Thy speech doth betray thee. . .
Yes, I believe as Christians ( across the board here) we have given consistent understanding of our faith to this person. The reply of one person to multiple people is always that our interpretation is subjective and that of an individual is objective.
I love John 1:1 and John 1:14.
If you are a Christian then why does your identification say “Unitarian”? You are not Christian and do not believe Jesus Christ is God with us( Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23 )and you distort the Gospel of John 1:1 which clearly states the Word is eternal ( God the Son) and the Word was with God ( the Father) and that the Word ( God, the Son). The Word ( God, the Son) became flesh ( Jesus Christ who is God the Son) in John 1:14.
Like there is a Trinitarian view of God, there is a Unitarian view of God. There is even a Binitarian view of God.
I genuinely don't know how you're seeing "Jesus Christ is God" anywhere in the Bible. I took a look at Isaiah 7 and it say's Immanuel is a human child that needed time to learn how to refuse evil and choose good. God is a human boy who needs time to learn to refuse evil? Where is the dual nature in that?
I just follow what the Bible says. That's too bad you find fault with that. Nothing about a command for people to worship him. Doesn't that support my views and not yours?
Unitarian Universalism is not what Unitarianism is. The names sounds similar, but I would be what is called a Biblical Unitarian -- meaning I believe what the Bible says about the Father being the one and only true God like Yeshua said. Unitarian Universalism is not Christianity though so that's accurate.Unitarianism is the pantheon not Christianity.
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I like how you weave around solid Biblical truths; for ex. Immanuel which specifically means God with us ( not merely God is with us) exclusively in the Person of Jesus Christ previously prophesied in Isaiah 7:14 & fulfilled in Matthew 1:23. The Bible is silent on the Lord’s childhood and if Isaiah 7:14-16 refers to it, so what? Btw, your definition of Immanuel is the same as the Watchtower definition.
Matthew 1:23 says the definition of the name Immanuel is "God with us." It doesn't say "Jesus is God." This isn't a JW teaching. This is literally what the Bible says.
I am not the judge of such things, but the Bible is explicit about not worshipping people. See Paul's rebuke or worshipping people in Romans 1:23
Not according to Scripture. According to Paul, the Spirit of God and the spirit of Christ aren't even the same spirits.
Oops! . . .God became a Son. . .Now there are two who are God, Father and Son.
I believe you are setting Scripture (which declares that Jesus is God, Jn 1:1, Jn 1:14) against itself instead of harmonizing/reconciling it with/to itself.
If you can present where that is stated, I will believe it.
Actually, it says to believe in and trust on the person and atoning work (blood, Ro 3:25) of Jesus Christ for the remission of one's sin and right standing with God's justice (justification; i.e., forensical righteousness).
A son begotten by a father doesn’t mean the father becomes his own son. I’m sorry, that doesn’t make any sense.
John 1:1 says the word is God. The word “word” is a Greek word logos. It doesn’t mean Son, Jesus, or Messiah. So what is something someone is, something that’s with them, and something someone has? A spirit. God is a Spirit. John 1 is a parallel to Genesis 1 where God creates using His words and Spirit.
Agreed. . .but it does mean that the son is of the same nature as the Father; i.e., divine. . .and that makes him God.
So who is this logos who is God and became flesh and dwelt among us, whose glory John personally saw?
Some work in ontology seems to be called for.
Previously addressed (post #67). . ."Word" in Jn 1:1 does not mean spoken word.
And "the rest of the story"?
Remove the blinders from your eyes while you can and read John 9:1-41 & in particular read John 9:38. Do not say those who worship Jesus Christ do not worship God. Do not play games with accounts of Thomas ( John 20:24-31), Mary Magdalene etc.( Matthew 28:9 per Matthew 28:1-9) etc. This is not a game.
They aren't worshipping God when they worshipped Yeshua.
I agree this is not a game. That's exactly why I am trying to help you know who God is exactly. Yeshua is God's Son, the Messiah, the Son of Man, but not God. I do believe God thinks the Trinitarian church is precious and He does love you, but you need to know who God is. This isn't the time to keep denying it.
John 1:1-14 basically says God created Yeshua with words. It says he became flesh as of the only begotten of the Father. Those who are begotten haven't existed eternally, i.e., they aren't God.
I believe God is the word. The entirely different person known as the Son isn't even mentioned until John 1:14 because that's when he was begotten after God's word became flesh. I agree it's not complicated at all.
Unbelief converses in bad faith. . .
You believe the Word is God (Jn 1:1), then also believe the Word (who is God) became flesh (Jn 1:14) and dwelt among us.
