ArchivedAbout Crucifixion, someone replacing Jesus(supposedly Judas)OK! Magistrates and judges are commanded to be just in their administrations. First, in those which we call pleas of the crown a standing rule is here given, that the fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers. If the children make themselves obnoxious to the law, let them suffer for it, but let not the parents suffer either for them or with them; it is grief enough to them to see their children suffer: if the parents be guilty, let them die for their own sin; but though God, the sovereign Lord of life, sometimes visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, especially the sin of idolatry, and when he deals with nations in their national capacity, yet he does not allow men to do so. Accordingly, we find Amaziah sparing the children, even when the fathers were put to death for killing the king, (2 Kings 14:6). It was in an extraordinary case, and no doubt by special direction from heaven, that Saul's sons were put to death for his offence, and they died rather as sacrifices than as malefactors, (2 Sam. 21:9-14). Second, in common pleas between party and party, great care must be taken that none whose cause was just should fare the worse for their weakness, nor for their being destitute of friends, as strangers, fatherless, and widows: "Thou shalt not pervert their judgment, nor force them to give their very raiment for a pledge, by defrauding them of their right." Judges must be advocates for those that cannot speak for themselves and have no friends to speak for them. Prophet Jeremiah, having found his sleep sweet, made so by the revelations of divine grace, sets himself to sleep again, in hopes of further discoveries, and is not disappointed; for it is here further promised that they shall be reckoned with no further for the sins of their fathers. They shall say no more (they shall have no more occasion to say) that God visits the iniquity of the parents upon the children, which God had done in the captivity, for the sins of their ancestors came into the account against them, particularly those of Manasseh: this they had complained of as a hardship. Other scriptures justify God in this method of proceeding, and our Saviour tells the wicked Jews in his days that they should smart for their fathers' sins, because they persisted in them, Matt. 23:35-36. But it is here promised that this severe dispensation with them should now be brought to an end, that God would proceed no further in his controversy with them for their fathers' sins, but remember for them his covenant with their fathers and do them good according to that covenant: They shall no more complain, as they have done, that the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge (which speaks something of an absurdity, and is an invidious reflection upon God's proceedings), but every one shall die for his own iniquity still; though God will cease to punish them in their national capacity, yet he will still reckon with particular persons that provoke him. Note, Public salvations will give no impunity, no security, to private sinners: still every man that eats the sour grapes shall have his teeth set on edge. Note, Those that eat forbidden fruit, how tempting soever it looks, will find it a sour grape, and it will set their teeth on edge; sooner or later they will feel from it and reflect upon it with bitterness. There is as direct a tendency in sin to make a man uneasy as there is in sour grapes to set the teeth on edge. God, by prophet Ezekiel, having laid down the general rule of judgment, that he will render eternal life to those that patiently continue in well-doing, but indignation and wrath to those that do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness (Rom. 2:7-8 ), comes, in these verses, to show that men's parentage and relation shall not alter the case either one way or other. He appeals to themselves then whether they did not wrong God with their proverb. "Thus plain the case is, and yet you say, Does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? No, he does not; he shall not if he will himself do that which is lawful and right,". But this people that bore the iniquity of their fathers had not done that which is lawful and right, and therefore justly suffered for their own sin and had no reason to complain of God's proceedings against them as at all unjust, though they had reason to complain of the bad example their fathers had left them as very unkind. Our fathers have sinned and are not, and we have borne their iniquity, (Lam. 5:7). It is true that there is a curse entailed upon wicked families, but it is as true that the entail may be cut off by repentance and reformation; let the impenitent and unreformed therefore thank themselves if they fall under it. The settled rule of judgment is therefore repeated. The soul that sins shall die, and not another for it. What direction God has given to earthly judges (Deut. 24:16) he will himself pursue: The son shall not die, not die eternally, for the iniquity of the father, if he do not tread in the steps of it, nor the father for the iniquity of the son, if he endeavour to do his duty for the preventing of it. In the day of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, which is now clouded and eclipsed, the righteousness of the righteous shall appear before all the world to be upon him, to his everlasting comfort and honour, upon him as a robe, upon his as a crown; and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him, to his everlasting confusion, upon him as a chain, upon him as a load, as a mountain of lead to sink him to the bottomless pit. Read and understand what you read. Indeed! No, according to YOU God betrayed Him. Here; Fulfillment of prophesy, seperation from God by accepting the burden of sin. Read Psalms 22 There is no mention of a clear defensive position, if someone makes this conclusion then it is his own opinion. :roll: SCRIPTURES THAT POINT TO THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST 1.1 DIRECTLY: John 20:28 Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" (NIV) John 1:1-2,14 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. ...14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (NIV) Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. (NIV) Phil 2:5-6 5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, (NIV) Titus 2:13 while we wait for the blessed hope-- the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, (NIV) Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen. (NIV) Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (NIV) 1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true-- even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (NIV) 1.2 BY BEING CALLED THE LIFE John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. (NIV) John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; (NIV) John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (NIV) 1 John 1:1-2 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-- this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. (NIV) John 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. (NIV) 1.3 BY NAMES ASCRIBED TO GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: OT (The LORD, the first and the last) Isaiah 44:6 "This is what the LORD says-- Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus, the first and the last) Rev 1:17-18 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. (NIV) OT (The LORD, the only Savior) Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior. (NIV) ----- NT (The Son, the Savior of the world) 1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. (NIV) OT (The LORD, the Holy One) Isaiah 43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel's Creator, your King." (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus of Nazareth, the Holy One and Righteous One) Acts 3:13-14 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. 14 You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. (NIV) OT (The LORD our God, the Rock) Deuteronomy 32:3-4 3 I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! 4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. (NIV) ----- NT (Christ, the rock that accompanied the Israelites) 1 Corinthians 10:3-4 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. (NIV) OT (God, the I AM) Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: `I AM has sent me to you.'" (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus, the I AM) John 8:58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" (NIV) OT (the LORD, my shepherd) Psa 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus, the good shepherd) John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (NIV) OT (The LORD, husband of God's people) Jeremiah 3:14 "Return, faithless people," declares the LORD, "for I am your husband. I will choose you-- one from a town and two from a clan-- and bring you to Zion. (NIV) ----- NT (Christ, the husband of God's people) 2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. (NIV) OT (God, the one to whom every knee will bow, and every tongue confess) Isaiah 45:22-23 22 "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus, the one to whom every knee will bow, and every tongue confess) Philippians 2:10-11 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NIV) OT (The LORD, Our Righteousness) Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. (NIV) ------ NT (Christ Jesus, our righteousness) 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God-- that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. (NIV) OT (The LORD Almighty is the stone that causes men to stumble) Isaiah 8:13-14 13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, 14 and he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus is the stone that causes men to stumble) 1 Peter 2:7-8 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone," 8 and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message-- which is also what they were destined for. (NIV) 1.4 BY NAMES ASCRIBED TO GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT The Lord God, the Alpha and Omega: Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (NIV) ----- Jesus, the Alpha and the Omega: Rev 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. (NIV) God, the King of kings and Lord of lords: 1 Timothy 6:15 which God will bring about in his own time-- God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, (NIV) ----- Jesus the Lamb, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Rev 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings-- and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers." (NIV) God, the light: 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. (NIV) ----- Jesus, the light: John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV) God is referred to as the Lord: Matt 22:37 Jesus replied: "`Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' (NIV) ----- Jesus is referred to as the Lord: 1 Corinthians 8:6b and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (NIV) God is called our Savior: Titus 3:4-5 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, (NIV) ----- Jesus is called our Savior: Titus 3:6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, (NIV) 1.5 BY INFERENCE: Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. (NIV) [Jesus shed His blood on the cross to purchase the church and in this Scripture it says it was God's blood]. Hebrews 3:3-4 3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. (NIV) [In verse 3, Jesus is refered to as the builder of the house. In verse 4, God is called the builder of the house]. Ephesians 5:1-2 1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (NIV) [In verse 1 it is God we are to imitate. In verse 2, Christ is given as the example of God we are to imitate]. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV) [Once again Jesus giving up His life for us is the example of God demonstrating His love to us]. Luke 17:15-18 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him-- and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" (NIV) [When the leper came back to fall down at Jesus' feet and thank Him, Jesus said it was God they were glorifying] John 13:34-35 34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (NIV) 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. (NIV) [In the first reference, Jesus teaches us to love one another. In the second reference, it is God who has taught us to love one another.] 1.6 BY THE TITLE "THE" SON OF GOD (THE ONE AND ONLY, UNIQUE) Romans 1:3-4 3 regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. (NIV) John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV) John 10:36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, `I am God's Son'? (NIV) 1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. (NIV) Mark 3:11 Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." (NIV) Mark 15:39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!" (NIV) Luke 22:70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am." (NIV) John 5:25 I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. (NIV) John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (NIV) Acts 9:20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. (NIV) 1 John 4:15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. (NIV) 1 John 5:5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. (NIV) 1 John 5:12-13 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (NIV) 1.7 BY ACCUSATION John 5:18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. (NIV) John 10:32-33 32 but 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." (NIV) Luke 5:20-21 20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven." 21 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, "Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" (NIV) Mark 14:61-64 61 But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" 62 "I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." 63 The high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he asked. 64 "You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" They all condemned him as worthy of death. (NIV) John 8:58-59 58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds. (NIV) 1.8 BY ASSOCIATION WITH OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGES THAT REFER TO GOD John 12:40-41 40 "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn-- and I would heal them." 41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him. (NIV) OT THE MESSENGER TO PROCEDE THE LORD WHOM YOU SEEK: Malachi 3:1 "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty. (NIV) ----- NT JOHN THE BAPTIST REFERRED TO AS THE MESSENGER, THUS JESUS IS THE "LORD YOU ARE SEEKING": Matthew 11:10-11 10 This is the one about whom it is written: "`I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 11 I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. (NIV) OT A VOICE CALLING TO PREPRARE THE WAY FOR GOD: Isaiah 40:3 A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. (NIV) ----- NT THAT VOICE IS JOHN THE BAPTIST WHO PREPARED THE WAY FOR JESUS: Matthew 3:3-4 3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the desert, `Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.'" 4 John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. (NIV) OT GOD IS THE ONE WHO'S WORDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." (NIV) ----- NT JESUS IS THE ONE WHO'S WORDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (NIV) Ignorance! |
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