What does it mean to acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 4:15)?

[arunangelo]

What does it mean to acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 4:15)?
To acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God is to acknowledge God’s love; because, it is His love for us which enabled Him to send His only begotten son into the world so that through His sacrifice, we (who have been unfaithful to Him and betrayed Him) may have eternal life (John 3:16). To acknowledge is to confirm. Is there any other way to confirm His love other than to show it in our lives (Matthew 5:16)?

 

[Verbum]

Hi Arunangelo,

To acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God is to acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God.

Acknowlege : to recognize as genuine or valid.

However, as St. John explains, the fact of God dwelling among us is proof of God’s love and motivates us to love HIm in return through the love of our neighbor.

Verbum

 

[jcrichton]

What does it mean to acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 4:15)?
To acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God is to acknowledge God’s love; because, it is His love for us which enabled Him to send His only begotten son into the world so that through His sacrifice, we (who have been unfaithful to Him and betrayed Him) may have eternal life (John 3:16). To acknowledge is to confirm. Is there any other way to confirm His love other than to show it in our lives (Matthew 5:16)?

***Hi, arunangelo!

Even from her infancy the Church battled heresies… denying Christ as the Son of God seems to have its origins in the Jewish people; however, just as today, the more they could convince non-Christians that Jesus is not the Son of God the more credence Judaism would have.

Verse 15, along with the preceding and proceeding verses, embodies the theology of Love: God is Love so we must Love in order to remain in God; we know that we are in God because He Loved us and granted us His Spirit through His Son so that we may become one in His Love (St. John 1:1-18; 4:24; Galatians 4:6).

Obedience is the only true manner in which we can show this:

If you love me you will keep my commandments. *** (St. John 14:15)

Maran atha!

Angel

 

[jcrichton]

In principio erat Verbum
Verbum

***Hi, Verbum!

…I remember reading a Bible version in Spanish that rendered St. John 1:1 as “en el principio existía el Verbo…” exactly what your signature says… do you know of any Catholic Bible which uses that term (English/Spanish) instead of “Word?”

Maran atha!

Angel***

 

[Verbum]

Hi JC,

The Greek “logos” and the Latin “verbum” both mean “word”. In both Spanish, Italian and French, “Verbo” and “Verbe” have taken on the Latin meaning of “word of God”. Using the word “verb” in English would not do, because it has not taken that specialized meaning of the “word of God”.

Here is an example in Spanish:
godonthe.net/la_biblia/43spjohn.htm

However even in those languages that transliterate “verbum”, some translations do use palabra, parola or parole. This is also legitimate, and, as a matter of fact, easier to understand. Here’s an example in Spanish

theworkofgod.org/Spanish/Biblia/Asp/5

Verbum

 

[jcrichton]

Hi JC,

The Greek “logos” and the Latin “verbum” both mean “word”. In both Spanish, Italian and French, “Verbo” and “Verbe” have taken on the Latin meaning of “word of God”. Using the word “verb” in English would not do, because it has not taken that specialized meaning of the “word of God”.

Here is an example in Spanish:
godonthe.net/la_biblia/43spjohn.htm

However even in those languages that transliterate “verbum”, some translations do use palabra, parola or parole. This is also legitimate, and, as a matter of fact, easier to understand. Here’s an example in Spanish

theworkofgod.org/Spanish/Biblia/Asp/5

Verbum

***Hi, Verbum!



…that’s how misunderstandings start… since Latin is the root language for French, Spanish, Italian… I ran with what seemed a familiar term (verbum)–verb/verbo…

…apparently, the Bible I recalled, must have been a translation from Latin and the term was transposed without regard for its meaning (unless verbum would also be translated as verb)…

Thanks for the assist!

Maran atha!

Angel

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[COPLAND_3]

St. Augustine points out the important part of what it means.

“Now we may say it in not many words; 'whosoever shall confess;’ not in word but in deed, not with tongue but with the life. For many confess in words, but in deeds deny.” Homily 8