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John 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God:

If Jesus is God, wht does he call himself a MAN??? In fact, why doesn’t he just say, ‘go ahead and try and kill me, you won’t be able to, because you cannot kill God’. And then not die. Forget the resurrection, it would be more impressive to see that God could not be killed.

John 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God:

Nobody is trying to kill you. But for all of your apparent knowledge of Scripture, you fail to understand it, and you are unable to reach the bottom line which is Jesus Christ.

"Religion is man trying, and failing to reach God. Jesus Christ is God successfully reaching man."

If Jesus is God, why does he call himself a MAN??? In fact, why doesn’t he just say, ‘go ahead and try and kill me, you won’t be able to, because you cannot kill God’. And then not die. Forget the resurrection, it would be more impressive to see that God could not be killed.

It's quite simple Netizen: Jesus called Himself a man during the time He was walking the Earth because that is exactly the form that He chose to take.

He didn't choose to arrive in the shape of a tree, or a mountain, or an animal, He chose to be a man because of what Genesis 1:27 says:

"God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them."

As for 'forgetting the Resurrection' because you think it would be more "impressive" to see that God can not be killed, God is far beyond parlor tricks like that. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is what put a knot in the Devil's tail, it's what put cold chills into every demon and fallen angel already condemned to an Eternity of seperation from God, and it is what made it possible for a wretched sinner like me (and you, if you so choose) to be reconciled to Almighty God because of the Sacrifice of His Only Begotten Son, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ.

One Day, YOUR knee will bow, and YOUR tongue will confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord, why not ask Him to save you from your sins, repent, and speak those words joyfully and willingly?

Wouldn't that be better than snarling out the words as if they were poison, as even Satan will on Judgment Day?

I will be continuing to pray for you, Netizen.

You offered, "Forget the resurrection, it would be more impressive to see that God could not be killed." Um, are you aware that Jesus taught of two levels of 'dead', and that one was dead for the body while the other was dead in the spirit. [See the story of the young man who was invited to join the disciples but walked away to bury his father, of whom Jesus said 'Let the dead go bury the dead.'

You roared, 'Forget the resurrection?' ... Why? ... When God resurrected His body, His physical body level of existence in your spacetime, He proved He is The One Who can resurrect your spirit to Life everlasting. It was/is/will be impossible to kill the Life in God, though stupid men thought killing His body would end it right there ... kind of like your reasoning 'forget the resurrection.'