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To: rom

Give us ONE SINGLE verse where is states that “Jesus is God”.

One.

There are many many many verses that testify that he is the Son of God.

Now you are having to say that the Son of God = God.


31 posted on 06/03/2009 10:20:05 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (When they came for GM I did nothing because I was not a car dealer....)
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To: Eagle Eye
Since you didn't respond to Php 2:6. Here it is again:

6 who, although He ​existed in the ​form of God, ​did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,


32 posted on 06/03/2009 10:22:14 AM PDT by rom (Obama '12 slogan: Let's keep on hopin'!)
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To: Eagle Eye
You said: "show us one single verse"

Ok here are several:

30 "I and the Father are ONE."

31 The Jews picked up stones AGAIN to stone Him.

32 Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"

33 The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, MAKE YOURSELF OUT TO BE GOD." (John 10:31-33)

The Jews knew Jesus was claiming to be God and they sought to stone Him a second time for saying this. They had sought to stone Him previously in John 8:56-59 because he declared himself to be God by using the name for Himself that ONLY GOD CAN USE, the EXCLUSIVE NAME OF GOD: "I AM" (See Exodus 3:13-15 below)

13 Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?"

14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

15 God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you' This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations. (Exodus 3:13-15)

Jesus used the exclusive name of God for Himself and the Jews knew exactly what he had done because they sought to stone him for it because they refuesed to beleive or accept the fact that He is God:

56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."

57 So the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?"

58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM."

59 THEREFORE they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple. (John 8:56-59)

It is so certain that Jesus used the exclusive name of God for Himself that only God can use that the JW’s so called "New World Translation" purposely perverts the English translation of the Greek phrase "ego emi" (I am) to read "I have been". I have studied N.T Greek for many years and I can concur with multitudes of highly qualified Greek scholars who have testified in print to the fact that that It is absolutely impossible to translate ego emi to read "I have been", but that does not matter because this perverted translation supports your denial that Jesus Christ is God. You can not honestly/properly translate ego emi as "I am" because if you do, you are admitting that Jesus claimed to be God because He used the exclusive name of God for HIMSELF.

One more thing; ONLY GOD CAN RECEIVE WORSHIP! After His resurrection Thomas worships Jesus and calls Him His Lord and His God and Jesus DOES NOT correct him or command him to stop worshiping Him, instead of chiding him for believing Jesus is God and worshiping Him, Jesus goes on to pronounce a blessing upon everyone who have not seen Him but who believe on Him:

27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."

30 Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

31 but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. (John 20:27-31)

Only God is to receive worship:

10 Then I fell at his feet to worship him But he said to me, "Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; WORSHIP GOD. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." (Rev. 19:10)

8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

9But he said to me, "Do not do that I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. WORSHIP GOD." (Rev. 22:8-9).

Jesus accepted and received worship as God and did not deny it. He did this because Jesus Christ IS God and told Philip as much when He said that he who has seen Jesus has seen God:

7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him."

8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."

9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me HAS SEEN THE FATHER; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? (John 14:7-9)

37 posted on 06/03/2009 11:53:09 AM PDT by Jmouse007 (tot)
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