Did Jesus claim to be God or God's son? And did this break the Jewish law? What can you teach me about this..

Question

I'm trying to write a report on the life of Jesus and I came across this information that Jesus claimed to be God, and that broke the Jewish law. Did Jesus claim that, and is that ok with God that he did that?

Answer 1

Jesus said that we are all sons or children of God.

This has been misrepresented as him saying that he alone was the son of God.

There is a big difference.

love and blessings Don

Answer 2

Jesus never claimed to be God. When he was questioned by those who wanted to stone him, he said at John 10:36: "I am God's Son." Isn't that a lot different than saying: "I am God"?

The Bible is straightforward in stating the relationship between Jesus and God. However, after the trinity doctrine became church policy after the Council of Constantinople in 381 CE, much confusion has arisen. Instead of Jesus just being the Son of God, now he has been elevated to God the Son, God's equal, and even God himself.

In their attempt to explain such a confusing belief, trintarians try to find Bible verses to prove their point. Let us look at a few:

John 10:30: "I and the Father are one." Does this scripture prove that God is made up of 3 co-equal, co-eternal persons? How can it when it is only talking about 2 people--Father and son? No trinity here.

John 1:1: "...the Word was God." This verse in some Bibles is renderred "the word was a god" or "the Word was divine." Which renderring corresponds with the rest of John chapter 1? Take a look. Can the Word be WITH God and BE God at the same time? No. And what about verse 18, where it says CLEARLY: "No man has seen God at any time"?

How about John 14:8? "He that has seen me has seen the Father also." Here again, only 2 persons mentioned. Can you see three persons in one God here? I can't see it.

The Bible does not teach that Jesus is God or God the Son, but the Son of God.

Answer 3

Many religious people say that Jesus is God. Some claim that God is a Trinity. According to this teaching, “the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God.” It is held that the three “are co-eternal and co-equal.” (The Catholic Encyclopedia) Are such views correct?

Jehovah God is the Creator. (Revelation 4:11) He is without beginning or end, and he is almighty. (Psalm 90:2) Jesus, on the other hand, had a beginning. (Colossians 1:15, 16) Referring to God as his Father, Jesus said: “The Father is greater than I am.” (John 14:28) Jesus also explained that there were some things neither he nor the angels knew but that were known only by his Father.-Mark 13:32.

Moreover, Jesus prayed to his Father: “Let, not my will, but yours take place.” (Luke 22:42) To whom was Jesus praying if not to a superior Personage? Furthermore, it was God who resurrected Jesus from the dead, not Jesus himself. (Acts 2:32) Obviously, the Father and the Son were not equal before Jesus came to the earth or during his earthly life. What about after Jesus’ resurrection to heaven? First Corinthians 11:3 states: “The head of the Christ is God.” In fact, the Son will always be in subjection to God. (1 Corinthians 15:28) The Scriptures therefore show that Jesus is not God Almighty. Instead, he is God’s Son.

The so-called third person of the Trinity-the holy spirit-is not a person. Addressing God in prayer, the psalmist said: “If you send forth your spirit, they are created.” (Psalm 104:30) This spirit is not God himself; it is an active force that he sends forth or uses to accomplish whatever he wishes. By means of it, God created the physical heavens, the earth, and all living things. (Genesis 1:2; Psalm 33:6) God used his holy spirit to inspire the men who wrote the Bible. (2 Peter 1:20, 21) The Trinity, then, is not a Scriptural teaching.* “Jehovah our God is one Jehovah,” says the Bible.-Deuteronomy 6:4.

Answer 4

Jesus said that he completed the Law and did not break it. By him dying on the cross he perfected the atonement, after all the Law itself is not bad. It is people who are bad, therefore we are cursed as a result of breaking the Law. The Law itself is not a curse.
Many parts of the Jewish law mentioned in the Torah, except for the ten commandments, have been annulled. But, the commandments still stand and have not been replaced. Jeremiah 31 talks about the New Covenant that God would make that would be different than the one He made with the Jews when He brought them out of Egypt. Christianity is that covenant.

Answer 5

Jesus is never recorded in the Bible as saying the exact words, “I am God.” That does not mean, however, that He did not proclaim that He is God. Take for example Jesus’ words in John 10:30, “I and the Father are one.” At first glance, this might not seem to be a claim to be God. However, look at the Jews’ reaction to His statement, “We are not stoning you for any of these, replied the Jews, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God” (John 10:33). The Jews understood Jesus’ statement to be a claim to be God. In the following verses, Jesus never corrects the Jews by saying, “I did not claim to be God.” That indicates Jesus was truly saying He was God by declaring, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). John 8:58 is another example. Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am!" Again, in response, the Jews take up stones in an attempt to stone Jesus (John 8:59). Why would the Jews want to stone Jesus if He hadn’t said something they believed to be blasphemous, namely, a claim to be God?



John 1:1 says that “the Word was God.” John 1:14 says that “the Word became flesh.” This clearly indicates that Jesus is God in the flesh. Acts 20:28 tells us, "...Be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood." Who bought the church with His own blood? Jesus Christ. Acts 20:28 declares that God purchased the church with His own blood. Therefore, Jesus is God!



[ And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. ]
1 Timothy 3:16

Answer 6

Yes Jesus claimed to be the son of God and claimed to have the power to forgive sins (which only God could do in Jewish tradition)... so yes, he did and it was blasphemous as far as the Jewish authorities were concerned. Only god knows if he thinks it's OK.... it depend whether JC really was the son of God!

Answer 7

Jesus only used a common Jewish practice, which is referring to humanity as the children of God, and to God as our father. His message was obviously misunderstood.
He did break Jewish law in a very grave manner, but I do not think the subject should be discussed, due to religious sensitivities.

Answer 8

It did break Jewish law, but it was okay because Christ was the Messiah. He was the symbol of the new covenant, meaning He took the place of all the old Jewish laws. God sent Jesus down to earth to become the lamb that needed to be sacrificed in atonement for sin. Israel was expecting a physical king, and the Pharisees got mad at Him because they did not believe He truly was the Son of God. Christ was the I AM.

Answer 9

The notion of a "son of god," of a divinity incarnate in flesh, would've been utter anathema to a 1st century Jew. If he could understand the concept at all, he'd rightly associate it with pagan Rome. In fact, the divinity of Jesus was decided by vote, centuries after his death, under the Roman emperor Constantine, who was seeking to unify the numerous competing pagan cults under a single state religion. Nearly all of the miraculous and mysterous elements of the christian religion - the Virgin Birth, the violent death on a tree or cross, even the sacrament of the eucharist - are lifted directly from the legends of these earlier cults.

Do some honest research and you'll find this confirmed in every respect. The earliest fathers of the church were aware that the similarities between the christian legend and the much earlier pagan cults posed a significant PR problem, so they invented the story of Satan going back in time to plant the evidence of these cults so as to deceive faithless historians. This is still the story used today by christian defenders embarrased by the all-too-obvious facts.

Answer 10

jesus was the son of man and made it known. he didn't specificlly say he was god, but we know him to be in the holy trinity
god the father,god the son and god the holy spirit,3 entities but the same god.
when jesus used the term I AM when he was being trialed was against jewish law because the jewish term I AM was the name for god, thus jesus was claiming he was god this is what angered the jewish elders, the jews didn't believe jesus was who he said he was and they tried many times to snare him so they could get rid of him, as he made them look foolish and showed the people how to be christian, this greatly upset them because the elders where selfish and knew jewish law perfectly but didn't know how to practise it.

Answer 11

nobody knows for absolute certain wether he did or not. ... i mean even christians can't seem to agree on this.

as far as Judaism is concerned, ... well, Judaism doesn't currently CARE. because hes simply of no signifigance to judaism.

but, if he did... well, definitely not ok with God. by jewish laws that claim alone is death-penalty worthy Offense at least like 2 or 3 times over. (very efficient in that way...)