...what would become of all us followers of Jesus. would we be violating the 1st commandment by worshiping Jesus as being God...
For the record, I am a Christian and don't believe that this is true, but I thought it was just an interesting thing to think about...
2006-06-29 10:42:29 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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When you pray you are supposed to pray in the name of god and our lord jesus christ
2006-06-29 10:43:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the best thing is to use all of our theological beliefs and concepts and practices as TOOLS -- as a means to an end. Unfortunately, our beliefs are typically treated as an END -- where the belief itself is worshipped as undeniable truth. Instead, the end should be a direct experience of God -- an experience that Jesus and others taught is had NOW, not when we're dead.
Given that, whatever beliefs and practices lead you to this experience are what's important. The experience itself will make questions like this moot. Was Jesus a man and not the third part in the Trinity? If so, would worshipping Jesus violate a commandment? These questions really should be answered as follows: are these helpful for me in getting a direct experience of God (unconditional Love)? Do I think that the concepts of sin and punishment and disobedience are helpful when trying to experience this Unconditional Love, this Unconditioned Reality? Only each individual can answer these questions and only through their own experiences.
2006-06-29 17:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If God is the God that Christians believe in then Jesus is God because God wrote the Bible. God is a true God and cannot lie. Therefore, everything in the Bible is true because God wrote it with the help of men that were inspired and lead by His Holy Spirit.
Jesus was not just a man but also God incarnate.
2006-06-29 18:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by divprod 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Jesus was "just a man", then God would be just a higher power. You cannot separate the two, or should I say three (God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit). As Christian's we should never place that type of doubt in another's mind. Take care!
2006-06-29 17:47:18 · answer #4 · answered by Matured One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we worship Jesus, we worship God....it's the trinity (father, son & holy spirit). Because of that I would have to say we aren't violating the 1st commandment. Also, Jesus may have been just a man, but who cares....he died for us and that's all that matters. [For the record, he wasn't just a man. I am only speaking hypothetically].
2006-06-29 17:45:37 · answer #5 · answered by alacaliwest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a man just like other prophets like Joseph, Moses etc.
Secondly JESUS is alive, God took him alive and he will return one day some 40 years before the Great Day Of Judgment.
Moses had his miracles and so did Jesus. In the same way Mary gave birth to Jesus without any father, it was a miracle.GOD IS NOT JESUS' FATHER. Jesus himself told all the people this when he was in the lap of Mary, another miracle.
2006-06-29 17:51:00 · answer #6 · answered by the only BM 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One precludes the other.
If the God Christians believe in is real as revealed by Jesus then Jesus was not just a man.
If the God Christians believe in is false as revealed by Jesus then Jesus was not only just a man but perhaps the greatest con artist who ever lived.
2006-06-29 17:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by Temple 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Jesus was a just a mortal man who everybody believed to be the Son Of God and therefore decided to base the entire Christian faith around it. He was nothing more than a man with a good business plan and a persuasive voice.
2006-06-29 18:03:39 · answer #8 · answered by afterbirth07 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive wondered myself honestly. However, God DID promise a Messiah, and Jesus fits the criteria more than anyone else has. I dont think it would be possible that the Messiah has already come and wasn't Jesus, and if the Messiah hasn't come yet, then we've been left by God to fend for ourselves since we can no longer make required sacrifices for sins, since the Temple was destroyed.
2006-06-29 17:46:44 · answer #9 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that is where one's faith comes into play. The Christian faith is dependant on the belief that God loved his children so much, that he sent his one and only son to pay the price for their sins. As for your question, I think Christians learn to distinguish between God and his Son. Jesus always spoke of all things being done through him through the Father...he was always clear on this so that people would not fail to see that it is God who is to be worshipped.
2006-06-29 18:19:47 · answer #10 · answered by Angela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, it would be NO BIG DEAL. Primarily because a particular religion, ahem *Judaism* has existed for several thousand years believing just that very thing. According to the Jewish faith, gentiles are to abide by the 7 Noahide Laws in order to not go to hell. And of course hell is an anomoly in Judaism--it is not the place traditionally associated with in Christianity.
2006-06-29 18:08:08 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋