Is Messiah,(The Anointed One) the Father?

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Well, but the Son of God is not a false God, right? So, again, it makes sense to call Him God the Son. He is not the Father, yes.
I think Jesus is content to not be called GOD. All glory to the father. That's just the way he is and the way he taught.
 

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How can Jesus Christ be Gods first creation according to your understanding of Colossians 1:15? Apparently you didn't read vs16, "For (or because) by Him ALL THINGS WERE CREATED, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created by Him and for Him."

Now, to back this up John 1:3 says, "ALL THINGS CAME INTO BEING BY HIM, and apart from Him, (or without Him) nothing came into being that has come into being." So dem, how do you reconcile what you said with what the Apostle John and the Apostle Paul said? We both can't be right, what say you? :eek:

IN GOD THE SON,
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the image was his first creation then God dwelled in the image and created all things it says through Him
 

Dem

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How can Jesus Christ be Gods first creation according to your understanding of Colossians 1:15? Apparently you didn't read vs16, "For (or because) by Him ALL THINGS WERE CREATED, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created by Him and for Him."

Now, to back this up John 1:3 says, "ALL THINGS CAME INTO BEING BY HIM, and apart from Him, (or without Him) nothing came into being that has come into being." So dem, how do you reconcile what you said with what the Apostle John and the Apostle Paul said? We both can't be right, what say you? :eek:

IN GOD THE SON,
bluto
Col 1:16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
read it says THROUGH HIM
God created all things through the image of Jesus Christ read read my son.
 

trofimus

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That's true, but Jesus never encouraged it.
I think he encouraged Thomas very obvioiusly. "Blessed are you..."

Its very different from angels who immediatelly said "no, no no, we are just servants as you" to people bowing to them.
 

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Lol. This is the "falsely" intepreted text itself:

"In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God.
The Logos became flesh and made his dwelling among us."

J 1:1, 14
It doesn't help your course in any way, if anything, it shows two beings. You have to show us where the scripture says two persons in one being, John 1:1 is not the verse for you.

We know how the logos became flesh and we know how He was with God, there's nothing more than:

Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, said the LORD of hosts.

God Himself became flesh, nothing like a part of Him coming and leaving other parts. Pie doctrine can not describe God.
 

trofimus

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the image was his first creation then God dwelled in the image and created all things it says through Him
This is neither in the Bible nor in Christianity.
 

trofimus

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It doesn't help your course in any way, if anything, it shows two beings. You have to show us where the scripture says two persons in one being, John 1:1 is not the verse for you.

We know how the logos became flesh and we know how He was with God, there's nothing more than:

Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, said the LORD of hosts.

God Himself became flesh, nothing like a part of Him coming and leaving other parts. Pie doctrine can not describe God.
Malachi is your card that takes everything, right?

The New testament is what explains the Old one, not in the opposite direction like you do. John explains Malachi.
 

Noose

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The Son of God is God. So I can say God the Son.

The fact that its not used so in the Bible does not make it "nonsensical". It has a sense.
Only makes sense to you and your doctrine. God the son is one person and one being, how you'll add other person and still end up with one being is beyond logic.
 

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Malachi is your card that takes everything, right?

The New testament is what explains the Old one, not in the opposite direction like you do. John explains Malachi.
Right, John 1:1 explains Malachi 3:1. You'll still have to twist scripture to end up with the two persons one being doctrine. It is not in the scriptures- not in the old testament and no where in the new testament.

If you accept Malachi as an authority then it is right there; how the Father sent the son/ How God became a servant/ how the word became flesh. It is God Himself leaving His glorified authority to become a man.
 
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I think he encouraged Thomas very obvioiusly. "Blessed are you..."

Its very different from angels who immediatelly said "no, no no, we are just servants as you" to people bowing to them.
He didn't call Thomas blessed; he said those who haven't seen Christ with their own eyes, yet believe he has risen from the dead are blessed.
 

trofimus

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He didn't call Thomas blessed; he said those who haven't seen Christ with their own eyes, yet believe he has risen from the dead are blessed.
You are right, I got it messed up with what Jesus said to Peter when Peter said "You are the Son of the living God".

But still, from any creation, a rebuke for bowing always came. Not so from Jesus. Jesus said only "you believe, because you see..".
 

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you take three gods and you call them "persons" this way it's ok.
Good one. ;) There's a forum that I visited not long ago. Their doctrinal statement states that they affirm God as eternal and immutable and appearing as three separate and distinct persons. God the Father, Holy Spirit, and Son.
 

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Well I'm glad you mentioned the book of Jude rlm68. Did you read what Jude vs3 states? "Beloved while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith, (now watch this rlm68) WHICH WAS ONCE FOR ALL DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS."

Once for all delivered to the saints which means there is no need for other books. What your doing is actually accusing God of making a mistake because He left out certain books of the Bible. And just because Jude references the Book of Enoch does not make it scripture. So again I will ask you, give me some examples of what you mean by getting a clear picture? What are you not clear about? :eek:

IN GOD THE SON,
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Nice Try!!

How do you know if Jude knew there were many Books and accepted those many Books. That has nothing to do with 400 years later someone would reduce those 100+ Books down to 66.

I cannot believe you think this scripture is relevant knowing Jude wrote this when those other Books were available, and not knowing in 400 years 40 of those Books would be removed.

Are you calling Jude a fortune teller?

Surely, you are brighter than this to comprehend the time difference from when Jude wrote this, and how many Books were available, to 400 years later after Jude's letter that a council would remove manuscripts?

How would Jude know that in 400 years over 40 manuscripts would be removed?

Seriously, what are you, 12?
 

rlm68

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John called him God, Thomas called Him God, prophets called Him God...


I am glad you listed Thomas as one who called Christ God.
Because Thomas also wrote claiming that Christ denied the trinity:
30. Jesus said, "Where there are three deities, they are divine. Where there are two or one, I am with that one."

Maybe you should pay close attention to what else Thomas claimed, since he knew Christ was God!!
 

bluto

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Nice Try!!

How do you know if Jude knew there were many Books and accepted those many Books. That has nothing to do with 400 years later someone would reduce those 100+ Books down to 66.

I cannot believe you think this scripture is relevant knowing Jude wrote this when those other Books were available, and not knowing in 400 years 40 of those Books would be removed.

Are you calling Jude a fortune teller?

Surely, you are brighter than this to comprehend the time difference from when Jude wrote this, and how many Books were available, to 400 years later after Jude's letter that a council would remove manuscripts?

How would Jude know that in 400 years over 40 manuscripts would be removed?

Seriously, what are you, 12?
Wait a minute here? Your the one that posted there are other books that should have been in the Bible and because of these other books we don't have a clear picture. So how do you know that these other books will clear up things? And since you made the statement it's up to you to prove your statements are correct. This is why I ask you to give some examples of what is not clear?

As far as Jude 3 believers must fight with all their strength to preserve "the faith" which has been handed down to them. The Greek "hapax" means "once for all," because the message of Christianity was given to the Church at the beginning; it had not come in installments. In other words, the content of the apostloic GOSPEL is fixed, not to be revised for each new era boy. :eek:

IN GOD THE SON,
bluto