How can Jesus and God be the same when....?

Question

Matthew 26:64
Jesus replied, "Yes, it is as you say. And in the future you will see me, the Son of Man, sitting at God's right hand in the place of power and coming back on the clouds of heaven."


Mark 14:64
Jesus said, "I am, and you will see me, the Son of Man, sitting at God's right hand in the place of power and coming back on the clouds of heaven."


Luke 22:69
But the time is soon coming when I, the Son of Man, will be sitting at God's right hand in the place of power."

Answer 1

I kind of wish i knew but there are so many bibles and copies out there that no one has the facts completly straight there are also many contradictions.

Answer 2

Bad Cosmo list of scriptures, provide great reading. In most cases if you read the context of those verses you will see that they don't teach the trinity.

In referencing John 10:30, he missed John 10:34, where Jesus liken himself to Ps 82:6 human judges appointed by God. Jesus didn't quote Ps 83:18.

Matt 26:63, 64 Jesus honestly answered that he was the Christ, the Son of God.

He didn't answer "I am God", which would have be a lie.

Ex. 3:14, Modern language Bibles agree that KJV of "I am" is a poor translation of this verse and what is really being said is "I will be" or "I shall be". Therefore if Jesus was really saying he was the I am at John 8:58, the he was misquoting the verse. In reality Jesus was answering the question about being before Abraham and having Jesus saying "I am" is also a poor translation, because in English you have to keep the same past tense, making Jesus really saying "I have been."

Matthew 28:18, John 8:28 Authority:

The only authority Jesus had is what was given to him vs 18, and what he taught is what Jehovah taught him.

Heb 1:8, is explained by reading vs 9. "why God, his God"

Phil 2:6, did you know that the greek word 'grasped' literally means "robbery, rape, plunder"

those words are a far cry from grasped.

Paul is saying that Jesus would not steal something that belonged to God.

Please take your full list to the closest Kingdom Hall, and listen to the wisdom from above.

Answer 3

One of my many faults is that I view situations as an either/or scenario. It limits my thinking and I have fewer solutions.

Why must Jesus be God OR man? Why couldn't he be both? Is there something that would prevent the other from being valid? Or, do you think that because Jesus was not at that moment at the "place of power" that that meant he wasn't God? Likely, it just meant he didn't have the "place of power" at that moment. See Hebrews 2:7-9, where it explains that while Jesus was also man on this Earth, his authority was removed until such time as he suffered death, thus offering eternal life to all. After that, all was once again "under him."

Answer 4

This is copied from a WORD doc so it's formatting will look weird. But it lists the diety of Christ with many supporting scriptures.

DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST


1. CHRIST'S DIRECT CLAIMS TO DEITY

a. Matthew 26:63-64e. John 14:9
b. John 8:58 (cf. Exodus 3:14)f. Luke 22:70
c. John 12:45g. John 10:30-33,36,38
d. Mark 14:61-64 (cf. Daniel 7:13-14; h. John 13:20
Psalm 110:1)


2. CHRIST'S INDIRECT CLAIMS TO DEITY

a. Authority (Matthew 28:18; John 8:28)
1. Old Testament: "Thus saith The Lord"
2. Christ: "But I say to you..." (Matthew 5:20, 22, 26, 28, etc.)
b. Forgiveness of sin (Mark 2:5-7; Matthew 9:2-7; Luke 7:48)
c. John 5:17-18
d. John 5:23, 23
e. John 8:19
f. John 14:1

3. CHRIST'S CLAIM TO DIETY CONFIRMED BY OTHERS

a. Matthew 27:43f. John 20:28
b. John 19:7g. Acts 7:59
c. Matthew 16:15-17h. John 1:49
d. John 1:34i. Mark 5:7 (Dr. J. J. Griesback:
e. Acts 2:36 "I implore you the God.")
j. John 11:27

4. CHRIST'S ACCEPTANCE OF WORSHIP AS GOD

a. Worship reserved for God only (Luke 4:8; Matthew 4:10: Deuteronomy 6:13)
b. Jesus received worship as God and accepted it.
1. Matthew 8:2 -- Leper worshipped Him
2. John 9:35-39 -- Man born blind, after being healed, "worshipped him."
3. Matthew 14:33 -- Disciples worshipped him
4. Matthew 2:11 -- Magi worshipped Him
c. God commands angels to worship Christ (Hebrews 1:6, 8)

5. DIRECT SCRIPTURE SHOWING THAT JESUS IS GOD

a. John 1:1j. Romans 9:5
b. Philippians 2:6, 9-11k. Isaiah 9:6 (Messiah called Yahweh)
(cf. Isaiah 45:23)1. Matthew 28:19 (Note name is singular)
c. Titus 2:13m. Hebrews 1:10 (see Psalm 102:25-27)
d. II Thessalonians 1:12n.
e. II Peter 1:1
f. Luke 3:22; Matthew 3:17; Mark 1:1o. I John 5:20
g. Hebrews 1:8p. Colossians 1:19
h. John 20:30-31q. Hebrews 4:14
i. Colossians 2:9 r. Luke 8:39

Answer 5

Greetings and blessing to you daughter of the King. I know that you are asking how can Jesus be God and how can they be one. Well here is the biblical proof. In John 1:1 it says..."In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Then Later on in John 1:14 it says "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,". Therefore we can deduce from that, that the Word of God being God Himself dwelt among us in the form of Jesus Christ. Further more in 1John 5:7 it gives us proof that there is a trinity and that Jesus is apart of it, by stating, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." I hope that this answers your question and gives you the strength to further seek the hidden things found in our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Answer 6

God is beyond our understanding. We have small limited brains, even the most intelligent human is no match for God's wisdom. (And I am no where near being one of the most intelligent people)

In our limited wisdom we are able to grasp the thought that space is neverending. Even though it hurts our brains we can accept the fact that there is no spot where there is a brick wall (plaster, concrete or whatever you desire it to be made of) on the end of the universe marking it's end, showing that there is nothing beyond that wall.

So why would we expect everything about God to be easy to understand and accept. God is all-knowing and all-powerful. I believe in the Trinity even though I don't fully understand how it works. I just know that God is one being with three parts (Father, Son & Spirit). I don't need to understand Him, I just need to know I can depend on Him and He will never let me down.

Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Answer 7

Jesus is referred to as God's son because it was God who created him...however, they are also considered to be the same because Jesus IS God in the FLESH.....

so they are different AND the same....meaning:

God is the almighty spirit, or higher being, however you consider him and Jesus was a person...
God put his self, his spirit, his intention into Jesus as God in the flesh...for people to see. but Jesus was an actual human being, implying that he and God could not be the same person since he was God's son.

simply put, if God had a name, a face, and a personality for people to see, it was Jesus... did i make any sense or did it just sound better in my head?

Answer 8

They are the same God not the same person. There are three individuals that make up the One true and Living God... The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.... Jim

Answer 9

God is one God, but in three entities, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each does a different job. Ever hear of the trinity?

Answer 10

they are not the same one is the Father the other the Son the word of God says nobody gets to the Father unless they go through Jesus in other words you must know Jesus

Answer 11

Two important things to remember here:

1) the Gospels were not transcriptions of what Jesus said. They were, in fact, written decades after his death and resurrection.

2) At that point in his life on earth, Jesus was fully human. Fully God as well, but fully human and working out of a human understanding. Yes, I believe he had a unique insight that none of the rest of us could have (since we aren't God ourselves), but he had to think and speak and teach in human terms. This means being restricted by the confines of space and time, a restriction that doesn't apply to God.