2007-12-22 05:45:13 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hon, your knowledge base and ability to reason are absolutely amazing.
2007-12-22 05:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by cactus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see in your profile that you are an atheist. If you are looking for an honest answer to an honest question then take a look at the link below. If however you are simply trying to "stump" believers then none of this will help you.
No other major religious leader ever claimed the power to forgive sins. But that is not the only claim Jesus made that separated him from the others. In The World’s Great Religions, Huston Smith observed, “Only two people ever astounded their contemporaries so much that the question they evoked was not ‘Who is he?’ but ‘What is he?’ They were Jesus and Buddha. The answers these two gave were exactly the opposite. Buddha said unequivocally that he was a mere man, not a god—almost as if he foresaw later attempts to worship him. Jesus, on the other hand, claimed … to be divine.”
As we look deeper into Jesus’ own words, a pattern seems to emerge. Jesus made radical assertions about himself that, if true, unmistakably point to his deity. Here is a partial list of such statements as recorded by eyewitness accounts.
• “I am the resurrection and the life.” (John 11:25)
• “I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12)
• “I and my Father are one.” (John 10:30)
• “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” (Revelation 22:13).”
• “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” (John 14:6)
• “I am the only way to the Father [God].” (John 14:6)
• “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.” (John 14:9)Once again, we must go back to context. In the Hebrew Scriptures, when Moses asked God his name at the burning bush, God answered, “I AM.” He was telling Moses that He is the only Creator, eternal and transcendent of time.
Since the time of Moses, no practicing Jew would ever refer to himself or anyone else by “I AM.” As a result, Jesus’ “I AM” claims infuriated the Jewish leaders. One time, for example, some leaders explained to Jesus why they were trying to kill him: “Because you, a mere man, have made yourself God” (John 10:33).
But the point here is not simply that such a phrase fumed the religious leaders. The point is that they knew exactly what he was saying—he was claiming to be God, the Creator of the universe. It is only this claim that would have brought the accusation of blasphemy. To read into the text that Jesus claimed to be God is clearly warranted, not simply by his words, but also by their reaction to those words.
Merry Christmas!
In His love,
2007-12-22 06:13:46 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One God is revealed in scripture as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Within the one " essence" of the Godhead there are three persons who are co-equally and co-eternally God.
[ Matthew 3:13-17; 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14 ].
some believe;
Christ was raised a "divine spirit " They deny the bodily resurrection of Christ.
2007-12-22 06:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are NOT all God's children. Only by believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of a virgin, bled and died on the cross for your sins, and was raised from the dead, and is coming again, can you have the right to call yourself a child of God. We are all CREATED by God, but not all of us are adopted into His family. Jesus is the only true Son of God.
2007-12-22 05:52:35 · answer #4 · answered by Proverbs twenty7 7teen 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well if you claim to be a child of God then you should know that its completely not acceptable to question are savior, nor to judge, which sounds like what you are doing! We are ALL children of god, however Jesus is still the only begot ton son of God because he was born of the virgin Mary and died for are sins on the cross. Why question are Jesus when he gave his life for you!??
2007-12-22 05:54:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You answered your own question within itself. Jesus is Gods only begotten Son.
2007-12-22 05:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are sons and daughters of God in a theoretical sense. Jesus was the son of God in an actual sense. As the story goes he was born of a Virgin. . mary. I am pretty sure none of us were born of a virgin. He is special.
2007-12-22 05:52:27 · answer #7 · answered by relionchucks 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, we are all children of god. but jesus is secial because he was born with all the knowledge of god and heaven. He is special because he never sinned, ( and all humans sin ridiculously i'm ashamed of myself) Jesus is special because his mother was a virgin, and jesus is special because angels came down from heaven to tell people to follow the star and go see the baby king. and all the rich wise men and all the other people who came to see him bowed before him. :) i hope that answers your question.
2007-12-22 05:51:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he is the only one who hasn't sinned.
You think God plays favorites??? Then ask yourself: which one of God's billions of children was elected to die for the sins of the world?
2007-12-22 05:51:31 · answer #9 · answered by JT 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God has made of one blood all nations of men; we are all brothers on this earth.
We don't all have the same spiritual father. The devil is the spiritual father of those who reject the forgiveness that Jesus Christ came to bring.
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You must be born again.
2007-12-22 05:52:57 · answer #10 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are not biological children, but metaphorical children created by God. Jesus is actually "begotton" by God.
2007-12-23 05:40:52 · answer #11 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋