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1 | Good grief | Mark 10:18 | userdoe217 | 11023 | ||
Mark 10:17 As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 18 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. How can Jesus, who even refuses to be called "good" could have allowed any one to worship him? Did not Jesus himself pray more than a dozen times to God, according to the Gospels? |
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2 | Good grief | Mark 10:18 | Makarios | 11033 | ||
Dear Isa, Jesus was not denying His own goodness but was forcing the man to recognize that his only hope was in total reliance on God, who alone can give eternal life. He may also have been encouraging the young man to consider the full identity and nature of the One he was addressing. In no way does this mean that Jesus is not "good" or that anyone should not be allowed to worship Him, who was in every way God Himself and never refused worship (John 20:28). Yes, Jesus prays to His Father in heaven, and this shows a 'distinction' between Father and Son, who both are part of the One Godhead of Christianity (along with the Holy Spirit). Nolan |
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3 | Father in heaven | Mark 10:18 | userdoe217 | 11104 | ||
How is it possible that God can pray to God? Would his prayer be an expiation for his sins? Shouldn't he be giving an example of praying to himself, because is not Jesus the focus of Christian prayers? If he was giving an example of praying to the Father in heaven, should we not be following his example? Koran 4:171 O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of God aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of God, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in God and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for God is one God. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is God as a Disposer of affairs. |
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4 | Father in heaven | Mark 10:18 | EdB | 11127 | ||
Isa How is possible to talk to yourself? Yet you do it all the time I imagine (at least I do). How is possible to call Jesus an Apostle of God yet think he lied, yet you do. Jesus clearly said of Himself that He and God were one. John 10:30. He is either lying or He really was. To prove He really was He said He would be killed and buried and three days later He would arise. Isa that is exactly what he did. John chapter 18-20. |
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5 | that they may be one as we are one | Mark 10:18 | userdoe217 | 11141 | ||
I don't think he lied. But why go to the extreme of him LYING or him claiming to be GOD? There's no middle option? But you forget that in John 17:11 Jesus says: John 17:11 "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. Now he says "that THEY may be one EVEN as we are" So, either he is lying or maybe we should all be worshipping each other as God --- just like he is One with God,all of us should be One with God (in his words we should be one with God in the SAME WAY he is one with God, not figuratively correct?) Also dont forget John 17:22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one Again he claims that we can be one with God just like he is.. Are you sure he is implying we can be divine (part of the trinity/son of God) as he is? I think that he did not mean "I am one with God" literally, but he meant one with God in Purpose, not substance. The discliples could not become One With God like he was, but they can be one in purpose, just as Jesus and the Father are one in Purpose. |
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6 | that they may be one as we are one | Mark 10:18 | kalos | 11147 | ||
Isa: You write: "I don't think he lied. But why go to the extreme of him LYING or him claiming to be GOD? There's no middle option?" When a man claims to be God, I would say he's already taken an extreme position. In the case of Jesus Christ there are only three alternatives. He was either: a) God, as He claimed to be; or if not God, then He was either b) a liar; or c) a lunatic. There is no fourth alternative. If He was indeed not who He claimed to be, then He was NOT a prophet. There is no middle ground. Sir, I welcome you to the Forum and appreciate your interest. Not to insult or judge you, but when I read many of your postings, I cannot help but wonder: Do your questions signify a genuine desire to learn from the Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Or, are you here to proselytize or argue with the teachings of the Bible? I accuse you of nothing; I merely ask the question. Are you an inquirer after Christ or a skeptic? |
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