Did Jesus come as God or as a human being?

drmmjr · #41 8th March 2002, 12:16 PM

You need to read on down a couple of more verses:

John 10:36 - Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Jesus never said he was God.

Wearynot · #42 8th March 2002, 03:19 PM

No, you need to read on down to where Jesus says: John 10:37
"If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

John 10:38
but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."

You know something? It just occurred to me that we can parry Scripture with one another all day long, but until one of us (read that YOU

) seeks the truth, we will continue to do just that.

drmmjr · #43 8th March 2002, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by Wearynot
No, you need to read on down to where Jesus says: John 10:37
"If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

John 10:38
but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."

And if you read a couple of chapters further, you will get an understanding of the how Jesus was in God, and God in Jesus.

John 17:21 - That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 - And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 - I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Jesus asks that they might be one just like Jesus is one with God. If the the disciples (or us for that matter) were one with God, were they God?

Originally posted by Wearynot
You know something? It just occurred to me that we can parry Scripture with one another all day long, but until one of us (read that YOU ) seeks the truth, we will continue to do just that.

And I could say the same of you. But isn't that where we are now? You say you have the truth, I say I have the truth. A Jew says he has the truth. None can or will sway the other. All have studied the scriptures. Unfortunately some have studied with a biased opinion that is not clearly shown in scripture, but implied from interpretation of translations.

LouisBooth · #44 8th March 2002, 09:05 PM

"And if you read a couple of chapters further, you will get an understanding of the how Jesus was in God, and God in Jesus.
"

yeah..because they have the same will..

Jesus is God.

"If the the disciples (or us for that matter) were one with God, were they God? "

This has to do with message and unity, NOT essience. The church is unified with God in action as Jesus was unifed with God the father in action. Look at the context. dr..I went in with an open mind and I was clearly shown Jesus was God. So did the guy that wrote case for christ

Good read I might add.

edpobre · #45 4th April 2002, 06:28 AM

Originally posted by Wearynot
Do not do me the discourtesy of inferring I am a Pharisee. I have never, in my year or so of debating you, resorted to ad hom. Let us not start now.

Isn't it true that, like the Pharisees, you too think that Jesus was claiming to be God? What's wrong about my statement my friend? If you don't like to be countted among the Pharisees, all you have to do is open your eyes and STOP thinking like them.

Now, to answer your question. "Do you really THINK (rudeness edited out) that Jesus was CLAIMING to be God by saying, "I am the SON of God?"

I dunno, lessee..."John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God."

Open your eyes my friend and SEE that the JEWS were accusing Jesus of making himself out to be God. How did the Jews come into this ERRONEOUS conclusion? Jesus himself answered in John 10:36 - by him saying that he is the son of God. The Jews thought, like most professing Christians think today, that being son of God is EQUAL to being God.

Ed's version: [i]John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be the son ofGod."

Choices, choices...do I believe John, the apostle who was beloved of Jesus, and WAS THERE? Or do I believe ed, who trying to read Scripture with that caul over his eyes?

Whaddya think, ed?

First, you THOUGHT it was John who was accusing Jesus of blasphemy by making himself out to be God. If you remove the scale over your eyes, you would have seen that it was the Jews who were accusing Jesus of blasphemy.

Second, You are falsely misrepresenting me because I do not have my own version of John 10:33. If you relate John 10:33 to John 10:36, you would come to the reasonable conclusion that the Jews THOUGHT Jesus was making hinself out to be God when he said he is the son of God.

I THINK my friend that even highly intelligent people like you can be misled into believing a lie if they fail to use their head.

Ed

edpobre · #46 4th April 2002, 06:39 AM

Originally posted by jrmorganjr
Ed,

What worldview are you backing into, by stating that Jesus isn't divine? Some offshoot of the gnosticism against which John was making the remarks you quoted?

If he is not divine, how would he have the power to save us from our sins? If we were to concede you your point, where would you go with it?

I just want to see what kind of fruit you're trying to grow, friend. :wave:

jrmorganjr,

Is Jesus your Lord and savior? Do you believe Jesus? If you answered yes to both questions, we shouldn't have any disagreement as to his state of being. It was Jesus himself who said that he is a MAN (John 8:40). It was also Jesus who said that the FATHER is the ONLY true God (John 17:3).

Anyone who believes Jesus shall have everlasting life (John 3:16) but anyone who does NOT believe Jesus is CONDEMNED already (John 3:18).

The choice is yours my friend. What I'm growing is the fruit of life. Believe Jesus and LIVE! Reject what Jesus says and DIE!

Ed

Optimus_P · #47 4th April 2002, 09:52 AM

Spend no more time here. Ed has been argueing this ONE point for months, and has gotten no where, even after a banning he comes back to the same argument.

Thinker · #48 4th April 2002, 04:38 PM

A lot of `preaching to the choir' on this thread.

`Son of God' in biblical times was a honorific, not a literal claim - among Jews. As an example, the term `Son of God' was applied to the Jewish magician Honi the Circle Drawer a century prior to the time of Jesus. When a person claimed to be the Son of God, the others around them (if Jews) would automatically interpret that as meaning that here was somebody who considered himself especially favored of God, not his literal son.

The people living around the Jews - the Greeks, the Romans, ect - worshipped a vast pantheon of Gods. In their belief system, these Gods frequently did assume mortal form and beget offspring. The most famous example would be Hercules.

It seems as though an honorific in one culture (Jewish) became a literal claim in another (Pagan). And the Gospels, along with most of the rest of the NT, were aimed at a (once) Pagan audience.

LouisBooth · #49 4th April 2002, 10:18 PM

"When a person claimed to be the Son of God, the others around them (if Jews) would automatically interpret that as meaning that here was somebody who considered himself especially favored of God, not his literal son"

Wow, one of the first people to get it I've seen that's not a christian. Its not especially favored, but equal to God in authority. See pslams 2. Congrats

Nick_Loves_Abba · #50 4th April 2002, 10:34 PM

Ok my turn.

Let us look back into both the OT, and the NT. First, the OT.

Isa 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Not the NT.

Mat 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Hmm, Ed. What do you got to say to THAT!