WHILE Jesus is often called the Son of God in the Bible, nobody in the first century ever thought of him as being God the Son. Even the demons, who "believe there is one God," knew from their experience in the spirit realm that Jesus was not God. So, correctly, they addressed Jesus as the separate "Son of God." (James 2:19; Matthew 8:29) And when Jesus died, the pagan Roman soldiers standing by knew enough to say that what they had heard from his followers must be right, not that Jesus was God, but that "certainly this was God's Son."—Matthew 27:54.
Hence, the phrase "Son of God" refers to Jesus as a separate created being, not as part of a Trinity. As the Son of God, he could not be God himself, for John 1:18 says: "No one has ever seen God."—RS, Catholic edition.
The disciples viewed Jesus as the "one mediator between God and men," not as God himself. (1 Timothy 2:5) Since by definition a mediator is someone separate from those who need mediation, it would be a contradiction for Jesus to be one entity with either of the parties he is trying to reconcile. That would be a pretending to be something he is not.
The Bible is clear and consistent about the relationship of God to Jesus. Jehovah God alone is Almighty. He created the prehuman Jesus directly. Thus, Jesus had a beginning and could never be coequal with God in power or eternity.
2007-06-12 07:51:23
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answered by LineDancer 7
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Even though God did say that, God created us all. God sent the angel Gabriel to tell Marry that she would give birth to God's only begotten son. So if you technically think God created everything around you. Just because you try to live like Jesus doesn't mean he's the only one you worship. God and Jesus are in the same "family" so really your praising both God & Jesus, which is what the bible says to do!
Remember John 3:16!!
2007-06-12 07:23:11
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answered by emmabac 1
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Jesus is not a creature; He was not created. He is the only begotten Son of the Father. He is the Word and He is God. Worshiping Christ is worshiping God.
2007-06-12 07:18:21
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answer #3
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answered by Tree of Jesse 3
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Jesus was God manifested in the flesh.
Read 1 Timothy 3:16.
Edit: reservationraised gave an excellent explanation!!
2007-06-12 08:23:10
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answered by Caleb's Mom 6
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Jesus was not created by God. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have always existed.
2007-06-12 07:18:12
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus was the Word of God, and when people worship Jesus they are worshipping God as much as God can be understood by people.
Jesus tells about "The peace that passeth understanding," but through words, people can understand as much as we need to in this life.
2007-06-12 08:06:06
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answer #6
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answered by DCFN 4
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Jesus was not created, he was begotten. He was present in the beginning with God, and he was always there. Through him all things were made. John 1:5...
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
(Jesus is the Word, in case you missed that.)
2007-06-12 07:20:56
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus IS God, have you heard the term 3 in 1, father, son, and holy ghost. They are three and yet one.
an analogy to this is an egg, the shell, the yolk, and the white, and yet they are one, the egg. The same is with God. Jesus isn't created by God, he is God.
2007-06-12 07:20:37
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answered by HideousStrength 2
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Jesus is God John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as areceived him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
2007-06-12 07:18:49
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answered by djmantx 7
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Jesus is God incarnate. Meaning God in the form of man. He is not a creation of God. He is the part of God himself that came to earth. Don't worry, you won't be sinning if you worship him.
2007-06-12 07:21:25
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answered by Yo C 4
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