If Jesus was God how do you explain this verse?

Question

Mark 10:17-18

"17As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life? 18"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone."

Answer 1

13When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven

This was a test, just like this question. Jesus wanted to see if this man had the revelation that Jesus really was good, and therefore, God! Had he answered along the lines of Peter in the above passage, no doubt Jesus would have answered the man in a similar manner.

Answer 2

Consider an example. Jesus was a man of warmth and deep feeling. Notice from Mark 10:1, 10, 13, 17, and 35 that people of all ages and backgrounds found him approachable. On more than one occasion, he took children into his arms. (Mark 9:36; 10:16) Why did people, even children, feel so at ease with Jesus? Because of his sincere, genuine interest in them. (Mark 1:40, 41) This was evident in that he often took the initiative to approach others in need of help. Thus, we read that he “caught sight” of the widow of Nain whose dead son was being carried away. He then “approached” and resurrected the boy, and there is no mention that anyone asked him to do so. (Luke 7:13-15) He also, without being asked to do so, took the initiative to heal a crippled woman and a man who had dropsy.—Luke 13:11-13; 14:1-4. So as you read Bible accounts about Jesus, keep in mind that you can learn much about Jehovah as a person from the things that Jesus said and did. And when your appreciation for God’s qualities, as reflected by Jesus, moves you to try to be more like Him, you are giving evidence of your godly devotion.

Answer 3

Quite simply, Jesus didnt speak literally all the time. In fact, much of his speech was cloaked in a sort of spiritual mystery that normal people didnt understand but spiritual people later would. If you were to take everything literally that Jesus said, then you should be a blind poor man with no legs or arms and Peter is actually Satan.

Jesus often REBUFFED people in order to elicit a more thoughtful or faithful response. He was making him THINK about why Jesus seemed so good. If you look close enough, you now see the answer. Jesus APPEARED to be good to the other man because he WAS God in the flesh. In short, he never told the man he was wrong for what he said, he simply asked what was behind his admiration and his answer was quite revealing.

Jesus walking among us and saying things like that is no different from Hamlet walking among his troops disguised as a fellow soldier to hear what they really think.

Answer 4

Because he wanted to make a point that man is not good. He did not say he was not God. The guy didn't know that he was God. If he said why thank you, then he would have assumed that he could be good without God.

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. Mathew 16:13-17

Answer 5

The man could only see the human side of Jesus.

Jesus was teaching him a lesson about God and also bringing to the mans attention the concepts of God. He knew that the man would have trouble with giving up his god(money) and accepting the new life in Christ. The man claimed to know and keep all the commandments of God but was unwilling to give up earthly things to achieve salvation. He was obviously looking at "worldly" things and needed to look to Godly things. That is why Jesus referred to the perfectness of God.

Answer 6

Jesus isnt God.

There's many more scriptures that prove this also

John 14:28 -The Father is greater than Jesus

John 1:18 -No man has seen God at ANY time (many saw Jesus)

Matthew 24:36-39 -The Father knew something that Jesus didn't

True Christians do NOT believe in the Trinity as it is not scriptural

Jehovah is God's name - Psalm 83:18
This is his name forever - Exodus 3:15

Jesus had a beginning whereas God is omnipotent
Colossians 1:15-17

Clearly two separate persons


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Answer 7

I can't tell you exactly why Jesus answered like that, but I'll tell you this. My guess would be because at this point Jesus is man, the Son of man to be correct. At this point he is fully man (except for tempation) and fully God. Many times in the Bible, Jesus will spend time alone and pray to his father, God.

It's hard for me to really say why. The Holy Trinity is a very hard concept to grasp. Three people in one? I know, I've been Roman Catholic my whole life and I still can't fully explain it.

Hope this helps!

Answer 8

Jesus is not God. If he were, then that statement would not make sense. There are plenty of scriptures that show that Jesus is not God. At John 17:3, Jesus called his Father the only true God. How then could Jesus ALSO be the only true God.

At John 20:17, Jesus told Mary they worshiped the same God. He told her: "I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to MY God and your God."

Jesus is not God. He is God's Son. John 10:36

Answer 9

In the context of this passage,I believe He was looking at his heart and knew that he didn't truly believe Jesus was who He said He was,as later He put His finger on this mans true god,which was his possessions.

Answer 10

It's like this - according to scripture, Jesus IS God. However, God is perfect and unlimited in all aspects, which means we can NOT be just a simple human (as we simple humans are rather imperfect and limited). Luckily, God is God ans is able to get around such meager limitations as something being inherantly self-contradictory. Jesus becomes the human incarnation of God - who God would be if he were human (a crude analogy would be if you were to play a video game and acutally enter the video game world - instead of just sitting around you living room pretending to jack cars in Grand Theft Auto III, you'd actually be running around California).

No, I'm not saying that God is the world's biggest video gamer, but that God doesn't in fact inhabit the universe the same way that we do (just like you don't inhabit a gangster in California when you play GTA). Jesus could just be his way around that.

Hope this helps.