Jesus is God's son, could he also be God?

Question

I believe Jesus is God's son, but I have friends that believe other wise. One says Jesus is God. One says that Jesus is both. But I want to know what you think about it?

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Answer 1

Most Christians believe in the trinity which loosely states that Jesus, God, and the Holy Ghost are the same being. As a Mormon, I believe they are separate entities. They are three separate "beings" that completes the Godhead. All three are essential to the gospel.

Answer 2

forgive me for my confusion. some say Jesus is the son of God. Others say that Jesus is God. Since little, i've always wonder how Jesus can be the son of God and the God at the same time. If Jesus is God, then God was baby who was born with blood all over him, need to be feed, and have to learn. And later, the great God was murdered by some weak human? God should be better than that. And now some people say that he have child. So, that baby would be like the grandchild of God and also the child of God? So much confusion. Maybe it is you who've been confused. Who have the final say then? God-father, Jesus-God or baby-Jesus God? lets have some critical thinking about that. i'm going to convert to religion with only one God. life should be simple. simple is good, but not any simpler.what about you?

Answer 3

In the Hebrew culture where Jesus lived, the phrase "son of" meant something different then it does in our western society. In Jesus' culture, to call a person the "son of" someone else meant that they were someone who shared all the rights, powers and responsibilities of their "father". When the phrase "Son of God" is used in the New Testament, he means that Jesus has all the rights, powers, and abilities of God. When the phrase "son of man" is used, he means that Jesus had all the rights, powers and abilities of a human being. It shows his dual nature - that he was BOTH God and man.

Read Philippians 2:5-11 and you will see it all explained. Paul says that Jesus was equal with God. But he gave up the position for a time to become a servant (helping God the Father to create the universe, etc). Then he took on the form of a man, and was obedient to God even to the point of death. It was during this time he was the "son" of God. Both physically, because his body was born of God, and "legally" because he shared the nature, rights, and abilities of God. After his resurrection, he returned to heaven and his position as an equal with God.

Answer 4

In Christian doctrine, Jesus is the son of God in the sense of the Trinity. Out of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Jesus is the "Son" of God. Therefore, Jesus would be both the Son of God and God.

Answer 5

‘But isn’t Jesus called a god in the Bible?’ someone may ask. This is true. Yet Satan is also called a god. (2 Corinthians 4:4) At John 1:1, which refers to Jesus as “the Word,” some Bible translations say: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” But notice, verse 2 says that the Word was “in the beginning with God.” And while men have seen Jesus, verse 18 says that “no man hath seen God at any time.” (Authorized or King James Version) So we find that some translations of verse 1 give the correct idea of the original language when they read: “The Word was with God, and the Word was divine,” or was “a god,” that is, the Word was a powerful godlike one. (An American Translation) Clearly, Jesus is not Almighty God. In fact, Jesus spoke of his Father as “my God” and as “the only true God.”

Did Jesus ever say that he was God? No, he never did. Rather, in the Bible he is called “God’s Son.” And he said: “The Father is greater than I am.” Also, Jesus explained that there were some things that neither he nor the angels knew but that only God knew. Further, on one occasion Jesus prayed to God, saying: “Let, not my will, but yours take place.” (Luke 22:42) If Jesus were the Almighty God, he would not have prayed to himself, would he? In fact, following Jesus’ death, the Scripture says: “This Jesus God resurrected.” Thus the Almighty God and Jesus are clearly two separate persons. Even after his death and resurrection and ascension to heaven, Jesus was still not equal to his Father.


As for the “Holy Spirit,” the so-called third Person of the Trinity, this is not a person but God’s active force. John the Baptizer said that Jesus would baptize with holy spirit, even as John had been baptizing with water. Hence, in the same way that water is not a person, holy spirit is not a person. (Matthew 3:11) What John foretold was fulfilled when, following the death and resurrection of Jesus, holy spirit was poured out on his followers gathered in Jerusalem. The Bible says: “They all became filled with holy spirit.” (Acts 2:4) Were they “filled” with a person? No, but they were filled with God’s active force. Thus the facts make clear that the Trinity is not a Bible teaching. Actually, long before Jesus walked the earth gods were worshiped in groups of three, or trinities, in places such as ancient Egypt and Babylon.

The Scriptures make it clear that Jesus was entirely human from his birth until his death. John did not say that the Word was merely clothed with flesh. He “became flesh” and was not part flesh and part God. If Jesus had been human and divine at the same time, it could not have been said that he had been “made a little lower than angels.” Hebrews 2:9; Psalm 8:4, 5.

If Jesus had been both God and man when on the earth, why did he repeatedly pray to Jehovah? Paul wrote: “In the days of his flesh Christ offered up supplications and also petitions to the One who was able to save him out of death, with strong outcries and tears, and he was favorably heard for his godly fear.” Hebrews 5:7.

That Jesus was not partly a spirit when on the earth is proved by Peter’s statement that Christ was “put to death in the flesh, but, made alive in the spirit.” (1 Peter 3:18) Only because Jesus was wholly human could he have experienced what imperfect people experience and thus become a sympathetic high priest. Wrote Paul: “We have as high priest, not one who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tested in all respects like ourselves, but without sin.”, Hebrews 4:15.

Answer 6

Jesus is God, in fact Jesus is the God of creation, he created all things seen and unseen. Here is what the Bible as to say;

Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. say. Who is it, that paid for the church with his own blood? God right? Who was murdered on the cross? Jesus right ?

These verses say God gave himself to save us.
Tit 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ is the great God and our Saviour.

Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Who gave himself for us? God (Jesus)

People say that Jesus is Lord, here is what the BIble says;

Jer 10:10 But the LORD is the TRUE GOD, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. This verse says that the LORD is the true God.

1jo 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the TRUE GOD, and eternal life. This verse says that, Jesus is the true God!

1co 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking BY THE SPIRIT of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. This verse says, that no man can say Jesus is LORD (God), but by the Holy Ghost. It further states that Jesus is LORD (God) Jesus is the true LORD.

Answer 7

They are one and the same. I have answered this question before. Think of an egg. there is the shell, the white, and the yoke. three separate parts right? Ute together they make one egg. Lets say the yoke of an egg is God the White Jesus and the shell the holy ghost. Three separate things yet one whole thing right? Your can have a Father, a Mother and a child three people yet they are ONE family. get it?

Answer 8

There is no mention in the bible regarding the trinity. Jesus is God. God is a spirit and He manifested in the flesh (Jesus) so could see Him.

1 Timoty 4:16

16And 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.

Answer 9

Jesus was the Son of GOD. HE is also said to be GOD on earth and GOD in the flesh. HE came so that you and I would be able to have an opportunity to be in Heaven. He sacrificed himself at Calvary at the hands of the Roman soldiers in a most vicious way so that you and I could become Christian Brothers and Sisters who are sons and daughters of the FATHER. HE will send Christ to judge each of us at a time that only HE knows. I hope that you will choose to become a Christian and be there with us. Have a great Lord's Day!
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Answer 10

John 1:1 says "In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Let me expand the verse based on the original Greek:
In the beginning = At the time of the beginning
was the Word = The Word was existing in a continuing state of being
Word = Signifies not only the representation of a word, but its essence; its substance. (Impossible to fully develop this here.)
"And the Word was with God"
Here, the word is distinguished from God, and on the basis of fuller New Testament theology, it is understood that "God" here refers to the Father; so the "Word" is distinguished from God the Father.
with = Greek is pros. It signifies much more than our simple word "with', and might be paraphrased "Was in a state of continued intimate intercourse with (God the Father)"
"And the Word was God" - the lack of an article in the Greek for the word "God" signifies an emphasis on the nature in contrast to the personality, and might be paraphrased "The Word, as to his essential nature, was divine."
Render:
"At the time of the beginning, the Word was in a state of continual existence, and the Word was in a continued intimate relationship with God (the Father), and the Word was, as to His essential nature, divine."
The following verses enhance and substantiate what is stated in the first verse.
Hope that's not too complicated.