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Question about Jesus being God...?

If Jesus is one with God or one in the same, why would he say that he was sent and came not of himself? Also, why would he say ask why his father had foresaken him? Wouldn't he know if they were one? And wouldn't it be a lie to say he came not of himself if he and God are one (how could they not been accord)?

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  • BJ
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Jesus said He was God's Son, His Father said Jesus was His Son.

    Jesus plainly stated that he was more than a good man. He said: “I am God’s Son.” (John 10:36) Of course, anyone could claim to be the Son of God. But if Jesus’ claim were false, what would that make him? Really, not a good man, but a great fraud!

    The most reliable testimony came from God himself. He twice said concerning Jesus: “This is my Son.” (Matthew 3:17; 17:5)

    Just think: The Scriptures report only a few occasions when God’s own voice was heard on earth yet on two of them he affirmed Jesus as his Son! This is by far the best proof that Jesus was who he said he was.

    Jesus never claimed to be God, but he repeatedly spoke of himself as “God’s Son.” Even his enemies acknowledged this.

    Jesus never even suggested that he was God or was equal to him. So to teach such a thing dishonors Jesus.

    When Jesus was a man on earth, did he know all that the future held? No, for he humbly acknowledged: “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matt. 24:36)

    “When the writers of the New Testament speak of God they mean the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    When they speak of Jesus Christ, they do not speak of him, nor do they think of him as God.

    He is God’s Christ, God’s Son, God’s Wisdom, God’s Word.

  • 6 years ago

    The teaching that Jesus is God, or part of God, is a false religious teaching.

    The Bible plainly teaches that God and Jesus are two seperate persons. God, Jehovah, is the Almighty, Supreme God. Jesus is his son.

    (Genesis 17:1) When A′bram was 99 years old, Jehovah appeared to A′bram and said to him: “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and prove yourself faultless.

    (Psalm 83:18) May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.

    Is Jesus God?

    “No man has seen God at any time.”—John 1:18.

    WHAT PEOPLE SAY Many people believe that Jesus is not God. Still, others point to Bible verses that supposedly indicate that Jesus is equal to God.

    WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS The Bible does not portray Jesus as being Almighty God or equal to God. On the contrary, it clearly teaches that Jesus is inferior to God. For example, the Bible records Jesus’ own words: “The Father is greater than I am.” (John 14:28) The Bible also says: “No man has seen God at any time.” (John 1:18) Jesus cannot be God because many people did in fact see Jesus.

    Jesus’ early followers did not claim that he was God. For example, the Gospel writer John said concerning the things he recorded: “These have been written down that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God.”—John 20:31.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    I could spend 15 minutes trying to explain it when all you have to do is read the bible in context. Don't over think it. Just let the words used and the behavior of the people around Jesus be considered all together. On the other hand if you are in one of those groups that decided to change a bible to support a presumed view then you will have to spend more time looking contextually at the words and you will find many contradictions if you look.

  • 6 years ago

    You are wanting to understand why Jesus is VERY God. Read Book 1 Ch 6 of St Augustine, chap 6 and why Jesus is VERY God.

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  • 6 years ago

    John 17:22-23 "The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one"

    Jesus would not have said this unless it were possible for believers to be one with each other as Jesus is one with the father.

    Matthew 24:36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only."

  • 6 years ago

    Jesus set an example for his followers so his followers must do and experience what Jesus did. he represents the mortal who becomes righteous but starts out wicked.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Jesus made it amply clear that God and Jesus are two different persons. The teaching of Jesus is recorded only in 4 books of the Bible - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    God in the flesh is a lot easier to worship , Jewish God see as you like , Islam only his creation , Buddhism no God , Hinduism pick one for each occasion , come on standardised energy God.

    search for goodness and string theory

  • 6 years ago

    Among the God-head of the Holy Trinity, there is a Mind, Body, and Soul, as per design, human beings are the image. It is one of the mysteries of the Christian faith. "Let us make man in our image..." Yet the "brain" is the Father, the Body is the Son (AKA The Word), and the Holy Spirit is He who is central between Father and Son. The Father did send the Son; that was part of His plan since the beginning of creation.

    Source(s): John 14:!6,18,20, & 26. The Trinity is all there in these verses.
  • 6 years ago

    If God is all powerful can he make a stone so heavy that God cannot lift it. Religion is all full of faulty reasoning and that is why it is a belief and not a fact.

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