Did christ say with his own mouth he is God?
I'm just interested in the religion and would like to find out more.
2006-09-09 08:50:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Here are a few:
Matt. 4:7; Luke 4:12 - Jesus tells satan, "you shall not tempt the Lord your God" in reference to Himself.
Matt. 5:21-22; 27-28; 31-32; 33-34; 38-39; 43-44 - Jesus makes Himself equal to God when He declares, "You heard it said...but I say to you.."
Matt. 7:21-22; Luke 6:46 - not everyone who says to Jesus, "Lord, Lord." Jesus calls Himself Lord, which is God.
Matt. 9:2; Mark 2:5; Luke 5:20; 7:48 - Jesus forgives sins. Only God can forgive sins.
Matt. 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5 - Jesus says that He is "Lord of the Sabbath." He is the Lord of God's law which means He is God.
Matt. 18:20 - Jesus says where two or three are gathered in His name, there He is in the midst of them.
Matt. 21:3; Luke 19:31,34 - Jesus calls himself "Lord." "The Lord has need of them."
Matt. 26:64; Mark 14:62; Luke 22:70 - Jesus acknowledges that He is the Son of God.
Matt. 28:20 - Jesus said He is with us always, even unto the end of the world. Only God is omnipresent.
Mark 14:36 - Jesus calls God "Abba," Aramaic for daddy, which was an absolutely unprecedented address to God and demonstrates Jesus' unique intimacy with the Father.
Luke 8:39 - Luke reports that Jesus said "tell how much God has done for you." And the man declared how much Jesus did.
Luke 17:18 - Jesus asks why the other nine lepers did not come back to give praise to Him, God, except the Samaritan leper.
Luke 19:38,40 - Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. If these were silent, the very stones would cry out.
John 5:18 - Jesus claimed to be God. The Jews knew this because Jesus called God His Father and made Himself equal to God. This is why Jesus was crucified.
John 5:21-22 - Jesus gives life and says that all judgment has been given to Him by the Father.
John 5:23 - Jesus equates Himself with the Father, "whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him."
John 6:38 - Jesus says, "For I have come down from heaven."
John 8:12 - Jesus says "I am the light of the world." - 1 John 1:5 - God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
John 8:19 - Jesus says, "if you knew me, you would know my Father also."
John 8:23 - Jesus says that He is not of this world. Only God is not of this world.
John 8:58 - Jesus says, "Before Abraham was, I AM." Exodus 3:14 - "I AM" means "Yahweh," which means God.
John 10:18 - Jesus says He has the power to lay down His life and take it up again - Gal. 1:1 - God raised Jesus to life.
John 10:30 - Jesus says, "I and the Father are one." They are equal. The Jews even claimed Jesus made Himself equal to God. Jesus' statement in John 14:28, "the Father is greater than I," cannot contradict John 10:30 (the Word of God is never in conflict). Jesus' statement in John 14:28 simply refers to His human messianic role as servant and slave, which He, and not the Father or the Holy Spirit, undertook in the flesh.
John 10:36 - again, Jesus claims that He is "the Son of God."
John 10:38; 14:10 - "the Father is in me and I am in the Father" means the Father and Son are equal.
John 12:45 - Jesus says, "He who sees Me sees Him who sent Me." God the Father is equal to God the Son.
John 13:13 - Jesus says, "You call me Teacher and Lord and you are right for so I AM."
2006-09-09 08:53:31 · answer #1 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Jesus spoke in the context of being the pure representative of God, that is where the confusion arises, sometimes God himself comes to the material world to attract the living entities back to the spiritual realm, at other times he sends his bona-fide representative who is empowered through pure consciousness to reflect the message of God, these representatives are also avatars who descend to this realm to help and assist the fallen souls.
So there is oneness in love and purpose and also, at the same time, difference, that difference is that God and Jesus are both individual entities but are united in presenting the message of God consciousness to suffering humanity.
A material analogy is that an ambassador of a country has the authority to sign a document that legally represents all the people in the country, the signature is accepted as good the Presidents, even though the President and all the citizens are not present, the ambassador has the potency, in a legal sense to represent them, it is the same for any bona-fide representative/ prophet/ spiritual master, that is sent by God.
The term "son of God", is very nice and can be expanded to all of us and certainly to the advanced pure souls who come to the material world, out of compassion to lead the covered souls out of the dark dense ignorance of material existence and back to the world of light.
To discuss further:-Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari (sda@backtohome.com)
2006-09-09 09:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Debra M is right on the money. There are many more verses in the New Testament as well as the Old. Jesus Christ is not only the Son of God but as well as God our Lord.
2006-09-09 08:59:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
He said he was the "son of God", but I believe that he was a prophet with some good ideas on how we should live and treat each other, and that he meant it metaphorically, as in all mankind are the children of God.
I am no longer a Christian, but was raised a Catholic. I'm now more interested in the Pagan, Spiritual and Eastern Philosophies.
Namaste, Love & Light
Morgaen xx
2006-09-09 09:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by morgaenwyld 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians believe in the holy 'Trinity', which consists of Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is God's son who died for us on the cross so our sins can be forgiven. Jesus is different from God, yet He was filled with God's Holy Spirit and had power from God to perform miracles and to forgive people their sins. Through His perfect life He was really the embodiment of God on this Earth. The Holy Spirit can live in all of us if we choose to accept Jesus as our saviour.
I'm really glad you are wanting to find out more about Jesus - I can honestly say that He has transformed my life. Knowing Him is fantastic! I can recommend a great book - 'Run, Baby, Run' by Nicky Cruz. It's an amazing book to read even if you don't believe in God - Nicky was the leader of one of Brooklyn's most notorious gangs and he found Jesus who turned his life around and saved him from a life of crime and violence. Good luck to you and I hope you come to know Jesus along your journey of discovery!
2006-09-09 09:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by drblonde 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he actually did not. Not in any of the scriptures as they were originally written. However, man has changed some in translation so some bibles appear to say he did.
He said he was the son of God and that he did the will of God. He said that those who had seen him had seen God because he was doing God's will and being 'like' God. He said he was 'like' God, in the way he acted.
But he never considered himself to be God. Others said he was to which he replied that 'you said that I am'.
2006-09-09 11:52:05 · answer #6 · answered by ManoGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not directly but it is implied in John 14:15-21. There are other places in which the trinity is affirmed. Find yourself a bible dictionary and research the Trinity it will help you to understand the concept better.
2006-09-09 09:08:22 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, He didn't have to because to the people at that time it would have been obvious. Only god could forgive sins. He said that anyone who had seen Him had seen the father also. And when He was resurrected and showed Himself to Thomas, Thomas fell to his knees and said, 'my Lord and my God!'
2006-09-09 09:27:58 · answer #8 · answered by good tree 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a christian. Be warned, becoming one does, in most cases, irrevocably damage your ability to think for yourself and to listen to people with different views without starting to froth at the mouth.
2006-09-09 09:08:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
no but the son of God
2006-09-09 09:32:57 · answer #10 · answered by malaika 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋