Christ is God

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posthuman

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And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself,
with the glory which I had with You before the world was
(John 17:5)

I am the LORD: that is My name:
and my glory will I not give to another
(Isaiah 42:8)
 

posthuman

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To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen!
(Jude 1:25)
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is the Messiah, the Lord.
(Luke 2:11)
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
(Proverbs 25:2)
 
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looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,[Titus 2:13]

Then back up...

Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior, To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.[Titus 1:1-4]

Paul, writing by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, in both place called the Christ both God andSavior. To say otherwise is calling God a liar, as the bible explicitly states the Christ is God.

Thanks @posthuman for this thread. 👍❤️🏆
 

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congratulations on refuting modalism in support of trinitarianism

Christ is God
the Father is God
the Spirit is God


the Son is not the Father; the Father & Son are one and the same; there is no other God.
For starters, I am strictly monotheistic. One meaning One.

Secondly, do you know how much of a contradiction that statement above you made? The Son is not The Father, but the Father is God and Christ is God? In the New Testament, who is the Son? Jesus. WHo is the Messiah? Jesus. So you saying The Son is not the Father is like saying The Christ is not the Father, but at the same time you are saying CHrist is God and The Father is God. THis whole statement is a contradiction.

I tried to make things simple, but I was kidding myself, now I will be blunt. It is clearly obvious that the questions I have asked are too difficult to answer. So I will make it as clear as day.

The only true God is The Father, as Jesus made that perfectly clear in John 17.3. That is why I never got a direct answer to my question.

In acts 2.22, you see the reference "Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God", in Matt 21:11 we see a clear reference that Jesus is a prophet.

In the garden of Gethsemane, who did Jesus pray to?

Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

So who did Jesus Christ pray to? Did he pray to himself or did he pray to his God?

Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

How can Christ be God when clearly based on the above verse the Son does not know the day and hour concerned? You cannot be All Knowing and not knowing at the same time. It is not possible.
 
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For starters, I am strictly monotheistic. One meaning One.

Secondly, do you know how much of a contradiction that statement above you made? The Son is not The Father, but the Father is God and Christ is God? In the New Testament, who is the Son? Jesus. WHo is the Messiah? Jesus. So you saying The Son is not the Father is like saying The Christ is not the Father, but at the same time you are saying CHrist is God and The Father is God. THis whole statement is a contradiction.

I tried to make things simple, but I was kidding myself, now I will be blunt. It is clearly obvious that the questions I have asked are too difficult to answer. So I will make it as clear as day.

The only true God is The Father, as Jesus made that perfectly clear in John 17.3. That is why I never got a direct answer to my question.

In acts 2.22, you see the reference "Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God", in Matt 21:11 we see a clear reference that Jesus is a prophet.

In the garden of Gethsemane, who did Jesus pray to?

Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

So who did Jesus Christ pray to? Did he pray to himself or did he pray to his God?

Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

How can Christ be God when clearly based on the above verse the Son does not know the day and hour concerned? You cannot be All Knowing and not knowing at the same time. It is not possible.
Who created all we see? God per Genesis 1:1ff and John 1:1ff. Who is the Word who was with God and who is God? The Word that became flesh per John 1:14. The Christ is God.
 

posthuman

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Secondly, do you know how much of a contradiction that statement above you made? The Son is not The Father, but the Father is God and Christ is God? In the New Testament, who is the Son? Jesus. WHo is the Messiah? Jesus. So you saying The Son is not the Father is like saying The Christ is not the Father, but at the same time you are saying CHrist is God and The Father is God. THis whole statement is a contradiction.
It's what scripture says.

There are at least 50 pages in this thread - aside from the sidetracking - 50 pages of scriptural evidence here that Jesus Christ is God.

You know there is only one God and that He is called the Father.

So don't ignore all of this word that the Father testifies to you. It doesn't have to be simple to be true - you ought to expect it to not be simple, you ought to expect it to be incomprehensibly profound. Mind blowing. It is the eternal God we're talking about, you really think our vain little minds can contain the breadth of the understanding of Him?

Christ is God. Fact.
The Father is God. Fact.
There is only one God. Fact.

Sort it out, don't reject it because it is wonderful
 
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eternally-gratefull

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The Father did all the miracles, wonders and signs through Jesus Ac 2:22.

Jesus was begotten "this day" and became or was called the Son.

Jesus always says what he receives from the Father. He always gives glory to the Father for the works God did through him.

This is a pattern and foundation.

Trying to bend texts like Isa 9:6 or use manipulated ones to support man-made contradicting theology is improper.

Therefore, I am sorry but am not going to continue disproving a clearly false theology.
Yes he did

because Jesus laid aside his deity, and became smaller than the angels

Face it, if Jesus is not God your still dead in your sin
 
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And this is what so many people refuse to acknowledge. For some reason, those who are for the trinity and accept the trinity refuse to accept the direct and clear statement as made by Jesus according to the verse John 17.3.

WHen read in context from verse John 17.1-17.3, Jesus is clearly referring to The Father as the Only True God. The word "only" is very specific here. Now for Jesus to admit The Father is the Only True God, that means there is no one else. Why for many people is this so difficult to understand? It is a clear and direct statement. There is no room for misinterpretation.

SO how can Jesus, The Messiah be God when he admitted The Father is the Only True God?

Secondly, the word Christ? What do people understand of this word? The world itself means "Anointed" or "Anointed One".

Let us use reason, now in order for someone to be "anointed" there has to be someone else in a position of authority to do the anointing, to choose said someone to do a specific task.
Yep

lets totally ignore the rest of scripture which says otherwise, just because Jesus made one comment

God is not a name it is a group

God (plural) created the heavens and the earth

God is relational, can you I again an eternal being who is relational being by himself for billions upon billions of years before he decides to creat man and angels, if God could die, that would be the cause,

The father is that, the one whom has authority Ie, in charge

the son is the doer, the creator, the sustainer, the savior

the HS is the empowered the teacher and the comforter

it all makes sense if we just open up to see
 
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Yes he did

because Jesus laid aside his deity, and became smaller than the angels

Face it, if Jesus is not God your still dead in your sin
The Christ did not lay aside His divinity my friend. He is God cloaked in flesh. But He knew Lazarus died being two days away. He healed a man’s child who was a day away from Him. He knew ppl’s thoughts.

In His “emptying” Himself, He didn’t empty(lay aside) His divinity.

From got questions...


”It is better to think of Christ’s “emptying” of Himself as a laying aside of the privileges that were His in heaven. Rather than stay on His throne in heaven, Jesus “made himself nothing” (as the NIV translates Philippians 2:7). When He came to earth, “he gave up his divine privileges” (NLT). He veiled His glory, and He chose to occupy the position of a slave.”

https://www.gotquestions.org/kenosis.html
 
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eternally-gratefull

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The Christ did not lay aside His divinity my friend. He is God cloaked in flesh. But He knew Lazarus died being two days away. He healed a man’s child who was a day away from Him. He knew ppl’s thoughts.

In His “emptying” Himself, He didn’t empty(lay aside) His divinity.

From got questions...


”It is better to think of Christ’s “emptying” of Himself as a laying aside of the privileges that were His in heaven. Rather than stay on His throne in heaven, Jesus “made himself nothing” (as the NIV translates Philippians 2:7). When He came to earth, “he gave up his divine privileges” (NLT). He veiled His glory, and He chose to occupy the position of a slave.”

https://www.gotquestions.org/kenosis.html
If Jesus did not lay aside his divinity he would not need the Hs to teach him, or the father to do the miracles the father did.

jesus prayed to the father, the father raised the dead.

divinity also can not sin, nor can it die

if Jesus could not sin, he could never be tempted, if he could not die, the cross never happened.
 
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If Jesus did not lay aside his divinity he would not need the Hs to teach him, or the father to do the miracles the father did.

jesus prayed to the father, the father raised the dead.

divinity also can not sin, nor can it die

if Jesus could not sin, he could never be tempted, if he could not die, the cross never happened.
Again, if He laid aside His divinity, then He could not be the God-man. If He laid aside His divinity, then He could not do miracles.

And the Christ could not sin, seeing He is God. :)
 
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Again, if He laid aside His divinity, then He could not be the God-man. If He laid aside His divinity, then He could not do miracles.

And the Christ could not sin, seeing He is God. :)
Yes he could
he is still the son the lord of Israel that did not change. He just entered the human flesh born by Mary
 

posthuman

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IMO what He laid aside was His glory

that said while I am not unwilling to have that discussion, it's not a discussion I want to have in this particular thread. I want this thread to be as focused as I can manage to keep it.

So just giving my opinion ;)
 
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This is not about me being offended. It is about you continually posting error, for which you have been corrected MANY times. Instead of learning, you keep posting more error. Get your head straight!
What is I have been corrected on MANY times? Not agreeing with you?

Is God a man as us? or is he eternal God like no other, without beginning and end of days, as it is written.
 

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It is not enough to say Jesus is God because of this verse and that verse, but tell us why He is God.

To me, God creates by becoming the created which means before the fall, the universe (Heaven and Earth) was God Himself, and after the fall, there's a separation and again Christ reconciles everything back to God.
The difference between Christ and us is that Jesus is not part of the fallen (separated) world, He is pure creation of God which means God became Him (Jesus) just like in the beginning, God became everything else.

Acts 2:22Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
 
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Sackcloth-N-Ashes said:


Again, if He laid aside His divinity, then He could not be the God-man. If He laid aside His divinity, then He could not do miracles.

And the Christ could not sin, seeing He is God.
The divinity was not of the Son of man any more than it was of us. Jesus did the will of the unseen father.

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the
power may be of God, and not of us.

No power is attributed to the flesh nothing. Jesus said it profits not.

The Son of man, Jesus like us had the treasure of the power of the father in working in him as the unseen glory of God but it was not of the flesh typified as sinful . A body that was corrupt was needed to do what the letter of the law could not do. Forgive sin in the corrupted flesh. The work of two working together in perfect harmony and submission as one God.
 

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The Son of man, Jesus like us had the treasure of the power of the father in working in him as the unseen glory of God but it was not of the flesh typified as sinful . A body that was corrupt was needed to do what the letter of the law could not do. Forgive sin in the corrupted flesh.
Jesus' body was neither corrupted nor "typified as sinful". By rejecting those truths, you are left with a Jesus who is incapable of redeeming you from your sin.