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Matthew 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
This was a temptation by satan for Jesus (the God/man) to worship someone other than God. As our representative Jesus gave the command that we are to worship God alone. Where does Scripture tell us to worship someone other than God?
This was a temptation by satan for Jesus (the God/man) to worship someone other than God. As our representative Jesus gave the command that we are to worship God alone. Where does Scripture tell us to worship someone other than God?
I really REALLY recommend you read at least the rest of Hebrews 1, if not the whole book. The bits where it mentions that JEsus is the exact revelation and representation of God, where he is credited with creation, where he is called God, etc, etc, are all a nice balance to what you're saying.
The overriding theme of Hebrews is the uniqueness of God, in revelation, in priestliness, above the angels, etc. This is consistently connected to Jesus intrinsic qualities
Now, certainly, Jesus is worshipped at least in part because the Father commands it. But God doesn't just arbitrarily pick Jesus to be an object of worship. It is because Jesus and the Father are one.
The overriding theme of Hebrews is the uniqueness of God, in revelation, in priestliness, above the angels, etc. This is consistently connected to Jesus intrinsic qualities
Now, certainly, Jesus is worshipped at least in part because the Father commands it. But God doesn't just arbitrarily pick Jesus to be an object of worship. It is because Jesus and the Father are one.
1 Corinthians 15:40
There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.
John 3:12
I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
John 13:27
As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
I wonder which end of Judas did satan enter into him? Was it through the mouth while he was eating the bread, and or through his bottom while he went to use the commode? And I wonder did Judas had to have stitches after satan entered him?
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Well if the Father is God and Jesus is God and the Holy Spirit is God then you have three gods or three beings who are the one God. The Jews taught monotheism (one God) so theism can't be a solution. The JW claim there is God(the Father or Jehovah) and admit Jesus is god (small g) but that means the have two Gods.
So as soon as one rejects the concept of the trinity they run into problems. Also when one rejects the trinity I have noticed they have many other theological errors. I wonder why? Could it be they no longer have the Holy Spirit to guide them or is it demons?
So as soon as one rejects the concept of the trinity they run into problems. Also when one rejects the trinity I have noticed they have many other theological errors. I wonder why? Could it be they no longer have the Holy Spirit to guide them or is it demons?
Why would anyone apply the word Pharisee to Christians? The most distinguishable characteristic of the Judean Pharisees was their denial that Jesus was the Christ. This does not describe any type of Christian. If anyone qualifies as "Modern Pharisees" it is those who currently deny that Jesus is the Christ, those who deny and confess not that Messiah "is come in the flesh" (2 John v. 7).
Personally, I would say that accepting the trinity is accepting error. The trinity doctrine states that God is three in one and is a closed godhead. Where does that leave the sons of God and daughters of God? They cannot enter the family as children of God because the godhead is a closed three in one.
God is not a closed trinity, He is a Family of multiple personages and His plan is to bring billions more into the Family. The trinity doctrine actually denies His plan to bring sons and daughters into His Family.
God is not a closed trinity, He is a Family of multiple personages and His plan is to bring billions more into the Family. The trinity doctrine actually denies His plan to bring sons and daughters into His Family.
John 10:38
But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
John 10:30
I and the Father are one.”
John 14:9
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
John 10:30
I and the Father are one.”
John 14:9
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
If the Father is truly inside Christ and Christ inside the Father, how did this happen?
Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
Thayer has the word "in" as...
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ἐν
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Thayer Definition:
1) in, by, with etc.
Part of Speech: preposition
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between G1519 and G1537)
Citing in TDNT: 2:537, 233
It makes much more sense in this case to say the Father is "with" or "by" Christ rather than inside Him.
How would you read this?
Gen 2:22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
Gen 2:23 And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."
Gen 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Care to apply the same idea here? You and your spouse Siamese twins? Or does this mean that you are in full agreement and act together?
Oh, then if they actually seen the Father visually here, then this is not true and Christ lied...
Joh 5:37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
He was simply telling His disciples that this is what the Father does, this is what the Father says and this is how the Father thinks.
Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
Thayer has the word "in" as...
G1722
ἐν
en
Thayer Definition:
1) in, by, with etc.
Part of Speech: preposition
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between G1519 and G1537)
Citing in TDNT: 2:537, 233
It makes much more sense in this case to say the Father is "with" or "by" Christ rather than inside Him.
How would you read this?
Gen 2:22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
Gen 2:23 And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."
Gen 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Care to apply the same idea here? You and your spouse Siamese twins? Or does this mean that you are in full agreement and act together?
Oh, then if they actually seen the Father visually here, then this is not true and Christ lied...
Joh 5:37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
He was simply telling His disciples that this is what the Father does, this is what the Father says and this is how the Father thinks.
Spirits are not beings; we are unable to see their form unless they've present to us a form so that we can feel comfortable. The Ark of the Covenant was an object to represent God, but the people wasn't satisfied with that object because they wanted to be like the other nations. God has given them a king of to please them, but the kings wasn't able to perform the duties that God only can. Now God has came in the flesh, but the people wanted to destroy Him. And now God is doing it His way,and that is to get the people adjusted to His unseen form and which the third eye only can see. But if God shut down the other senses, then they probably can see.
Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Matthew 11:15
Whoever has ears, let them hear.
1 Samuel:5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.”
6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
John 1:4
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Matthew 11:15
Whoever has ears, let them hear.
1 Samuel:5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.”
6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
John 1:4
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.