discuss the 4th. Commandment using the word of God , I’ll be happy to respond. Use your Bible.

God bless,
jean8

 

[blackst]

Hi, Rodney!

…could you not be guilty of piece meals?

…you come to a banquet and instead of eating a meal you select individual pieces… some of the selection may well go with other things but after a few gastric nudges you disregard your body and continue to sample a la lesafair… rather than truly enjoying the feast you may end up vomiting, suffering from indigestion or heartburn… I could go on…

Stop seeking knowledge and allow the Holy Spirit to grant you wisdom:

    God created all the is seen and unseen so wisdom or knowledge of God id Knowledge of what he has created no? 
    When a man has been away form the table the baser instincts come to the surface, be patient, I feel time is limited and I want to know the truth before I act.

9 With you is Wisdom, she who knows your works, she who was present when you made the world; she understands what is pleasing in your eyes and what agrees with your commandments.
10 Despatch her from the holy heavens, send her forth from your throne of glory to help me and to toil with me and teach me what is pleasing to you;
11 since she knows and understands everything she will guide me prudently in my actions and will protect me with her glory.
12 Then all I do will be acceptable, I shall govern your people justly and be worthy of my father’s throne.
13 ‘What human being indeed can know the intentions of God? And who can comprehend the will of the Lord?
14 For the reasoning of mortals is inadequate, our attitudes of mind unstable;
15 for a perishable body presses down the soul, and this tent of clay weighs down the mind with its many cares.
16 It is hard enough for us to work out what is on earth, laborious to know what lies within our reach; who, then, can discover what is in the heavens?
17 And who could ever have known your will, had you not given Wisdom and sent your holy Spirit from above?
18 Thus have the paths of those on earth been straightened and people have been taught what pleases you, and have been saved, by Wisdom.’ (Wisdom 9:9-18–compare with 1 Corinthians 2:6-16)

FYI - Jesus as the Lamb of God did not come into the world to Judge the world but to offer Salvation; yet, as the Lion (Wrath) of Israel He will Judge all on the Judgment Day; Jesus as the Son of man can determine who is worshiping God in Spirit and Truth and He can chastise those who live in error; finally, Jesus established His Church and Commanded that those who refused to separate themselves from unrighteousness be removed from the Community.

Maran atha!

Angel

Which is jugdement, he said I came to bring Jugement into the world and I have come not to bring jugement.

John 9:39 Jesus said, It is for judgement that I have come into the world.

John 12:47 It is not I who shall judge such it is not I who come to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 5:21 Thus as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives them life , so the Son gives life to whoever he chooses: for the Father judges no one: he has entrused all judgement to the Son.

Peace and Grace

 

[blackst]

blackst,
Your giving your opinion,. I really don’t know how to respond to this.
If you want to discuss the 4th. Commandment using the word of God , I’ll be happy to respond. Use your Bible.

God bless,
jean8

My opinion, I am quoting scripture.

The New Jerusalem Bible

Luke 14:26 Anyone who comes to me without hating his Mother and Father, Brother and Sister, and even his own life connot be my disciple.

Matthew 5:44 But I say this to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you.

Grace and Peace

 

[davidv]

My opinion, I am quoting scripture.

The New Jerusalem Bible

Luke 14:26 Anyone who comes to me without hating his Mother and Father, Brother and Sister, and even his own life connot be my disciple.

Matthew 5:44 But I say this to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you.

Grace and Peace

Could it be that Jesus is using “hate” as a hyperbole? That any love we have for our “neighbor” will look like hate when compared to the love we should have for God?

 

[blackst]

Could it be that Jesus is using “hate” as a hyperbole? That any love we have for our “neighbor” will look like hate when compared to the love we should have for God?

Why is it that there is always what God intended, Why all the riddles, Scripture also said to kill every man woman and child even the animals was that an exaggeration too? Joshua 6:21
Or to stone the adulter? Leviticus 20:12

Grace and Peace

 

[davidv]

Why is it that there is always what God intended, Why all the riddles, Scripture also said to kill every man woman and child even the animals was that an exaggeration too? Joshua 6:21
Or to stone the adulter? Leviticus 20:12

Grace and Peace

I would propose that the one of reasons for the riddles/parables is to demonstrate the need for humility. To show that, in and of ourselves, we don’t know it all and we are dependent on God and others. On our own we really cannot make sense of the verses you cite.

 

[jean8]

My opinion, I am quoting scripture.

The New Jerusalem Bible

Luke 14:26 Anyone who comes to me without hating his Mother and Father, Brother and Sister, and even his own life connot be my disciple.

Matthew 5:44 But I say this to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you.

Grace and Peace

blackst,
Thanks for your reply.
I may have misunderstood your comment.
My KJ study Bible reads Lu.14:26 “If anyone comes to me and hates not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, yea and his own life also , he cannot be my disciple.”
I take this to mean Jesus comes first, always!. Just think of the challenge this brings to our walk with the Lord.
Who said it was easy to be a disciple.

God bless you. This is a good lesson . It brings us to contemplate about just where we are with Jesus Christ.

jean8

 

[jean8]

I don’t have doubts about Jesus being the son of God that is very clear, but if you were to read my statement it states what the Bible says about Jesus and the Father, I know they are two distinct person’s one spirit as the Catechism states, but we have the spirit of God dwelling in us, Are we the Father, no, my Faith is strong, I belive in the teaching of the Holy Church, I just can’t get my priest to tell me all of them.

Grace to you.

blackst,
See Gen.18:1-15 who are the three that are mentioned in this passage? also Gen.19:1-3.

God bless,
jean8

 

[Cara_Serrano]

Trust me, I am a lazy person. If Jesus Christ were not God, there is NO WAY I would get up on a cold Sunday morning and go worship Him!

For a long time I believed in the historical, human Jesus while trying to find every way out of acknowledging His divinity. I studied the Bible looking for loopholes, I talked to atheists, I read lots of books, but the Real Presence of Jesus as God just kept popping up in my life. It was not even that I wanted to believe who He was; it was that I could no longer deny who He was.

I hope He comes after you in this way because then He will do all the convincing and leave you with no doubts.

 

[Randy_Carson]

If he is the Alpha and the Omega the begining and the end then why does he tell people to Pray to the Father and why does he say through himself he can do nothing, only what the Father allows, and he siad Abba Father why have you forsaken me why would he say into your hands I commend my spirit, Yes I’ve heard of the trinity and the mystery of God, but many people claim Jesus and a prophet, who is healing the hindu, the muslim, the buddist, the atheist when they get sick?

Divinity of Jesus Christ Proved from Scripture

The Bible is clear: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). We know Jesus is the Word because John 1:14 tells us, “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” God the Father was not made flesh; it was Jesus. Jesus is the Word, the Word is God, therefore Jesus is God.

In Deuteronomy 10:17 and 1 Timothy 6:15, God the Father is called the “Lord of lords,” yet in other New Testament passages this divine title is applied directly to Jesus. In Revelation 17:14 we read, “They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings.” And in Revelation 19:13–16, John sees Jesus “clad in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. . . . On his thigh he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of lords.”

The fact that Jesus is God is indicated in numerous places in the New Testament. John 5:18 states that Jewish leaders sought to kill Jesus “because he not only broke the Sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.” Paul also states that Jesus was equal with God (Phil. 2:6). But if Jesus is equal with the Father, and the Father is a God, then Jesus is a God. Since there is only one God, Jesus and the Father must both be one God—one God in at least two persons (the Holy Spirit, of course, is the third person of the Trinity).

The same is shown in John 8:56–59, where Jesus directly claims to be Yahweh (“I AM”). “‘Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad.’ The Jews then said to him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.’ So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.” Jesus’ audience understood exactly what he was claiming; that is why they picked up rocks to stone him. They considered him to be blaspheming God by claiming to be Yahweh.

The same truth is emphasized elsewhere. Paul stated that we are to live “awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13). And Peter addressed his second epistle to “those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 1:1).

Jesus is shown to be God most dramatically when Thomas, finally convinced that Jesus has risen, falls down and exclaims, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28)

 

[jcrichton]

Yes God said we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, What i’m asking is do you think only the christian will be saved since God is in everyone, but scripture says no one comes to the Father except through the son.

We are taught by Scriptures that there is only One Name given on Heaven and Earth by which we will be Saved: Jesus!

Jesus, as the Messiah, was prophesied to come to the children of Israel (Jacob) and only to them; but it was also prophesied that in Him the Gentiles would find their hope; this was achieved through His Church:

18 Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19 Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And look, I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’ (St. Matthew 28:18-20–NJB)

Did Jesus expect that His disciples would convert all of the world? Would Yahweh God make special concessions for anyone who rejects Christ, whatever the reason may be? I am not God and I do not presume to speak for Him, but what would be the purpose of the Word become Incarnate if those who ignore/reject Him are granted Salvation outside of the Resurrection and the Life?

The Church used to teach there was no salvation outside of the Catholic Church,

I’ve heard of this… and I blieve that she could have–I understand why she would have and I believe that it can be so.

but they also taught limbo for unbatised children.

…not sure about this one… I think that it falls with the myth that the Church claimed that the Earth was flat…

I think there is truth in all religions, God revealing Love and inselfishness to all his children, wherever they may be.

…for the most part, there’s good in most religions; you are welcomed to believe as you will; however I must caution you that Scriptures are not as accommodating as man; from the Old Testament we are taught that Yahweh is a Jealous God; that there’s no other God but He! Contrary to the old “…all roads lead to Rome…” not all believe systems lead to God.

Like why didn’t God strike down king David after bathsheba, God had given him so much and still he choose evil,

This is simple and complex–God chose David and made a covenant with Him; though David turned from God, God did not abandon David; still, He could not allow the product of sin to become part of His Plan and the child was not allowed to live, David was deposed from the throne, one of his own sons raped his concubines, and he was forced to flee for his life while his son sought to kill him; finally, he was not allowed to build a House for Yahweh.

God sends the rain on the just and the unjust alike, the righteous and unrighteous.

Yes, because He is not an oppressived tyrant who brakes the will of those who reject Him; rather, He is Mercyfull, allowing man to recognize his error and humbly repent and seek his Creator!

I see people picking and choosing what teaching they are going to obey, what is this rude awaking about. When does it occur,

Precisely my point; but not only do they pick and chose… many are also teaching this form of “spirituality” or theology to others; what is the rude awakening and when does it happen?:

21 'It is not anyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven.
22 When the day comes many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, work many miracles in your name?”
23 Then I shall tell them to their faces: I have never known you; away from me, all evil doers!
24 ‘Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.
25 Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock.
26 But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.
27 Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!’ (St. Matthew 7:21-27)

God said to forgive 70*7 that he was a God of Love, look at peter the first pope. Mercy is what pleases me not sacrifice.

I think that you are confused; we cannot demand Justice and Mercy unless we humbly submit to God’s Will; though God’s Will is that all shall be Saved, He will not force anyone to capitulate to His Commands; we are given a choice:

19 Today, I call heaven and earth to witness against you: I am offering you life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live,
20 in the love of Yahweh your God, obeying his voice, holding fast to him; for in this your life consists, (Deuteronomy 30:19-20a)

We must understand that there is but one choice; we cannot chose death and expect to obtain Life!

Maran atha!

Angel

 

[jcrichton]

God created all the is seen and unseen so wisdom or knowledge of God id Knowledge of what he has created no?
When a man has been away form the table the baser instincts come to the surface, be patient, I feel time is limited and I want to know the truth before I act.

I understand your frustrations… but you are simply going from one passage to another… reading through the Sacred Writings as though you are devouring the books on a “Best Sellers” list… human knowledge is finite, so is human wisdom… I am asking you to slow down and allow the Holy Spirit’s Wisdom to reach you… I’ve read the Holy Bible in its entirety over 7 times… does that make me more spiritual than others; more Wise? No. I may have an advantage over those who have had very little experience with the Scriptures, that’s all.

This can be applied to you as well… you may be memorizing Scriptures but you are not gaining any insight because you stay in the “knowledge” level of familiarity with God’s Word… we must strive to make the Word our own:

22 But you must do what the Word tells you and not just listen to it and deceive yourselves.
23 Anyone who listens to the Word and takes no action is like someone who looks at his own features in a mirror and,
24 once he has seen what he looks like, goes off and immediately forgets it.
25 But anyone who looks steadily at the perfect law of freedom and keeps to it – not listening and forgetting, but putting it into practice – will be blessed in every undertaking. (St. James 1:22-25)

Comparing one passage with another and thinking that there is a contradiction will only ground you in further obscurity… free yourself from human intellect and allow the Holy Spirit of God to enlighten you: the Truth will set you free!

Slow down; breath a little; enjoy the Word; Jesus’s times table is not as ours:

1"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5So they went.

"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

7" ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
"He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

8"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

9"The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12’These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’

13"But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

16"So the last will be first, and the first will be last." (St. Mattew 20:1-16–NJB)

…so you see… as far as God is concerned it is not how long we’ve studied and given ourselves to Him that matters; rather, what matters is that we seek Him humbly and unassuming.

Which is jugdement, he said I came to bring Jugement into the world and I have come not to bring jugement.

John 9:39 Jesus said, It is for judgement that I have come into the world.

John 12:47 It is not I who shall judge such it is not I who come to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 5:21 Thus as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives them life , so the Son gives life to whoever he chooses: for the Father judges no one: he has entrused all judgement to the Son.

The simple take: Jesus as the Lamb of God came to shed His Blood for the Salvation of many; Jesus as the Word (both Mercy and Wrath) is the Sovereing Judge.

Maran atha!

Angel

 

[blackst]

I understand your frustrations… but you are simply going from one passage to another… reading through the Sacred Writings as though you are devouring the books on a “Best Sellers” list… human knowledge is finite, so is human wisdom… I am asking you to slow down and allow the Holy Spirit’s Wisdom to reach you… I’ve read the Holy Bible in its entirety over 7 times… does that make me more spiritual than others; more Wise? No. I may have an advantage over those who have had very little experience with the Scriptures, that’s all.

This can be applied to you as well… you may be memorizing Scriptures but you are not gaining any insight because you stay in the “knowledge” level of familiarity with God’s Word… we must strive to make the Word our own:

22 But you must do what the Word tells you and not just listen to it and deceive yourselves.

But Scripture say’s Be perfect just as your Father in heaven is perfect, also, go and sin no more, then he say’s no one is good but the Father, also, who can be saved, by human measure this is impossible but with God all things are possible. Why aren’t men following the call to perfection and if were not good how can we achieve this in life of actions?

The word tells us to love, love God and your neighbor, that this is the completion of the law. But agape love how can one pratice this if one is not good? Is there another kind of law of love other than agape love, eros, phlio, but the love that God said to give?

Luke 18:19 Why do you call me good, no one is good but the father.

23 Anyone who listens to the Word and takes no action is like someone who looks at his own features in a mirror and,
24 once he has seen what he looks like, goes off and immediately forgets it.
25 But anyone who looks steadily at the perfect law of freedom and keeps to it – not listening and forgetting, but putting it into practice – will be blessed in every undertaking. (St. James 1:22-25)

Comparing one passage with another and thinking that there is a contradiction will only ground you in further obscurity… free yourself from human intellect and allow the Holy Spirit of God to enlighten you: the Truth will set you free!

Slow down; breath a little; enjoy the Word; Jesus’s times table is not as ours:

1"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5So they went.

"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

7" ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
"He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

8"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

9"The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12’These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’

13"But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

16"So the last will be first, and the first will be last." (St. Mattew 20:1-16–NJB)

But what if we can’t finish the day there is no reward like a person who doe’s before the pay is Distributed?

…so you see… as far as God is concerned it is not how long we’ve studied and given ourselves to Him that matters; rather, what matters is that we seek Him humbly and unassuming.

We are God’s greatest miracle, why not be filled with joy instead of depressed humlity, when I think of humility I think of a slave who is afraid to stand up aginst abuse.
jcrichton;4735413:

The simple take: Jesus as the Lamb of God came to shed His Blood for the Salvation of many; Jesus as the Word (both Mercy and Wrath) is the Sovereing Judge.

Maran atha!

Angel

 

[FCEGM]

We are God’s greatest miracle, why not be filled with joy instead of depressed humlity, when I think of humility I think of a slave who is afraid to stand up aginst abuse.

Then you think wrongly. And who said anything about “depressed humility”?! You are confusing true humility with being a doormat. Humility is the living in the truth of who we are and Who God Is. (As the Lord Jesus said to St. Catherine of Siena: “I Am He Who Is, you are she who is not.”) In humility we recognize both our weaknesses and our strengths. A soul can understand its own limitations and become sad, sometimes to the point of discouragement. But to know one’s own nothingness under the influence of the Gift of Wisdom (which is the theological virtue that bears the fruit of humility) makes one serene, confident and happy. What does it matter to be little when God is so Great?! If Jesus can speak of Himself as “meek and humble of heart”, then one who seeks to live in reality (which is what true humility is), is in good company.

 

[blackst]

Then you think wrongly. And who said anything about “depressed humility”?! You are confusing true humility with being a doormat. Humility is the living in the truth of who we are and Who God Is. (As the Lord Jesus said to St. Catherine of Siena: “I Am He Who Is, you are she who is not.”) In humility we recognize both our weaknesses and our strengths. A soul can understand its own limitations and become sad, sometimes to the point of discouragement. But to know one’s own nothingness under the influence of the Gift of Wisdom (which is the theological virtue that bears the fruit of humility) makes one serene, confident and happy. What does it matter to be little when God is so Great?! If Jesus can speak of Himself as “meek and humble of heart”, then one who seeks to live in reality (which is what true humility is), is in good company.

Do you not know that we are made in the likeness and image of God, even Jesus said do you not know that they are Gods, Jesus said we would do greater things than he, if we are humble we won’t see the potential God has for his Children, if we are humble we are powerless, Gods power flows through us, we are the temple of the living God.