Jesus Is God?

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Matthew 22:44 Commentary - Revised English Version

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14 Bible Verses That Indicate Jesus Is Not God

1. No one knows about that day or hour, not even the Son, but the Father only. Here Jesus makes a distinction between what he knows and what the Father knows (Matthew 24:36).

2. My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me, yet not as I will, but as Thou will. Jesus’ will is likewise autonomous from God’s Will. Jesus is seeking acquiescence to God’s will (Matthew 26:39).

3. For as the Father has life in Himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself (John 5:26 ). Jesus received his life from God. God received his life from no one. He is eternally self-existent.

4. By myself, I can do nothing: I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who has sent me (John 5:30). Jesus says, “by myself, I can do nothing.” This indicates that Jesus is relying upon his own relationship with God. He is not trying to “please myself” but rather is seeking to “please the one who sent me.”

5. The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees the Father doing, because whatever the Father does, the Son does also (John 5:19). Jesus declares that he is following a pattern laid down by God. He is expressing obedience to God.

6. Why do you call me good? No one is good, except God alone (Mark 10:18.). Here Jesus emphatically makes a distinction between himself and God.

7. The Father is greater than I [John 14:28]. This is another strong statement that makes a distinction between Jesus and God.

8. Our Father, which art in Heaven (Matthew 6:9). He didn’t pray, Our Father, which art standing right here!”

9. My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46) Jesus has a God. Inconceivable if he is God the Creator.

10. . . . that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. . ..that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me (John 17:21-23). In this prayer Jesus defines the term “to be one.” It is clearly accomplished through the relationship of two autonomous beings. Christian believers are to model their relationship (to become one) after the relationship of God and Christ (as God and Christ are one). Notice that “to be one” does not mean to be “one and the same.”

11. For he "has put everything under his feet." Now when it says that "everything" has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all [1 Corinthians 15:27-28]. Paul declares that God put everything under Christ, except God himself. Instead God rules all things through Christ. (remember: “through him all things were made.”)

12. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being (Hebrews 1:3). Jesus is the exact representation of his being. I send my representative to Congress. He is not me, myself. He is my representative.

13. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15 cf. James 1:13). Jesus has been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet he never sinned. When tempted, no one should say, God is tempting me. For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt (James 1:13). Jesus was tempted in every way, but God cannot be tempted. This is why Jesus said, “don’t call me good, none are good, only God.”

14. During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One Who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he BECAME the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him ( Hebrews 5:7-9). Jesus had to walk a course of faith and obedience to his God and Father Who is IN HEAVEN in order to achieve perfection. By achieving perfection, Jesus “BECAME” the source of eternal salvation.

The MAN Jesus has a Heavenly FATHER and God as do all other men.

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46). Jesus here was quoting Psalm 22:1 “For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my DELIVERANCE are the words of my groaning. "For a small moment I have forsaken you, but with tender mercies I will gather you ..." (Isaiah 45:7). Jesus’ God and Father Jehovah saved him from death.

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus the Christ, the esteemed Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better (Ephesians 1:17).

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his [Jesus’] God and Father– to Him be esteem and power for ever and ever! So be it. (Revelation 1:6).

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name (Revelation 3:12). Even in the book of Revelation (after his death, resurrection, and ascension), when Jesus has all authority in Heaven and on Earth, seated at the right hand of God, he still says “my God.”

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus the Christ from the dead (1 Peter 1:3).

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them, ‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.’” [John 20:17 - NASB]

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? So that with one heart and mouth you may esteem the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Christ (Romans 16:6).

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort (1 Corinthians 1:3).

How can Jesus “be God” and “have a God” at the same time? Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort (2 Corinthians 11:31).

Did Father Yahweh call His Son “God”?

This passage in Hebrews 1:8-9 is actually a quote from Psalms 45:6-7 . The K.J.V. reads as follows:

“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.”

Verses five and seven are clear and plain; only verse six, as it reads in the K.J.V.. is ambiguous. However, other versions clearly take away this ambiguity so that verse six agrees with other Scriptures: namely, there there is only One true Mighty One (“Elohim, God, deity”). This one true Mighty One is Yahweh (Deuteronomy 6:4; John 17:3; Ephesians 4:4). Now, let us consult the following versions:

Moffatt Translation

“Your throne shall stand for evermore; for, since your sceptre is a sceptre just, since righteousness you love and evil you abhor, so God, your God, crowns you with bliss above your fellow-kings” (Psalm 45:6-7). This would be Yahweh, Yahshua's Mighty One. Yahshua has not crowned himself. Yahweh will crown him when the time is right (Matthew 25:31; Luke 1:32).

“He says of the Son, God is thy throne for ever and ever, …” (Hebrews 1:8, Moffatt). Someone else is the Mighty One (“Elohim, God, deity”), not Yahshua. Yahshua's throne is Yahweh (“Elohim, God, deity”).

New English Bible

“Your throne is like God's throne, eternal, your royal sceptre a sceptre of righteousness” (Psalm 45:6). Yahshua is not Yahweh (“Elohim, God, deity”). Instead, Yahshua's throne is like Yahweh's (“Elohim's, God's”) throne.

“God is thy throne for ever and ever, …” (Hebrews 1:8, Translator's footnote, N.E.B.).

Good News Bible

“Thy kingdom that God has given you will last forever and ever, …” (Psalm 45:6). In this case, the throne represents the kingdom.

“God is your kingdom …” (Hebrews 1:8, Translator's footnote Good News Bible).

Jewish Publication Society, O.T., 1916

“Thy throne given by God is for ever and ever, …” (Psalm 45:7). Yahshua is not declaired to be Yahweh (“Adonai, Elohim, God, deity”). Instead, Yahweh will give to Yahshua a throne which will last forever (Daniel 7:11-14; Luke 1:32; Revelation 3:21).

Isaac Leeser Translation

“Thy throne, given of God, endureth for ever: the sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore hath God, thy God anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy associates.”

The Bible in Living English

'… but as to the Son “God is your throne forever and ever, and the scepter of integrity is the scepter of his reign”.'

Revised Standard Version

“Your throne is a throne of God, …:” (Psalm 45:6, R.S.V. Translator's footnote). The same notation is given in Hebrew 1:8, where this Scripture is quoted. This is true, because Yahshua is (at this time) sitting with the Father in the Father's throne. (Hebrews 1:3). Later, he will sit on his own throne, just as he now sits with the Father in the Father's throne (Revelation 3:21). A footnote in the New Revised Standard Version reads: 'Or, God is your throne …'. A seperate footnote for the passage “… and the righteous sceptre is the sceptre of your …” (the footnote in reference to “your” reads: 'other ancient authorities read his'.

American Standard Version

“Thy throne is the throne of God” (Margin: Psalm 45:6, A.S.V.).

Heinz W. Cassirer Version, N.T.

“… when referring to the Son he says, It is God who is your throne for ever and ever; and the sceptre showing forth the uprightness which you bear is the sceptre of God's kingdom. You have love righteousness and hated lawlessness. And so it is that God, who is your God, has has anointed you with the oil of gladness, giving you a greater share of it than any of your fellows.

Still quoting:

“Then there are these words: You, Lord [meaning Yahweh, Psalm 102:25], laid the foundations of the earth when it first took its rise, and the heavens are the work of thy hands” (Hebrews 1:8-10; cf. Deuteronomy 4:35-39; Isaiah 43:10, 44:24, 45:12-18).

There is no support here for “two Yahwehs, pre-existent, co-creator” Yahshua. Father Yahweh really is the Creator. He did it all ALONE, with no help (Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 33:6-9).

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End Notes:

Weymouth Version N.T. (Translator's footnote, Hebrew 1:8).

Quote:

“8. O God] Psalm 45 is a Royal Marriage song, and this translation involves the direct address of an earthly king by the title 'God.' The obvious difficulty has led to various conjectures:

(1) 'Thy throne is the throne of God' (so R.V. margin in the Psalm).

(2) 'Thy throne is God for ever and ever.'

(3) A corrupt Hebrew text, 'Yahweh' (God), being a mistake for the almost identical word meaning 'shall be,' – 'Thy throne shall be for ever and ever,' This conjecture is widely accepted, but the writer of the Epistle [to the Hebrews], in applying these words of the Psalm to the Son, would not feel the difficulty; 'Thy throne, O God' may stand.” (Emphasis added).

Weymouth indicates the word Yahweh (God) does not actually appear in the original text. If this is true, then the word 'O God' should not be in the first clause of Psalm 45:6, but should read as #3 above:

“Thy throne shall be for ever and ever …” This is the way Moffatt reads in Psalm 45:6, noted above. The thought is, once Yahshua sits on his own throne (as heir to the throne of David), his rulership will endure forever. There is no support here for two Yahwehs, or for the pre-existence of Yahshua. It is a mistake to take an ambiuous verse in the King James Version and make it into a doctrine which opposes the cardinal principle of the Scriptures,

“Hear O Isryl: Yahweh our Mighty One is ONE YAHWEH” (Deuteronomy 6:4).

Gesenius Hebrew Grammer (Kautzsch-Cowley), 1949 reprint says, on page 415 paragraph (b): “In Psalm 45:7 chis-a-cha' El-o-him' (usually explained as thy divine throne). El-o-him' is most probably a later addition [another suggestion is to read chEl-o-him' like God('s throne: compare section 141 d, note].”

Here is the entire text from the 'New American Standard Bible' John 20:27-28:

“Then he (Yahshua) said to Thomas, 'Reach here your finger, and see my hands, and reach here your hand, and put it into my side; and be not unbelieving, but believing.' Thomas answered and said to him, 'My Lord and my God!'”

Please observe the mark of exclamation (!) at the end of the phrase. The King James Version does not use an exclamation mark.

Please notice there was no question asked in the entire narration. Hence, the text which reads “Thomas answered” is inaccurate.

The last phrase “My Lord and my God!” was not an answer but it was an outburst by Thomas, having seen something inexplicable and baffling. It is not unusual that a man cries out; “O' my God!” when he sees something totally bizarre.

Below are the texts from two reputed versions of the Bible

that support what Thomas said was not an answer to any question.

'New English Bible': Thomas said, “My Lord and my God!”

'Phillips Modern English Bible': “My Lord and my God!” cried Thomas.

Study Supportive Passage:

Apostle Yahchanan writes, immediately after the discourse between Yahshua and Thomas; “Many other signs therefore Yahshua also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written that you may believe that Yahshua is the Messiah.”

If Yahchanan had recognized the answer by Thomas to be a testimony for the 'Deity of Jesus', and the observed silence by Jesus to be his acquiesce to such a testimony, then the apostle Yahchanan would have asked us to believe “Yahshua is Yahweh”, instead of “Yahshua is the Messiah” in the above verse.

Is Jesus Called God?

Many translations of Romans 9:5 seem to indicate that Jesus is God. The following translations do not and in turn brings this verse in harmony with the rest of Scripture indicating that Jesus is A MAN.

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - KJV).

of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Christ, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - New Heart English Bible).

whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen (Roman 9:5 - New American Standard 1977).

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - American King James Version).

whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - American Standard Version).

Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - Douay-Rheims Bible).

whose [are] the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, [is] the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - Darby Bible Translation).

whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - English Revised Version).

Whose are the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - Webster's Bible Translation).

To them the Patriarchs belong, and from them in respect of His human lineage came the Christ, who is exalted above all, God blessed throughout the Ages. Amen (Romans 9:5 - Weymouth New Testament).

of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen (Romans 9:5 - World English Bible).

whose are the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen (Romans 9:5 - Young's Literal Translation).

Jesus was not God because of the following biblical evidence or lack thereof:

There is no New Testament evidence that Jesus ever thought that He was God.

There is no New Testament evidence that Jesus ever claimed that He was God.

There is New Testament evidence that Jesus denied that He claimed to be God.

At Jesus’ examination before the Sanhedrin, He was never accused of claiming to be God.

The Bible regularly distinguishes between God and Jesus as two separate individuals.

The New Testament constantly interchanges the words “God” and “the Father.”

The New Testament repeatedly identifies “God” exclusively as “the Father.”

The New Testament contains no unambiguous statement such as “Jesus (Christ) is God.”

In the synoptic gospels and the book of Acts, Jesus clearly is never identified as “God.”

Thus, in the evangelistic sermons in the book of Acts, Jesus is never proclaimed as “God.”

Jesus was not God because Jesus said concerning Himself:

“Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone” (Mark 10:18).

“the Son can do nothing of Himself” (John 5:19, cf. v. 30).

“You,… make Yourself out to be God.” “I said, ‘I am the Son of God’” (John 10:33, 36).

“The Father is greater than I” (John 14:28).

“Father,… the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:1, 3).

“Jesus said to her, ‘I ascend to My Father … and My God and your God’” (John 20:17).

Jesus was not God because of the following additional Scriptures:

Jesus was visible, but God is “invisible” (John 1:18; 1 Timothy 1:17).

Jesus was approachable, but God “dwells in unapproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:16).

Jesus was tempted, but “God cannot be tempted by evil” (Mark 1:13; James 1:13).

Jesus was mortal, dying on a cross, but God is “immortal” (1 Timothy 1:17; 6:16).

Jesus said that the Father is “the one and only God” (John 5:44).

Jesus said on the cross, “my god, my god, why have you forsaken me” (Matt 27:46).

Paul wrote that “God … is one” and “the only wise God” (Romans 3:30; 16:27).

Paul wrote that the Father is “the only God” and “only Sovereign” (1Timothy 1:17; 6:15).

Peter did not believe Jesus was God because he distinguished them:

“Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst” (Acts 2:22).

“Rulers and elders of the people,… Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead” (Acts 4:8, 10).

“God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified” (Acts 2:36).

“You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him” (Acts 10:38).

Paul the monotheist did not believe Jesus was God because he wrote:

“For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5).

“There is no God but one…. there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him” (1 Corinthians 8:4, 6).

“There is … one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father” (Ephesians 4:4-6).

“The God and Father of our/the Lord Jesus” (2 Corinthians 1:3; 11:31; cf. Ephesians 1:17).

“Christ belongs to God” because “God is the head of Christ” (1 Corinthians 3:23; 11:3).

“God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself” (2 Corinthians 5:19).

“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (salutations 6x).

Jesus was not God because of the following logical reasons:

If Jesus did miracles by means of a divine nature, the Father did not do the works of Jesus.

If Jesus’ ability to do miracles was intrinsic, He did not need the power of the Holy Spirit.

God is totally self-sufficient, but Jesus needed the miracle-working power of God’s Spirit.

There is no biblical evidence that Jesus had two natures and wills, which is non-human.

God transcends His creation, so that being God is incompatible with being human.

God foreknew the yet future date of Jesus’ return to earth, but Jesus did not know it.

Thus, the New Testament does not teach that Jesus was God but that God sent Jesus,2 God was with Jesus,3 God was in Jesus,4 and God raised Jesus from the dead. The traditional view that Jesus was God is based mostly on only a few biblical texts.5 Most of them have grammatical problems, and Bible versions often differ as to whether they call Jesus “God.” Some are properly interpreted to mean God was in Christ. In sum, Jesus was not God but a virgin-born man who endured temptation, suffering, shame, trial, and death to provide salvation, and God vindicated and exalted Him for it. Praise Jesus and His God!

(To see a titled list of over fifty, two-three page posts (easily accessible) about the Bible not saying Jesus is God, click here.)

JESUS CHRIST IS NOT GOD

Matthew 3:17:

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This [Jesus Christ] is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 12:32:

And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man[Jesus Christ], it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost [God], it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Matthew 26:39,42:

And he[Jesus Christ] went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

Mark 13:32:

But of that day andthat hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son [Jesus Christ], but the Father.

Mark 16:19:

So then after the Lord[Jesus Christ] had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Luke 1:35:

And the angel answered and said unto her[Mary], The Holy Ghost [God] shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

John 1:18:

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 1:32-34:

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him [Jesus Christ].

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost [the gift of holy spirit].

And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

John 3:16,17:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 5:30:

[Jesus Christ] can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

John 7:16:

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

John 14:28:

Ye have heard how I[Jesus Christ] said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Romans 1:3,4:

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

Romans 8:3:

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.

I Corinthians 8:6:

But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

I Corinthians 11:3:

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Galatians 4:4:

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.

I Timothy 2:5:

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 4:14,15:

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

James 1:13:

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.

I John 5:5:

Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

II John 3:

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

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Is Jesus God? - Various Articles

Jesus and Jehovah (Yahweh) This site's purpose is to respond to claims that Jesus is Jehovah/Yahweh by pointing out what the scriptures do say versus what people often imagine and assume.

Is Jesus God? - Jehovah's Witnesses Magazine

Matthew 25:35-46 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Keep the above passage in mind when reading the following two articles:

[PDF] Was Yahweh Pierced?

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Did the Messiah Pre-Exist in Heaven? One thing rules out the actual pre-existence of the Messiah in Paul's letter to the Hebrews. For the Messiah to be Savior and High Priest, he had to be like us in EVERY WAY except sin. Paul explains concerning the Messiah, "He had to be made like his brethren in all things, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest" (Hebrews 2:17). This requires that Yeshua did not literally pre-exist, since the rest of us humans did not! by Servetus the Evangelical

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Thomas’ Exclamation

When Thomas said in exclamation "My Lord and my God!" he was speaking of two separate and distinct beings. "My Lord" is about Jesus, since God made him "Lord" AND "my God" is in reference to God Who is Jesus' God and Father.

Thomas wasn't any different than any of other apostles only that he did not see Jesus right after he was resurrected.

Thomas had not yet witnessed that Jesus had been resurrected. I believe he is erroneously called "Doubting Thomas."

“Don’t be without belief, rather believe.”

https://www.christiancentury.org/blogs/archive/2013-04/doubting-thomas-didnt-doubt

Thomas was giving reference to both the Lord who is Jesus and to God Who is Yehovah [The LORD]. Note that FATHER Yehovah [God] made His SON Yehoshua Lord.

Yehoshua would be Master [Lord] having been GIVEN authority or power by his and our Father Yehovah [the LORD].

Yehovah is LORD [in all caps representing His Name YHVH]. Yehoshua is Lord, but he is not LORD. FATHER Yehovah made His SON Yehoshua Lord, but He did not make him LORD. FATHER Yehovah gave His SON Yehoshua all power or authority in heaven and in the earth and it was in this sense that He made him Lord.

But to us there is but one Yehovah [LORD, God], the Father, of Who are all things, and we in Him; and one Master [Lord], Yehoshua the Messiah, because of who are all things, and we because of him (1 Corinthians 8:6).

It says that they were "called Christians", not that they called themselves Christian:

"Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1963 Charles Scribners's Sons), pg. 138, states under the caption, "3. The Spread of the Name. - Since "Christian" was not originally a self-designation of the followers of Jesus, it is not surprising that it is rarely found in the New Testament." Hastings Dictionary of the Bible further states that Roman authorities gave the Messiah's followers the name "Christians" but the word itself to the pagans is associated with heinous crimes and vices. In this section "4. The Meaning of the Name.- The Roman authorities, who first designated the disciples of Jesus as Christians, attempted thereby to characterize them as a political group or party, held together by their loyalty to the party head, Christos. While originally the title was given for juridical convenience without implying a derogatory sense, the pagan mob must at a very early time have associated it with heinous crimes and vices ... Not too much emphasis should be placed, therefore upon the etymology of christos. Though literally meaning the "Anointed One," i.e. the Messiah, the title soon lost its original denotation and became a personal name in the Greek-speaking church."

The New Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 4, (copyright 1982), pg. 460 states under the caption Christianity: "The concept of "Christianity" (Christianismos), which denotes what is "essence," does not appear in the New Testament writings. Not until the time of the Apostolic Fathers (i.e., The Christian thinkers of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries) was it used as a Christian parallel to the concept "Judaism" (Ioudaismos), which the Apostle Paul had used in his letter to the Galatians, chapter 1, verse 13 to characterize the Jewish way of faith and Life. The term Christianity was first used in such a manner by Ignatius the Bishop of Antioch (died c. AD 110), in his Letter to the Magnesians."

Christian - the name given by the Greeks or Romans, probably in reproach, to the followers of Jesus. It was first used at Antioch. The names by which the disciples were known among themselves were "brethren," "the faithful," "elect," "saints," "believers." But as distinguishing them from the multitude without, the name "Christian" came into use, and was universally accepted. This name occurs but three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16). - Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

1779, from Fr. Alpine dialect crestin , "a dwarfed and deformed idiot" of a type formerly found in families in the Alpine lands, a condition caused by a congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones, from V.L. *christianus "a Christian," a generic term for "anyone," but often with a sense of "poor fellow.", from Latin ChrÄstiÄnus, Christian; see Christian.] Related: Cretinism (1801).

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Christian

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cretin

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cretin

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=idiot+savant

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