What would you say to Jesus if you met him?

I could tell you what you would all say, according to the Bible. When you do see Jesus, his eyes are like the flame of fire, and on His head many crowns. People will have to bow down and worship Him, confessing that He is Lord.

Here are the verses if you want to check it up:

"His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on His head [were] many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He himself. " Revelations 19:12

" Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth; And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10-11

That's when you FIRST see Him, in heaven, you'd probably get to ask Him other things.

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Originally Posted by Raven67

"I'd also like to know if he ever had any brothers or sisters."

Jesus did have brothers & sisters.

Mark 3:31
Matthew 13:55
KJV

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James was His brother (the book James in the Bible was written by Him).

<People will have to bow down and worship Him, confessing that He is Lord.>

What a load of garbage. Don't try telling me what I'm gonna do. You're talking complete nonsense. I don't have to do anything.

I just did a google.com search on "Shall I find faith" which is something Jesus said about the last days.

I came up with this url from a Russian Orthodox Bishop's sermon:

http://www.russianorthodoxchurchinex.../pub20041.html


We are presented in the Gospels, by Jesus himself, with a hypothetical account of two different groups of people who meet Jesus, and what they say:

One group rushes to speak first to Jesus. The other group I rather imagine as being silent, and waiting for Jesus to speak first.

Those who impetuously speak out first say, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?" And Jesus says ' And then will I profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU. Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” (Matt 7:15-23)

The other group, which remains silent, hears Jesus say:

"I was hungry, and you gave me food. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was alone and away from home, and you invited me into your house. I was without clothes, and you gave me something to wear. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’


It is NOW that the second group speaks saying ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you alone and away from home and invite you into our house? When did we see you without clothes and give you something to wear? When did we see you sick or in prison and care for you?’

And then Jesus explains ‘I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.’

St. John Climacus, author of the "Ladder of Divine Ascent" said, "At the judgment, you shall known the righteous, for their heads shall be hung low and they shall say 'Lord, we have done nothing worthy."

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Alfred Adler was a wonderful psychologist, still popular in Great Britain, I am told, who wrote a popular book for lay readers entitled "What Life Could Mean for You" (or something similar to that.)

Once, after a public lecture, during a question period, someone said "Dr. Adler, what about the question of God, what have you to say?"

Alfred Adler gave a good answer: "I can only hope, if there is a God, that God would be pleased with what I have done with my life."

Gandhi was mesmerized by Jesus' Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, and yet Gandhi rejected Christianity personally, and tells us precisly why in his autobiography: "I saw Christians sin in the most casual fashion, and when I questioned them, they explained that they were constantly being cleansed by the blood of Jesus' sacrifice and their baptism. But I did not seek to escape the CONSEQUENCES of my sins. I desired, if at all possible, to extinguish sin at its very source."

So if I don't act like a robot I'm not righteous huh?

Frankly, Atiguhya, I was rather hoping that you would become my robot, and buy one of my "Boo is God" tee-shirts, and then you would be righteous in my eyes.

"Hegemony" is an interesting word. The abbot of a Greek monastery is termed "Hegoumen" coming from the same word that we derive "hegemony" meaning "to lead or influence."

One may apply Darwinian notions to religions.

Any religion which is very tolerant of differences is not likely to dominate. Rather a more aggressive, outspoken, less tolerant religion will dominate.

A religion which does not believe in written texts but only in oral teachnings will never evolve a body of literature to influence future ages.

Any religion which advocates extreme pacifism and non-violence is unlikely to dominate over religions which wage holy wars.

But as for Sitaram: "Every knee shall bow to Boo"

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Originally Posted by atiguhya padma

<People will have to bow down and worship Him, confessing that He is Lord.>

What a load of garbage. Don't try telling me what I'm gonna do. You're talking complete nonsense. I don't have to do anything.

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I second that. ;) No worshipping some guy who calls himself God. No sir!

I'm not sure what I'd say to him, really...maybe I'd just go for an "Are you single?" :lol:

To be serious, I might ask him if he really believed in God, and if he knew that God himself was an atheist. Actually, I'd go for confusing him by leading him to a gumtree and saying, "Make this tree bear fruit." :goof:

Given the fact that we're talking about Biblical, real son of God, Jesus, rather than Jesus the man who was just a religious guy, I'd not have to ask much about the afterlife or such.

I'd probably ask if it is better to live my life believing what I feel is right, or to suspend the beliefs that would make me happy just to appease some afterlife choice that exists based on how I act?

I will tell him how much i love him and i want to see him and his Mother. i also will tell him that i am walking on the straight way that he walked on it formerly and our date is in the paradise if God willing and i didn't see him in this life.

how are you? would be a good start...

Or "I heard you've been in poor health recently...."

You died that I might live.
I tried all my life to give.
But I couldn't measure
up to the treasure
you sacrificed.
I lived for pleasure,
I merit your censure.
I am at your mercy.
Do with me what you will.

Nice poem. :)

(I wonder if God will send us another Jesus to die for the next batch of sins - 2000 years is a long time. Then it would be a holy quartet.)

Jesus, I thought you were meant to be a prince of peace, not here to put the sword in man's hand? Well you've certainly done a good job of that...on another subject, I was just wondering, is the world really flat, as you'd have us think?

I would say to him, if you are really God, then why did you say on the cross: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" :p

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Originally Posted by atiguhya padma

Or "I heard you've been in poor health recently...."

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Ok, that's funny :D