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To: wagglebee
Jesus certainly did say that He was God. The Jews understood it and that's why they tried to stone him, and that's the argument they used to accuse Him of blasphemy to justify His crucifixion.

John 10:24-30 The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one."

31Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"

33"We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."

John 14:8-9 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."

Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

80 posted on 05/14/2010 1:21:22 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

Go back, read my posts on this thread and come back with a verse where Jesus Christ comes out and says, “I am God.”

Understand that I am not disagreeing with anything you say. What I am saying is that heretical cults have been using the absence of an definitive statement for centuries to deny that He is God.


83 posted on 05/14/2010 1:26:30 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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