Jesus was and is God; but not man.
[Thanks for sharing; and if you wish to pursue this you can PM me. Look up always!]
I would rather not worry about sending a PM. There is no need since I will go no further than this post on the subject and let everyone see the scriptures in public so that they can make their own minds up.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;
John 1:14
And
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Romans 1:3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David
according to the flesh;
What Jesus said to the Jews about Israelites is that they are as gods to the natural man who is yet in sin......
The same thought here as I just said. In the Psalm the rebellious Israelites were not acting in a godly way and would "die like (natural) men
Let me put that scripture here again:
John 10:33-36
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are
gods? 35 If he called
them gods,
unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 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?
Note the plural use of the words here. Also note that Jesus said "unto whom the word of God came". Jesus is the word of God as the scripture has said already. Who did He come to? He came to us. The words show that He was not speaking of Himself alone but of those to whom He came. Also note the lack of any words that would show He may have been speaking metaphorically.
We must never equate the Lord Jesus as man, even though He was born AS a man by mankind, and suffered as a man, but was at the same time the Son of God by His deity; and He had power to lay down His life and to take it up again as He said
It is true that Jesus is God. It is also true He was man...born as a man, and suffered as a man. So your words here seem to suggest that you know He was both but you refuse to acknowledge Him as both.
As a prince in a kingdom, that one cannot say he is equal with the king; and neither can we in God's Kingdom
Indeed, we are not the King. We do however have the authority of the King through His name. As I said before, this is a hard thing for many to understand and many would try to abuse it.
This isn't about us trying to say we are God. This is about us being brothers and sisters of Christ and children of the Father. We give reverence to our Father. Even as the scriptures tell us to do so:
Romans 8:15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
I cannot take further time to expand on this here, but it is true that the Holy God (Jesus-God) came into this world and could even walk through doors by being invisible, etc.; don't you try it or you will be hurt, friend
You said this in response to my last statement. I noticed you didn't address the issue of the spirit of antichrist.
Anyway, I feel I should remind you of others who did similar things and I doubt you would refuse that they were men.
Acts 8:39
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord
caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was
translated that he should not see death; and was
not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
There are many things men can do through the Spirit of God.
But lets deal with the big issue...
I said: "The only way to say otherwise would be to say that Jesus did not come in the flesh...which as the Bible says is the spirit of antichrist."
1 John 4:1-3
Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And
every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this
is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
I have tested the spirit of the words you spoke. You have struggled to confess Jesus as being in the flesh. As I said above, your words here seem to suggest that you know He was both God and man but you refuse to acknowledge Him as both and hold to the thought that He was fully God and yet not fully man.
I know that sounded hard. Please don't take it personal because it is not you that I am coming against. Even Christians can say things through this spirit. Peter Himself had Jesus look at him and say "Get behind me Satan!"
It isn't you, it is the spirit behind the teaching. I urge you to test the spirit yourself and fight against it my brother.
