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Jesus is King & Mighty God Isa.9:6-7; Lk.1:32-33
As I see it, the problem is that we try to understand "Jesus" and forget who Jesus was before he became Jesus.
Who was Jesus?
John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God.
:14 and the Word became flesh...
Can we start there? He was "God".
Hello my friend Kenny good to hear from you, That is a great scripture to start with.. if you read John 1:1 in the Greek language it reads, in the beginning was the word and the Word was with the God in greek [ ho theos ], and the Word was God. Bibles that translate into English drop the [ the ] of the God, this is not correct, for the Greek language is what the Apostle John wrote In and reflects the most correct understanding.
This is why so many different English translations have words so differently at John 1:1
I will post in the next hour, the differences in John 1:1 in so many different English translations they agree and they totally do not agree with each other.
this scripture John 1:1 reflects that.. and the word was God. [ not the God ] Jesus is not called [ the God ] at John 1:1, he is referred to as God
[ theos ] in Greek. I looked through the Bible and I found Moses called God [ theos ], the word [ theos ] is used for Paul and Barnabas.
God spoke to Moses and told him I have made you a God to pharaoh Exodus 7:1, Does that make Moses is another God? if God says it, I would say that it is the truth. God says somewhere else in the Bible there's only one God! and besides me there is no one else. does that make God's words to Moses incorrect? I think not! God's words to Moses does not change the fact throughout the whole Bible there is only one Almighty God, Only One Most High, using Jesus words in a prayer to his father at John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. KJV
Why would Jesus pray these words for all of us to read and purposely leave out words of him being God Almighty, or saying he is the Most High or using his words at John 17:3 that they may know thee the only true God. [ or calling himself the only true God, which he never does. ].
The angel that spoke to Moses said to Moses I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, if an angel can say something like that, can't Jesus say all the things he said? and still be what the Bible teaches, John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
My purpose for saying these words is just to express there is another way to look at things, not all thinking is set in stone, before I believed just like you.
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