Nowhere---Jesus never claimed to be equal to God as stated at John 5:18-19--"Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise."
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."
The Bible teaches that there is one God. Psalms 83:18 gives us the personal name of God--" That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth."
Jesus is the only begotten Son of Jehovah and the firstborn of all creation. Matthew 17:5--"While he was yet speaking, look! a bright cloud overshadowed them, and, look! a voice out of the cloud, saying: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved; listen to him.” Colossians 1:15--"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation."
At John 14:28 it states: "You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I."
If the Father is greater than Jesus, they cannot be equal. -No mention is made of the holy spirit, because it is God's active force, not a person.
This is why many believe in such man-made doctrines:
2 Timothy 4:3-4---" For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables."
John 12:39-40--"Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: “ He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.”
2006-10-08 14:11:02
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answer #1
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answered by Micah 6
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If you are refering to the statements made by people in Christianity that Jesus is God the no you won't find that in the Bible Because:
JESUS never claimed to be God. Everything he said about himself indicates that he did not consider himself equal to God in any way—not in power, not in knowledge, not in age.
In every period of his existence, whether in heaven or on earth, his speech and conduct reflect subordination to God. God is always the superior, Jesus the lesser one who was created by God
But some say that in the Bible Jesus referst to himself as IAm which they say is God's name but that is not the case, 1. that is not the name of God God's name is Jehovah!
2. Jesus is not refering to himself as IAM he is just stating that he is... just like if I say that I am a Woman you will not think that I am God!
2006-10-08 20:47:21
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answer #2
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answered by I speak Truth 6
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In Exodus 19, the LORD told Moses to tell the people He Is, I AM that I AM that sent Moses to deliver them from the bondage of Egypt. I AM proved pretty touph over the Egyptian gods.
In the book of St. John, many times Jesus said I AM in a name. I AM the Door. I AM the Way, Truth & Life. Before Abraham was, I AM. Just read the book of John. And it's in other gospels also.
2006-10-08 20:36:00
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answer #3
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answered by t_a_m_i_l 6
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He never does say that, there will be someone tell you he said "the father & I are one" but they fail to read the following scriptures, were it says his followers are one with them, meaning that they are in complete union with each other in thought & action.
“Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matthew 24:36) How do these words confirm that Jesus is not Almighty God?
Jesus says that the Father knows more than the Son does. If Jesus were part of Almighty God, however, he would know the same facts as his Father. So, then, the Son and the Father cannot be equal. Yet, some will say: ‘Jesus had two natures. Here he speaks as a man.’ But even if that were so, what about the holy spirit? If it is part of the same God as the Father, why does Jesus not say that it knows what the Father knows?
1st of all Jesus said: He pointed to God as the Source of his life, saying, “I live because of the Father.” According to the context, this meant that his life resulted from or was caused by his Father, even as the gaining of life by dying men would result from their faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. Joh 6:56, 57.
Jesus’ being called the “only-begotten Son” (Joh 1:14; 3:16, 18) does not mean that the other spirit creatures produced were not God’s sons, for they are called sons as well. (Ge 6:2, 4; Job 1:6) However, by virtue of his being the sole direct creation of his Father, the firstborn Son was unique, different from all others of God’s sons, all of whom were created or begotten by Jehovah through that firstborn Son. So “the Word” was Jehovah’s “only-begotten Son” in a particular sense,
Jesus is also “Mighty God” and “Eternal Father.” This does not mean that he usurps the authority and position of Jehovah, who is “God our Father.” (2 Corinthians 1:2) “He [Jesus] . . . gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God.” (Philippians 2:6) He is called Mighty God, not Almighty God. Jesus never thought of himself as God Almighty, for he spoke of his Father as “the only true God,” that is, the only God who should be worshiped. (John 17:3;
Rev. 1:1; 3:14, RS: “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, why did God have to give the revelation to Jesus, if he is God? .
Does the Bible teach that none of those who are said to be included in the Trinity is greater or less than another, that all are equal, that all are almighty? Mark 13:32, RS: “Of that day or that hour no ones knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Of course, that would not be the case if Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were coequal, comprising one Godhead. And if, as some suggest, the Son was limited by his human nature from knowing, the question remains, Why did the Holy Spirit not know?)
John 14:28, RS: “[Jesus said:] If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.”
1 Cor. 11:3, RS: “I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.” (Clearly, then, Christ is not God, and God is of superior rank to Christ. It should be noted that this was written about 55 C.E., some 22 years after Jesus returned to heaven.
A person who is really seeking to know the truth about God is not going to search the Bible hoping to find a text that he can construe as fitting what he already believes. He wants to know what God’s Word itself says. He may find some texts that he feels can be read in more than one way, but when these are compared with other Biblical statements on the same subject their meaning will become clear. It should be noted at the outset that most of the texts used as “proof” of the Trinity actually mention only two persons, not three; so even if the Trinitarian explanation of the texts were correct, these would not prove that the Bible teaches the Trinity.
2006-10-08 21:02:43
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answer #4
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answered by BJ 7
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Shalom.
Here is one of many examples.
Exodus 3:14 4 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Above is where God tells Moses to tell God's people who sent him. God tells Moses his name is I AM.
John 18:6 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
In this verse Yeshua told them I AM, he is inserted in english but left out in Greek, and they fell to the ground in praise.
Yeshua made many I AM statements in the New Testament. Here is a website that digs further into the subject.
http://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-i-am.htm
John 10:30 30 I and my Father are one.
John 14:11 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
2006-10-08 20:50:38
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answer #5
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answered by nubins 2
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He never said that. At Psalm 83:18, it says that Jehovah is the Most High. At Luke 1:32, the angel Gabriel told Mary that she would give birth to Jesus, the Son of the Most High, and that Jehovah God would give him the throne of David his father. Did God give himself the throne of David? No, he gave it to his son.
Jesus never said "I am God." Besides, how could he be God if he said that his "Father is greater than I am"?
2006-10-09 02:56:29
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answer #6
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answered by LineDancer 7
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John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Though not quite what you are looking for, it is clear that the Pharisees knew what Jesus meant. It angered them enough to make them pick up stones to stone Him.
Jesus had made Himself equal to God.
2006-10-08 20:42:38
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answer #7
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answered by Bob L 7
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With over a thousand variations of the Bible in publication, you should be able to find at least one where Jesus says that he's God.
2006-10-08 20:38:11
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answer #8
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answered by TarKettle 6
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John 14:6-8 (King James Version
6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
If you have read the bible, you would know Jesus never refered to God as God, but Father.
2006-10-08 20:36:34
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answer #9
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answered by Faith Walker 4
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He Himself never actually says those words. He claims God as His Father repeatedly and once He does say "I and my Father are one".
But don't forget this, there were many testimonies of people in the Gospels of non-believers who proclaimed Him as God. So instead of looking for His statement, look at the eyewitnesses to His life ... and ask yourself how many eyewitness reports have to match before you consider what they are saying to be true?
2006-10-08 20:36:57
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answered by arewethereyet 7
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In the book of St John. chapter 1 "In the beginning was the Word and the word was God and the Word was made flesh.... etc " read the whole chapter. Jesus was the Word made flesh
2006-10-08 20:36:17
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answered by Agnon L 5
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