Me too. He is God's only begotten Son. He never said he was God, and if he did he meant that he and the Father were of one mind and purpose, not one actual person.
2007-07-05 16:53:46
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answered by . 7
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All over the place, and just cause you personally don't want to believe it does not make it so.
I am too tired to repeat the multitudes of verses, but if you type in various versions of your question again and instead of posting you read the clones of this question, you will find a multitude of verses.
This is the belief by ALL the major denominations of Christianity because it is something that they all agree on from a multitude of sources for a multitude of reasons.
The biggest one being that if Jesus were a mere man his death would only be a symbolic kindness but no power would go forth from His act of self-sacrifice. Only God could go down to hell and defeat Satan and take from Him the keys to death and hell and then after three days rise from the dead.
According to the great majority of scholars who have authenticated the shroud of Turin, the image was put on the cloth between 1800 and 2200 years ago by a force similar to the power that put images on the sidewalk at Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the open air Nuclear blast! Only God could rise from the dead with such awesome power.
2007-07-05 16:53:33
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answered by Makemeaspark 7
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John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word (Jesus), and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one.
John 10:30 I and My Father are One.
2007-07-05 16:53:53
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answered by Red neck 7
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It depends on whom you believe. Some Christian sects treat Jesus as the Son of God, while others treat Jesus as another aspect of God Himself. As far as I know, Jesus himself never states he is God incarnate, only God's son (at least, not according to the generally accepted King James version of the New Testament). However, occasionally Apostles are quoted as referencing Jesus as being God Himself.
Also, Jesus is considered part of the Holy Trinity, so depending on whether or not you consider Christianity a monotheistic or polytheistic religion, you can argue he's either separate from God or another facet of God's power (generally believed to be God's presence on Earth).
However, I'm also not Christian (I'm Agnostic and I have read the Bible), so if someone else out there thinks he/she has concrete evidence to refute this, feel free.
2007-07-05 17:01:54
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answered by SmartyPants 1
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John 8, John 10, John 14.
Jesus' proclamations angered the Pharisees so much that they sought to stone Him. Though perhaps not blatantly obvious in English, the Pharisees knew that He was proclaiming to be God. That's why they were angry.
In verse 58 below, " I AM " is a direct reference to
Exodus 3:13,14. The Jewish people referred to God as "I AM."
2007-07-05 17:01:49
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answered by Bobby Jim 7
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Yes He is God's son, which means he is God the Son. HE states that who ever sees Him sees God, -John 15
(They are one and the same). Knowing that God is Holy, then Jesus being HIs ONLY SON, makes Him Holy. Devine.
Also in Matthew chapters 10 & 11 and others.
2007-07-05 17:05:00
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answered by monfille 3
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well you have been given a multitude of verses proving Jesus is God, now decide to let him into your heart to forgive sins and be your friend or live like I did in self delusion. praying for you friend, David ps i use to get high on beer now i live high on Jesus my savior and best friend
as promised Isaiah 9:6 unto us a child is born a son is given, and he will be the mighty God the everlasting father, the prince of peace. Jesus said if you have seen me you have seen the father, and I and my father are one
like h2o it can come in 3 forms water steam or ice but its always h2o So is Father Son and Holy Spirit =3 forms but always God
2007-07-06 02:36:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus Christ Claims to be God in the following Bible passages:
Matt. 4:7; Luke 4:12 - Jesus tells satan, "you shall not tempt the Lord your God" in reference to Himself.
Matt. 5:21-22; 27-28; 31-32; 33-34; 38-39; 43-44 - Jesus makes Himself equal to God when He declares, "You heard it said...but I say to you.."
Matt. 7:21-22; Luke 6:46 - not everyone who says to Jesus, "Lord, Lord." Jesus calls Himself Lord, which is God.
Matt. 9:2; Mark 2:5; Luke 5:20; 7:48 - Jesus forgives sins. Only God can forgive sins.
Matt. 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5 - Jesus says that He is "Lord of the Sabbath." He is the Lord of God's law which means He is God.
Matt. 18:20 - Jesus says where two or three are gathered in His name, there He is in the midst of them.
Matt. 21:3; Luke 19:31,34 - Jesus calls himself "Lord." "The Lord has need of them."
Matt. 26:64; Mark 14:62; Luke 22:70 - Jesus acknowledges that He is the Son of God.
Matt. 28:20 - Jesus said He is with us always, even unto the end of the world. Only God is omnipresent.
Mark 14:36 - Jesus calls God "Abba," Aramaic for daddy, which was an absolutely unprecedented address to God and demonstrates Jesus' unique intimacy with the Father.
Luke 8:39 - Luke reports that Jesus said "tell how much God has done for you." And the man declared how much Jesus did.
Luke 17:18 - Jesus asks why the other nine lepers did not come back to give praise to Him, God, except the Samaritan leper.
Luke 19:38,40 - Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. If these were silent, the very stones would cry out.
John 5:18 - Jesus claimed to be God. The Jews knew this because Jesus called God His Father and made Himself equal to God. This is why Jesus was crucified.
John 5:21-22 - Jesus gives life and says that all judgment has been given to Him by the Father.
John 5:23 - Jesus equates Himself with the Father, "whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him."
John 6:38 - Jesus says, "For I have come down from heaven."
John 8:12 - Jesus says "I am the light of the world." - 1 John 1:5 - God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
John 8:19 - Jesus says, "if you knew me, you would know my Father also."
John 8:23 - Jesus says that He is not of this world. Only God is not of this world.
John 8:58 - Jesus says, "Before Abraham was, I AM." Exodus 3:14 - "I AM" means "Yahweh," which means God.
John 10:18 - Jesus says He has the power to lay down His life and take it up again - Gal. 1:1 - God raised Jesus to life.
John 10:30 - Jesus says, "I and the Father are one." They are equal. The Jews even claimed Jesus made Himself equal to God. Jesus' statement in John 14:28, "the Father is greater than I," cannot contradict John 10:30 (the Word of God is never in conflict). Jesus' statement in John 14:28 simply refers to His human messianic role as servant and slave, which He, and not the Father or the Holy Spirit, undertook in the flesh.
John 10:36 - again, Jesus claims that He is "the Son of God."
John 10:38; 14:10 - "the Father is in me and I am in the Father" means the Father and Son are equal.
John 12:45 - Jesus says, "He who sees Me sees Him who sent Me." God the Father is equal to God the Son.
John 13:13 - Jesus says, "You call me Teacher and Lord and you are right for so I AM."
John 14:6 - Jesus says "I am the way, and the truth and the life." Only God is the way, the truth and the life.
John 16:15 - Jesus says, "all things that the Father has are Mine." Jesus has everything God has which makes Him God.
John 16:28 - Jesus says that "He came from the Father and has come into the world."
John 17:5,24 - Jesus' desire is for us to behold His glory which He had before the foundation of the world.
John 20:17 - Jesus distinguishes His relationship to the Father from our relationship by saying "My Father and your Father."
Rev. 1:8 - God says He is the "Alpha and the Omega." In Rev. 22:13, Jesus also says He is the "Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the end." The only possible conclusion one can reach is that Jesus is equal to the Lord God.
Rev. 1:17 - Jesus says again, "I am the First and the Last." This is in reference to the God prophesied by Isaiah in Isaiah 44:6, 41:4, 48:12.
Rev. 1:18 - Jesus, the First and the Last, also says "I died, and behold, I am alive for evermore." When did God ever die? He only did in the humanity of Jesus Christ our Lord and God.
Rev. 2:8 - Jesus again says, "The words of the First and the Last, who died and came to life." When did God die and come to life? In our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2007-07-05 16:55:03
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answered by Anonymous
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Joh 10:30
2007-07-05 16:51:58
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answered by Bruce7 4
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"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Revelation 22:13
Jesus' divinity is Equal to God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus sits at the right hand of God the Father, becaues he is equal to him. God bless.
2007-07-05 16:51:49
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answered by Anonymous
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You've opened the door now, mate.
1) Assume the Bible to be true and literal.
Given that there are so many inconsistencies with it, how can any passage be true.
2) Assume the statement to be true and that Jesus is God. How is it possible that he be slain if he is "omnipotent and immortal". Even the guise of death would be unbecoming of a deity.
3) Assume that God exists. Which God is it? There have been, and to this day exist, many "claimed" gods depending upon which faith you choose (Greek gods, Roman gods, Norse gods, Pagan, Hindu, yadayadayada)
4) Christian God exists only because of this one word: faith. If you ask for proof, you are not a true Christian. Besides, you will never find any proof of a non-entity: God does not exist.
2007-07-05 16:50:46
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answered by Anonymous
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