Soapy
Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
The verses do not say that Jesus is God because no one who wrote the scriptures ever thought Jesus was God. It is the trinitarian translators who modified the scriptures in an attempt to claim that they show Jesus is God.Please forgive me dear friend but I cannot stop sharing the scriptures that are in disagreement with you. Did you notice that you did not address a single scripture showing why the scriptures you are responding to do not mean what they say? All you posted in response to the scriptures shared with you earlier was you arguing against what the scriptures were saying verbatim in post # 2174 linked. Did you want to have another go this time proving from the scriptures, why the scriptures posted here are not calling Jesus God and have application to plural God (trinity)?
Here you go. Prove to us from the scriptures this time, that these scriptures below are not saying Jesus is God and the God of creation by the Apostles and God is not both plural and individual in meaning?
The Apostles calling Jesus the God of creation...
- John 20:28 28 Thomas answered him, “MY LORD AND MY GOD!”
- Titus 2:13 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
- Hebrews 1:1-2 1, God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2, HAS IN THESE LAST DAYS SPOKEN TO US BY HIS SON, WHOM HE HAS APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS, BY WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE WORLDS; 3, WHO BEING THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY, AND THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, AND UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high
- Hebrews 1:8 8 BUT TO THE SON HE (the father) SAYS "YOUR THRONE O GOD (Jesus) IS FOREVER AND EVER, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
- Matthew 1:23 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name IMMANUEL WHICH MEANS GOD WITH US.
- John 1:1-4 ;14 1, IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. 2, THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD. 3, ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANY THING MADE THAT WAS MADE. 4, In him was life; and the life was the light of men. [10] He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. [14], AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.
- 2 Peter 1:1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of OUR GOD AND SAVOIR JESUS CHRIST
- John 8:58 Jesus said to them: “Timeless truth I speak to you: Before Abraham would exist, I AM THE LIVING GOD.” (Aramaic)
- 1 John 5:20 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son JESUS CHRIST HE IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE.
The God head are three with one mind and purpose...
- Colossians 2:9 “FOR IN CHRIST ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE DEITY LIVES IN BODILY FORM."
- John 10:30 I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE
- 1 John 5:7 “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: The FATHER, THE WORD (Jesus see John 1:1-4; 14), and the HOLY SPIRIT; and THESE THREE ARE ONE.”
At creation...
- Matthew 28:19 9, Go ye therefore, and TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST
- Genesis 1:26 26 And God said, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- Genesis 3:22 “Then the Lord God said, BEHOLD, THE MAN HAS BECOME LIKE ONE OF US, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.”
- Genesis 11:7 “COME, LET US GO DOWN AND CONFUSE THEIR LANGUAGE so they will not understand each other
Jesus was before creation and the God of creation as shown word for word in the scriptures that disagree with your words that are unsupported by the scriptures (e.g. John 1:1-4; Hebrews 1:1-2,Hebrews 1:8-12 Colossians 1:16 etc). Receive Gods correction and be blessed Soapy. Ignoring Gods' Words does not make them disappear. According to Jesus the words of God we accept or reject will become our judge come judgement day (see John 12:47-48), Kind of not going to well for you now is it Soapy? We are best to believe and follow what Gods' Word says not seek to argue with them and try to explain them away which is what you are doing.
- Isaiah 6:8 “Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and WHO WILL GO FOR US?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Take Care.
Jesus knew that this would occur and gave a warning that there would be severe punishment for those who carried out such irreverences.
The scriptures also says that there will be many who will believe the lie - and worse, that even kings would indulge in the ‘Whore of Babylon’ - which is the !Holy! Roman Catholic Church - Catholicism and its debauched Trinity teachings.
Where you ask for ‘proof’ that verses do not show Jesus is not God… is simply the ridiculous trick of requesting someone prove a negative: No one thought Jesus was God so no one wrote anything that DISPROVES HE WASN’T God!
The nearest thing is where Jesus is accused of ‘Making himself [into a] God’ by stating that he was ‘The Son of God’. This claim from the Jews was in line with nations like the Egyptians in which the Pharoahs believed themselves to be ‘Gods’ by virtue of being ‘Sons of their Gods’ - a claim we know to be complete nonsense!
You will note from the story that Jesus emphatically denied any such acquaintance, saying, ‘I only said that God was my Father!… and, in fact, even God, himself, called those men of valour in his name who received his word, he called ‘Gods’.
There are no other claims on that level in the whole scriptures and so blowing that out of the water leaves you with nothing of a claim of Jesus ‘being God’ or ‘Being called God’.
That ultra-embarrassment you posted of Thomas calling Jesus ‘My God’ is so farcical that it hurts to know an intelligent man such as yourself using that as a claim.. really, 3rdAngel, you truly amaze me!