address to snowfox 1st.. my friend was sth like ex comm from the
mosque.his religious teachers refused to talk to him..his parents
talk to him cuz he is their son after all..his id still reflect
muslim cuz hard to change bah.he is a muslim by name only nw..but i
suspect in heart,he is more muslim than any1.....
Jesus did claim to be GOD. In fact, he made it very obvious
in
John 8:58, "before Abraham was born, i am".
Using that very distinct name God reserved for Himself in Exodus
3:14 and throughout the OT, to leave no room for
misunderstanding.---24/7
the name of God(not withstanding trinity) is Yod Heh Wah Heh in
hebrew. I am is not his name. though when asked by moses what was
his name. God replied him as i m who i m. a study into the same
words Yodh Heh Wah Heh revealed 2 things.
1stly, it appeared more than a few thousands time total in both
OT n NT.i tink is ard 6k+...
2ndly, names have a meaning, example michael meant who is like
God and daniel meant my judge is God, and God's name was unique as
in it meant he who purpose.so he will become whatever he purpose to
be. so rather than seeing "i m" throughout the bible,the actual
verse actually used Yodh Heh Wah Heh.
In fact, it was so obvious that the Jews stoned him (refer to
Lev 24:16), cuz that was the punishment for those guilty of
blaspheming the name of God. I dont think Jews would stone him just
because they thought he meant he existed before
Abraham.
John 10:30 "I and the Father are one." -->
This isn’t talking about unity in purpose or vision because
later in v33, the Jews said they stoned him for blasphemy because
he claimed to be GOD.---24/7
in fact JC made many mention that he and the Father are one. but
indeed he meant in purpose. cuz in another verse, he said he is in
one with daddy.the people are in 1 with JC. therefore the poeple
are in 1 with daddy. are we to say it is more than a trinity now?
but legions?
John 10:33 "We are not stoning you for any of these," replied
the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be
God."---24/7
the stoning of JC by the rabbis was a political move. what more
justifying reason and serious crime than labelling JC as the bloke
who claim Godhood??sure to fire up the rest of the jews who dont
know whole story..
Ok, even if i dont' use the Gospel of John to make this point.
Let's look at Mark
Mark 2:5, "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
"Son, your sins are
forgiven." Now some teachers of the law were sitting
there, thinking to themselves, "Why does this fellow talk
like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God
alone?" Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was
what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why
are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to the
paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your
mat and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has
authority on earth to forgive sins...."
Very strong statement of divine authority. Everybody knows that
only God can forgive sins, yet Jesus says it like it is right in
front of them!
Did Jesus say he was God? Certainly! He did what only God can
do. Not merely simple stuff like making the Pharisees
angry.---24/7
in the bible, words like your sins have forgiven you were oso
found is it not? that of cuz does not mean sins= God.and also you
quoted "may know that the Son of Man has authority", Son of
man.remember God has no beginning. it also says SoM has
authority.meaning it is given to him. BUT, is JC said SoM is the
authority..i will surely end the question of he being God. JC is a
perfect man.(not withstanding he is the direct creation of
God),perfect man uses 100% of his brain all the time and is able to
do so.how he choose his words does not result in confusion.
the miracles of JC did was chasing out demons,
healing,resurrecting most impt is the forgiveness of sins. the
first few miracles have been done by many men of God..i dont even
wanna say the faith healers of now as they are false.BUT
forgiveness of sins are only done by 2 so far, namely Yodh Heh Wah
Heh and Yeshua. We now know Yodh Heh Wah Heh is God so he has the
right. and that authority is granted to Yeshua,thus making him able
to do so too.
sory for the long post and lack of bible quotes..i never
memorise the bible like you all..paiseh...
the gospel of john is sufficient. =)
Matthiew talks about Jesus the King
Mark talks about Jesus the servant
Luke talks about Jesus the perfect Man
John talks about Jesus is God.