According to Mark, only the Father is God. Jesus is only the Son of God, which apparently doesn't imply that he is God at all. Confusing eh?
I think it's more confusing to claim Christ is the one true God
Gracebeuntoyou has correctly stated no one has ever seen the Father
No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.John1:18
No man hath seen God at anytime
1John4:12
So what John is actually stating is , no one has seen the Father at anytime,
and no one has seen God at anytime.
Christ confirms no one has seen the Father
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of GOD, he hath seen the Father
John 6:46
So John and Christ agree, no one has seen the Father, and John tells us twice, no one has seen God, could they be speaking of the same person?
Now this is eternal life, that they may know you(the Father) the ONLY TRUE GOD and Jesus Christ wehom you have sent
John 17:3
More confirmation!!"
ThE Apostle Paul too:
nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. [SUP]
5 [/SUP]For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), [SUP]
6 [/SUP]yet for us there is
but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live;
and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
1Cor8:5&6
Of course, Hopespring has John 8:24 which she believes is Christ telling people they must believe he is God(the one true God) in order to inherit eternal life. So I guess Paul, Christ Himself, and John lied.
But of course, I know that for a scholar or theologian, using strongs concordnce, or the Grenville Sharp rule(is that right
) and a host of other sources, it shouldn't be too hard to make those verses I put up mean something other than what they state
I repeat Hopespring, for you and others, this subject is perfect. You have no plain scripture(as any honesty trinitarian will admit) that states Christ is the one true God, yet I do have plain scripture that says he is not, so that means the little grey cells must come into play, the tjheological mind can go to work, which is what many excel in on websites like these
The result?
People are condemned for standing on the plain words of Christ when he walked this earth
Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age?...........