2007-01-14 14:50:17 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Everything Christ did was example and teaching.
2007-01-14 14:55:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jesus didn't worship Himself, He worshiped God the Father. Jesus is God the Son. The first set of links below explain the Trinity and show that Jesus' claims to be God were not doubted, even by His worst enemies.
2007-01-16 04:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, the assumption that Jesus is God is wrong. It would be just such a great mystery if that were so, but it is much simpler than that, because Jesus is God's Son.
This Scripture cannot be explained if one is trying to make Jesus God...
Luke 22:42: "And he himself drew away from them about a stone’s throw, and bent his knees and began to pray, 42 saying: “Father, if you wish, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, let, not my will, but yours take place.”
Okay, first Jesus is praying to his Father...and look at the last few words..."let, not MY will, but YOURS take place"
They each have a separate will, not the same one. Father & Son.
Father and Son are always separate individuals. The Bible is written in words that we can plainly understand. The relationship between Father and Son is very close, the Son even mirrors his Father's qualities, but they are separate and unequal individuals.
The entire theme of the Bible shows this. Over and over we read that Jesus is the Son of God. Besides a misquoted verse of Scripture in some translations, namely John 1:1, little else even hints at their being both one God.
However, it is vital to recognize that although there is one God, Jehovah, the Father, Jesus has a very important role in our worship as well, as does knowing what the holy spirit is.
John 17:3: " This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 8:5 & 6: "For even though there are those who are called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,” 6 there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and we through him.
Accurate knowledge of the Father, Jehovah-the Son, Jesus and the holy spirit can help us to discern the truth...
John 4:23 & 24: "Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for, indeed, the Father is looking for suchlike ones to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.”
2007-01-14 23:25:26 · answer #3 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Wow, there is a thing called deity. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. All the in one but all different person(spirit). The only way I can explain it to you is when twins are made they look the same act the same speak the same but there different persons. Jesus was worshiping God the Father. Jesus is God the Son. Holy Ghost(Spirit) is God the Holy Spirit.
Big question even hard for some(most) Christians to answer. Besides Jesus didn't worship Himself he gave all the glory to God the Father in heaven.
2007-01-14 22:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Jesus and God are one, like Man & Wife are one.
When a man & woman get married they become one flesh. So is the same for Jesus & God when Jesus came here on Earth to represent God.
God Bless & keep the Faith !
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2007-01-14 23:08:13 · answer #5 · answered by Bridget 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Scriptures quite plainly demonstrate that Jesus and the Almighty are separate distinct persons, and the Almighty created Jesus as His firstborn son.
(Colossians 1:15) the firstborn of all creation
(Mark 10:18) Jesus said to him: 'Why do you call me good? Nobody is good, except one, God.
(Revelation 3:14) the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God
(Philippians 2:5-6) Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God
(John 8:42) Neither have I come of my own initiative at all, but that One sent me forth
(John 12:49) I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment as to what to tell and what to speak
(John 14:28) I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am
(1 Corinthians 15:28) But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One who subjected all things to him
(Matthew 20:23) this sitting down at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father
(1 Corinthians 11:3) I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; ...in turn the head of the Christ is God
(John 20:17) I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.
(Deuteronomy 6:4) Jehovah our God is one Jehovah
(1 Corinthians 8:4-6) There is no God but one. For even though there are those who are called "gods," whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many "gods" and many "lords," there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him
Thanks again for an opportunity to share what the bible actually says about the distinct persons of Jesus Christ the Son and Jehovah God the Father!
Learn more!
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_06.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20050422/
http://watchtower.org/e/20020515/
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
2007-01-16 03:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus worshipped his Father in heaven. "Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 'All this I will give you,' he said, 'if you will bow down and worship me.' Jesus said to him, 'Away from me, Satan! For it is written: "Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only (kai auto mono latreuseis)."'" Matthew 4:8-10 cf. Luke 4:8
2007-01-14 23:02:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, you have a misconception. Jesus did not worship himself. He always gave all glory to God the Father.
2007-01-14 22:54:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Jesus never once referred to himself as God. He said that God was greater than him. "...The Father is greater than I am." - John 14:28. Jesus didn't even want to be called "Good". "Why do you call me good? Nobody is good, except one, God." - Mark 10:18.
Rachel
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2007-01-14 23:36:18 · answer #9 · answered by Rachel B 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
MARK 12 :28“Which commandment is first of all?” 29Â Jesus answered: “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God is one Jehovah, 30Â and you must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength.
matt 4:10Â Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service
2007-01-14 22:55:50 · answer #10 · answered by gary d 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If Jesus is God then why did he worship himself on earth?
Did you really write this tripe?
Go now and humble yourself before God and beg for forgiveness.><>
2007-01-14 22:57:37 · answer #11 · answered by CEM 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋