Absolutely! God has a Son and His name in Hebrew is Y'shua (English is Jesus) and He is the promised Messiah. He is my LORD AND SAVIOUR and without Him (Y'shua) I would not have salvation which is GRACE. "YHWY saves = Y'shua."
(Strong's #H3068 = Yehovah = "LORD" in KJV)
(Strong's #G2424 = Jehoshua/Jesus/Yehoshua/Y'shua = SALVATION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT and Greek Lexicon of OT)
(Strong's #H3442, H3444, H3091 = Yahshua, Yeshua, Yehoshua = SALVATION in the OLD TESTAMENT)
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GRACE/UNMERITED FAVOR, NOT A NEW CONCEPT, GRACE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT:
(Genesis 6:8) But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
(Exodus 33:12) And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
(Exodus 33:17) And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
(1 Samuel 20:3) And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
(Ezra 9:8) And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
(Psalms 84:11) For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
(Jeremiah 31:2) Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
My point for such a lengthy reply is that the joy I find in knowing that the Entire Bible is applicable to our lives today and there is really no division of "Old" and "New", but "Original" and "Renewed". There is no division or dispensation of Israel/and or Jews and the Church. We are One Nation under One God, with Liberty and Justice for all mankind.
How about you? Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah?
Absolutely. There is no doubt that Jesus is the only Son of God and the Messiah, that He was here on earth to teach man about God, that He died on the cross for man as man, that He was resurrected and is now sitting on the right hand side of God as the Highpriest and Advocate and that He is the Holy Spirit on this earth right now.
I do not believe that there is another separate Holy Spirit as being taught in the churches today but that is a subject for another time if you would like to hear what my thoughts are.
Jesus is my life and my joy.
Without Him I would not exist for He has died for me.
No one can imagine the painly death that Jesus suffered before and at the crucifixion.
Yes, and all that for all my sins.
He is my Saviour and I believe in Him.
He has shown me the way to follow and I am so thankful for that.
Looking back at my life, I realize where He stepped in and carried me.
How He changed my course of action to lead me on the right track.
This He did because He loves me as He knows my heart.
I have learnt to trust Him like a child would trust his/her parents.
When I ask Him, I do not doubt as I have experienced His right answers many times.
I want to be with Him one day and I try my utmost to please Him as I love Him and do not want to disappoint Him.
I don't know what I will do if He let go of my hand but my faith in Him tells me that He never will.
I believe that it is His will that I speak to people on this site as He has provided me with knowledge not many have.
I only speak what I know and He knows that.
I do not make up stories to be famous but I am guided by His Word.
From the Bible I have learnt a lot and although there are descrepancies, the truth comes out and that is the most important fact.
I have learnt what real love is which is a love for those unfortunate ones who do not know God and those who suffer who did not ask for it.
The love I have for God and Jesus Christ is also to obey the Commandments, which includes the Sabbath - Saturday, as best I can and this is also where grace comes in and that is God's power to me to be strong to resist the temptations of Satan to sin and to forgive my sins when I have sinned.
I spend time every day praying and ask that He will control my mind and my deeds and it is just amazing how He does that.
I believe in God and Jesus Christ with my whole heart, sole and mind.
Here is also another piece that I have just written on love.
Jesus came to inform people how and what they must do to be saved.
1 Joh 5:1-3 –
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” This is one of the most important texts in the Bible and the one that is ignored the most.
The text above provides us with the following facts.
Everyone that believes that Jesus is the Christ = is born of God.
Everyone that loves the Father = loves those that is born of God.
Everyone that loves God and keep God’s Commandments = loves the children of God
The love of God = keep His Commandments.
Or another shorter summary:-
The keeping of the Commandments = love of God = love those that is born of God = believes that Jesus is the Christ (Messiah Saviour, Redeemer, Lamb, or Peacekeeper) = loves the children of God.
This is the perfect recipe for true love to God. Any ingredient that is changed negatively will therefore change all the other ingredients negatively. The one who wants to change it will soon realize that the final product is not going to be the same and could possibly turn out to be:-
Do not keep the Commandments = No love to God = No love to those that is born of God = Do not believe that Jesus is the Christ = No love towards the children of God.
Mankind can thus not accept God and reject Jesus or do not believe that Jesus is the Christ, and so could they not say that they love God whilst they disobey His Commandments, and so could they not say that they love the children of God whilst they do not love those that is born of God.
Perfect love can thus be seen as a unity of::- The Love towards God and Jesus Christ, plus the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, plus the love to those that are born of God, plus the love to the children of God, plus the love to keep all the Commandments. The omission of any one ‘love’ above, or even disobeying one or a part of the Commandments of God, disintegrates perfect love and can have serious consequences for man.
Jesus also came to teach man how to be good and loving to mankind, not by empty words, but with deeds.
1 Joh 3:18 –
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
There is much proof in the Bible how Jesus added the deeds with the words and supported mankind with deeds. He healed and fed mankind. He came to teach man what real love is. He prayed right up to the end, with His death on the cross, for those that sinned against Him. He was a perfect example of what God wanted.