For People who KNOW the Bible: About the divinity of Jesus?

Question

I would like some more comments on a question I asked earlier.

Please Note Nae Nae's answer is actually me adding details, Thanks! (I could not add details, ERROR on page)

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AojZ9iDw5AA7uOATUooiZH7sy6IX?qid=20070209125827AATrWPt

And to make this a legitimate question as well....DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS GOD?

AND STATE IF YOU ARE CHRISTIAN< ATHEIST< OR OTHER?

Answer 1

The Word of God struck a
tent of human flesh and
dwelt among us. Christ is
part of the Trinity and is God.

Answer 2

Yes, I believe Jesus is the Son of God, the second Person in the Holy Trinity. That's what he said he was - God. What human can:
Silence a typhoon?
Walk on water?
Multiply a few loaves of bread and some fish in order to feed a multitude of 5,000.
Bring back dead people to life?
Give sight to people born blind?
Change water into wine?
RISE FROM THE DEAD?
The miracles prove beyond any reasonable doubt Jesus' claim that he was God. He had the power over life and death and the forces of nature. Only a God has such powers. And if these miracles were just made up, Christianity would not have grown by leaps and bounds in the first century. Many people witnessed these miracles. For example, the resurrection of Jesus could not be silenced because more than 500 people saw his resurrected body.
Peace and every blessing!

Answer 3

This all depends on what yourdefinition of god is. As far as the bible says it states that we are all gods in pslams 82:6 and Jesus made this statement in John 10:34. The Hebrew word is Elohim/ Eloheem and this is a title used for humans as well (Ex-7:1) but this word does not include the Most High.

If you reffering to Jesus as the Most High then there should be no God above him and this can only be possible if his father dies. Did his father die?

That's the thin line a lot of Christians get confused with.

Answer 4

Christian

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.

As “the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world,” Jesus “gave himself a corresponding ransom for all.” (John 1:29; 1 Timothy 2:6) In that way, Jesus bought back exactly what Adam had lost, perfect, eternal human life. Since God’s justice required ‘soul for soul,’ Jesus thus had to be what Adam was originally, a perfect human, not a God-man.

Answer 5

I am a christian: I believe in the trinity..That is Jesus the Son of God...based on several verses...

John 1:1&14




The Word Became Flesh

Jn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, a and the Word was with God, b and the Word was God.
Jn 1:2 He was with God in the beginning.
Jn 1:3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

Jn 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

That is God became flesh.

Jon

Answer 6

I'm also a Christian, who has explored this question in the past as well. I heard a few teachings on this, and will share some of what was discussed:

- Jesus did claim himself to be God. Read John 8:57-59. He stated "Before Abraham was born, I AM." He was claiming 1) He was around before Abraham, 2) That he is eternal, and called himself by a name of God.

Look at Exodus 3:14, back at what God said to Moses: "Tell the Israelites 'I AM sent me to you.' " Now, to Jews at the time, I AM was one of the names of God. That is why people picked up stones to kill Jesus when he said that about himself.

- Second, Jesus is also separate from God the Father, and he is the Son of God. Look at John 1:14 - it says that "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us," talking about Jesus life on earth. Then scroll back at John 1:1 - it says that in the beginning "the Word was WITH GOD, and the Word WAS GOD." So Jesus, ie, the living Word of God, is both God and WITH GOD at the same time, just like on earth.

So the Bible claims the Messiah to be both God and distinct from God at the same time. ie, the mystery of the trinity.

Answer 7

First off, you know I think the book is crap and just in case you didn't notice the devil horns, I'm an atheist.

Now, If I look at intent of the bible I don't think he was ever intended to be god. everything I read that supports it (or is supposed to) is so flimsy it barely hold up until you come to a verse that obviously shows he is not. Where he does claim to be god (someplace in John, a good christian knows where it is) he then quotes Psalm 82:6 explaining we are all gods.

I think it was a lame idea that got a few people excited and they ran with it.

Answer 8

According to Paul, Jesus was in the form of God and equal with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.

So, I would say that he was clearly divine pre-incarnation. Also, the whole topic was hotly debated in the 3rd-4th centuries, culminating in the Nicene creed being accepted at the council of Nicea (325 CE ff.) Seems like the issue was not clear to the greatest minds of the time, but that the consensus was "fully human and fully divine".

(I am Christian--ELCA Lutheran).

Answer 9

I am a Christian. I believe that God is a spirit / non-human. I believe he sent a form of himself to come down from Heaven and spread the word. I do believe that Jesus took human form but in Heaven there is one, whether it be a spirit or something we can't conceive and won't know until we go to Heaven.

Answer 10

I believe that the only path to God is through Christ,and the Holy Spirit.I am no religion I do believe in The Father the Son and the Holy Spirit.I don't believe everything, that because they are a priest or pastor is true and trustworthy

Answer 11

Yes, Jesus is God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. That's why they're called The Holy Trinity.