How many of you believe in God? Separate from Jesus!?

Answer 1

Jesus Christ: The only-begotten Son of God, the only Son produced by Jehovah alone. This Son is the firstborn of all creation. By means of him all other things in heaven and on earth were created. He is the second-greatest personage in the universe. It is this Son whom Jehovah sent to the earth to give his life as a ransom for mankind, thus opening the way to eternal life for those of Adam’s offspring who would exercise faith. This same Son, restored to heavenly glory, now rules as King, with authority to destroy all the wicked and to carry out his Father’s original purpose for the earth. The Hebrew form of the name Jesus means “Jehovah Is Salvation”; Christ is the equivalent of the Hebrew Ma·shi′ach (Messiah), meaning “Anointed One.”

Is Jesus Christ actually God? John 17:3, RS: “[Jesus prayed to his Father:] This is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God [“who alone art truly God,” NE], and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.” (Notice that Jesus referred not to himself but to his Father in heaven as “the only true God.”)

John 20:17, RS: “Jesus said to her [Mary Magdalene], ‘Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (So to the resurrected Jesus, the Father was God, just as the Father was God to Mary Magdalene. Interestingly, not once in Scripture do we find the Father addressing the Son as “my God.”)

Does John 1:1 prove that Jesus is God? John 1:1, RS: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God [also KJ, JB, Dy, Kx, NAB].” NE reads “what God was, the Word was.” Mo says “the Logos was divine.” AT and Sd tell us “the Word was divine.” The interlinear rendering of ED is “a god was the Word.” NW reads “the Word was a god”; NTIV uses the same wording.

What is it that these translators are seeing in the Greek text that moves some of them to refrain from saying “the Word was God”? The definite article (the) appears before the first occurrence of the·os′ (God) but not before the second. The articular (when the article appears) construction of the noun points to an identity, a personality, whereas a singular anarthrous (without the article) predicate noun before the verb (as the sentence is constructed in Greek) points to a quality about someone. So the text is not saying that the Word (Jesus) was the same as the God with whom he was but, rather, that the Word was godlike, divine, a god. (See 1984 Reference edition of NW, p. 1579.)

What did the apostle John mean when he wrote John 1:1? Did he mean that Jesus is himself God or perhaps that Jesus is one God with the Father? In the same chapter, verse 18, John wrote: “No one [“no man,” KJ, Dy] has ever seen God; the only Son [“the only-begotten god,” NW], who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.” (RS) Had any human seen Jesus Christ, the Son? Of course! So, then, was John saying that Jesus was God? Obviously not. Toward the end of his Gospel, John summarized matters, saying: “These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, [not God, but] the Son of God.”—John 20:31, RS.

Does Thomas’ exclamation at John 20:28 prove that Jesus is truly God? John 20:28 (RS) reads: “Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’” There is no objection to referring to Jesus as “God,” if this is what Thomas had in mind. Such would be in harmony with Jesus’ own quotation from the Psalms in which powerful men, judges, were addressed as “gods.” (John 10:34, 35, RS; Ps. 82:1-6) Of course, Christ occupies a position far higher than such men. Because of the uniqueness of his position in relation to Jehovah, at John 1:18 (NW) Jesus is referred to as “the only-begotten god.” (See also Ro, By.) Isaiah 9:6 (RS) also prophetically describes Jesus as “Mighty God,” but not as the Almighty God. All of this is in harmony with Jesus’ being described as “a god,” or “divine,” at John 1:1 (NW, AT).

The context helps us to draw the right conclusion from this. Shortly before Jesus’ death, Thomas had heard Jesus’ prayer in which he addressed his Father as “the only true God.” (John 17:3, RS) After Jesus’ resurrection Jesus had sent a message to his apostles, including Thomas, in which he had said: “I am ascending . . . to my God and your God.” (John 20:17, RS) After recording what Thomas said when he actually saw and touched the resurrected Christ, the apostle John stated: “These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31, RS) So, if anyone has concluded from Thomas’ exclamation that Jesus is himself “the only true God” or that Jesus is a Trinitarian “God the Son,” he needs to look again at what Jesus himself said (vs. 17) and at the conclusion that is clearly stated by the apostle John (vs. 31).

Jehovah: The personal name of the only true God. His own self-designation. Jehovah is the Creator and, rightfully, the Sovereign Ruler of the universe. “Jehovah” is translated from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, הוהי, which means “He Causes to Become.” These four Hebrew letters are represented in many languages by the letters JHVH or YHWH.

Is Jehovah in the “Old Testament” Jesus Christ in the “New Testament”?

Matt. 4:10: “Jesus said to him: ‘Go away, Satan! For it is written, “It is Jehovah [“the Lord,” KJ and others] your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.”’” (Jesus was obviously not saying that he himself was to be worshiped.)

John 8:54: “Jesus answered [the Jews]: ‘If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, he who you say is your God.’” (The Hebrew Scriptures clearly identify Jehovah as the God that the Jews professed to worship. Jesus said, not that he himself was Jehovah, but that Jehovah was his Father. Jesus here made it very clear that he and his Father were distinct individuals.)

Ps. 110:1: “The utterance of Jehovah to my [David’s] Lord is: ‘Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.’” (At Matthew 22:41-45, Jesus explained that he himself was David’s “Lord,” referred to in this psalm. So Jesus is not Jehovah but is the one to whom Jehovah’s words were here directed.)

Phil. 2:9-11: “For this very reason also God exalted him [Jesus Christ] to a superior position and kindly gave him the name that is above every other name, so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground, and every tongue should openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. [Dy reads: “ . . . every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.” Kx and CC read similarly, but a footnote in Kx acknowledges: “ . . . the Greek is perhaps more naturally rendered ‘to the glory,’” and NAB and JB render it that way.]” (Notice that Jesus Christ is here shown to be different from God the Father and subject to Him.)

Answer 2

God cannot be separated from Jesus since Jesus is God. However, God the Father is separate from Jesus. This will tell you exactly what the early Christian Church believed on the subject:

http://www.ccel.org/creeds/athanasian.creed.html

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Answer 3

Jesus is just one son of God. Jesus was " the one" Son that brings us to the understanding of God, the Father of us all, and lets us know that we are given never ending life.

Jesus never said that we had to accept God ,or Jesus. The only unforgivable sin is denying the Holy Spirit. Figure out exactly what the Holy Spirit is and know that it's true. It's truly THE most important message from Christ. It will give new meaning to everything, and it will free you.

We all really are in Gods company.

Peace

Answer 4

Considering that the Bible shows us that God and Jesus are two separate individuals, I would imagine every non-atheist (or at least any1 claiming 2 b "Christian") would respond with an "I do"...


Oh, BTW, I'm answering in the affirmative in case you didn't notice.

Answer 5

Jesus is God, you cannot seperate God from Jesus.

Answer 6

The Bible tells us this, even though it tells us also that, Jesus is God.

Answer 7

It all is dependent upon if you're a christian that believes within the "trinity" or now not. Some christians, do not think within the trinity. These ones could let you know, "one million+one million+one million, does now not same one million. There is best "One God"". I uncover it to be much less complicated. The trinity turns out to me to be like that tune within the film, "The stupids" known as, "I'm my possess grandpa". The new testomony name Jesus the Christ "the son of God" sixty eight occasions, on no account "God the son", now not even as soon as. The phrase "trinity" isn't even within the bible, now not at any place. The trinity doctrine used to be proclaimed the respectable doctrine of the church by way of a council known as by way of the Roman Emperor three hundred years after Jesus used to be now not on this planet. The treaties of Nicaea and Constantinople( in case you wish to appear them up). Teachings that didn't incorporate the trinity had been very widespread for the three hundred years earlier than then. Its why the councils had been known as in combination. The argument among if Jesus used to be God or now not used to be making for unrest within the Roman Empire and its politics. After the councils "voted" at the trinity predicament, the encompassing politics to the drawback swiftly transfer to ex-converse, imprison, or kill, anybody who publicly stood for a doctrine of christianity that didn't incorporate the trinity. The treatise had been a brief proclamation of what the church will have to think, authored by way of those councils. It remains to be often quoted in trinitarian church offerings world wide, even ones that don't seem to be Roman Catholic. They start with the phrases, "We think", now not "God mentioned". Jesus Christ mentioned, "Man shall now not are living by way of bread by myself, however by way of "each and every phrase" out of the mouth of God" The best Document or covenant capable to give an explanation for the connection among God and Jesus Christ is absolutely the entirety of the proof of the scriptures possess documentation, not anything much less. Nor can whatever else lay the framework for a confession as for what a christian will have to think. An abbreviation and variation, written by way of a council that "voted" what the reality will have to be within the three hundred' A.D., isn't going to reduce it. All different perspectives at the issues of Christianity, instead of the whole lot of the proof of the possess documentation of the scripture, are arbitrary(uninformed). It makes Christianity a miles more difficult factor to argue. However, christianity used to be now not at first Given as for phrases of argument. It used to be a lot more Given for locating and retaining forwardly and outwardly, the ones phrases upon which mankind can uncover an ample contract. "Let God be real, and each and every guy a liar".

Answer 8

Me! I believe in ALLAH SWT as the only God, and I believe in ALLAH SWT'S messengers as only Prophet of ALLAH.

But none has the right to be worshipped or praised other than ALLAH SWT.

Answer 9

The only thing that makes sense
without all the other fillers.

Answer 10

lol, technically your right Jesus is a sperate being, but also he is one, as thr trinity. they are one but also seperate.

Answer 11

you cannot have a relationship with God without Christ- so my answer is no