Christ’s divinity is shown over and over again in the New Testament. For example, in John 5:18 we are told that Jesus’ opponents sought to kill him because he "called God his Father, making himself equal with 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).
In John 20:28, Thomas falls at Jesus’ feet, exclaiming, "My Lord and my God!" (Greek: Ho Kurios mou kai ho Theos mou—literally, "The Lord of me and the God of me!")
In Philippians 2:6, Paul tells us that Christ Jesus "[w]ho, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped" (New International Version). So Jesus chose to be born in humble, human form though he could have simply remained in equal glory with the Father for he was "in very nature God."
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).
This title is directly applied to Jesus three times in the book of Revelation: "When I saw him [Christ], I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the First and the Last’" (Rev. 1:17). "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the First and the Last, who died and came to life’" (Rev. 2:8). "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the end" (Rev. 22:12–13).
This last quote is especially significant since it applies to Jesus the parallel title "the Alpha and the Omega," which Revelation earlier applied to the Lord God: "‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" (Rev. 1:8).
2007-12-11 07:08:05
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answered by Anonymous
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The Deity of Christ
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He forgave sin - Mark 2:5-7.
He said He is the “I Am” - John 8:58-59; 6:35; 8:12; 10:7; 10:11; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1 (cf. Exod. 3:14).
He alone knows and reveals the things of the Father - Matthew 11:25-27.
He lays down and takes up His life - John 2:19; 10:17-18.
He will raise us up on the last day - John 6:39-40, 44, 54.
He accepts and is worshipped - Matthew 28:17; John 9:35-38 (AV); Revelation 5 :12-13, 19:10; Hebrews 1:6.
The Humanity of Christ
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Jesus’ Body Was Fully Human (Lk. 2:40, 52)
He was fatigued - John 4:6
He thirsted - John 19:28
He hungered - Matthew 4:2
He died physically - Luke 23:46
He had human emotions - Matthew 8:10; 26:38; John 11:35; 12:27;
You do realize, don’t you, that the christian cult guide book is nothing more than fairy tales and boogeyman stories written by men in order to keep the uneducated masses amused, in line, and obeying commands to further the authors’ own socio-economic agenda?
2007-12-11 15:09:27
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answered by Anonymous
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The Withering Fig Tree scriptures sum him up pretty well.
This is Matthew's eye witness account: (Matthew 21:19) - "Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, "No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you." And at once the fig tree withered.
So a fig tree had no figs for him, so he cursed it and that poor tree withered immediately.
Same incident from a different point of view; Mark's eye witness account. (Mark 11:14,20) - "He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" And His disciples were listening. . .As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up."
So in this account, there's no mention of the tree withering and dying right then and there. That same tree from the same eye witness account withered and died the next morning.
Do you know what that means, folks? That's right. The Bible is full of CRAP!
2007-12-11 15:07:26
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answered by ►solo 6
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Do you mean he had multiple personalities like the Psycho movie, certified nut?
2007-12-11 15:09:04
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answered by Anonymous
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