Yes many times....in John 18:6 Jesus declares that I AM HE.which only Jehovah God uses in the old testament,
Isaiah 43:10 Ye are my witness saith the Lord and my servant whom i have chosen that ye may and understand and believe ME, and understand that I AM HE, before me there was no God formed neither shall there be after me!
Jesus said he has no need to testify of himself but others can testify of him...
1 John5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. THIS IS THE TRUE GOD , and eternal life.
2006-09-12 02:20:08 · 27 answers · asked by holyghost130 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Amen!
He also tells us He's God here:
Rev. 1:8: “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God “Who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (God = Jesus)
Consider also Revelation 1:17-18:
"When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!”"
God never died -- only Jesus Christ died on the cross; so this MUST be Jesus speaking. Since only Jesus describes Himself as "the Alpha and the Omega" and the "First and the Last," Jesus = God.
Peace.
2006-09-12 02:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It was God doing the declaring out of Jesus. Jesus was born fully a man and it was the Spirit of God in Him that was the God Head. It is similar to when you are operating in the anointing. when you are preaching, evangelizing, operating in the prophetic, teaching, etc. it is God doing the work. If you have ever heard a Word of Prophecy in a group meeting, God will identify Himself out of the person that He is speaking. It is not that person doing the talking even though it is their vocal cords in operation. When Jesus was baptized He became anointed to ministry. On occasions, before that, He was found teaching in the temple, etc. The word is clear that the Holy spirit is the Teacher. Even the Old Testament saints had visitations from the Holy Spirit, but He was not available to live in us until Jesus left, and the Spirit came upon them in the Upper Room. Jesus was the only man that was fully man and fully God. Man being human because His natural Father was Christ Himself. The Flesh of Jesus or the body was fully human but was different because He was conceived by a creative miracle.
2006-09-12 02:47:26 · answer #2 · answered by happylife22842 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So according to your reasoning, everybody who answers a question by saying "I am" is declaring him or herself to be God?
The statement at John 18:6 Jesus answered is
We are looking Jesus the Nazareth.
Not We are looking for Jehovah God.
In your quote of Isaiah 43:10 you misquoted your bible. is says "saith the LORD" not Lord
There is a big difference, because LORD in the bible is a mistranslation of God's Name Jehovah, Yahweh depending on if you are speaking English or Hebrew.
2006-09-12 04:41:14 · answer #3 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus never said he was God Jehovah. he said he was the son of the Most Holy Father. even the 12 he was with, Jesus asked them who do the people say I am and the 12 said that you are the son of the Most Holy Father Jehovah. Jesus Christ is sitting at the right hand of God Jehovah so how can Jesus Christ be God Almighty. www.watchtower.org
2006-09-12 02:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
What is it you are trying to do? Never did I read in the Bible that Our Lord came out and said that He was God. Jesus Christ knew that He was God all along. His time here on Earth was to be the Messiah, the anointed of God, God's Saviour for all the peoples of the Earth, living or dead.
Jesus Christ is God with us .><>
2006-09-12 02:33:46 · answer #5 · answered by CEM 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No,people did it ..i think Paul made this thing up becose he wanted to be noticed amoung people and he had a big ego..he lied on Jesus and made things up like :alowing pig meat,alowing alcohol and something which was not known until that time he told people that Jesus was God and most of the people belived him..like sai baba thing,making miracles and saying that he is a God..its a blasphemy and i witness that there is Only One and Only One God..not tree or two or more..
2006-09-12 02:28:49 · answer #6 · answered by Timurlenk C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Satan is called a God(theos) as well (2 Chr 4:4). Only Jehovah is the allpowerfull god. He is the only true God christians have (pls read 1 Chr 8:5,6).
2006-09-12 02:34:06 · answer #7 · answered by James Blond 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, Jesus did not declare himself God. Those passages in the Bible only eludes Jesus' relationship with Him. It is still open to inquiry because what Jesus said could also be his explaining that he is one with God, that he mirrors God's understanding and heartistic attributes and love.
2006-09-12 02:31:32 · answer #8 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO---- Jesus never claimed to be equal to God. Jesus also said he was ascending to heaven to "his God" as stated at John 20:17--"Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." (So how could he be God if he was going up to his God?)
The Bible mentions several times that Jesus sits at God's right hand. Hebrews 10:12--"But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;"
Other Scriptures to read are Luke 22:69, Mark 16:19, Acts 7:55,56, Romans 8:34, Colossians 3:1, Hebrews 12:2 and 1Peter 3:22
God also exalted Jesus to be a Prince and Saviour as Acts 5:31 states: "Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."
Jesus said he was not as great as his Father so they are not equal in power.
John 14:28--"Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I."
Also Jesus said at Matthew 26:39--"And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."
PSALMS 83:18--That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth." The true God has no other name than Jehovah. He did not say his name was Jesus and Jehovah. Jesus had a beginning--Jehovah did not.
Proverbs 8:22-31 attests to the fact that Jesus was created. It says: "The LORD(Jehovah) possessed me(Jesus) in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men."
2006-09-12 02:39:14 · answer #9 · answered by Micah 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The statement cancels itself. Christ is the son of God and sits on the right hand side of God - that would be indicative of the fact that he is not, indeed, God.
2006-09-12 02:26:51 · answer #10 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋