What did Jesus say about HIMSELF?

[Runningman]

Most people believe him God. Many people that he was sent by God, his life beginning when he was born.
A few that he was in Heaven before being made human.

Why don't we listen to HIS words before our pre-conceived ideas?

Jesus said this about Himself:

John 8:57-58
57Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Jesus said that He is older than Abraham, much older. Here, Jesus said that He is God. How? He said referred to Himself as "I am."

The people present understood this and thought Jesus was speaking blasphemy: "59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by."

When Jesus referred to Himself as "I am", this is the scripture the people present thought of:

Exodus 3:14
14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Jesus claimed to be God and I believe Him. Do yo believe Him?

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 5:38- you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom he has sent.

Notice how most translators Capitalize the "son" and not "him", or "he"?
That is a disonest TRICK; there is no capitalization in the original languages!

 

[InspiredByGod]

Jesus said this about Himself:

John 8:57-58
57Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Jesus said that He is older than Abraham, much older. Here, Jesus said that He is God. How? He said referred to Himself as "I am."

The people present understood this and thought Jesus was speaking blasphemy: "59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by."

When Jesus referred to Himself as "I am", this is the scripture the people present thought of:

Exodus 3:14
14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Jesus claimed to be God and I believe Him. Do yo believe Him?

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You are getting ahead of yourself. Please listen to what Jesus said before!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 5:41- I do not receive glory from men.

His God sure did!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 5:43- I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

He didn't come on his own!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 6:27- Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set His seal.

In those days, a sealed document was known to be from someone with higher authority!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 6:32- Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 -For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.”

God was NOT that bread!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 6:38 -For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent me; 39 and this is the will of Him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that He has given me, but raise it up at the last day. 40- For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 6:44- Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

Not Jesus FIRST?

 

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John 6:46- Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.

Again, people haven't seen God, but they saw His son!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 6:61- But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?
62- Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?

Again, a reference to his life in heaven, beforehand!

 

[InspiredByGod]

His 12 disiples~

John 6:69- and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.

Not God. Or Godman, or One of Them... so did Thomas claim he WAS...

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 7:16- My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me.

AGAIN!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 7:28- You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord; He who sent me is true, and Him you do not know.
29- I know Him, for I come from Him, and He sent me.

AGAIN!

 

[InspiredByGod]

It is rare when anyone listens to JESUS!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 7:33- Jesus then said, “I shall be with you a little longer, and then I go to Him who sent me."

AGAIN!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 8:16 -Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone that judge, but I and He who sent me.

He referred to God as a separate PERSON!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 8:18- I bear witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me.

As he does TIME after TIME!

 

[InspiredByGod]

John8:23- He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world."

AGAIN he refers to the life he had BEFORE.

 

[InspiredByGod]

John 8:26- I have much to say about you and much to judge; but He who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from Him.”
27- They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.
28- So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me.
29- And He who sent me is with me; He has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to Him.”

Separate Beings.