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Who is Jesus Christ? Is He?
the great "I AM" as recorded in Christian Bibles, or is He the great "I Have Been" as He is presented in the corrupted New World Mis-Translation?
18 Answers
- ?Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
JWs r mislead-Jesus has DEITY but isnt His Father: Trinity Doc is wrong-word Bible doesnt affect interp-TD does. Ppl CONFUSE TRUTH-offends many/HATE. TD claims 3 CO-EQUAL heads=1 God-If 3 RNT=TD CANT apply-ppl use few verses/not careful 2 read whole Bible context-1Cr4:6-dont add/omit things:
TD=roadblock 2 true Bible interp(Cc got TD idea from Pagans-Others[ie JWs/lds/islam/moonies]guessed TD error but dont know true God/Son/Holy Spirit relationship)=they didnt know Jesus(as claims show)they dont rightly go 2/trust Jesus. Who knows more about a house-the Builder/ppl moving in later?
1~JESUS(God's Son[His Word not God's Body{Christ's Spiritual Body=believers}=Jn 1:1]-pure essence of God[not an angel as JWs claim-Hb 1:2-6]when in flesh)not replacing/=2 His Father(Jn 5:30/Phlp 2:6-7/Col 2:9). Jesus is closest we get 2 know infinite God in flesh(only a vessel=God's 1rst creation part-like God's voice-box)2 deliver eternal truth in person-Jn 14:7(stoops 2 our level so 2 speak).
Born of human woman Jesus is sep person(has own soul/given human body-no Mary ISNT God's mother)but God gave Jesus authority 2 b treated as His Father(conceived of God's Holy Spirit=fullness of DEITY[deserves worship-Mt 14:33/28:9]/SIR-NAME God=Jesus' birthright/reward as God's Son/2 sit@God's right hand). In conception God/Mary gave part of each 2 Jesus' life.
2 rightly know Jesus starts@John 1:1. W/o a lang God couldnt reason/know His thoughts/create a universe/life/talk 2 others. So Jn 1:1 names Jesus as God's lang-created in God's image man has same limit-despite how primitive most organisms need lang 2 function/live with others.
Ur lang(always part of u)cant usurp ur authority/act on its own/never tells u what 2 do. So Jesus' claims r true(Jn 5:19,30/8:28)-student is never greater than his teacher. Ur words pass understanding of u 2 ur son. If ur son learns all u teach him he in effect becomes like/is u 4 all intents/purposes. 4 obeying u-u can reward him highest position/ur authority.
Father owns a business/teaches his son 2 run his business. He goes away&puts his son in charge trusting he'll run it as he would. If the son obeys/runs business as father did=in effect he's his father/can claim 2 b his father=like father/like son-while exactly like his father he's never=2 him even tho he has his father's authority-same is true 4 God&His Son-whom fully did God's will not His own so His Father gave Him right 2 also b worshiped:
Rom 5:19 Adam's sin made many sinners/by Jesus' obedience many r 2 b righteous-Jn 12:49/14:28-29/Lk 6:40/Col 1:15-He's in God's image by rightly obeying God; Hb 5:7-8/Lk 2:52-Mk 13:32/20:23; Phil 2:6/Jn 17/15:1=God NEVER BECAME Son.
2~Only 1 GOD can occupy infinity=God of Israel=no other legit gods(HE CANT DIE EVER/doesnt fit in2 earthly body). God HAS ULTIMATE AUTHORITY Jesus/Holy Spirit dont hv-Only God knows day/hr 4 end-Mt 24:36/appoints who sits with Him. God has a soul like us(makes Him an individual-ie a cell nucleus only Spiritual)-All 3 r 1 in Spirit[of God]but Jesus/Holy Spirit submit fully 2 God-being 1 doesnt apply 2 diff in authority=no TD.
3~HOLY SPIRIT is God's"Spiritual body"(God is Spirit-2 b pure Holy Spirit[no form]MUST occupy true infinity-360dg=no flaws=always existed)/acts on God's command=Jn 16:13-body/voice/ears acts on God's will-same 4 us)-can b called"He"(generic)as u can b called he(even if ID known)-Holy Spirit is more than deliverer of God's power/works/word thru Jesus(Jn 1:1-5/4:23)-only eternal truth-4ever unchanged keeps God perfect=SEAMLESS Garment.
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OT proves NO1 can live w/o BREAKING God's eternal Law(why we must b Born Anew)/man cant fulfill OT covenant=sin-sep us 4rm God whom must remain perfect(why sin always had 2 b atoned 4 thru repetitive OT rituals=Hb 9:6-15). Jesus' perfect sacrifice ended OT/rituals so we must go thru Jesus 2 hv sins 4given/2 get 2 know/obey God-2 start way 2 b saved u must pray 2 Jesus/sincerely turn 2 Him/ask Him 2 4give ur sins/come in2 ur heart/give u God's Holy Spirit.
Reading a Bible(religious/not)u cant find/know Jesus w/o Bible directions-Jn 5:39/10:1,7/3:3,5/Jn 14:6/II Cor 3:14/Is 29:11-12~Jewish ppl cant unveil OT w/o Jesus=all gentiles cant=why many interps exist/called fiction=religion&spirit of dont=the truth/most r built on ideas man likes/cant teach much on God-CANT ALL B RIGHT(only 1 Bible-why so many interps? 2Pt1:19-21=cant teach what u don't know).
In history only Jesus said He's the way/truth/life-no1 has God w/o Him(Jn 14:6/5:39/Acts 4:12)=full truth=all other teachings/4rm self-proclaimed prophets r false or He's 1 more false prophet 2 ignore. Jesus couldnt do whats in NT w/o knowing whole OT-cant w/o God/NT didnt exist yet/Apostles couldnt write NT w/o Jesus having them remember all He did-Lk 24:25-27,45.
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Source(s): If Jesus is God's Son Quran/islam-contradicts Bible; LDS/BoM/mormon-no another testament; JWs-NWT/Watchtower/Awake=twisted; Oc-RCc; most Protestants/7thDA/moonies/Chr Scientists/Scientology, Buddhist/Hindus others r wrong on Jesus-demotes Jesus 2 prophet/good man-1 way/another. If He isnt God's Son(false prophet)Bible/all named above r wrong=false prophets. Cant hv it 2 ways-1 Jesus=1 true Gospel=2 Cor 11:4. Many believe in but dont know Jesus-even Satan knows Him/can b angel of light. Wrong teaching foundation cancels all ur claims=house built on sand-when final biggest storm hits ur house/all u add/fix 2 make it seem better/its foundation r washed away. Why should God want u 2 live with Him 4ever if u dont want 2 know His way(free will=Jn 1:12-13)? God's truth is 4ever unchanged but man-made gods/religions die with u. Click my ID-read answers/hv ?s post/notify or email ?s 2 me-YA cut post txt amnt. - ?Lv 68 years ago
*** Rbi8 p. 1582 6F Jesus—In Existence Before Abraham ***
The action expressed in Joh 8:58 started “before Abraham came into existence” and is still in progress. In such situation εἰμί (ei·mi′), which is the first-person singular present indicative, is properly translated by the perfect indicative. Examples of the same syntax are found in Lu 2:48; 13:7; 15:29; Joh 5:6; 14:9; 15:27; Ac 15:21; 2Co 12:19; 1Jo 3:8.
Fourth/Fifth “before Abraham was, Syriac—Edition:
Century I have been” A Translation of the Four
Gospels from the Syriac of
the Sinaitic Palimpsest,
by Agnes Smith Lewis,
London, 1894.
Fifth Century “before Abraham Georgian—Edition:
came to be, I was” “The Old Georgian Version
of the Gospel of John,” by
Robert P. Blake and Maurice
Brière, published in
Patrologia Orientalis,
Vol. XXVI, fascicle 4,
Paris, 1950.
Sixth Century “before Abraham Ethiopic—Edition:
was born, I was” Novum Testamentum . . .
Æthiopice (The New
Testament . . . in
Ethiopic), by Thomas Pell
Platt, revised by F.
Praetorius, Leipzig, 1899.
so all these manuscripts are corrupt??? no mis translation here then
it is amazing how many people think the king james version in english is somehow the definitive Bible, and other more accurate translations are corrupt.
- ?Lv 68 years ago
I'm probably wasting my time answering you, as your comments show that your mind is already made up. 7 months ago your question on y!a challenged: "Can any Jehovah Witness give any proof that the NWT isn't the most corrupted Bible ever produced?" to which you received a range of excellent responses [mostly ones you obviously didn't want to hear], from both JWs and non-JWs who gave their own views, as well as those of prominent independent Bible authorities and scholars, ALL of whom were in praise of the integrity of the New World Translation according to the original textual Hebrew/Aramaic [OT] and Koine Greek [NT] meanings. One quote given was from EDGAR FOSTER: (Classics Major, Lenoir-Rhyne College), who concluded: "The NWT is a fine translation. In my mind, it is the translation _par excellence."
Again, I realize that you will, no doubt, read this with your night mask on, but the FACT is, that Jesus is NOT his father. If you insist that Jesus IS his Father, how is that in any way logical? Does that in any way identify with our human experience, given that God created us in his image [Genesis 1:26,27], that is to say with his qualities, including the ability to use wisdom, insight and discernment, things that aid us in determining whether something is logical or not? Where is the logic in asserting that Jesus IS his Father?
To get to your comment, the KJV and other translations use the present tense of "ego eimi" [I am] at John 8:58 when the rules of Koine Greek dictate that it must align with the tense preceding it [which it has to do to make sense].
John 8:58 [NWT] then reads: "Jesus said to them: “Most truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into existence, I have been." [or, "Before Abraham came into existence, I WAS."]
If you insist on the KJV rendering: "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am", it makes no sense, because the tense is wrong. And they do it to try and prove that Jesus is God because of what God himself said to Moses at Exodus 3:14. It is a spurious claim that can be demonstrated to be false by so many scriptures that show that Jesus is NOT his Father. [Matthew 24:36; 26:42; John 1:14,18; 5:19,30; 8:42,54; Philippians 2:6,7; Colossians 1:15,16; Psalms 90:2]
Another common scripture used in a number of translations to support the claim that Jesus is his Father is John 1:1 where certain rules of Koine Greek grammar are ignored. In the KG there is no indefinite article [no 'a' or 'an']; only the definite article [the]. In the last phrase of John 1:1 the word 'god' in that place is not preceded by the definite article, therefore the indefinite article 'a' automatically applies. Correctly, then, it concludes, "and the Word was A god." Now the scripture makes sense, because how can the "Word be WITH God" and yet BE God himself? By ignoring those fundamental rules in KG grammar, it distorts the truth of God's word and make a mockery of common sense.
Jesus certainly never said he was God himself. At John 14:28 Jesus said, "The Father is greater than I am." He always directed his followers to worship his Heavenly Father, not himself. [Luke 4:8; John 4:23,24]
The Bible unambiguously shows that that Jesus Christ is God's only begotten son, through whom all other things [in his pre-human existence as the Word], were created. [Colossians 1:15,16; John 1:2,3; Proverbs 8:22-31]
By your implication that Jesus is his Father, you not only dishonor his father, Jehovah, but you also seek to have Jesus dishonor his Father also.
Source(s): Truth. - 5 years ago
on account that Christ is a call, i do no longer think of it quite concerns. The Anointed One, Jesus, or Jesus the Anointed One; the two are diverse strategies of bearing on the comparable entity.
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- Anonymous8 years ago
He's The Morning Star
Rev 22:16 (NIV) "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star."
- MELv 48 years ago
He is the Great I Am. He always has been and always will be
John 1 1, In the beginning was the Word and Word was with God and the Word was God
Jesus died on the cross by choice for our sins, by his stripes we are healed because he can and does cover our sins with his blood. He lives forever and ever
- Anonymous8 years ago
He was the son of parents who subscribed to a radical sect of Judaism which was later stamped out. Among the ridiculous ideas, his parents taught him that judging others was wrong, women should have equal rights, and all sorts of crazy notions.
- ?Lv 68 years ago
He is the son of God. You know, like father/son? yea he's a 'god', but the son of GOD. Hey, he is what he is.
- TigerLv 78 years ago
Matthew 1:23 - “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 43:10,11 - “You are My witnesses,” says the Lord, “And My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior.”
Revelation 1:17-18; Revelation 2:8 - (Jesus is the First and the Last)
Isaiah 44:6 - (God is the Redeemer)
2 Peter 1:1 (Jesus is the Redeemer) - “To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ”
Isaiah 44:24 - (God created the world by His self alone)
John 1:3; Colossians 1:16 - (Jesus made all things)
John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... 1:14 - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
John 5:17,18 - “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” Therefore the Jews sought to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 5:23 - that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
John 8:24 - “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I AM He, you will die in your sins.”
John 8:58 - Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
John 10:30-33 - Jesus answered them, “I and My Father are one.” Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.”
John 14:6-7 - Jesus said to him, “I AM the way, the truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14:9-11 - Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?”
John 20:28 - And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
Acts 4:12 - “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 20:28 - (God purchased us with His own blood)
Revelation 1:5,6; Revelation 5:8-9 - (Jesus' blood purchased us)
Philippians 2:5-7 - Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bond-servant, and coming in the likeness of men.
1 Timothy 3:16 - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
Titus 2:13 - looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ
Hebrews 1:8,9 - But to the Son He (God) says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
2 John 1:7 - For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Revelation 1:8 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 22:13 - “I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”... 22:16 - “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches.”
Hebrews 2:17,18 - “Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.”
Hebrews 4:15,16 - “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
1 Peter 2:24 - “who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we having died to sins, might live for righteousness - by whose stripes you were healed.”
MIMI
- Just SayingLv 58 years ago
Given the biblical description, he wasn't much more than an unsophisticated and ignorant Galilean peasant who wanted to reform Judaism and failed miserably.
- 8 years ago
According to the bible he was God's son. God in human form. So....God....