As a conventional rule, we r created by God, including Jesus. Then whats the point of considering Jesus himself a God? Do Christans believe that the world, the universe, plants, forests, mother-nature and everything has been created by Jesus.. when they know He was a reverent Jew man. When he wasn't born, who was taking care of the world? Do they have concepts of an 'actual' God?
Excuse my lack of knowledge, I would like to know the basics of your religion.
2007-01-23 04:10:18 · 20 answers · asked by ManhattanGirl 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Every Christian has different personal beliefs. Traditionally, though, a major Christian principle has been the Trinity. This says that God is a single entity that can be seen in three ways. These are often called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In more modern terms they are sometimes referred to as the Creator, the Redeemer, and the Sustainer. The idea is that the God (the Father or Creator) first created everything in the universe. Then he appeared on earth in the form of Jesus (the Son or Redeemer), who Christians believed died to provide forgiveness for the sins of all humanity. The same God (in the form of the Spirit or Sustainer) guides people in their lives today.
2007-01-23 04:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by dmb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The General view is of the Trinity. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), & God the Spirit. The three parts are one and separate at the same time. Jesus was born as God on Earth to die for the sins of man as the ultimate sacrifice for humanity. When Jesus rose from the dead he promised the Spirit would come and help the Christians with the loss of Jesus. All the time God the Father in a sense just using the mearest thought could keep the world taken care of. The three parts as my sources kind of show are hard to explain in some senses, but it was once explained to me as when you are married you are one, you live in one house together and you are a family, but you are still different people.
2007-01-23 04:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by Trey G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even Christians can't agree on Christianity but here are some basics.
1. God created man, the universe and everything in it.
2. God told man not to eat his special fruit.
3. A talking snake talked man into eating it.
4. Because of this man and all men who were ever to be born had original sin and had to die and could not associate with God.
5. God decided that the only way to get rid of the original sin was to create a perfect man and have a human sacrifice to himself.
6. Now all that believe in the sacrifice can go to heaven and be with God after they die no matter how bad they were in life and all those who don't believe in the sacrifice are doomed to hell after they die no matter how good they were in life.
Makes good sense dosen't it?
2007-01-23 04:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The life of Jesus did not "begin" at his birth per se, he existed before but just not as a human but as an immortal being. God created the world, and Jesus came to earth through humankind instead of just popping up in the middle of no where. (Genesis 3:15) By experiencing a true human birth, and a true human death, he experienced all the mortality and frailness of. He might have been able to come down as an immortal conqueror but it would have meant nothing to us.
God is a Spirit
Jesus is the Christ that atones for sins and can be found in human likeness
The Holy Spirit is inside all believers and conceived Jesus in the womb of the woman.
None of the three were truly "created"; they've always been.
2007-01-23 04:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is the firstborn of creation- That means as God's Only begotten son he is the first person God made. Together they worked on everything else. (John 1:18) That is why God said Let us Make man in our image. ( Genesis 1:26)
Colossians 1:15; Revelation 3:14; 1 Corinthians 2
2007-01-23 05:59:10 · answer #5 · answered by linniepooh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace!
Jesus was not created by God. Jesus has no beginning and no ending just like God the Father. He is the Word of God. The second person in the Holy Trinity.
I suggest you read the Bible.
2007-01-23 05:10:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian Jehovah's Witness. We believe that God, the Father created Jesus as his first creation (Colossians 1:15) and that Jesus then, worked beside him to create all other things. We believe that Jesus is God's son, the Messiah, the Christ, our savior but we believe that above him is God, the Father. In this, we are different from many other Christian religions in that they believe that God, Jesus and holy spirit are all equal and are one. We believe (like the Bible says) that God and Jesus are united in thought and purpose in the same way that a married couple are united and work together to raise their children (in an ideal situation).
2007-01-23 05:07:20 · answer #7 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was God as man. The difference between Jesus and the rest of creation is that He was born of God. Meaning Jesus didn't have a earthly father. Joseph was his father in the sense that Joseph married Jesus' mother Mary, but he was not his biological father. Mary was a virgin. The Holy Spirit implanted the seed of God in Mary.
Matthew 1:18 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together (meaning: had sex), she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
Then two verses later, an angel told Joseph, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit."
Jesus is God because he was conceived of God.
You, me and the rest of creation are not God because we were conceived of our parents.
2007-01-23 04:22:40 · answer #8 · answered by Ryan B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (NASB) Genesis 1:1
It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands, And I ordained all their host. (NASB) Isa 45:12
Both of these passages tell us that God created everything. There are many other passages we could read, but these give us the facts. The Isaiah passage is very meaningful because God declares that He created everything - humans, heaven, earth, stars, planets, and moons.
Jesus Created Everything Too. But scripture also tells us that Jesus created everything. Listen to this passage,
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created by Him and for Him. (NASB) Colossians 1:16
The pronoun "Him" refers to Jesus. This can be determined by reading verse 13. That is, Jesus made everything too. He made the heavens (heaven, stars, planets, and moons), earth and even the things we do not see such as the spirits. Not only did Jesus create everything but He continues to hold everything together too.
. . . Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. (NASB) 1 Corinthians 8:6
All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. (NASB) John 1:3
Who is Jesus? Who has this much power? Who has this kind of intelligence and wisdom! Who ever He is, He is the creator of the universe!
But of the Son He says, "THY THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER . . . And, "THOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING DIDST LAY THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF THY HANDS . . . (NASB) Hebrews 1:1-2, 8-10
This is a remarkable statement. It says that "the Son," who is Jesus Christ, is God and that He made the heavens and the earth. This can mean only one thing. God is Jesus and Jesus is God who made everything!
Conclusion: You may want to read two important studies. The first one is entitled, "Who Is God?" and the second one is called "Jesus Our Savior." Jesus is God our Savior the one who created everything - the things we see and the world we do not see.
2007-01-23 04:16:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is not "a" God. He IS God. God the Son. The Second Person of the Most Holy and Blessed Trinity.
2007-01-23 04:17:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋