Jesus, God's Servant not son?

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Read the whole thing before answereing, it would make a lot more sense.

What's your thoughts on this?

For Peter, Jesus was a servant of God. Peter said: “God raised up his servant...” (Acts 3:26). The title servant refers to Jesus. This is clear from a previous passage where Peter declared: “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus.” (Acts 3:13).

Peter must have known that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob never spoke of a Triune God. They always spoke of God as the only God. Here, as in Matthew 12:18, Jesus is the servant of God. Matthew tells us that Jesus was the same servant of God spoken of in Isaiah 42:1. So, according to Matthew and Peter, Jesus is not God, but God’s servant. The Old Testament repeatedly says that God is alone (e.g. Isaiah 45:5).

All of the disciples of Jesus held this view. In Acts 4:24 we are told that the believers prayed to God saying: “...they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ‘Sovereign Lord,’ they said, ‘you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.’” It is clear that the one they were praying to was not Jesus, because, two verses later, they referred to Jesus as “...your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.” (Acts 4:27).

If Jesus was God, his disciples should have said this clearly. Instead, they kept preaching that Jesus was God’s Christ. We are told in Acts: “Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.” (Acts 5:42).

The Greek word “Christ” is a human title. It means “Anointed.” If Jesus was God, why would the disciples continually refer to him with human titles like servant and Christ of God, and consistently use the title God for the one who raised Jesus? Did they fear men? No! They boldly preached the truth fearing neither imprisonment nor death. When they faced opposition from the authorities, Peter declared: “We must obey God rather than men! The God of our fathers raised Jesus...” (Acts 5:29-30).

Were they lacking the Holy Spirit? No! They were supported by the Holy Spirit (see Acts 2:3, 4:8, and 5:32). They were simply teaching what they had learnt from Jesus — that Jesus was not God but, rather, God’s servant and Christ.

Answer 1

and you my friend have got to be a Muslim.
Jesus is God's son..end of story
but you can believe how you wish

Answer 2

I read what you wrote and I was wondering what you would think of Jesus, Paul, Peter, John, and the others if you knew that they stated these things:
John 20:28
Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

Hebrews 1:5 . . . ."I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son"? 6And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
"Let all God's angels worship him."
( Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, . . .

Exodus 20:7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. )

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

These statements and more point to Jesus, who was man, and yet God at the same time. So I understand that you think that you've found something reliable, but it is not. There are far too amny things in the bible that point to Jesus being God, and God being the Deliverer. God told people all along what He was doing, they just didn't have what it took to realize it.

Finally I leave you with this verse:
John 8:58"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"

So apparently, Jesus, John, Paul, and Abraham all disagree with you on this.

Answer 3

Ahhhh now I see said the blind man. You are right. This is an item many won't face for they would rather believe in the trinity. But just think of that in basic bible terms. G_D said put no other G_D nor image before me. Yet what do those who believe in the trinity do??? Put 2 gods before G_D, Jesus and the Holy Ghost.

Yahushua (Jesus) was YHWH (G_D) in human form, it was YWHW, His spirit, His Ghost. Jesus was just a servant.

The truth is starting to come out, and I thank you for taking the time to show the passages. Many will still deny it for they would rather believe the word of man, their church, then the true word of G_D. And G_D tells us such people will exist and He will tell them on judgment day...." be gone, I do not know thee ".

Plus most base the trinity on 1 Johns 5:7 but research shows us that this passage was majorly added to. And one just has to read Revelation 22:18-19 for it clearly tells us to not change the book. So how can you believe in such a change in the first place? That should be a huge red flag if you ask me.

And last....G_D over n over says clearly.... " I am the ONLY G_D ".

PS - Lucifer is good, he's made many believe in 3 gods instead of 1.

Answer 4

Since Jesus Christ chose to enter the earth, to guide the people around, at that time, He chose to be practical. He lived the life in poverty, hard work as the assistant to his earthly father in carpentry. His life is His message. First He practiced the principle of servant of God and declared so. After some time, He declared that He is the son of God. Subsequently near the end of His earthly career, He chose to declare that ' I and my father are One' He has practically demonstrated the above by his behavior. At the time of crucifixion, He was found to be praying 'Father, they know not what they were doing, forgive them. Hence all these reveal His real identity. i.e., He is the son of God.

Answer 5

When Y'shua is described as a servant, the Bible is talking about how He gave up His perfect existence in heaven to serve as a sacrifice. Read Hebrews 1; it talks about how Y'shua was made a little lower than the angels (who are servants) while on Earth (He is still G-d, but He will have a human body forever). But Hebrews also states that G-d raised Him up again, and that though they are different Persons, their essence is the same:

"God ... has ... spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." (Hebrews 1:1-4)

And in John 17, Y'shua says multiple times that He and the Father are One, and have been so since before the world began. He just took on bodily form to walk on this Earth--to serve humanity by dying on the Cross.

Answer 6

you have a good handle on things. but Jesus IS God's Son. That is testified too in several places within scripture. You are right when you say he is not God but God' Son and servant.
The devil believes in one God but he doesn't believe that God has a Son. He always tested him saying, If tou be the Son of God.
The Devil has blinded the peoples eyes to make Jesus, God the Son. This statement denies that God has a Son and makes jesus his own father which is pagan babylonian doctrine(the tare teachings that the devil sowed among christian-wheat teachings . There is only One true God, even our father and he has a Son. Christ, the Son of the living God!

Answer 7

Hey Muslim, Jesus was here on the earth to act as a servant for all of us. He was the Lamb for the sacrifice because GOD the Father asked Him to be. And why are you trying to twist the Triune GOD when you yourself have cited two persons of the GOD-Head. The Father and the Holy Spirit? Jesus is GOD in the flesh, He is the only begotten Son of GOD and HE was the perfect sacrifice for all of humanity whether you believe it or not. You and muhammad do not define Whom GOD is. GOD did that in HIS word (The Bible) and in His promises that have all come true according to prophecy up to this day. End of story! Why do you Muslims even speak of Jesus since He was Jewish anyway???

Answer 8

You are taking a half truth and twisting it, hopefully not on purpose. Jesus, as us all, are servants of God. He came as a servant of God to do God's will here on Earth, and to show us by example how to be servants of God (ie the Lord's prayer). Jesus, however, is God. John 1:1 states, "In the beginning was the Word (logos in Greek), and the Word was God, and the Word was with God".

Answer 9

John 17:5 says "And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN".
John 10:30-33 says " I and the Father are one."
Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him,
but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"

"We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
Mark 2:5-7 says "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
"Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
John 5:21-23 says " For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.
Moreover, the Father judges no-one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,
that all may honour the Son just as they honour the Father. He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father, who sent him".
In verses such as Mathew 8:2;9:18;14:33;15:25;20:20;Mar... Jesus accepts worship. Only God is to be worshipped.
In John20:28 Thomas saw the risen Lord and cried "My Lord and My God".
In Mathew 28:18,19 Jesus said " Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit(the Trinity)".
Jesus not only asked people to believe in Him and to obey His commandments but He asked them to pray in His name
(John 14:13,14).
Also, Christ was prophecized in the Old Testament as God in Isaiah 9:6(as well as other verses) which says "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace".
I could probably give a lot more evidence but that will do for now.
http://www.johnankerberg.org/Articles/editors-choice/EC1202W2.htm

Answer 10

Jesu is the Son of God... 1 john 2: 22 Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist—he denies the Father and the Son. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.


Phil. 2:5-8 tells us that Jesus, "being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God" and yet He "made himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man…" Those verses show that Jesus was equal with God, yet humbled Himself and took the form of a servant.

Look at John 5:18 and see that the Jews wanted to kill Jesus "because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God." John 10:30-33 states, "I and the Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered Him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God."

Isa. 7:14 states, "Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel." Matthew 1:23 repeats, "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."

Answer 11

attempt this on for length - Jesus is God. Jesus is the only Begotten Son of the daddy of God. Jesus is Servant of God. Jesus is a Prophet of God. Jesus is our Redeemer. Jesus is our Saviour. Jesus is likewise God. for the reason that Genesis, God has been telling His human beings approximately Jesus. God has used many words and names and titles to describe Jesus. God have been telling His human beings the excellent time that He grew to become into going to deliver Himself in human type right down to earth at some point so as that they might see Him head to head, in residing flesh. God got here to earth as Jesus. It grew to become into the daddy that despatched the Son. And later it grew to become into the Son that despatched the Holy Spirit. (Pentecost)