I want to ask the Roman Catholics that where in the 73 books of Roman Catholics is it mentioned Jesus saying the line "I'am the God" or "Worship me"
NOWHERE!!!!!
2007-09-20 06:20:25 · 11 answers · asked by greenisbestcolor 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus said that He and the Father were one.
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2007-09-20 06:24:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is God (cf. John 8:58, 10:38, 14:10; Col. 2:9). (*NOTE: It also clearly teaches that the Holy Spirit is God (cf. Acts 5:3–4, 28:25–28; 1 Cor. 2:10–13). Everyone agrees the Father is God. Yet there is only one God (Mark 12:29, 1 Cor. 8:4–6, Jas. 2:19). This is why God is Trinity.)
Jesus did say he was God. In John 8:58, when quizzed about how he has special knowledge of Abraham, Jesus replies, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I Am"—invoking and applying to himself the personal name of God—"I Am" (Ex. 3:14). His audience understood exactly what he was claiming about himself. "So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple" (John 8:59).
Also significant are passages that apply the title "the First and the Last" to Jesus. This is one of the Old Testament titles of Yahweh: "Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of armies: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; besides me there is no god’" (Is. 44:6; cf. 41:4, 48:12).
By the way, protestants believe that Christ is God too, so I don't know why this question is directed to Catholics alone.
Peace be with you, brother
2007-09-20 13:29:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
We have been saying that Jesus is God since the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostle Thomas to say, "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28)
And John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." and John 1:14 "And the Word became 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."
The Nicene Creed (from the year 325) talks about the nature of Jesus Christ:
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. Through Him all things were made. For us and our salvation He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried. On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the scriptures: He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains what we believe in depth:
http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt2.htm
For many Scriptures that refer to Jesus as God and the Trinity, see: http://www.cwo.com/~pentrack/catholic/Trinity.txt
With love in Christ.
2007-09-21 00:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure?
Jesus Christ Claims to be God
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.
2007-09-24 14:25:09 · answer #4 · answered by Daver 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When He was addressed as the lord and messiah, he never told anyone "You are wrong."
In the Gospel of John, Jesus repeatedly uses the phrase " I AM"
I AM the bread of life.
I AM the way the truth and the life
...and others....and when the soldiers came to arrest him, he asked, "WHo do you seek" they said "Jesus the Nazorean" He answered, " I AM."
Not, " That's me" or " I'm him"
And they fell to their knees....WHY???
Because by using the phrase I AM he was using the unspeakable name of God! He was calling himself GOD.
If he came right out the way you suggest, he would have been killed much sooner.
2007-09-20 20:19:04 · answer #5 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When Mary, who was pregnant with jesus, went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, Elizabeth inspired by the Holy Spirit.asked "How is it that the mother of my Lord should visit me?" God had told her that Jesus is Lord, a title for God.
After Jesus resurrection, when He proved to Timothy that He indeed was alive, Timothy exclaimed "My Lord and my God". Jesus did not rebuke Timothy.
2007-09-20 15:23:53 · answer #6 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm agnostic...teetering on athiesm...and even I know you're wrong.
Jesus says that many times in the New Testament.
2007-09-20 20:35:33 · answer #7 · answered by pab 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He took to Himself titles of deity, belonging solely to YHWH, and He allowed people to worship him.
None so blind, as he who refuses sight!
2007-09-26 03:21:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said, "Wherever two or more of you gather in my name, there is my Church, I have no need for priests."
2007-09-27 13:37:32 · answer #9 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT DOES SAY IF YE LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. CHECK ON THE COMMANDMENTS HE GAVE AND SEE WHAT YOU FIND.
2007-09-28 11:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋