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So are you saying that you believe that God the Father gave His Son a pathetic name? Matthew wrote: “22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His...

I didn't mention "Onoma". I was asking why "Immanuel" according to you, would be a pathetic name.

I am no expert on Hebrew names, but surely many of them are not nouns. I think of the names given to God in the bible, like Jehovah Jireh (The Lord will provide) and Jehovah Rapha (The Lord that Heals). Yes, "Lord" is a noun, but "provide" and "heals" are verbs. I still don't understand why...

Yes, I said that in my post. What I am asking is why you think it would be a pathetic Hebrew name.

Why pathetic? Immanuel means "God with us," as the verse from Matthew you quoted says. Immanuel or Emanuel seems to be common name among Jews. I remember a famous violinist, for instance, whose name was Emanuel Hurwitz.

Sorry - where did I mention works without faith?

Works have more merit than faith? Not according to Ephesians 2: “8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.” (Eph 2:8-9 NKJV) The next verse says thatwe are saved in order to do good works...

I would say that Christians in the glorified life are there only because they have been saved. Even though their salvation was in the past, Jesus can still rightly be referred to as their Saviour, because He is the One Who saved them. He will certainly still be Lord. So I would say that...

Where do you get the notion of God's Creation being a cosmic temple, a phrase which you used several times? Just wondering.

I think that the way many people use the term "Christian" these days, it has lost much of its meaning. We sometimes hear on news broadcasts reference to the "Christian militia", or a political party known as the "Christian Democrats", for instance, but there seems little connection between such...

Whether technically or any other way, there is only one God, consisting of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. A person who denies the deity of Christ or the Holy Spirit could identify themselves as a Christian, but God Himself is the only one Who can truly and definitely know whether somebody is a...

Where does the bible say that there are three Gods? John's gospel opens with that well-known passage about "the Word", which John explains became flesh, and dwelt among them, so the Word is Jesus Christ. That passages says that the Word was in the beginning with God, and the Word was God, not...

Sorry for misunderstanding, then.

Sorry, but where in the bible are we told that Joseph's flesh was already corrupted: his fat and his skin were no longer young?

Yes, it reminds me of Romans 8:28: “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” (Ro 8:28 NKJV)

Where does Genesis 1 say that upon the light of the day He also put the sun, or that upon the darkness of the night He put the moon and the stars? It's not in verses 14-17, which I quoted. Here they are again: “14 ¶ Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide...

When God first created light, on Day 1, that light clearly did not come from the sun, because that was not created until day 4. When He did create the sun, moon and stars, we read: “14 ¶ Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and...

At that stage, his brothers didn't believe in Him: “For even His brothers did not believe in Him.” (Joh 7:5 NKJV) Like other Jews, they probably thought He was crazy.

We surely all believe in her virginity until after the birth of Jesus. Roman Catholics and some others believe that she remained a virgin all her life. They say that the brothers and sisters of Jesus were either cousins, or children of Joseph from a supposed former marriage.

They do and Christians are taught by Paul in his letter to the Philippians: “being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;” (Php 1:6 NKJV) He doesn't begin a good work in a sinner, then leave it to the sinner to...