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The answer that you get to this question will depend on the religion of the person that you ask. If you ask a Jew, he will probably tell you that Jesus was a rabbi who developed delusions of grandeur. If you ask a Muslim, then he will probably tell you that Jesus was the greatest of the prophet, but still a man. (I was surprised when some Muslims told me this. I always thought that they considered Mohammed to be the greatest of the prophets.) If you ask most Christians, then you will be told that Jesus is one of three aspects of God, that He was the mortal incarnation of God, but that he is not separate from God. This in a nut shell is the view held by most Christians. I belong to a Christian sect that does not believe this. We believe that God the Father and Jesus are separate beings, but that they are one in purpose. They and the Holy Ghost are one in basically the same way that a team is one, but in a more profound way. The individuals each has His own job to perform. Each of these jobs complements those of the others to create a whole that is designed to provide us with the way to return to their presence to live for eternity. *********************** zoof, if you are referring to my explanation of my religion's teachings concerning the Godhead, then that is your interpretation. We happen to believe differently. After having spent two years as a missionary in the Bible Belt, I can't tell you how board I get with people who only want to argue about who is right and who is wrong rather than honestly trying to understand what other people believe and respecting their right to believe as they choose. *********************** "sleeppro: Just curious-were you bored with them or did you want to hit them with a board?" :-D Spelling has never been one of my strong points. I especially hate homonyms. Mostly I am just bored with them. Though the ones that just get in my face and shout that I am going to hell because I don't agree with them have tested my patience at times. ;-) *********************** "key2yeshua: Actually the Koran teaches the Muhammed was the greatest prophet, regardless of what some Muslims say." I have never really studied Islam. So, I have to rely on what other people tell me about it.
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This question asks about Jesus and God so the assumtion is that the "God" that you ask about is the God of the Bible and not some other God. I am also assuming you want a Christian answer and not from say the point of view of a Buddist or Atheist. So... The short answer is: none. They are one and the same, yet also different and distinct. I know this doesn't appear to make a lot of sense, but the Bible paints a clear picture regarding the nature of God. Now the long answer... The difficulty comes in reconciling some of the things that the Bible says without contridiction or denial. The "without contridiction OR denial" is the most important part of the last sentence. Now it is necessary to digress for a moment about the Bible. Some will say that they have "other revelations" or additional scripture and that this additional revelation "clarifies" the 66 books of the cannon. So, what we must do is examine this "other revelation" in relationship to the commonly agreed upon revelation. Most Christian "sects" agree that the 66 books of the traditional cannon are God inspired writings and further I think most will agree to the following: 1) God is perfect 2) God is good 3) God is changeless If these 3 things are correct then when one examines the Bible and "other revelations" one would expect to find them in perfect agreement. If you don't believe that these things are correct then you can stop reading here, because everything depends of those three things. So naturally when someone says that they have a "revelation" I check to see if it contridicts previous revelation. If it does I reject the "new" as false. Because if God is perfect then why would he give contradictory revelations and what need would perfection have for change? If God is good, why would he obfuscate the truth? If God is changeless then why would his revelation change? So, I exclusively use the Bible as a standard by which I measure all other "revelation". I have found extra-Biblical revelations to contridict the Bible on more than one point and therefore they are bogus. Now one may say what makes the other revelation false - nothing, but one may not claim the Bible as part of its theology if they then turn around and reject the parts that don't fit with their "new revelation". To accept two revelations as fact, from a perfect revelator, that are not in agreement, does not make the least bit of sense. The Bible cannot be partially true and partially false. It is either reliable or not for we have no sure method of discerning the true from the false. So, with the Bible as the standard... The Bible clearly states that there is one and only one God. There is no room for other Gods. The one true God is a jealous God and will not tolerate worship of other Gods. Therefore any Christian religon that states that we are Gods or that Jesus is "a" God is polytheistic and contradicts the Bible. It is therefore patently false. I'm sorry if this offends holders of "other revelations" but I will not fail to state what is obvious by the application of simple reason solely for the sake of someone's sensibilities. The Bible is also clear in Christ's claim to divinity. He states that before Abraham "I AM". No sane Jew would say something like that in front of the Sanhedrin unless he was claiming to be God or suicidal. There are other places as well - grab a copy of Naves Topical and look up Jesus, Divinity of and you will find literally hundreds of Old and New Testament scripture references. So, to say that Jesus is not God is a direct contridiction of the Bible and therefore false. So, we are left with an apparent contridiction. There can only be one God and Jesus said He was God, but He (Jesus) is clearly discribed as a different person from God. How can this be? The only explaination that I have found that does not contridict the Bible is the doctrine of the Trinity. (I'm leaving out the Holy Spirit out of this, because if you show Christ as God and God as God then the arguments for the Holy Spirit become kind of trivial - not that the Spirit is trivial) So, by that doctrine the answer to your question becomes... Nothing they are one in the same entitiy. There are differences, but its like my arm is different from my feet kind of different and not Mike is different from Stan kind of different if you get my meaning. So to take it a little further the differences are mostly in purpose. Christ is the redeemer, the saviour. The perfect offering to pay the price of our sinful natures. He is the one and He is one with God the Father is a way that we can only begin to fathom. The doctrine of the Trinity is a man made doctrine and it is true that the word trinity is not in the Bible. But, the Trinity is an explaination of something incredible that is clearly stated in scripture and to my knowledge cannot be explained in any other way that does not either wind up with something that looks like the trinity or denies some part of scripture. I was tired when I wrote this so it rambles a bit. I do not say that there is a contridiction. I say there is an 'apparent' contridiction and that the Trinity is an explaination that satisfies this without either denying or altering scripture. Christ and God are one. Christ is God in the flesh. The Trinity is an explaination of this wonder. The trinity is a man made explaination. I say that the word Trinity does not appear in scripture, but it is simply the best explaination we have managed for what does appear in scripture. That God is described as three distinct individuals, yet there is only ONE God. Explain that without denial or alteration of scripture without using either the Trinity or something that looks just like it.
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From a protestant Christian perspective... One simple illustration is to think of water. It comes in the forms of ice, liquid water, and steam. Either way, it is still water. In much the same way, God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are different forms of the same being. They may come in different forms, but they are all one. We call it the Trinity - three in one.
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God is ONE who created JESUS. JESUS is a human being while GOD is not. JESUS can't do anything without the help of GOD. Therefore, GOD is 110% not like JESUS. I can explain it to you using Bible as a proof. If I am standing in front of the IBM headquarters building, and a fellow employee unknowingly asked me "Is this your building , do you own this building ? " Then I replied "This Building is NOT MY OWN, but it belongs to The ONE WHO EMPLOYEES ME" This would clarify to the person asking that I AM NOT THE OWNER, I am just one of the workers. I do not own the building (Universe) the one I work for owns it. Another Example is: If I am at a gathering of people in a friend's house, and a fellow guest unknowingly asked me, "Is this your house ?" I would reply "This is not my house but it is the house of the ONE WHO INVITED ME" This would clarify to the fellow guest that again, I am NOT THE OWNER of the house. Did Jesus make such statements regarding his status, the words, the will and the power he used ? WORDS "Jesus answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me." [John 7:16] "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me." [John 14:24] "For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak." [John 12:49] WILL "Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work." [John 4:34] "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me." [John 6:38] "saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done." [Luke 22:42] POWER " I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me." [John 5:30] "I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him." [John 13:16] "You heard me say, `I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I." [John 14:28] "Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord, but he sent me." [ John 8:42] "To sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father" [Matthew 20:23] KNOWLEDGE "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." [Mr 13:32] "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only." [Mt 24:36] "So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me" [John 7:16] STATUS "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven." [Mt 7:21] "And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. [John 5:37] "And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone." [Mr 10:18] "And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges." [John 8:50] Some Christians, (not all) claim that Jesus _implied_ that he was God, from the above verses, we see that Jesus denied being God, it now leaves the Christians who believe Jesus is God to provide just one single verse in the Bible where Jesus says "I am God" there is no such verse, the God of Abraham in the Old Testament stated "I am God" over 200 times, yet oddly Jesus never uttered those three words once in the Gospel, so we see from the many quotes above, that the House did not belong to Jesus, it belonged to the One who Sent him.
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If you deny that Jesus is God, then you also have to deny the inspiration of New Testament Scripture, for the deity of Christ is a very prevalent theme: "God who created all things through Jesus Christ" Ephesians 3:9; "He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him." Colossians 1:15-16 (see previous verses for context talking about Jesus); "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. "And the Word became 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. "John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” "And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him." John 1:1-18 If Jesus is not God, then John and Paul were lying. If Jesus existed before Abraham (Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” John 8:58, and "by Him all things were made"), then He is not merely man. Thomas, after the resurrected Jesus appeared to him, said, "My Lord and my God." Why did Jesus not correct him? If you believe that the bible is the inerrant, inspired Word of God, then you have to believe that Jesus is in fact God incarnate, who died for our sins, and three days later was resurrected, 40 days later ascended to heaven to sit on the right hand of the Father. I know this is confusing. If Jesus is God, how can He sit at the right hand of God? If Jesus is God, how can He worship God? But, if Jesus was not God, how could He bear the sins of the entire world, and pay the eternal price for our transgression of God's law? It is not possible! If it were possible for a man to do this, then Adam would have atoned for our sins when he died. I encourage every Christian to read the Bible for yourself, in it's entirety, and see for yourself what it teaches. You are welcome to believe that Jesus is not God, but you simply can't use the Bible to prove it.
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Jesus: The personal name of the one whose title gave its name to the Christian religion. God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24
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Almighty God has no beginning and no end. Revelation 1;8 “I am the Al´pha and the O·me´ga,” says Jehovah God, “the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.”. AND Revelation 21;6 And he said to me: “They have come to pass! I am the Al´pha and the O·me´ga, the beginning and the end. To anyone thirsting I will give from the fountain of the water of life free. AND Revelation 22;13 I am the Al´pha and the O·me´ga, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Now on the other hand, Jesus, Almighty God's son, did have a beginning. Proverbs 8;22-3022 “Jehovah himself produced me as the beginning of his way, the earliest of his achievements of long ago. 23 From time indefinite I was installed, from the start, from times earlier than the earth. 24 When there were no watery deeps I was brought forth as with labor pains, when there were no springs heavily charged with water. 25 Before the mountains themselves had been settled down, ahead of the hills, I was brought forth as with labor pains, 26 when as yet he had not made the earth and the open spaces and the first part of the dust masses of the productive land. 27 When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he decreed a circle upon the face of the watery deep, 28 when he made firm the cloud masses above, when he caused the fountains of the watery deep to be strong, 29 when he set for the sea his decree that the waters themselves should not pass beyond his order, when he decreed the foundations of the earth, 30 then I came to be beside him as a master worker, and I came to be the one he was specially fond of day by day, I being glad before him all the time. My answer is not from my own muddled thinking, but direct from God's word to us, the Bible. Noreworthy from the many other comments are that very few use the scriptures.
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Jesus came to earth as a man, but was in that form ONLY while on earth. Before and after, he was a spiritual son of God, totally obeying his Father, Almighty God.
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There is no physical way to prove that Jesus and God are the same, or whether they are different. Each belief, whether Mormon, JW or mainstream Christian is based upon our own interpretations of the bible. Since we are dealing with remnants of history that have been 'dug up' so to say, we have no direct evidence to give an irrefutable answer. That's the simple truth. Some translate John 1:1 as "The word was God". Others translate "The word was A god." I'm no Greek scholar, but from what I've read, the difference in grammar is miniscule to the point of obscurity, yet it leaves a cavernous gap of questions. It is POSSIBLE that the Jesus of the Gospels was the manifest presence of God in a human body. I choose to believe this, because of my own interpretations. My interpretations are not just based on what Jesus said or did, but on the whole bible. The possibility of Jesus being a lower god or lesser being seems to go against the very nature of God, and conflicts with things he said directly to his people. "The Lord your God is one". "There is none besides me". "Are there any beside me? I know not any." If God is all knowing (omniscient), and he says that he does not know of any other gods, then Jesus couldn't exist unless he was the same God as God. In the old Testament, everything that prominent men or women of God did is recorded as being prompted by God. The books of the prophets show "God said xxxxx. Prophet did xxxxx." Nowhere in the Gospels does it show Jesus seeking guidance from God, or God having to come down and tell him what to do. He acted unilaterally - in his own name, and yet it seemed to be God's will every time. A leper said to Jesus: "If you choose to, you can heal me." Jesus replied "I choose to." Hang on a second. Isn't healing God's decision? I can pray and pray for healing, but until God chooses to heal, then it won't happen. How then could Jesus say "I choose"? Several times Jesus said "I am..." The bread of life; the way, the truth and the life; the resurrection and the life... the list goes on. Hang on. Aren't these descriptions of God? Isn't he our source of life? If so, how dare a lesser being make such claims. The Pharisees' main charge against him in the end was the he "claimed to be God." It didn't say he claimed to be A god, or even a son of God. They interpreted that he was claiming to BE God. These guys were experts in the scriptures and judaic religion. What would lead them to say these things, unless they believe him to be claiming to be God? If he was claiming to be God, why didn't God strike him down? Why, then did God give him his approval - on several occasions? The Prophets said "Follow God." Jesus said "Follow me." What gives? If Jesus isn't God, how dare he tell people to follow him. That goes against the first four commandments straight away... "You shall have no other Gods before me". People worshipped Jesus. The Disciples worshipped him... it says so in those exact words. Look at Matthew 28. Now if in Revelations an Angel stopped John from worshipping him by saying: "Worship God!" (Rev 19) If Jesus is not God, why then did he accept the worship that was given to him... That's idolatry, and the Pharisees would have been correct in their accusations. Jesus would have been a sinner and would have been disqualified from being the atoning sacrifice. ***** Another thing I look at is the origin of Jesus and his identity: Who he is and where he came from. John 1:1 raises an interesting issue. "In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God"... NO, that's not what it says. It says: "In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD was God." It doesn't even mention the name Jesus... Then John goes on to say "THE WORD was manifested in the flesh". Think about that for a moment. It raises a plethora of issues and questions straight away. Yeshua of Nazareth, the man we call Jesus Christ, had a beginning. Jesus Christ the physical man did not always exist. How do we know this? Because he was CONCEIVED in the womb of a maiden named Mary. The next question is this: who or what was he before that? John answers it. The WORD became flesh - that refers to Jesus. Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Jesus came into being around 2000 years ago. John explains the origin of Jesus Christ, then explains who he was before: he was the Word of God. You see, it doesn't say that the Word created flesh, or was just a part of creating this being called Jesus. It says that the Word BECAME flesh. The Word of God took on flesh like we put on a coat. So Jesus Christ, in essence, was the Word of God in a human body. So if Jesus is the Word of God, then we look under that heading for clues as to who he really is. We only have to go back six verses: "In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and the WORD was God." - If you look at it from the viewpoint of 'The Word of God', this actually makes sense, especially if you take the time to search out this issue. Since the bible says we (humans) are made in God's image, then it stands to reason that we operate in similar ways to him. So let's have a look at us and our word/s: * Our word is a part of us - it is us. My word IS me. Jesus said that our words come from our heart - the heart is understood to be the very core of our being. So God's Word is part of him - it IS him. * Our word cannot exist without us - because our word is a part of us, it cannot exist independently of us. If Neil Armstrong had never been born, who would have brought forth the words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"? The words would not exist. Some other astronaut may have said the same thing, but the words would not belong to Neil. So God's Word cannot exist without him - that precludes his Word (and hence Jesus, who is his Word in the flesh) from being a separate entity. It is not possible. * Our word is completely dependent upon us. Because it is us, and it goes forth from us, it cannot contradict us. If I speak words of hate, can my words contradict me and offer encouragement instead? Absolutely not! It's impossible, because my words can only do what I command them to. Same with Jesus. If he IS indeed the Word of God, then he cannot act independently to God. He even said it - The son can do nothing without the Father... etc. All the passages that are used by many to prove Jesus' separateness from God are actually confirming his unity with God. How can the Word of God do anything to contradict God? Then there's the Trinity - look at it from the position of God the Father, God the WORD and God the Holy Spirit, and it takes on a whole new outlook. No longer is it bending your brain to try to reconcile the existence of some separate-yet-distinct man-god who's here and there... Instead, you have a natural outworking of the nature of God. You have God himself, his Spirit, and his Word. ***** These are only a few of many thoughts relating to Jesus' divinity. As I said at the beginning, there is no definitive, "25 words or less" passage that irrefutably says that Jesus is God, or isn't. What we do have is open to interpretation by people, depending on what they want to believe. As long as this is the case, nobody can give you a satisfactory answer to this question.
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Distinguishing between god and Christ is a waste of time. It would be like distinguishing between a car and the motor The car without the motor can’t run. The motor without the car can’t drive anywhere. Christ is a whole some of god reviled to man kind. God is a whole some of Christ revile in heaven. God is not limited by flesh or ignorance or theology or by how smart we think we are. To be a believe in god means to believe and obey his commandments like the one of their is no god above or beside me.
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God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24
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Jesus is the literal Son of God. God and Jesus are two individual beings not one. Holy Spirit is the presence of Father the almighty and Jesus Christ. Trinity undermines the love of God by saying both are Co-eternal,Co-equal but bible says Father begat Jesus Christ and Jesus himself says Father is greater than him. But Jesus is also Divine because he is born of God and not created being. Holy Spirit is the God's presence and not a different third being. Trinity is Antichristian theology b'cos it denies directly and indirectly that Jesus is not the son of God. For more details pls visit www.themeofthebible.com
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God and Jesus are one. There are no differences between God and Jesus. If you believe the Bible and that It is true, then you must believe this verse: I John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. The "Word" in that verse is talking about Jesus Christ. In John 1:14, it says "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us..." Who was made flesh and dwelt among us? Jesus Christ was. Now, because God and Jesus are one, then Jesus has all the same attributes as God. God is eternal, and so is Jesus Christ. He has always been and will always been. In John 1:1, it says "In the beginning was the Word.." This is the same "Word" as is in I John 5:7 and John 1:14. *All Bible references are in the King James Version.*
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If Jesus was Almighty God the bible would have made that clear. There is not one scripture in the bible that says Jesus is Almighty God. Not one. If there is a scripture thats say Jesus is Almighty God, someone please let me know.
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The bible states that God cannot lie. Then if Jesus was God he would be a liar. “Concerning that day or the hour nobody knows, neither the angels in heaven nor the Son, but the Father. Mark 13:32. Here it clearly states the son does not know the day or hour. But the father does. This would make God smarter than the son. That dosen't sound like Jesus is smarter than God. If he's not smarter than God, then that means he is not God.
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nothing, you have flesh, you have a soul and you have a spirit. your soul is who you are like God, you spirit is the "breath" of you as a living being like the holy spirit and you flesh is your humanly look like God that came down and was born as Jesus. God had to experiance life cause in the old testament God was very strickt with His believers. so when he experianced life He said that "I send my son so that He can be a medium between you and me" this raises the qeustion. are we only flesh and spirit on earth. maybe our souls are are up their with God and thats why he can talk to us. Maybe we in flesh are also sons to our soles.
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Jesus has a creation. Colossians 1:15 "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation". Fistborn means exactly what it say's. Firstborn, this meas he has a begining and was created. Almighty God has no creation, but Jesus does.
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Sure Jesus is a Mighty God. Although, he is not called Almighty God. Satan is also considered a God, by your same reasoning this would make Satan Almighty God as well. Does that sound accurate to you?
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God is divine being. Jesus was a man. Can you see the difference? Many Christians believe that Jesus and God they are the same. The dogmas of deity of Jesus and trinity are developed trough centuries. As a student of theology at the bible-school I was surprised by studying the Church History. Establishing of deity of Jesus is a very interesting chapter in Christian history but also very sad. Unfortunately many Christians inherit these dogmas. They believe it because the Church tells them to believe. I believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior… God is the Creator who loves his creatures. 1 Timothy 2:5 says: For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;…
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God and Jesus are the same person from my belief. God and Jesus are the same person but they have different roles, I guess you could say. Like for instance I am a student, a daughter and a sister, but I'm still the same person, I never change. That's kind of how it is with God and Jesus. God is a father and his name is God, he is a son and his name is Jesus and he is a comforter(something that I would say a husband would do to his wife), so then he's a husband and his bride is the church. He has many different names just like we have many different nicknames, so does God. That's kind of how I think of it. Hope this helps!!
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There is no difference between them. They are the same. They are one. Now Jesus is the son of God, and he stands at the right hand of the Father. Jesus makes intercession for us. He is the way the truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father but by Him.
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Yahshua ("Jesus") is the Messiah the son of the living Yahweh ("God"). To believe in the doctrine "Jesus is God." is to be deceived! http://www.freewebs.com/frank4yahweh/index.htm
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skin and flesh.
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As a trinitarian, Jesus, God the Son is one person in God, the Holy Trinity. The doctrine of the Holy Trinity states that there is one true God made up of three separate but equal persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Bible does not contain the word Trinity. However, the Holy Trinity is hinted at repeatedly in both the Old and New Testaments. For many biblical references, see: http://www.cwo.com/~pentrack/catholic/Trinity.txt Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, the early Christians prayed and struggled over these hints for a couple of centuries. The concept of the Holy Trinity (three equal persons in one God) was mainstream Christianity in 325 C.E. at the Council of Nicaea and our belief is expressed in the Nicene Creed from that council: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. ... We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son, He is worshiped and glorified. ... This belief is shared by most Christian denominations including Roman and Orthodox Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Episcopalians, and the Salvation Army. With love in Christ.
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Yahweh ("God") is our Heavenly Father and Creator and Yahshua ("Jesus") is His son whom he raised from the dead and anointed and appointed to reign as King for 1,000 years. To Believe "Jesus Is God" Is To Be Deceived! http://www.freewebs.com/frank4yahweh/index.htm
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Nowhere in any so called "Holy Bible translation will you find proclaimed "Jesus is God." or "Jesus is YHWH." Note the quotation marks. This is a fact that I can not ignore. Your so called "Holy Bible" does not 'otherwise say' "Jesus is God." or "Jesus is YHWH." You can go right ahead and 'listen' to false teachers that twist ("wrest") Father Yahweh's inspired word to their own destruction if you like, but I will continue to listen to Father Yahweh's inspired word when He says that He sent His son into the world. No, Father Yahweh did not say that He took upon human form and became a "God-man". I have learned from studying Father Yahweh's inspired word that it was He "ALONE" Who is the Creator of all things. ONE LONE YAHWEH http://www.halleluyah.org/one_lone_yahweh.htm Was Yahweh Alone? http://www.halleluyah.org/alone.htm By And Through http://frank4yahweh.tripod.com/ByAndThrough.html
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Nowhere in any so called "Holy Bible translation will you find proclaimed "Jesus is God." or "Jesus is YHWH." Note the quotation marks. This is a fact that I can not ignore. Your so called "Holy Bible" does not 'otherwise say' "Jesus is God." or "Jesus is YHWH." You can go right ahead and 'listen' to false teachers that twist ("wrest") Father Yahweh's inspired word to their own destruction if you like, but I will continue to listen to Father Yahweh's inspired word when He says that He sent His son into the world. No, Father Yahweh did not say that He took upon human form and became a "God-man". I have learned from studying Father Yahweh's inspired word that it was He "ALONE" Who is the Creator of all things. ONE LONE YAHWEH http://www.halleluyah.org/one_lone_yahweh.htm Was Yahweh Alone? http://www.halleluyah.org/alone.htm By And Through http://frank4yahweh.tripod.com/ByAndThrough.html
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Jesus was a real person.......... cough
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some say... god created the earth. jesus walked on it. god is a higher power. jesus was more of a hippie. nobody knows who's god's father. jesus has god for his father. many religions beleive in god. only christians beleive in jesus (or at least that he was who he said he was).
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These are not my opinions but just some of the views taken directly from the scriptutres that clearly show that Jesus and God are different they ARE NOT one and the same. (I have given references so you can check them up for yourself) According to the words of Jesus himself in John 17:3 God is one and only and Jesus is his messenger “that they might know THEE the ONLY TRUE GOD, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” Jesus is the one who prayed and God is the one Jesus prayed to. This is according to Matthew 14:23, 19:13, 26:39, 27:46, 26:42-44 and Luke 3:21, 5:16, 6:12, 9:18, 9:28, 11:1-4, 22:41 and John 14:16, 17:1, 17:9, 17:11, 17:15 According to Matthew 26:39, John 5:30 and John 6:38 they have different wills so they must be distinct and separate. According to Mark 16:19 and Luke 22:69 Jesus sat at the right hand of God - two separate beings sitting next to each other Jesus was a prophet (Luke 7:16, Luke 13:33, Luke 24:19 and John 4:19) but God wasn’t. Jesus gave thanks to God according to Luke 10:21, John 6:11 and John 11:41-42 According to Luke 23:46 Jesus commended his spirit to God Jesus said that the Father (God) is greater than him - John 14:28 Jesus was helpless not God - John 5:19, John 5:30, John 7:28, John 8:28 Jesus said he was not the provider (John 6:32) whereas God is Jesus said his words were not his (John 7:16, John 12:49, John 14:24, and John 17:14) God’s clearly are. Jesus said he did not come of himself (John 8:42) but God does everything of Himself Jesus said the Father (God) is greater than all - John 10:29 Jesus followed commands (John 14:31 and 15:10) God doesn’t. Jesus said he had a god - John 20:17. God doesn’t Jesus was "a man approved of God." - Acts 2:22 According to HQ 4:171 “The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of God, and His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him.”
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Jesus is the Word of God coming I Human form. They are the some in will and in power.
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I am sorely tempted to tackle this one, but there are far, far too many doctrinal questions involved. Let's just say that we are God's children and Jesus is God's son.
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as far as God know there s no big difference. but Jesus is in the form of God's son.
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GOD IS A SPIRIT WITHIN EACH OF US. WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, YOUR ACTUALLY BELIEVING IN YOURSELF. AS FOR THE WORD jesus, I BELIEVE ITS A WORD FROM A FALSE STORY TO ENTICE PEOPLE INTO A SCHEME OF GOING TO A SCAM HOUSE LISTENING TO CARTOONS, GIVING TAX FREE MONEY, ALLOWING YOUR CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE TO BE BROW BEATEN INTO THEIR WAYS INCLUDING MOLESTING, LIKE HAS BEEN PROVEN BY MANY COURTS, ETC.. MY BELIEF THIS IS THE CAUSE OF LESBIANS AND QUEERS IN AMERICA TODAY.
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There is little difference between Yahshua and YHWH's spirits, they are alike. However, YHWH is not flesh and Yahshua was (yahshua was not YHWH in the flesh). YHWH creates and Yahshua was created (as someone noted above). YHWH cannot die and Yahshua did (as someone noted above) YHWH is perfect, Yahshua was perfected. Hebrews 5:1-9 (Darby) 1 For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to YHWH, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; 2 being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity; 3 and, on account of this [infirmity], he ought, even as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no one takes the honour to himself but [as] called by YHWH, even as Aaron also. 5 Thus the Messiah also has not glorified himself to be made a high priest; but he who had said to him, *Thou* art my Son, *I* have to-day begotten thee. 6 Even as also in another [place] he says, *Thou* [art] a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec. 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;) 8 though he were Son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered; 9 and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author (one who caused not wrote) of eternal salvation;
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According to the Christian Trinitarian concept they are one and the same.
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they are one have you not heard of the trinity??? try listening to the song How Great Is Our God
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