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Originally posted by Patty
Souljah,
Where in the Gospels does it say that Jesus said he was God?
I've puzzled over this question for many years, and have never found a passage that supports that he said he was God. Nor, in all my years of parochial school education or later Bible Study have I heard it.
Thanks,
Patty
Hi Patty,
My personal answer to this question is, that Jesus couldn't have openly declared he was God. I mean he could have, since we do believe he was God, but in those times, if he just one day stood up and declared, 'I am God, worship me!', people would have dismissed him as a madman, and it would have definitely lessened his credibility.
But if we read any of the gospels completely, the inevitable conclusion you draw is that he was God in human form. The sign from the heavens at his baptism, his miracles, his dialogues with his disciples ( where he hints to them who he actually is), his authority (though self-proclaimed) to forgive sins, and above all his resurrection....unless you believe that all this is false, its fairly obvious that he was God.
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