Are Jesus Christ and God one and the same? Or are they two separate entities? Can you explain this?

Question

Is Jesus actually God incarnate?

Or are Jesus and God two separate entities?

If they are one, could you explain how this is so?

Who did Jesus pray to when He was on Earth?

Thanks

God Bless

Answer 1

God as God could not do one thing ..he could not make himself die ...so he wrapped himself in flesh and was born of the virgin mary and told mary to calll his name Jesus Chist ...GOd is Christ wrapped in flesh so he could die for our sins.....The name of the father , son , and holy ghost is JEsus Christ ....Jesus didnt bypass anything while he was on earth .he was born , he ate and he prayed to be the perfect example to man kind he didnt have to do any of those

Answer 2

God is separate from all religious beliefs. Those who practice Islam, Buddhism, Hindu, Judaism, Wicca... believe that not only is God separate from Jesus, but that Jesus was not a very significant person, if in fact he ever existed at all.

I am not saying that Jesus did not exist or is insignificant (people believe what they want), but I am saying that you might need to start thinking more broadly.

In the Christian point of view, if Jesus was God's son then they could not possibly be one and the same. Also, in most religions God is believed to be a higher being that is so awesome that "s/he" is omnipotent and cannot take any form.

Answer 3

Have you ever known people who spent so much time together that they start to talk alike and dress alike? Sooner or later people will make comments about them saying that they are practically inseparable. It’s kind of like that except Jesus and our Father have an even much deeper connection. They are connected so deeply that they are of one mind and one unity.

Matthew 4:16-17 tells us that “after being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and [John the Baptist] saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased’.” Therefore, Jesus and God are two separate entities.

John 10:30 informs that Jesus “and the Father are one.” In verse 38 of that same chapter, Jesus says to “understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.” Therefore, Jesus and God are the same.

John 14:8-10 states that “Philip said to [Jesus], ‘Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works’.”

The Son and the Father are separate. The Son and the Father are the same. The Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son.

Next step is on to the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17) to complete the Trinity of God. :)

Answer 4

Jesus is God, but what we think of when we heard the word God is Heavenly Father which is the father of Jesus Christ and of all mankind. Therefore we can say that Jesus is also God but Jesus and Heavenly Father are absolutely different entities....but it's written in the scripture that Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father are one because no one will go to the Father but by through Him (Jesus Christ)...which means They have the same goal which is for us to be with them but it will be only possible through Jesus Christ's atonement (atonement = Jesus being nailed on the cross to redeem sins of all mankind).

Answer 5

The Father is God he is all the God that there is. The Son (Jesus) is God He is all
the God there is. The Holy Spirit is God and again all the God that there is. This
is best understood by the mortal mind by looking at Creation. God has reveled
Himself to us there as well as in the Bible.

The dimension of space are height, width and breadth. Each of these dimensions is
infinite and by that definition each contains all space. Yet these dimension make
up one space.

God is like that each is God all the God that can be because He is infinite yet
these three are the One true God... IHS Jim

Answer 6

Trinity: The central doctrine of religions of Christendom. According to the Athanasian Creed, there are three divine Persons (the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost), each said to be eternal, each said to be almighty, none greater or less than another, each said to be God, and yet together being but one God. Other statements of the dogma emphasize that these three “Persons” are not separate and distinct individuals but are three modes in which the divine essence exists. Thus some Trinitarians emphasize their belief that Jesus Christ is God, or that Jesus and the Holy Ghost are Jehovah. Not a Bible teaching.

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.

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.”

Does the Bible agree with those who teach that the Father and the Son are not separate and distinct individuals?

Matt. 26:39, RS: “Going a little farther he [Jesus Christ] fell on his face and prayed, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.’” (If the Father and the Son were not distinct individuals, such a prayer would have been meaningless. Jesus would have been praying to himself, and his will would of necessity have been the Father’s will.)

John 8:17, 18, RS: “[Jesus answered the Jewish Pharisees:] In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true; I bear witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me.” (So, Jesus definitely spoke of himself as being an individual separate and distinct from the Father.)

Answer 7

Jesus prayed to God.
The best explanation I found (from a christian point of view) is that if you think of "God" as a family name, you have father God, son god, etc. other than that it makes no sense to me. I like the Islamic view that Jesus was a creation of God, same as we are, not a son. God is One. now that makes way more sense to me.

Answer 8

God is our Father and Jesus is our brother. Jesus is a child of God like all of us.

Answer 9

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.)

Answer 10

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.”)