A keyword instantly came to mind. Perhaps God wants me to focus on it in my post? The keyword is "blasphemer".
According to scripture, the Jews considered a blasphemer to be a person (created being) who claims to have the authority of God, particularly in forgiving sins. We know that only God can forgive sins, not a created being.
The pharisees believed Jesus to be a mere man and therefore wrongfully accused him of blaspheming...
John 10:31-33: Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.”
Mark 2:5-12: "When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Without the very real biblical incarnation of Christ (where God took on flesh and dwelt among us), Jesus would only be a mere man, a created being, with no authority, because no created being can forgive sins.
Jesus said that one will come after Him (Antichrist), who will be a created being, a true blasphemer, claiming to have authority as God on earth, an imitator of Jesus, and he will be accepted. Yet they rejected Jesus. There is a contrast shown here between Jesus and Antichrist. One is the Creator and the other a created being. One has authority to forgive sins but the other doesn't. One was rejected but the other will be accepted.
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"
2 Thess 2:3-4: "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin (Antichrist) is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God (blasphemer)"
John 1:1-3: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made"
John 8:57-59: Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John 1:14-18: And the Word became 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. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him"
Colossians 1:15-18: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence"
According to scripture, the Jews considered a blasphemer to be a person (created being) who claims to have the authority of God, particularly in forgiving sins. We know that only God can forgive sins, not a created being.
The pharisees believed Jesus to be a mere man and therefore wrongfully accused him of blaspheming...
John 10:31-33: Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.”
Mark 2:5-12: "When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Without the very real biblical incarnation of Christ (where God took on flesh and dwelt among us), Jesus would only be a mere man, a created being, with no authority, because no created being can forgive sins.
Jesus said that one will come after Him (Antichrist), who will be a created being, a true blasphemer, claiming to have authority as God on earth, an imitator of Jesus, and he will be accepted. Yet they rejected Jesus. There is a contrast shown here between Jesus and Antichrist. One is the Creator and the other a created being. One has authority to forgive sins but the other doesn't. One was rejected but the other will be accepted.
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"
2 Thess 2:3-4: "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin (Antichrist) is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God (blasphemer)"
John 1:1-3: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made"
John 8:57-59: Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John 1:14-18: And the Word became 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. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him"
Colossians 1:15-18: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence"
The pharisees believed Jesus to be a mere man and therefore wrongfully accused him of blaspheming..."
john 5:27- 30 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
how is it its so hard for people to Believe that God sent His only Son toi save us, and Gave Him all athority to do so, including forgiving Sins? when scripture is all about Jesus Being given all Gods Power and authority because He is Gods Only Son? and also because He is the Christ ( son of man)??
john 3:34-36 "For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. 35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
if you were to read a few verses past your "example" you would find this
john 10:33-36 "The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. ( the jews are saying He is making Himself God)
34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
This may Helo understand that Better, because it happened again Here
john 5:18 "Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
to the Jews, to say " I am the Son of God" was a blasphemous statement. because it Would make Him equal to God, Bieng the Son of God. so you can take the Jews who didnt believe and were trying to stone Him multiple times or Just accept that God sent His one and Only Son, into the world to save us, i choose to believe Jesus. The Son of God. understanding that God has Given all things into the hand of His son, including Judgement and forgiveness because He came to die for those God gave to Him as an inheritance
psalms 2:7-8 "I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
john 20:31 "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.