Thomas did say my Lord and my God. Take note however that Jesus did not correct Thomas nor reprimand Thomas for saying Jesus is his God. Jesus said " Because you have seen me you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed." John 20:29. In essence Jesus was saying you are right Thomas; I am Lord and I am God.
That God would raise His begotten Son from Death and exalt Him to sit on His throne with Him, thats what the gospel is about and it also is essential to grasping that through the Son of the Only God, He will raise us from the dead and exalt us to sit on His throne.
revelation 3:21 "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." <<< this will never make us Jesus the Son of God, or God His Father1 corinthoians 8:6 "But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
ephesians 1:17 "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
understand that God is the Father, and Jesus the Lord acknowledges His God and Father, and even Calls His God and Father OUR GOD and Father.
Jesus again is "the Christ, the Son of the Living God" thats who Jesus is , He is both Lord and Christ, sits beside God His Father. and that is Christianity, That God sent His only Son to save the World. i really dont get what anyones issue is with that its throughout the new testament. God has a Son and gave him for the sins of the World, Jesus obeys His God and Father , dies for us willingly, His Father then raises Jesus from the dead and seats Him at His side.
acts 5:27-32 "And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men
.30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
it seems as if some Here would call the apostles heretics because " they just didnt get it" Jesus is the Son of the Living God"
as God said in the Gospel twice, as Jesus maintained, as all the apostles taught its the very message of the Gospel that God sent His Son, to save those who would believe in His Son, the One Goid gave Him all authority because God Loves Jesus, Jesus Gives us His Glory because God and Jesus both Love us.....
Jesus is the Son of God that belief brings salvation. Jesus is the name of Gods Only begotten Son.
john 3:16-18 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jesus the only begotten Son of God. there is not a single scripture to imply anyone needs confess that Jesus is God, there are repeated scriptures of the apostles saying " if anyone confess that Jesus is the Son of God...."
its best to just forget what we think we Know and believe what is taught to christians, because there is One God the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ there is no other God. Jesus is of God, one with God by the spirit, God lives within Jesus, Jesus is like God being His only begotten Son, He is our Lord, the Christ everything Jesus is, God gave to Him because He is Gods beloved Son, and everything God gives us, is because we Believe in Jesus, the Only begotten Son of God.