Jesus Christ my God
What tribe was Jesus Christ from?
Tribe of Judah.
The Holy Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke trace the ancestry of the Lord Jesus Christ back to Abraham and Adam, respectively. Though both genealogies are not exactly alike, the ancestries were included in the Holy Gospels to emphasize that the Lord Jesus was a son of King David, which was the necessary lineage for the Messiah.
True or false: The Bible is the most translated book in history.
The entire Bible has been translated into 670 languages. The New Testament alone is available in approximately 1,500 languages, and at least one portion of the whole Scripture (that is, one book, one psalm, or a fragment from either the Old or the New Testaments) has been translated into more than 3,000 languages.
Give me one logical reason for the existence of God.
A Planet Perfect for Life: Our atmosphere contains a mixture of gases in perfect proportions to sustain life. Oxygen makes up 21% of our air. If the proportion of oxygen in the air increased by only 2%, objects around us could literally burst into flame.
- Common sense tells us that the existence of a magnificent universe sustained by countless laws of physics requires the existence of a Creator of those laws, a Designer of those structures.
- The Law of Cause and Effect. Every effect has a cause. Everything in this Universe has a cause except the First Cause. This first cause gave rise to everything else:God
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
Archangel________ brought the good news to saint Mary about giving birth to Jesus Christ.
Archangel Gabriel
Give me examples that show the divinity of Jesus Christ.
walking on water. The miracles that Jesus performed. Forgiving sins. Rising from the dead.
Humans can’t walk on water, but divine nature alone does not have legs.
How many books in the bible?
66 books. 27 new and 36 old
True or false: Science is limited.
The aim of science is to study matter and energy.
-For example, love is a fact of life, but since it is neither matter nor energy it cannot be investigated by science. There is no gadget to measure the mass, length, breadth, or temperature of love.
-The aim of science is not to investigate all reality, but rather to investigate those realities that are seen in the form of matter and energy.
-God is neither matter nor energy. Thereforethe methods of experimental sciences cannot be applied to disprove His existence.
What is the only 5 letter word that becomes larger when you add the letter “r” to it?
The word “large”
He committed the first murder in human history?
Cain killed Abel.
Does Jesus have 2 natures? That of God, and that of man?
No… Jesus had one nature. The humanity and the divinity of Jesus Christ they came together in a mysterious and incomprehensible
union without confusion or change. The manner of this union is entirely beyond conception." –
What is the main theme of the entire bible?
The Bible covers a variety of subjects: Origin of universe, creation of man, beginning of sin, divine principles of government, rise and history of
Israel, incarnation of Christ, institution of the church, evangelization of the world. Yet, with all of this variety, there is one theme from beginning to end: Jesus Christ, and the redemption of mankind.
As orthodox Christians, are we gnostic theists or Agnostic theists?
We are gnostic theists, or people who believe in God but also KNOW for certain that God exists. Science will dare us badly at this point, but we know God exists because we sought Him out through
faith, He answered, and He showed us His works. Seek, and you will find (Matthew 7:7). If God is the creator of all, then He has a mind of His own, meaning that you will only find Him if you seek first wholeheartedly and have faith.
An agnostic person- with the added ‘a’ prefix for negation, claims that there is no possible way to say for certain that God exists. An agnostic theist, then, says that he believes in God, will worship him, but has no way of KNOWING if God exists after all.
What can you hold in your left hand but can never hold in your right hand?
Your right hand.
I fled from pharaoh's wife and from sin. As a result i was thrown in prison.
st. Joseph
what are some proofs of the resurrection?
The empty tomb: The tomb was found empty a few days after Jesus' burial.
Eyewitness accounts: Many people claimed to have seen Jesus alive after his death, including the apostles.
Mary Magdalene (John 20:10-18)
The women returning to the tomb (Matt 28:1-10)
Peter (Luke 24:34)
The disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:36-43)
The Apostles (John 20:19-23, Matt 28:16-20) The seven by the Lake of Tiberias (John 21:1-23) James (1 Cor 15:7)
Paul (Acts 9:3-6, 1 Cor 15:8)
Stephen (Acts 7:54-60)
John on the island of Patmos (Rev 1:10-19)
How may authors wrote the Bible?
40 men have such diverse backgrounds: Doctors, fishermen, shepherds, soldiers, kings, princes some were rich, some were poor, educated, uneducated. Without a single contradiction because they were guided by the holy spirit.
What are the key ingredients of religion?
I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Sounds familiar? Religion is the belief in God, the exercise of practical faith by constantly searching for Him, constantly remaining in touch with Him, and firmly asserting His existence till martyrdom.
- Faith without evidence is incomplete, for God has explicitly stated that “Eternal life is KNOWING the Father and Jesus Christ whom He sent” (John 17:3).
Imagine you are in a sinking boat and surrounded by sharks. What could you do to survive?
Stop imagining
I was chosen instead Judas Iscariot to be the 12th disciple.
st. Matthias
Give me one prophecy that talks about resurrection.
Job 19:25–27; Job - in the depths of despair - admitted, “For I know that my redeemer lives, and HE shall stand at last on the earth; and after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD” (Job 19:25-27). Job was that specific even before the prophecies were fulfilled!
-Ps 49:15; 73:23–28;
-Isa 25:8; 26:19;
-Ezekiel 37:1–14; Hos 13:14; Dan 12:1–4 etc.),
Connections between Psalm 16:10 and Psalm 22
-Isaiah 53:10–11 and
-Daniel 12:2–3 reveal that the Messiah, in particular, would be raised from the dead.
Why should we know the bible?
The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.” - St. John Chrysostom
- “Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.” - Titus 1:9
- We are called to defend our faith and to convict those who contradict the word of God. Thus, we should solidify the evidence in our minds and engrave it in our hearts in order for us to live up to our calling.
Why do people sometimes replace “Oh my God” with “Oh my goodness” ?
Oh My Goodness is a substitute phrase for Oh my God, implying that God and goodness are inseparable entities.
-The Lord is the source of all the fruit, blessings, and goodness in our life. He provided us with a guide for what is right and what is wrong. He
provided us with a rulebook to refer to. The Holy Spirit provides our souls with a zeal and conscience that guides us. Thus, how can one claim that they can lead a morally good life without the presence of the source of goodness, the Lord Himself?
- “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” - James 1:17
What does this mean? I RIGHT I
Right between the eyes.
David the prophet sinned with this woman and he sent her husband (Uriah the Hittite ) to war to die. who is she?
Bathsheba