i have been searching the various versions of bible but didnt find a direct statement where Jesus himself says i m God or where he says worship me. But in islam we find Allah saying i m ur creator worship me and only me alone, why doesnt Jesus say this? can anyone plz give me the answer?
2007-03-04 21:10:50 · 7 answers · asked by moon l 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Concept of God in Christianity
Christianity is a Semitic religion, which claims to have nearly 1.2 billion adherents all over the world. Christianity owes its name to Jesus Christ (peace be on him). The Holy Bible is the sacred scripture of the Christians:
a) The Bible is divided into two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is the Holy Scripture of the Jews and contains records of all the prophets of the Jews that came before Jesus (pbuh).
The New Testament contains records of the life of Jesus (pbuh).
b) The complete Bible, i.e. the Old Testament and the New Testament put together, contains 73 books. However, the Protestant Bible i.e. the King James Version, contains only 66 books as they consider 7 books of the Old Testament to be apocrypha, i.e. of doubtful authority.
Therefore the Old Testament of the Catholics, contains 46 books and that of the Protestants, 39 books. However the New Testament of both these sects contains 27 books.
CONCEPT OF GOD IN CHRISTIANITY:
1.Jesus Christ (pbuh) never claimed Divinity
One may ask, if both Muslims and Christians love and respect Jesus (pbuh), where exactly is the parting of ways? The major difference between Islam and Christianity is the Christians’ insistence on the supposed divinity of Christ (pbuh). A study of the Christian scriptures reveals that Jesus (pbuh) never claimed divinity. In fact there is not a single unequivocal statement in the entire Bible where Jesus (pbuh) himself says, "I am God" or where he says, "worship me". In fact the Bible contains statements attributed to Jesus (pbuh) in which he preached quite the contrary. The following statements in the Bible are attributed to Jesus Christ (pbuh):
(i) "My Father is greater than I." [The Bible, John 14:28]
(ii) "My Father is greater than all." [The Bible, John 10:29]
(iii) "…I cast out devils by the Spirit of God…." [The Bible, Mathew 12:28]
(iv) "…I with the finger of God cast out devils…." [The Bible, Luke 11:20]
(v) "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgement is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me." [The Bible, John 5:30]
God Sent Jesus' (pbuh)
The Bible mentions the prophetic nature of Jesus (pbuh) mission in the following verses:
(i)"… and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me." [The Bible, John 14:24]
(ii)"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent." [The Bible, John 17:3]
Jesus Refuted even the Remotest Suggestion of his Divinity
Consider the following incident mentioned in the Bible:
"And behold, one came and said unto him, ‘Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?’
And he said unto him, ‘Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.’ " [The Bible, Mathew 19:16-17]
Jesus (pbuh) did not say that to have the eternal life of paradise, man should believe in him as Almighty God or worship him as God, or believe that Jesus (pbuh) would die for his sins. On the contrary he said that the path to salvation was through keeping the commandments. It is indeed striking to note the difference between the words of Jesus Christ (pbuh) and the Christian dogma of salvation through the sacrifice of Jesus (pbuh).
The First Commandment is that God is One:
The Bible does not support the Christian belief in trinity at all. One of the scribes once asked Jesus (pbuh) as to which was the first commandment of all, to which Jesus (pbuh) merely repeated what Moses (pbuh) had said earlier:
"Shama Israelu Adonai Ila Hayno Adonai Ikhad."
This is a Hebrew quotation, which means:
"Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord." [The Bible, Mark 12:29]
It is striking that the basic teachings of the Church such as Trinity and vicarious atonement find no mention in the Bible. In fact, various verses of the Bible point to Jesus’ (pbuh) actual mission, which was to fulfill the law revealed to Prophet Moses (pbuh). Indeed Jesus (pbuh) rejected any suggestions that attributed divinity to him, and explained his miracles as the power of the One True God.
Jesus (pbuh) thus reiterated the message of monotheism that was given by all earlier prophets of Almighty God.
NOTE: All quotations of the Bible are taken from the King James Version.
2007-03-04 22:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was hoping that at least one of the answers told you what you asked for, because I wanted to go a step further. But, up to now there hasn't been one, at least in the first 4 posts.
You need to look in the Gospel of John chapters 8 and 10. Jesus says that he is what means to the Jews, I AM. In both those chapers he angers the Jews because:
John 10:30 I and the Father are one."
31 Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"
33 "We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
The jews thought that he said that he is God.
NOW for the next step: God said that Jesus is God. Where?
Well, right here!
Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
"Let all God's angels worship him."
7In speaking of the angels he says,
"He makes his angels winds,
his servants flames of fire."
8 But about the Son he says,
"Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,
and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.
And THAT was a quote out of the Old Testament:
Psalm 45:6.
So i hope that ends your search. i have shown these verses to Muslims before, and they just do not want to get it. But there it is.
2007-03-05 05:38:55 · answer #2 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He tells them at the last supper, if you have seen me you have seen the Father. Also, in the Gospel of John he tells us, In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD. John then tells us, And the WORD became flesh and dwelt among us.
Pretty compelling stuff to show Jesus Christ is God. You have no concept of the Trinity.
2007-03-05 05:15:00 · answer #3 · answered by Augustine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked Jesus to forgive my sins and I asked Jesus to come into my heart and I felt Jesus come into me and fill me with peace and love
2007-03-05 05:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He don't have to say it we made him God. He is your God now if you like it or not. Period
What if he did say he was God would that make him God? No! We made him God.
2007-03-05 05:27:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right
Jesus pbuh never declared that I am God.
2007-03-05 05:17:25 · answer #6 · answered by Punter 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
MY FATHER AND I ARE ONE
2007-03-05 05:15:23 · answer #7 · answered by Nats 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋