If Jesus is not God why didn't He correct Thomas?

Question

After the resurrection when Jesus appeared to Thomas, Thomas called Jesus God. If Jesus is not God why didn't He correct Him?

John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

Moises_Frias - What?

Moises_Frias - Actually Jesus' words to Thomas were recorded.

John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Answer 1

Because Thomas saw the truth after he realized who Jesus was......JESUS is GOD !!!!

Answer 2

Jesus IS God, thats why He didn't correct Thomas. I think you're getting mixed up with the trinity:
God the Father
God the Son (Jesus)
God the Holy Spirit

so, Jesus is God.
it's really not that hard to understand once you learn and understand a little bit more, look at these websites for more info:
http://www.afcministry.com/Explaining_the_Trinity.htm

Answer 3

Addressing the resurrected Jesus, the apostle Thomas exclaimed: “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28) This and other accounts were “written down that [we] may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God.” And Thomas was not contradicting Jesus, who had sent His disciples the message: “I am ascending to . . . my God and your God.” (John 20:17, 30, 31) So Thomas did not think that Jesus was Almighty God. Thomas may have addressed Jesus as “my God” in the sense of Christ’s being “a god,” though not “the only true God.” (John 1:1; 17:1-3) Or by saying “my God,” Thomas may have been acknowledging Jesus as God’s Spokesman and Representative, even as others addressed an angelic messenger as though he were Jehovah.—Compare Genesis 18:1-5, 22-33; 31:11-13; 32:24-30; Judges 2:1-5; 6:11-15; 13:20-22.


(John 17:3) “This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”

Answer 4

Excellant Point; You can never have Abraham"s blessing with a Thomas kind of Faith;---If You have to "See it First--Touch It or Taste;Thomas made the correct Statement, He was Looking at Total Truth"Jesus "

Answer 5

This debate shall not end here, it has gone on since time immemorial. However, the bible is clear that to call oneself the son of God is to equate oneself with God. John 5:18 states: "Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."

Therefore, in the Jewish faith to call oneself the son of God is the same as calling oneself God. It does not, however, make one God; it simply was a belief held by a group of people.

Also, we do not know what language these words were spoken in, therefore, we do not know the original meaning of the translated word.

In addition, there are no bonus points for believing Jesus is God; the bible, clearly says to be saved one must only belief he is the son of God.

Answer 6

Because it's pointless. Thomas doubted Jesus' ressurection, with that his credibility was destroyed.

There are many verses in the Bible that are words of Jesus himself that outweighs Thomas' words to prove that what Thomas said is not accurate.

But of course, there are many so-called-Christian who are eager to turn a blind eye just to satisfy their belief that Jesus is God.

I'm not saying that you're wrong, rather you're making Lord Jesus a liar.

Answer 7

Thomas called Yahshua his Lord and He also was the image of God...before Yahshua said "If you have seen Me you have seen the Father". Thomas was just stating this fact. No one has seen God but the Son. Who else could show a complete likeness of the Father but the Son, our Lord.

Answer 8

Jesus Christ was truly the very physical presence of the spirit of God.See Colossians 1:15 for the reference.Places like Colossians 2:9 and I just got interrupted and forget the other.

Answer 9

Jesus is God. I teach others about the Trinity of God using water as example.

God is water.
Jesus is water, in solid form. Ice
The Holy Spirit is God in gas form. Steam

Answer 10

Jesus corrected Thomas according to a book written by people whose agenda was to generate support for their rather bizarre cult, and since having been written, has been altered so often and so badly that little of the original remains.

What was your question?

Answer 11

There are over 40 places in the New Testament which speak of the divinity of Jesus, most of them in the Fourth Gospel, though a number of authors write about it at various points.