#12. A Survey About Your Beliefs
What does it mean to have faith in Jesus? Would you have believed in Him 2000 years ago? If Jesus appeared today, would you believe it is Him? Do you accept on blind faith or are you from Missouri -- show me? Do you believe in miracles today or are people being fooled? Are you naive or are you a realist? Are you willing to adjust your beliefs when confronted with convincing evidence to the contrary? Or are you resistant to change regardless of any so-called evidence? Answer these four propositions and then make a comment. Tell me what you have learned. Thanks!
A Survey About Your Beliefs:
1. If you happened to be living 2000 years ago and Jesus appeared before you speaking words of peace to the raging storm causing the wind and waves to become perfectly calm, would you have believed him to be:
a) a divine being b) of the devil c) an illusionist d) a human being e) a mental case
2. If a bearded man with shoulder-length hair and wearing a robe appears before you today speaking words of peace to the raging storm causing the wind and waves to become perfectly calm, would you believe him to be:
a) a divine being b) of the devil c) an illusionist d) a human being e) a mental case
3. If today you decided to speak words of peace to the raging storm causing the wind and waves to become perfectly calm, would you believe yourself to be:
a) a divine being b) of the devil c) an illusionist d) a human being e) a mental case
4. If today Jesus appears before you clean-shaven, wearing a suit and tie, and speaks words of peace to the raging storm causing the wind and waves to become perfectly calm, would you believe him to be:
a) a divine being b) of the devil c) an illusionist d) a human being e) a mental case
posted by Virgil at 6:17 PM
12 Comments:
As I think of all the goings on in my life as I was growing up and still am. I at times would ask myself, "Where were you Jesus when I needed you? how could you allow such pain to be brought upon me? I feEL punished and so dirty inside. Have you forsaken me? I am in agony with all of this affliction and at times find it so difficult to deal with. Where were you when I cried?" For a long time I didnot have faith in Jesus, and there were times when I question myself about Jesus. Now, I do believe in Jesus, and He has appeared before me, and I did believe it was him. He embraced me,He held my hand,He took me on a journey. I cannot begin to tell you what and how I felt. All I know is that a miracle has taken place and I was blessed.
SURVEY BELIEFS:
1.a 2.a 3.d 4.a (In the begining I had a hard time answering this,I now understand)
I have learned that I needed to analyze my thoughts and have a deeper understanding of the circumstances that were going on in my life.I need to have faith in God and in me, that God created love when he created me, and God can be in many forms when he makes his appearance, I needed to forgive myself in all of my doubts. I didn't ask for his guidance, I didn't listen, he was there, I didn't trust. I could write a book of all my didnot's. I am still learning.I have awaken to the fact that I am a part of God, and that God is such a part of me. O YES I DO BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, WHATS WRONG WITH CHANGE? I have no qualms about change.
If I were living 2000yrs ago I would not believe in Jesus, and I don't believe in him now. He has done nothing for me or my family.IF you say who he is. Sorry to be negative about this.
About the OL JC, YEAH, he's cool. Hell, if he came to my door, I'd probably wet my pants. To think he'd be knocken at my door! Yeah, that be cool.
"To have faith in Jesus means is to believe in Him,hope without seeing him." And I do have faith, and of course if he appeared today I would believe it is him. I consider my self as a matter-of-fact type person.And I believe in miracles, anything is possible in life.
MARK 11:22-24
"Then Jesus said to his desciples,'Have faith in God I assure you that you can say to this mountian,'May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,'and your command will be obeyed. All thats required is that you really believe and do not doubt in your heart, Listen to me! You can pray for anything, and if you believe, you will have it."
"And so it is"
1.A 2.A 3.A 4.A
I LEARNED THAT GOD IS EVERYWHERE,IN ME AND IN YOU. AND TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE MOUNTIANS. NEED I SAY MORE? Savvy
I have never been convinced that there is a god, with all the rapes and killings, and the anger we have going on with our lifes I seem to wonder if our world is controlled by the devil.Well, then theres George W. Bush, makes you wonder even more. I guess you could say IM bitter and I am.I lost my true love a few years ago from cancer.IT just wasn't fair. To the answer to your survey: 1.E 2. E 3.E 4.E. I learned that I still hurt deep inside from my loss, and I still find it unexceptablethat god(if there is one would allow such suffering) Please not for a moment do I find your blog-site or your web-site wrong, as a matter of fact I enjoy all that I read, at times it is comforting. I am not aithiest, IM just hurting and angry.
O Boy, the best way for me to answer this piece is to say I believe and have faith in Jesus. After all if he come a calling at my door I would invite him in for a cup of Java, and we both can calm the raging storm. Wow, to think Jesus and Me! As for your survey: 1.A 2.A 3.A 4.A
There is no other answers.
Steve
I appreciate your candor and honesty. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your grief. Sometimes life does not make sense, does it? Have you had a chance to talk to a counselor? Here are two questions to answer: 1. What are you going to do with the rest of your life? 2. Would your beloved want you to continue to be sad and bitter, or to find healing for your heart and make the most of your life? My first wife died at 31 years of age, so I've been there. Believe me, there is life on the other side of your hurt. Trust me, my friend!
I THOUGHT THAT I BELIEVED IN JESUS. I DON'T KNOW NOW THAT I DO. I HAVE A LOT OF "WHAT IF'S" AND THEY ARE ONLY TOO DEPRESSING TO THINK ABOUT.LIFE HAS THROWN ME TOO MANY BLOWS, AND I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THEM ANYMORE. SO...GOD...WHERE ARE YOU NOW? WHO GUIDES ME NOW? WHERE ARE THE ANGELS? NO ONES THERE. GOD IS AN ILLUSION. I AM SO TIRED OF THE FIGHT. I AM ALONE AND SCARED. IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE.
Carla
So sad that you're feeling so sad. When you get so bogged down with the sorrows of life, you loose all hope and cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel. Sounds like you could benefit from some counseling. By going to my website, you can find my email address and send me a note. Maybe I can be of help to you. Don't give up. Let's keep searching for the light.
I would like it very much if Jesus came knocking at my door. Would I believe it was him? Sure I would even if he was clean shaven, and besides, how could one miss not seeing the beautiful light that surrounds him! There would be so many things we could talk about. I think if we put our heads together we would be able to come up with a sollution on how to stop all the craziness in this world first by removing the big cheese out of the white house and all his calamity. That man is a disgrace to our country. He has hatred in his heart. WE NEED MORE LOVE! As to your multible choice, (A) for all 4 of the answers.
Who would ever think that Jesus would knock at my door! that in itself would be a miracle. To think back 2000yrs ago, sure I would believe that he was Jesus, after all, he was the talk of the land, he was worshiped and loved.And if he came to my door clean shaven with short hair, by golley, I still would believe it was him, and not only that he has this beautiful light that surrounds him. Yes, I believe in Jesus, I love him with my heart. And for the multible choice ansewer, all would have to be (A)
for I AM
I believed in Jesus as a child and grew up in a traditional protestant household. I left the fold as many do in my early 20's.
Life hit hard when disillusionment and depression set in after a difficult divorce. Then, one night I decided to pray for help in getting me through the night. Did Jesus appear? No, but I found some peace. And in the morning, | was able to start planning for my new life as a single mom. I tried Catholicism,loved the rituals, but their philosophy at the time angered me. An artist friend/lover mentioned Edgar Cayce and at another difficult time following my mom's suicide, I went to the library in search of Edgar Cayce materials and found "A Search for God" - study group reading materials and Harmon Bro's, "Dreams in the Life of Prayer," which had a section on how to meditate, and it focused in on letting go of hindrances that would impede one's approach to the throne of God. Forgiveness. I prayed for forgiveness for all my grievances that I felt stood in my way through my deep sense of unworthiness. I had a long, long conversation with God. Suddenly, my words and thoughts just stopped.
The brightest, whitest LIGHT filled the room I was in and penetrated my entire being. Communication was not in words, but I KNEW that All That Is, God,
was there with me. Answers to questions I hadn't even fathomed as yet were there in that LIGHT. It was Feb.2, 1981. I will never forget that day. That knowing of the LIGHT IS. It IS there for each of us.
Was it Jesus? I don't know. I do believe He and other avatars, enlightened beings prepared the way.
Why am I on this site? Because Unity Chapel & Virgil and Jack Boland & Marianne Williamson, former ministers of The Church of Today, now Renaissance Unity brought me full circle, back to the meaningful teachings of Jesus. After Unity and now A Course in Miracles student, I think Jesus stands cleverly disguised as Virgil Brewer, Marianne Williamson, Jack Boland, and in YOU dear reader. Skyehawk
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