John 5:37: "You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.".
John 5:45,46: "there is one who accuses you -- Moses, in whom you trust. "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
John 8: 56-58: "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad." Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, "most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
2007-05-20 02:22:58 · 9 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Scriptures mentioned in this "question" seem to actually prove the opposite point that the "questioner" seems to propound.
The bible teaches that Jehovah God the Father and Christ Jesus the Son are two distinct persons.
True Christians (such as Jehovah's Witnesses) teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe!
Jehovah's Witnesses love and respect and honor Christ. However, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Scriptures quite plainly demonstrate that Jesus and the Almighty are separate distinct persons, and the Almighty created Jesus as His firstborn son.
(Colossians 1:15) the firstborn of all creation
(Mark 10:18) Jesus said to him: 'Why do you call me good? Nobody is good, except one, God.
(Revelation 3:14) the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God
(Philippians 2:5-6) Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God
(John 8:42) Neither have I come of my own initiative at all, but that One sent me forth
(John 12:49) I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment as to what to tell and what to speak
(John 14:28) I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am
(1 Corinthians 15:28) But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One who subjected all things to him
(Matthew 20:23) this sitting down at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father
(1 Corinthians 11:3) I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; ...in turn the head of the Christ is God
(John 20:17) I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.
(Deuteronomy 6:4) Jehovah our God is one Jehovah
(1 Corinthians 8:4-6) There is no God but one. For even though there are those who are called "gods," whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many "gods" and many "lords," there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him
Thanks again for an opportunity to share what the bible actually says about the distinct persons of Jesus Christ the Son and Jehovah God the Father!
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2007-05-21 07:00:22 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
John 5: 37 Also, the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. YOU have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his figure; 38 and YOU do not have his word remaining in YOU, because the very one whom he dispatched YOU do not believe.
verse 38 helps us to understand that because they rejected Jesus they rejected all that Jehovah had said.
verse 46 In fact, if YOU believed Moses YOU would believe me, for that one wrote about me. 47 But if YOU do not believe the writings of that one, how will YOU believe my sayings?”
by rejecting one portion of God's word you are rejecting all that Jehovah has said.
John 8:58, the question to Jesus was 'not what is your name' it is how old are you?
In Greek it is acceptable to mix tenses. In English you can not.
In proper english it is 'before Abraham was, I have been.'
If Jesus was quoting Ex 3:14 and he used the Greek Bible of his day (not the Hebrew text) he would have had to say.
Before Abraham was, 'The Being', because that is what the Greek bible read.
2007-05-21 06:00:33 · answer #2 · answered by TeeM 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why this is important to you - but there are different names for Jesus and God. God is I AM, Yahweh (Jehovah) etc and Jesus is Redeemer, Saviour, Prince of peace etc. There are distinct differences - likewise for the Holy Spirit.
2007-05-20 02:29:51 · answer #3 · answered by Delerious? 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You're on a tear, Mouthbre......
Why is it so important for you to try and prove Jesus is Jehovah?
You are using arguments shot down decaders ago.
2007-05-20 02:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope, theology 101...
one God
Three persons
and the name Jehovah is made up, the Hebrew name for god only contains consonants, be it YHWH or JHVH, depending on how a person translates it, you could end up with Yahweh or Jehovah, since there is no "j" in Hebrew, Yahweh is probably the better translation. In any case, the name could be applied to any member of the trinity.
2007-05-20 02:36:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
All these verses and many more in the Jesus said all point to the fact that Jesus is God. That the Father, the Son and the one to be sent (Holy Spirit) are all one, one in the same, all 3 are God. The Trinity exists. Jesus tells us so.
2007-05-20 02:29:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Jesus was his name. There is noone named Jehovah
2007-05-20 02:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by wisemancumth 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
You can say it all you want, but that doesn't make your interpretation true.
2007-05-20 02:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's safe to say that the whole thing is a hoax.
2007-05-20 02:25:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋