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1 | Who is Jesus' God? | John 3:16 | Tara1 | 111934 | ||
Jesus’ God is Jehovah. Without question Jesus is to be loved, and honored as the Son of God. He willingly left his heavenly position in the spirit realm became a mere man and died on behalf of mankind as a redemptive offer accepted by Almighty God. John 3:16 Here are a few of the many instances that refer to “Jesus’ God“. This helps me to understand and appreciate who’s who on the matter of Jesus and Jesus’ God. 1) Matt. 3:16, “ After being baptized Jesus immediately came up from the water; and, look! the heavens were opened up, and he saw descending like a dove God’s spirit coming upon him. 17 Look! Also, there was a voice from the heavens that said: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved.” These verses tell us that God and Jesus are distinct, and says that Jesus is God’s Son. It does not say “the Father’s Son” but God’s Son. Furthermore, God approved of him. Certainly if Jesus were God incarnate (an ancient Egyptian belief) such an approval would be unnecessary. 2) Matt. 4:3, “If you are a son of God,” Jesus is one of many sons of God. This verse does not say that Jesus is God. But John 1:18 tells us that certainly Jesus is to be recognized in his high position by saying that he (Jesus) is God’s only- begotten god, as the most reliable manuscripts call him. 3) Matt. 4:7, “Jesus said to him: “Again it is written, ‘You must not put Jehovah your God to the test.’” Quoting Deut. 6:16 Jesus tells us who God is. Here Jesus was not speaking of himself but of his Father and the succeeding verses then sum it up even clearer by telling us who should be honored as the Almighty God and who should be honored as the Son of God. By saying in verse 10, “ For it is written, ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’ Jesus was quoting Deut 10:20 4) Matt. 27:46, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus has a God by saying , “My God”. Jehovah never says, “my God”. 5) Mark 1:24, “the Holy One of God.” Speaking of Jesus, he is of God, clearly not God. 6) When Mark 5:7 says that Jesus, is the Son of the Most High God, and James 2:19 says, “ You believe there is one God, do you? You are doing quite well,” how is the fact that Jesus is also called Theos in John 1:1 and John 20:24-29 to be understood? Clearly Jesus’ being Almighty God’s first and only direct “Son” makes him one to be honored as such but not though to be honored as the One from who he came. That honor goes only to the Father, Jesus’ God. 7) John 17:3, RS: “[Jesus prayed to his Father:] This is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God [“who alone art truly God,” NE], and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.” Jesus referred not to himself but to his Father in heaven as “the only true God.” Jesus, not being a “false” god but a god in the sense of God’s only begotten god,( John 1:18) is honored as such second only to his God and Father Jehovah. 8) John 20:17, RS: “Jesus said to her [Mary Magdalene], ‘Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” So to the resurrected Jesus, the Father was God, just as the Father was God to Mary Magdalene. Interestingly, not once in Scripture do we find the Father addressing the Son as “my God.” That Jehovah was truly the Father or Life-Giver to this firstborn Son and, hence, that this Son was actually a creature of God is evident from Jesus’ own statements. He pointed to God as the Source of his life, saying, “I live because of the Father.” According to the context, this meant that his life resulted from or was caused by his Father, even as the gaining of life by dying men would result from their faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. John 6:56, 57. Tara1 |
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2 | Who is Jesus' God? | John 3:16 | CDBJ | 111946 | ||
How do you diminish the statement of Thomas and the fact that Jesus didn’t chastise Thomas for calling him God? John 20:26-29 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27Then saith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Thomas said, My Lord and my God. I think where you are having a problem is that a man can’t become God, and I agree; but it was no problem for God to become a man! Jesus Christ is the most unique individual in all of existence. He is different then God because he is a man, he is different then man because he is God, he is the God man. In order for one to be a mediator he must be a part of both groups and only Jesus fits this requirement. 1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Whose blood is mentioned in the following? Acts 20:28 (B) to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. God had to become a man to do this! Have a great day, CDBJ |
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3 | Who is Jesus' God? | John 3:16 | Tara1 | 111989 | ||
Hello CDBJ, We can't know what Thomas was thinking in that statement now can we? I agree the comment was not corrected, thus it is correct. Was Thomas thinking "My Lord (Jehovah) my God (Jehovah) while looking at Jesus? Possibility. Again though Jesus is our Theos John 1:18 tells that “the only-begotten god Gr., monogenes´ theos´, as does John 1:1. Ps 8:4,5 offers insight to this by telling us that even angels are properly called gods. Are they though our Almighty God to be given what Jesus tells us in Matt 4:10 to give only to Jehovah? You tell me. Tara1 |
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4 | Was Jehovah wrong? | John 3:16 | Morant61 | 111996 | ||
Greetings Tara1! I have asked you at least two times, with no response, how this doctrine of 'gods' can be correct when Jehovah Himself said in Is. 43:10: "'You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, 'and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me." So, was Jehovah wrong and there is in fact other gods? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Was Jehovah wrong? | John 3:16 | Rowdy | 112056 | ||
Our Father recognized there is always the option for mankind to have other gods when He directed His Israelite children "to have no other gods before Me." Yes God knows and created us with the power to choose between Him as the true God or anything else in this world, including the devil, self-indulgence, money, our jobs or anything else that could possibly stand between us and our God. He knows the most powerful god is the one that we worship in our minds. Like my daddy used to say to me as a young boy, we'll find time to do whatever we really and truly love. Our God is the thing that takes up most of our free time. God bless. |
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6 | Was Jehovah wrong? | John 3:16 | Morant61 | 112057 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! This is really a question I have been waiting for Tara to answer. You see, the JW's claim that Jesus is 'a god', but not Jehovah God. However, Jehovah Himself said that there is no 'God' but Him. Therefore, if Jesus is 'a god', then He must be Jehovah God. The JW's can't have it both ways. Either God was correct or He wasn't. Now, I realize that there are many things which people might call a god, but that doesn't really make them a god. Jeremiah powerfully described someone cutting down a tree and using part of it to cook his dinner while using the rest to make a 'god'. But, it really wasn't a god. Yet, John 1:1 makes it clear that Jesus is God. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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7 | Was Jehovah wrong? | John 3:16 | Tara1 | 112290 | ||
Hello Tim, 1 Corinthians 8:5 to me answers your question by saying, “For even though there are those who are called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,” 6 there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and we through him.” You wouldn't say that Jesus Christ is the Father would you? As I've said before, the Bible calls Jesus "theos" several places but the Father Jehovah must be the only Almighty God and Jesus the "Son of God" but never is he called the "Almighty" theos. Tara1 |
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