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Did Jesus claim to be God? For Clyde.

Started by RussCarroll, 03/25/2011 12:51PM
Posted 03/25/2011 12:51PM | Edited 03/25/2011 12:53PM Opening Post
A post from Clyde from a messy thread in ID forum:

Clyde Crewey said:

"is to trust Jesus when he claims to be God in the flesh.."

There's a huge problem here and it's the well established history of the first earthly followers of Jesus.

There are many statements by Jesus in the gospels that leave no doubt that Jesus claimed to be God. They are not ambiguous whatsoever, especially if you understand anything about Judaism. This is one of the true "essentials" of orthodox Christianity.

Even more than these claims, He demonstrated that He could do things reserved only for God Himself. Here is an extremely persuasive passage in Mark 2:1-5:

"A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Posted 03/25/2011 01:59PM #1
Russ Carroll said:

A post from Clyde from a messy thread in ID forum:

Clyde Crewey said:

"is to trust Jesus when he claims to be God in the flesh.."

There's a huge problem here and it's the well established history of the first earthly followers of Jesus.

There are many statements by Jesus in the gospels that leave no doubt that Jesus claimed to be God. They are not ambiguous whatsoever, especially if you understand anything about Judaism. This is one of the true "essentials" of orthodox Christianity.

True, there are several instances where Christ proclaimed this. Easy enough to do a Google search to find representative examples, even where He proclaimed "I Am". To get the full contextual picture of it though, during His life and the life of His followers afterwards, one really needs to fully comprehend Trinity with all its nuances and implications. Good point Russ.
Posted 04/07/2011 08:19PM #2
5 min on "Jesus is clearly portrayed as God in the Flesh":

http://www.searchablesermons.com/?VideoID=3059