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1 | Does anyone have a good way to explain t | Bible general Archive 1 | Truthfinder | 87644 | ||
Hi Curtman Yes, you are exactly correct as far as I am concerned. Isa. 44:6 and 45:5 tells us there is only one God (mighty one) to us that should be viewed as the Supreme God, Almighty God, The Father. To view any other God in his place is wrong. It is interesting that you ask this question, because the making of more that one god as the sole GOD is exactly polytheistic. Remember what the words “elohim and “theos” mean. Anything venerated, a mighty one. Remember too that paying honor to such ones in a relative sense may be both proper and righteous. However polytheism is most certainly idolatry. Egypt’s religion was polytheistic, characterized by over 500 gods, and possibly twice that many. “Throughout Egypt generally the company of gods of a town or city were three in number,” says Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge. In time, a principal triad developed, a holy family composed of Osiris, the father; Isis, the mother; and Horus, the child. Polytheism resulted in several gods’ claiming to be ‘the sole god.’ But priests and theologians evidently saw no problem in believing in one god and at the same time viewing him as existing in a multitude of forms. Author B. Mertz comments that this “is only another example of that pleasant inconsistency which is so characteristic of Egyptian religion.” When the Son of God, Jesus is viewed as the sole God as the Father only should be viewed, is exactly polytheistic. Recognizing Jesus as a Mighty One (Elohim) is not polytheistic as long as he is not viewed as the Almighty One. Worshipping Jesus as the Son of God is relative and proper but worshipping him as the sole God in stead of as the Son of God is not. Jesus is the one that said, “It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.” Mat. 4:10 quoting Deut. 10:20 Actually the phrase “other gods” appears 84 times in the Bible and 5 times as “other god”. To error is to say all these are false gods (mighty ones. The Bible plainly says they are gods. Satan is a god, plain and simple. 2 Cor. 4:4. What kind of god is he? He is a "false" god. But just because he should not be worshipped as the Almighty God does not make him “no god”. To illustrate: John 8:12 tells us that Jesus is the “light” of the world. But what happens when we read Mat. 5:14? Are Jesus’ disciples “false lights” “not lights” of the world? Of course not. They were still “lights” but not in the same sense that Jesus was and still is the “light” of the world. 1 Tim 1:17 identifies Jesus’ Father as the “one true God”. Additionally to whom did Jesus say he was ascending to when he said, “to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.”—Joh 20:11-18. Polytheism is idolatry, thus Jesus is the Son of God and Jesus’ Father is Almighty God. To say otherwise is an invention of man and contradicts scripture and takes away the due honor to our heavenly Father Jehovah. Truthfinder |
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2 | Does anyone have a good way to explain t | Bible general Archive 1 | TheCurtMan | 87690 | ||
You know Truthfinder, You speak like a Church Official. You have the ability to explain what you believe like a teacher of sorts. You said to remember what Elohim means, but elohim has a variety of meanings, but my personal favorite is 'plurallity in unity', is that the one you're referring to?? It does describe God you know. If you get the oppertunity, and only if you so desire, could you please explain the term 'son of' to me?? Are you aware of how that term was applied during Jesus' day?? Are you aware of what it means?? |
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3 | Does anyone have a good way to explain t | Bible general Archive 1 | Truthfinder | 87693 | ||
You know "TheCurtman", Moslems insist, in the words of the Koran (5:76-79), that “there is no God but one God,” and we Christians heartily agree, for the Bible itself declares, at 1 Corinthians 8:6, that “there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are.” In the Koran God is “Allah,” for in Arabic the word Allah means “the God.” The Bible gives us his name, saying “Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.”Mark 12:29.(Quote of Deut. 6:4) But when Christians use the expression “the Son of God,” Moslems vehemently protest, “God has no son.” They quote the Koran, which says, at Suras 4:169; 6:101; 19:36: “God is only one God! Far be it from His glory that He should have a son!” “How, when He hath no consort, should He have a son?” “It beseemeth not God to beget a son.” Of course, it would be foolish for anyone to limit the power of God by saying, ‘God cannot have a son.’ Truthfully, the Koran proclaims, “Verily, God is Almighty.” (2:19) He is the Creator of the universe, of heaven and earth and of the creatures in them. As God said to Abraham, that man of faith recognized by both Christians and Moslems, “Is anything too extraordinary for Jehovah?” A person who really is in submission to the Omnipotent God must agree with the prophet who said, “With God all things are possible.”—Gen. 18:14; Matt. 19:26. No Moslem denies that it is God who created humans and endowed them with power to have sons. Yes, God created Adam with power to have sons. Now, was it a blind man who invented and made the first camera? Or was it a deaf man who first thought of and fashioned the telephone? No, reasons Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He said, “Was the eye contrived without skill in optics, or the ear without knowledge of sounds?” In support of the obvious answer the Bible says: “Understand, you who are unreasoning among the people; and as for you stupid ones, when will you have any insight? The One planting the ear, can he not hear? Or the One forming the eye, can he not look?” (Ps. 94:8, 9) The One who gave man power to have sons, can He not have a son? “Verily, God is Almighty.” The logical answer is an indisputable Yes, and that is why Abraham believed when God told him that he would have a son. With just elementary insight a reasoning person must agree: God can have a son. Truthfinder |
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4 | Does anyone have a good way to explain t | Bible general Archive 1 | TheCurtMan | 87775 | ||
You know Truthfinder, I wouldn't be so quick to draw comparrisons between Jehovah and Allah. It's to my understanding that Allah is a very impersonal god. He doesn't work in the lives of the individual. My God is very personal. He wants a relationship with me personally. The last time I checked, He was making claims to knowing the number of hairs on my head. The original question was, "What do the term 'Son of' means??" "How was this term applied in Jesus' day??" I don't think that you're going to find the answer in the Koran, so I'll tell you. The term 'Son of' was kinda like a figure of speech back in Jesus' day. It could mean the male child of a father, and on occasions that was how it was applied. But mostly the term was used in referrance to something with the exact same nature and quility. Think about it, when Jesus claimed to be the 'Son of' God. They knew that he wasn't so much claiming to be the male child of God, but He was making professions to having the exact same nature and quilities of God. He was proclaiming to BE God, that's why they tried to stone Him. Deffinitions for words today differ from the definitions for words two thousand years ago. Do the homework yourself, let me know what you come up with. The CurtMan |
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