Does the Bible Say 'Jesus is God'?
Mark 10:17-18 and Luke 18:18-19
These verses are highlighted because they are most indicative of Jesus' position and real nature. The verse in Mark reads:
"As he [Jesus] was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, 'Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?' Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone." If you analyze this verse in truth you will see that Jesus, quite simply, is not God. If he was, why then would he say "No one is good but God alone"? Jesus did not want to be called "good" because he was not God. That title, as Jesus admits, belongs to none but God.
It is when anyone breaks the First Commandment: Thou shalt have no other gods before Me... ..", he or she becomes liable to the wrath of ALLAH ALMIGHTY. Throughout history people attempted to pervert that commandment, pagans, Christians and Jews. The connotations here, are they all speak and believes in gods, not one but, as many as they can feed it into others minds to deviate them from what is accepted by ALLAH as normal and righteous. The Bible goes against the very nature of man and the teachings of Jesus and Moses PBUT. It is very confusing to try to justify the belief in the Trinity. This is because the Trinity is a man-made doctrine that was drawn up several hundred years after Jesus. In this time period different interpretations of the Bible were causing serious debates among Christians. The various interpretations were, undoubtedly, due to human perversion of the original scriptures, poor preservation, and/or shoddy translations. One of the main things being questioned was the nature of God and Jesus. Was Jesus actually God, the son of God, or just a messenger? The Council of Nicea was formed in an attempt to settle this dispute, and the Nicea Creed (the Trinitarian doctrine) was subsequently hammered out.
The verse below offer an insight in the hidden nature of the degree of perversion that has befallen the Original Message:
Contradictions and errors of that is being presented as the Word of God in the Bible I would like to quote the research of scholars of the Bible:
VERSES THAT CONTRADICT THEMSELVES
Genesis 6:3 and Genesis 11:11 - Life limited to 120 years?
Genesis 32:30 and Exodus 33:20 - Jacob's life was preserved?
Exodus 4:22 and Jeremiah 31:9 - Who was God's firstborn?
Numbers 23:19 and Genesis 6:6-7 - Does God repent or not?
2 Samuel 6:23 and 2 Samuel 21:8 - Did Michal have children?
2 Samuel 8:4 and 1 Chronicles 18:4 - 700 or 7000 horsemen?
2 Samuel 8:9-10 and 1 Chronicles 18:9-10 - Toi or Tou? Hadadezer or Hadarezer? Joram or Hadoram?
2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 - 700 or 7000 charioteers? 40,000 horsemen or footmen? Captain's name?
2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1 - Who provoked David?
2 Samuel 24:9 and 1 Chronicles 21:5 - 800,000 or 100,000?
2 Samuel 24:13 and 1 Chronicles 21:11-12 - 7 or 3 years?
1 Kings 4:26 and 2 Chronicles 9:25 - 40,000 or 4,000 stalls?
1 Kings 5:15-16 and 2 Chronicles 2:2 - 3300 or 3600?
1 Kings 7:26 and 2 Chronicles 4:5 - 2000 or 3000 baths?
2 Kings 8:26 and 2 Chronicles 22:2 - 22 or 42 years old?
2 Kings 24:8 and 2 Chronicles 36:9 - 18 or 8 years old? 3 months or 3 months and 10 days?
Erza 2:65 and Nehemiah 7:67 - 200 or 245 singers?
Matthew 1:12 and Luke 3:27 - Who was Salathiel's father?
Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23 - Who was Joseph's father?
Matthew 9:18 and Mark 5:22-23 - Dead or not?
Matthew 10:5-10 and Mark 6:7-8 - Bring a staff or not?
Matthew 15:21-22 and Mark 7:24-26 - The woman was of Canaan or Greece?
Matthew 20:29-30 and Mark 10:46-47 - One or two beggars?
Matthew 21:1-2 and Mark 11:1-2 - What happened to the ***?
Matthew 26:74-75 and Mark 14:72 - Before the **** crow once or twice?
Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 - How did Judas die?
John 3:16 and Psalms 2:7 - Only begotten son?
John 5:31 and John 8:14 - Was Jesus' record true or not?
VERSES THAT CONTRADICT THE TRINITARIAN DOCTRINE AND/OR THE DIVINITY OF JESUS
Exodus 33:20, John 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:16 - No one saw God.
Isaiah 42:8 - Do not praise and worship images.
Isaiah 45:1 - "Anointed" does not mean "God".
Matthew 14:23, 19:13, 26:39, 27:46, 26:42-44 - Jesus prayed.
Matthew 24:36 - Jesus was not all-knowing.
Matthew 26:39 - Jesus and God had different wills.
Matthew 28:18 - All power was given to Jesus.
Mark 1:35, 6:46, 14:35-36 - Jesus prayed.
Mark 10:17-18 and Luke 18:18-19 - Jesus denied divinity.
Mark 12:28-29 - God is one.
Mark 13:32 - Jesus was not all-knowing.
Mark 16:19 and Luke 22:69 - Jesus at the right hand of God.
Luke 3:21, 5:16, 6:12, 9:18, 9:28, 11:1-4, 22:41 - Jesus prayed.
Luke 4:18, 9:48, 10:16 - Jesus was from God.
Luke 7:16, 13:33, 24:18-19 - Jesus was a prophet.
Luke 10:21 - Jesus gave thanks.
Luke 23:46 - The spirit of Jesus was commended to God.
John 4:19 - Jesus was a prophet.
John 4:23-24 - Worship in spirit and truth.
John 14:28 - One was greater than the other.
John 5:19, 5:30, 7:28, 8:28 - Jesus was helpless.
John 5:20 - The Father showed the son.
John 5:30 and 6:38 - Jesus and God had different wills.
John 5:31-32 - Jesus' witness was not true.
John 6:11 and 11:41-42 - Jesus gave thanks.
John 6:32 - The Father was the provider, not the son.
John 7:29, 16:5, 16:28 - Jesus was from God.
John 7:16, 12:49, 14:24, 17:14 - Jesus' words were not his.
John 8:42 - Jesus did not come of himself.
John 10:29 - "My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all."
John 14:1 - Jesus said, "...believe also in me."
John 14:16, 17:1, 17:9, 17:11, 17:15 - Jesus prayed.
John 14:31 and 15:10 - Jesus followed commands.
John 17:6-8 - "I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me."
John 20:17 - Jesus had a god.
Acts 2:22 - Jesus was "a man approved of God."
Romans 8:34 - Jesus was an intercessor.
1 Timothy 2:5 - Jesus was the mediator between God and humans.
2006-10-05 12:28:59
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answered by Anonymous
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In their book "Answers to Tough Questions Skeptics Ask About the Christian Faith," Josh McDowell and Don Stewart state the following: "Among the religious leaders who have attained a large following throughout history, Jesus Christ is unique in the fact that He alone claimed to be God in human flesh ... The claims of Christ are many and varied. He said that He existed before Abraham (John 8:58), and that He was equal with the Father (John 5:17-18). Jesus claimed the ability to forgive sins (Mark 2:5-7), which the Bible teaches was something that God alone could do (Isaiah 43:25).
"The New Testament equated Jesus as the creator of the universe (John 1:3), and that He is the one who holds everything together (Colossians 1:17). The apostle Paul says that God was manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16, KJV), and John the evangelist says that 'the Word was God' (John 1:1). The united testimony of Jesus and the writers of the New Testament is that He was more than mere man; He was God ...
"Yes, Jesus claimed to be God. Why should anyone believe it? After all, merely claiming to be something does not make it true. Where's the evidence that Jesus is God?
"The Bible gives various reasons, including miracles and fulfilled prophecy, that are intended to convince us that Jesus is the one whom He said He was (John 20:30-31). The main reason, or the sign which Jesus himself said would demonstrate that He was the Son of God, was His resurrection from the dead."
Most importantly, countless people for almost 2000 years have discovered that Jesus Christ alone can meet the deepest longings and needs of the human heart. He can do this because He was God in human form, and He was raised from the dead by the power of God. He is alive today, and He wants to enter your life right now. Do not be blinded by your own ideas or the ideas of others regarding religious truth. Look at Christ, and when you do you will realize that in Christ alone "are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:3).
2006-10-05 12:42:37
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answered by Anonymous
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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. John19:7g. 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 1:12m. Hebrews 1:10 (see Psalm 102:25-27)
e. II Peter 1:1m. Hebrews 1:10 (see Psalm 102:25-27)
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
2006-10-05 12:25:32
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answered by ___ 3
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It's quite main that our information of God does not come from our possess heads (within the equal means our information of the moon should not be made up in our heads) however as a substitute is constructed on what he is advised and proven us within the Bible. Otherwise we are going to emerge as with a made up God. God is a paradox that cannot utterly have compatibility in our heads - however I'm pleased with that on the grounds that God is larger than my head. At the equal time regardless that it is lovely effortless to stipulate the bible's view of God. Three elements: - There is a million God - The Son is God, the Father is God, the Holy Spirit is God - The Son is NOT the Father, the Father is NOT the Holy Spirit, and the HS is NOT the Son. There is a million God (Deut 6:four and Mark 12:29 - 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.') The Son is God - John 10:27: (jesus talking) " 'My sheep listen my voice, and I recognize them, and so they comply with me. I deliver them everlasting existence, and they're going to in no way perish, and nobody will grasp them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is bigger than all, and nobody is equipped to grasp them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.' The Jews picked up stones once more to stone him. Jesus spoke back them, 'I have proven you several well works from the Father; for which ones are you going to stone me?; The Jews spoke back him, 'It isn't for a well paintings that we're going to stone you however for blasphemy, on the grounds that you, being a person, make your self God.' " Heaps of others too as anybody else has published. the Father is God - Mark, and so forth :p the Holy Spirit is God - Jn four:24 'God is spirit, and people who worship him have to worship in spirit and fact'. Or two Cor three:17 'Now the Lord is the Spirit,..' three exact beings, a million God. It's main to factor out that the differences aren't of their importance however of their dating to one another (they even name each and every different 'Father', 'Son' and 'Spirit')! The Son is obedient to the Father, the Father glorifies the Son and the Spirit works pointing folks to Jesus. This is a well passage for seeing those dynamics getting into: John eight:12-fifty nine (notice the folks's response on the finish to Jesus' 'I AM' announcement - they realise what he is pronouncing.) Biblical Christianity says that the Son is God, the Father is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and that that is how it has regularly been. Hard to appreciate, however that is the God of the bible. The intent I think that is on the grounds that God confirmed it through elevating Jesus from the lifeless! That is the truly cornerstone and groundwork of my notion :) Cheers, Peter
2016-08-29 07:18:08
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answered by bachinski 4
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We cannot accept Jesus as G-d as HaShem is alone in perfect unity (Dt6.4), nor can we consider him to be messiah ben David as he fails to complete the prophetic criterion; he did not bring the diaspora to an end and no matter what priests, ministers and pastors might say, he did not bring an end to the sting of death. After having said this, however, we must respect that Christians sincerely believe that he is both their messiah and their G-d and resultantly this question may prove to be unwise. As a Muslim you have to agree with me, a Jew, that even Christians are bound to the Noahite Torah (the seven laws of humanity) and therefore can gain salvation through their righteousness and there are many, many righteous Christians.
If we can say anything good of the Nazarean, we can say that through him the G-d of Abraham has been made known to the whole world.
2006-10-05 12:32:24
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answered by Rabbi Yohanneh 3
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I don't think Jesus is a God. I think Jesus was a man. A prophet who preached about good things and tried to teach people to love one another. Maybe someone like Martin Luther King Jr.
2006-10-05 12:26:16
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answered by Poetess_4U 4
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Jesus a prophet sent by god
2006-10-05 12:33:21
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answered by ♥ amal_dxb ♥ 3
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Jesus is God.
2006-10-05 12:31:24
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answered by Lauren D 4
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There is no such thing as "a God" just as there is no such thing as "an Earth". There is the Earth, and there is God. Period. And yes, Jesus is indeed God.
2006-10-05 12:46:27
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answered by PaulCyp 7
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Why do muslims say they follow the New Testament, yet deny key points of the New Testament. It would make more sense to just deny it wholesale.
2006-10-05 12:36:56
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answered by terraform_mars 5
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