2006-08-25 15:49:50 · 25 answers · asked by true conservative 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its called the trinity
God the Father
God the Son
God the Holy Spirit
they are one
2006-08-25 15:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a misunderstanding of some of the quotes in the Bible. There are a series of quotes that would suggest the Jesus and God might be one:
John 14:9 - "He who has seen Me has seen the Father."
John 10:30 - "I and My Father are one."
John 14:11 - "I am in the Father and the Father in Me."
However, the concept of His Holiness the Christ and God being one does not explain other quotes in the Bible like:
John 14:28 - "I am going to the Father, for My Father is greater than I."
John 5:30 - "I can of Mine own self do nothing...not My own will, but the will of the Father which has sent Me.
John 1:18 - "No one has see God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared him."
If Jesus and God were one then the second series of quotes could not be explained.
One way to reconcile the quotes is to think of His Holiness Jesus as a perfect reflection of God - the perfect image in every way. If God is like a Sun and Jesus a perfect mirror facing the Sun then when you look at the Sun and the mirror you see the same thing - the perfect image of the Sun. That does not mean the Sun decends into the mirror or that the mirror is made of the same substance as the Sun. However, for all intends and purposes They are One.
Is this concept supported at all in the Bible? There are some quotes that use this same concept.
Col 1:15 - "Who (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God..."
Heb 1:1-3 - "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person..."
2 Cor 4:4 "...lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."
That's it. Take care and great question.
2006-08-25 23:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by LivingDownSouth 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The belief in the deity of Christ is a central part of historic Christian belief, and its development is pretty complex -- beginning with pre-Christian Judaism and extending into the first centuries after Christ.
One of the primary sources for thinking of Jesus as God is the Gospel of John, which makes claims about Jesus such as: "In the beginning was the Word (Jesus) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God," (John 1:1) or "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30).
Of course the traditional Christian faith believes that while Jesus is God, he is distinct from God the Father and God the Spirit.
Perhaps at the heart of the matter is the fact that Jesus' first followers believed that in him they had seen and experienced God in a very real way, and that Jesus had accomplished only what God himself could do.
2006-08-25 23:00:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is only one God, but throughout the bible we are made aware of the different manifestations of God - in the Word, in the Flesh, and in the Spirit. Each of these manifestations seems to have their own persona, yet they are all one with God in mission and purpose.
Read the gospel of John (Chapter 1, verses 1-18) as was suggested above. In this passage of Scripture, we learn that the ‘Word was God’. Then the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. In the very last verse, “the One and Only” (which it says “came from the Father”) is referred to as “God the One and Only”.
But some of the more eye-opening Scriptures that tell us Jesus is God can be found in the book of Revelation. While many believe that Revelation is simply full of ‘revelations’, specifically about the end times, one of the main purposes of this book is to reveal the true identity of Christ.
2006-08-25 22:59:35 · answer #4 · answered by biblenewz 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some people think that jesus and god are the same because of the holy trinity. god(the father), jesus(the son), and the holy spirit. in this sense they arent wrong. they may see jesus as the physical manifestation of god on earth. while some people see them as two totally different entities.
2006-08-25 22:57:54 · answer #5 · answered by god_of_the_accursed 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible teaches that Jesus is God, the second member of the Holy Trinity:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." (John 1:1, 14a)
I believe it, as do all orthodox Christians.
2006-08-25 22:59:47 · answer #6 · answered by Kidd! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
John 1:1 and John 1:14, ! Timothy 3:16, John 10:30,
2006-08-26 02:26:04 · answer #7 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. They are one in the same. Father, Son, Holy Spirit = 1 God.
2006-08-25 22:57:34 · answer #8 · answered by Bible Trekker 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They are two seperate beings. God the Father, God the Son. "in our image" states that God was talking to someone else. Jesus is God in the flesh..but they are still seperate beings.
2006-08-25 23:03:46 · answer #9 · answered by Judah's voice 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are one and the same. God is the father and Jesus is God made into man, who came down on this earth as the ultimate sacrifice so that mankind would know God's love.
Deep, ain't it?
2006-08-25 22:54:32 · answer #10 · answered by Call Me Babs 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋