Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.John 7:16
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me John 7:33
who is Jesus speaking about "sent me". and how can catholic insist of saying God is equal to Jesus?
2007-06-21 17:01:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Old and New Testament are so full of contradictions its absurd for anyone to try and get a credible answer for you.
2007-06-21 17:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ok first lets start with John 7:16, he is telling a group of people in church that the doctrine he is reading and telling them is not his, that it is Jesus (Jesus sent them out to teach his word).
Second John 7:33, here he is telling them he only has a short while with them until he has to return back to his own father God.
Third Jesus is talking about God sending him to preach the word and truth.
I can see why Catholic might think God is equal to Jesus and that is because in the end after Jesus dies on the cross, god gives Jesus control over everything and Jesus prepares the New Heaven and New Earth and will become ruler over all.
In other words, God is giving Jesus his inherintence because Jesus is his son.
2007-06-21 17:15:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was sent by God, to be the savior. and I think you might have misstated your question just a little bit didn't you mean to say, why do they say Jesus is equal to God? and if so it is because he is ..Jesus also said..
Matthew 11:27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. (means he has all the power and rights of God)
John 5:22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son ( means that God the Father leaves the judging up to the Son)
John 10:30 I and the Father are one." (means they are one and the same)
John 14:10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? (means that they are one and the same)
These too are Jesus words he clearly taught that he and the Father are one and the same.
2007-06-21 17:34:26 · answer #3 · answered by candi_k7 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The equality of which Catholics speak is equality of being, not equality of role. For example, the President of the United States has a role to play that is entirely different from that of a police officer, but they are both human beings, and so they are equal in regard to being.
What Catholics believe, then, is that Jesus (God the Son) is equal in being to God (God the Father). Of course, there is the added complexity that the Godhead is simple and indivisible, meaning that God the Father and God the Son (as well as God the Holy Spirit) share the exact same essence -- they are not three gods but one God in three persons -- but hopefully you get the idea.
2007-06-21 17:10:07 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The father sent Jesus and God and Jesus are equal as well as the Holy Spirit. It's called the Trinity.
2007-06-21 17:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Psalms 83:18
2007-06-21 17:12:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Jesus is saying is that he was not taught by man or but by God. His doctrine wasn't his (meaning Jesus the man) but was God (which Jesus is God). God sent himself as Jesus. It's hard for us to understand because we can't do these things, but God can.
2007-06-21 17:15:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God in three persons drives some people buggy since it gets rather close to paganism and gods are everywhere (trees, plants, rocks, animals).
If you believe in God but do not believe Jesus is God, then you are a deist as were many of the founding fathers of the USA.
If God can appear to humans as a burning bush, then God can appear as a living being waiting to be taken back into God although not expecting the pain. ("Father why hast thou forsaken me?") Accepting the Holy Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Ghost - as aspects of God is one of the tenets of faith in many parts of the Christian (not just Catholic) church.
2007-06-21 17:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Father and the Son are co-equal. However, for purposes of accomplishing redemption, the Son voluntarily submits to the will of the Father. The Father plays a role in redemption, sending the Son. The Son's role is willing obedience to the Father's command.
2007-06-21 17:07:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hi,
It is His Father who sent him.
John 5:37
"And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. "
John 8:16
" Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. "
John 12:49
" For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. "
You can't expect the catholic church to have a correct doctrine. They have so many doctrines which are AGAINST the doctrines of Christ like worshiping idols and images, calling their priests 'father', trinity, etc.
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2007-06-21 17:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He was saying that God sent him and I am not Catholic, but were they get saying that Jesus and God are equal is because in the Bible Jesus says to his disciples that " The father and I are one" And that he will be seated by God.
2007-06-21 17:07:11 · answer #11 · answered by Melissa V 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋