2007-02-27 05:41:45 · 13 answers · asked by fajar 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God Is Three Persons.The fact that God is three persons means that the Father is not the Son; they are distinct persons. It also means that theFather is not the Holy Spirit, but that they are distinct persons. And it means that the Son is not the Holy Spirit. In addition to the fact that all three personsare distinct, the abundant testimony of Scripture is that each person is fully God as well. Scripture is abundantly clear that there is one and only one God. The three different persons of the Trinity are one not only in purpose and in agreement on what they think, but they are one in essence, one in their essential nature. In other words, God is only one being.There are not three Gods. There is only one God.
The duality of Christ's nature, human and divine, cannot be fully and definitively answered. If we could, we would possess divine minds ourselves. That said, we theologians have made progress at trying to understand the concepts of the Trinity of God and God the Son's role in that Trinitarian doctrine. There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one true, eternal God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; although distinguished by their personal properties. Jesus clearly stated his divinity in Joh 8:58: Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." The Jews hearing his claim understood exactly what He was saying and planned to stone Him.
In short, Jesus’ human nature could be tempted. He thirsted, hungered, and at times was full of righteous anger. Yet He never sinned. If He did, we are all lost and God is not God. Christ also was God with all of God's attributes, and these two natures existed in a hypostatic (fundamental state) union.
I doubt I can improve upon the discussion of Christ's dual nature that is found at http://www.carm.org/doctrine/2natures.htm
I suggest you start there to dig deeper into this topic. It is not going to be answered to your satisfaction in this Forum.
2007-02-27 05:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus can be referred to as a son of God ...in a sense.
Jesus was the first act of creation by God.
He made, formed, produced Jesus .....directly.
Since God is a God of love, He refers to himself as a father.
That makes Jesus a son ....in a sense.
Actually, an "only-begotten" son.
That's so because all others that could be referred to as sons of God, were made THROUGH Jesus, not directly by God only.
Jesus also became a prophet during his 3 1/2 year ministry on rearth.
2007-02-27 05:49:52 · answer #2 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only? A prophet is so much more than a mere son! According to what Jesus taught, we are all the sons and daughters of God. And there is only one God.
2007-02-27 05:46:31 · answer #3 · answered by Smiley 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People refered to him as a prophet because he prophesied of God. He is the son of God and is the Lord God in the Scriptures. So I guess that makes him all three.
2007-02-27 05:51:23 · answer #4 · answered by Shell1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is God himself turned flesh. There are 3 persons in one God, God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit.
2007-02-27 05:51:26 · answer #5 · answered by greeneyes25162 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Matt. 4:7; Luke 4:12 - Jesus tells satan, "you shall not tempt the Lord your God" in reference to Himself.
Matt. 5:21-22; 27-28; 31-32; 33-34; 38-39; 43-44 - Jesus makes Himself equal to God when He declares, "You heard it said...but I say to you.."
Matt. 7:21-22; Luke 6:46 - not everyone who says to Jesus, "Lord, Lord." Jesus calls Himself Lord, which is God.
Matt. 9:2; Mark 2:5; Luke 5:20; 7:48 - Jesus forgives sins. Only God can forgive sins.
Matt. 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5 - Jesus says that He is "Lord of the Sabbath." He is the Lord of God's law which means He is God.
Matt. 18:20 - Jesus says where two or three are gathered in His name, there He is in the midst of them.
Matt. 21:3; Luke 19:31,34 - Jesus calls himself "Lord." "The Lord has need of them."
Matt. 26:64; Mark 14:62; Luke 22:70 - Jesus acknowledges that He is the Son of God.
2007-02-27 05:47:47 · answer #6 · answered by Gods child 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your religion. The Jews didn't even consider him a prophet. There were many sects of early Christianity and even later heresies (such as the Bogomils, Cathars, Paulicans, Manicheans) etc, that questioned the exact nature of his divinity. To Islam, he is a prophet.
Frankly, I don't think it is a question that can be exactly answered. Since it is about individual faith. You'd be better off choosing a specific religion and then asking what they think about Jesus.
2007-02-27 05:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by Ajax J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under Jewish custom at the time Jesus lived, a person was not a "son" of someone simply because they were conceived by that person. To call someone a "son" was to recognize that person has have the same rights and authority as you had. When a father recognized his son, he became a part of that father's business had could sign contracts, make deals, etc. just like the father. It was more than just a biological relationship.
In Phillippians 2:5-11 it explains that Jesus existed in heaven as an equal to God. But that there came a time when he left that position and became a servant. He appeared in flesh and blood form for a season.
During that time, he was first the physical son of God, because he was conceived within the womb of Mary by God Himself. But he was also the "son of God" in the sense of one who shared the nature, power and authority of his Father. You will see him declared such in many places, such as at his baptism. There the voice of God the Father came out of heaven and declared that Jesus was His "Son".
A several occassions Jesus referred to himself as the "Son of God". On at least two occassions (one of which was at his trial before the Pharisees) his enemies stated that by making that claim, Jesus was calling himself God. One both occasions Jesus agreed with them. In fact, that was the basis for the Pharisees crucifying Jesus.
According to Philippians 2 again, after Jesus was obedient in his death on the cross, he was raised from the dead and returned to his position in heaven. Now every knee is to bow to him and every tongue proclaim that he is Lord.
So the scriptures present Jesus as being God himself, taking on human form as the Son of God (still sharing power and authority with his father), and then returning to heaven to the position of God.
2007-02-27 05:44:31 · answer #8 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is God, there are three different functions of God. God the Father(Jehovah), God the Son(Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit. Its three in one.
2007-02-27 06:40:27 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ONLY prophet of god
2007-02-27 05:45:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋