And the Bible is very clear on this matter and I should read that Bible to fully understand, right?
2006-12-22 04:21:40 · 32 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL.
the bible is very clear, that is why there are hundreds and hundreds of denominations of christianity.....
2006-12-22 04:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
I honestly wonder why I even bother with questions asked by those who really don't want the answer, other than to stir up the population, but what the heck, I'm bored, so I will defend orthodoxy.
There are many times where Jesus said of Himself that He was God. He applied the name of God, "I AM," to Himself in several passages. Here's a few examples: Matthew 14:27, Mark 6:50, Mark 13:6, Luke 21:8, John 4:26, John 6:20, John 8:24, 28, 58, and John 13:19. (Note, the I AM passages I referred to are from the Greek, as the English translations often mistranslate I AM for "It is I" or "I am He," to allow for readability.)
There are several others I have not listed. Besides this, Jesus said that He & the Father were one (John 10:30). This describes a unity, even though there are two.
Another angle to pursue is the various Scriptures that demonstrate that God's attributes are present in Jesus as well as the Holy Spirit. For example, the Father is eternal (Psalm 90:2), and so is the Son (John 1:2), and so is the Holy Spirit (Hebrews 9:14). Another shared attribute is their holiness. Only God is truly holy. The Father is holy (Revelation 15:4), so is the Son (Acts 3:14), and so is the Spirit (Acts 1:8).
Those Christians who deny that Jesus is God are either uninformed, misinformed, or heretical in the belief. Since ancient times the doctrine of the deity of Jesus Christ has been affirmed.
The Council of Nicea met for this very reason. A man named Arius was considered an arch-heretic of the church by denying that Jesus was God. As a result of this council, a new Creed that expanded on the Apostle's Creed, was developed, and affirmed the deity of Christ. This Creed is called the Nicene Creed.
2006-12-22 04:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some professed Christians believe Jesus is God Almighty. Other professed Christians believe Jesus is not God Almighty but rather is the son of God Almighty. Obviously, both groups cannot be right.
Yes, the Bible is very clear on this matter and you should study the subjects of Jesus and God to understand. If your motive is sincere in this regard, and you approach your study with honesty, humility and hunger, you will be provided Holy Spirit to understand. It is not the Bible that is confused, it is the people attaching their personal interpretations with a liberal addition of Greek philosophy that causes the confusion.
Hannah
2006-12-22 04:31:03 · answer #3 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
All Christians must believe that Jesus was (and still is) God, Jesus was therefore his own Son and if that wasn't enough he was (and still is) the Holy ghost. If you don't believe this you are not a Christian of any sort.
And it's not 'the bible' you should read it's just the 'Christian' bible New Testament.
Do I perhaps detect a note of sarcasm in your question?
It's all very illogical and all completely unbelievable, but that's exactly what all religions are about, the more you look into them the less believable they all become.
2006-12-22 04:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by budding author 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible is quite clear on the matter.
Luke 1:32 says "This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High."
The "Most High" is Jehovah God the Almighty. - Psalm 83:18; Exodus 6:3.
John wrote in John 20:30, 31 - "To be sure, Jesus performed many other signs also before the disciples, which are not written down in this scroll. 31 But these have been written down that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, and that, because of believing, you may have life by means of his name."
And Jesus himself said: "I said, 'I am God’s Son?'" - John 10:36
2006-12-22 04:29:51 · answer #5 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
When Jesus was baptized in the river by John the Baptist God went into him. Matthew 3:16-17 reads: 'And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the !!!SPIRIT OF GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE, AND LIGHTING UPON HIM:!!! And lo a voice from heaven, saying, !!!THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED!!!'. The caps and !'s aren't in the Bible, I just put those there for points of interest. So, Jesus was God after he was baptized and God went out of him in the Garden of Geth-sem'-a-ne and he was just a regular man that could sin. When God was in him though, he couldn't sin. So Jesus is the Son of God, but, God was in Jesus and was God for a short time. Answer your question?
2006-12-22 05:55:26 · answer #6 · answered by mandofreak7 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Bible is very clear in this matter, but not in that part of Christians believe one thing and the other half believes the other.
Yes, reading the Bible is the best way to have it explained. Try starting at the beginning of the Gospel of John.
2006-12-22 04:29:22 · answer #7 · answered by Music Man 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus called Himself the Son of Man in the Bible. Do you get confused by His having the name Emmanuel as well as Jesus? Emmanuel means 'God with us'. Jesus means Jehovah saves. Jesus said to see the Son is to see the Father. God is also the Word. Also the Holy Ghost. Does this trouble you as well? You will never have complete understanding of God's nature. Study to show yourself approved, or wrest the scriptures to your destruction. Your choice. You can either believe what the Word says, or don't. That's up to you. Justification either way should be done in the heart, not on this site.
2006-12-22 04:33:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, hard to say it's really that clear on anything is it? I mean it took two-thirds of it's lenght to get to the golden rule so, no, you can pretty much think god is as many as you want up to three and you always have to make sure that at the end of the day you fold it back up so it fits in that one-god package (because it's a monotheist religion, not polytheist like those pagan Romans or Greeks).
2006-12-22 04:33:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, what is there to lose?
What the God=Jesus people say is the OT says there is only one God. So God must be Jesus, if both are God. These people deny the concept of the Trinity. This is a minority of denominations.
My definition of the Trinity is three seperate persons who operate in unity. Jesus said He cannot do anything without the Father, and the Holy Spirit said He cannot tell you anything but what was revealed to Him.
If God said Jesus was His Son, then to me Jesus must be His Son.
If God said that all things were created through His Son, then His Son must have existed before He became a man.
One of the hardest scriptures to deny is in John 17, Jesus prays to His Father in heaven. In that prayer He says in verse 5,
5 "And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
It is clear in this verse that Jesus was with the Father before anything was created.
I recomment the whole book of John to anyone that wants to really understand these things, but if they do not want to spend the time, at least read chapter 1 and chapter 17.
Those chapters answer this in my mind without any doubt.
2006-12-22 04:34:52 · answer #10 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Chistianity believes that Jesus IS the Son of God.
Most (not all) Christian faiths recognize a Holy Trinity (God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), God the Holy Spirit). Within that belief, is that all three are seperate, yet the same.
2006-12-22 04:27:16 · answer #11 · answered by Don R 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋