absolutetruth wrote:John 10:10 wrote:In order for those who believe as does Aineo to be right, 99.99% of Christinaity has to be wrong. I recognize Aineo truly believes 99.99% of Christianity is wrong in this matter regarding the deity of Jesus and the plurality of the Godhead which is ONE, but the Scriptures and the faith of the Apostles and writers of the New Testament say otherwise.
The bottom line is this: The blood of any created being will never save any sinner from their sin. One might as well try good works to earn salvation as to rely on the blood of a created being to cover their sin.
It's as simple and as difficult as that!
Blessings
simple, yet, absolutely correct.
Simple but wrong. The plurality of God is an assumption that cannot be established in the OT. It is simple grammar. If the OT taught God is three in one then all the personal pronuns used with "elohiym" in all Scriptures would be "we", "our", and "us". The fact is the pronouns in all Scriptures except Genesis 1:26, 3:22, 11:7, and Isaiah 6:8 where God (elohiym) is speaking are first person. Now unless you believe God is playing word games your understanding of the plurality of God is incorrect. When Moses asked God His name the response was I AM WHO I AM, not WE ARE WHO WE ARE. "I" is not plural.
As to this:
The blood of any created being will never save any sinner from their sin.
One of Jesus' titles is the Lamb of God. God supplied the sacrifice and since God choose the Lamb who would die on the cross the Lamb had to be a human being because God cannot die.
And BTW, absolutetruth I have addressed all your questions. Jesus is our Lord, Savior, Judge, and etc. because God appointed Him to be our Lord, Savior, Judge, and etc. If you have read what I posted with any understanding and know what both the JW's and Mormon's believe you would understand I do not support or agree with either one of those cults.
As to how we can honor the Lord as we honor God:
Malachi 1:6
6 "'A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?' says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name.
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John 5:19-23
19 Jesus therefore answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. 20 "For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and greater works than these will He show Him, that you may marvel. 21 "For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 "For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, 23 in order that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. NAS
Now, you have not addressed the Messianic prophecies that I posted.
BTW, Jesus tells us that many are called but few are chosen. The fact that 2 billion people profess to be Christians is no guarantee they are saved or have a true knowledge of God's word.
So lets see if I can make this very simple.
Acts 3:12-26
12 But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk? 13 "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered up, and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him. 14 "But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses. 16 "And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all. 17 "And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also. 18 "But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ should suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 19 "Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. 22 "Moses said, 'The Lord God shall raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed in everything He says to you. 23'And it shall be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.' 24 "And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days. 25 "It is you who are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' 26 "For you first, God raised up His Servant, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways." NAS
Now what did Moses prophecy about the Lord? You can read it in Deuteronomy 18:15ff, which is one of those Messianic prophecies you have avoided addressing. Is God a prophet like Moses? If your answer is no, then I suggest you rethink Jesus is God since none of the Messianic prophecies tell us God is going to die on a cross.