Interestingly and confusingly, I have heard a number of people say that Jesus is a prophet "but nothing more" or that they believe that Jesus was a prophet born of Mary etc. "but nothing more". How do you reconcile the things that Jesus said of Himself? Such as
"I am the way the truth and the Life, no one comes through the Father but by me." He also said "I am the resurrection and the life" when he raised someone from the dead. Most other prophets never claimed these things nor that they themselves were divine saying "before Abraham was, I am." How do you reconcile the attitude that even some of the Jews of his day had toward him, thinking that He was blasheming saying that He was God, etc? The Chief Priests, Scribes, Pharasees and Sadducess wanted to kill Him because He made Himself out to be God.
What do you do about that? Do you simply dismiss that and say that those parts of the Bible are false? How would you respond?
Was He a prophet, who spoke for God, or not?
2006-06-24
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Rod M
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