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NASB | Acts 9:1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 9:1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord [and relentless in his search for believers], went to the high priest, |
Bible Question: I cannot find where God actually speaks to a person threw the scriptures saying he is Jesus. I want to find in the bible where God says he is Jesus. Big discussion at my apartment building. Thank you. |
Bible Answer: Hello, Sunset Gypsy. There is no more powerful testimony that Jesus is God than John gives in the opening words of his Gospel. He says, "the Word was with God" -- in communion with God yet distinct from Him. But he continues, "and the Word was God -- that is, identical in essence with God. It is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit who form the Trinity, or triune nature of God: One God in three Persons. To some practitioners of pagan religions and to others who lack knowledge of the Bible's teaching on the triunity of God, it may appear that Christianity teaches polytheism, but nothing could be further from the truth. The words of the Shema, "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!" [Deut.6:4] are eternally true, and this confession does not preclude the later revelation of the Trinity. It is interesting that the Hebrew word used here for "God" is Elohim and is a plural word; and the Hebrew word used for "one" is the same word used in Gen.2:24 pertaining to the union of Adam and Eve to describe two persons in one flesh. --Hank |