His Name!!!!!

His name!!!!

His name is Jesus Christ so I have been told. I have been calling on the name Jesus for many years. When I pray I say ' in Jesus name amen. 

I have heard before and now I find myself getting a bit confused about the name of God's begotten son Jesus Christ. I have been watching videos on YouTube of other Christians giving information to the fact that Jesus name is not Jesus because there was no letter J in the alphabet before a certain period. These videos also claim that earlier Christians did not know the name Jesus because it simply did not exist. 

So I decided to do some checking around on the Internet. I felt I needed to check this out because I found myself being confused in my prayers as to what to call my Lord and savior. I was being very bothered by this because I felt that these people were making a big deal about Jesus name and the letter J. I was very willing to defend the name Jesus because it is what I know. I could not understand why they were not concerned with the other names in the bible which also had the letter J in it. 

I tried to look up all the names of the prophets which had the letter J in them.  Jonah, Joel, Jeremiah, John, James,  Elijah, Jeconiah king of Juda, The people of Juda, Jericho the city, Jehovah God, John the baptist, Jacob, Joseph, Joshua, Jerusalem the city, I'm sure I missed one but I wondered should I not call these name with the J sound and replace it with the original Y from the Hebrew text. I thought this is a bit too much and got upset all over again thinking about this. 

What I know is that I speak the English language and Jesus Christ is the name we use in the English language and God is a God of all languages. The more I thought and read about this I realized that I may be wrong. Gods name and his sons name were changed because earlier Christians thought that Gods name was too holy to be repeated by man so it got replaced. I just recently came across his name Yeshua. I have heard it in songs and I have heard it elsewhere. On this website  www. Whatdoesyeshuamean.com Yeshua  means salvation in Hebrew. 

There is something interesting which takes place in my mind when I say the name Yeshua. I become a little hesitant and want to cry. (The name Yeshua takes me to the cross at the moment when they pierced his side like in the movie passion of the Christ, however instead of water gushing from his side I see rain like a light summer rain and the sun shining). 

I copied this from the Website above, 

The name “Jesus” comes from the Latin Iesus, which comes from an Anglicized form of the Greek name Yesous. What this means  is that the Greek name Yesous was altered as it was adopted by the English language.  In the 1st century the Greek name Yesous represented the Hebrew name Yeshua, which was a shortened form of the Hebrew name Yehoshua.   Despite claims to the contrary, there is no historical or linguistic basis in any biblical texts for other modern forms of the name Yeshua, such as Yahshua, Yahushua, Yeshu, or Y’shua.  The name ‘Jesus’ did not yet exist during the the time that Jesus Christ was on Earth, approximately 4 BC to 29 or 34 AD.  It did not come into existence until it was configured by the Council of Nicea of the Roman Catholic Church in the 4th century.

I am not hoping to cause confusion but I hope to spread the truth. God Bless

Today I Pray!!!

Heavenly father I pray, I pray for those who have been gunned down mercilessly. The other day 1 man choose to walk into a church and take the lives of 9 parishioners. I don't know how true this comment is but I heard he prayed first and then killed innocent people. I do not believe that he was praying to you.

 Some people are disturbed and have been brainwashed into dispersing hate. You are a God of love. Why don't people see that. I go online and read people's hateful comments about black people and about you,God. 

They give excuses as to why it's ok to take someone else's life. They say the laws need to be obeyed. Whose laws. These are not and in no way are they your laws God. 

This world is in turmoil and you told us these things would happen. Today 1 man decided to take the life of a police officer. I hear the news even if I don't want to. I hear the news of innocent blacks being gunned down across America by police officers. To take the life of another is sin and you tell us to not murder. Lord please help us, as a nation as a people across this world because it is happening all across this whole world. I keep saying that the world needs you Lord. This world needs love but there are many who teach hate, and violence. You are the love that we need. 

 Heavenly father I have heard all kinds of hateful things about myself but I refuse to pick up a gun and start killing innocent people. You said that" vengeance is mines, says the Lord. So I will let your holy spirit guide me in everything that I do. 

No one is concerned about anything or other peoples problems unless it affects them. People go on their merry way and continue the same pattern of hate tomorrow. 

God is merciful and he has mercy on us because he created us and he loves us. Man has and does not know mercy because he will drop a bullet and a bomb and go about his day to day and laugh about it.  People take the life as if they have the power to give and take a life. God out of his love and generosity giveth life. Wicked and abominable people take life with no regards to the consequence.

I know this world is ending soon because wickedness cannot go on forever. For those who do not believe in God and a savior just know that Jesus is coming soon so why get caught off guard. 

Watch and pray so that you may be able to escape the things which  are about to take place and that you will be able to stand before the son of man. Luke 21:36

I seek Christ!!!

I seek life and not death

I seek love and not hate

I seek right and not wrong

I seek Peace and not war

I seek joy and not sorrow 

I seek hope and not Despair

I seek wealth and not poverty

 I Seek gratitude and not condemnation

I seek wisdom and not foolishness

I seek righteousness and not sin

I seek compassion and not tyranny

I seek forgiveness and not accusations

I seek health and not sickness

I seek happiness and not gloom

I seek humility not arrogance

I seek comfort and not pain 

I seek strength and not weakness

I aspire to do the things which God tells us to do. Jesus came and laid the ground rules. If most of us really follow Jesus then this world would be a much better place to live.