God and Jesus
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- PonyBoy0
you're saying by definition in context of The Bible then God is absolute and unique to itself?
y/n ?
wadafa
(Dec 4 05, 18:26)yes... I'll use the Bible's text to prove this.
Jesus tells us this at John 8:42 - "Jesus said to them: “If God were YOUR Father, YOU would love me, for from God I came forth and am here. Neither have I come of my own initiative at all, but that One sent me forth."
Jesus in a coversation w/Judas (not iscariot) answered a question regarding why Jesus showed his apostles his power...and more importantly... why he was to die. His answer: "YOU heard that I said to YOU, I am going away and I am coming [back] to YOU. If YOU loved me, YOU would rejoice that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am."
Let's break that down... his leaving and coming back (if you cross-reference additional scripture) is in reference to his physical death... and his spiritual return to Heaven... and that is all a GOOD thing... because it's the will of HIS FATHER... not him.
very simple... I can keep going over and over again w/Jesus talking to someone about HIS FATHER and doing what his Father requests of him.
If you read the just the Gospels... you'll find the same account of Jesus' life written from the observations of 4 men. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. You'll find that each account is definetly written from a different perspective... but the stories are the same...
... with one KEY similarity - Jesus states his is God's Son and makes it more than clear that he's not God... nor is he equal. He's there for two purposes - teach and die.