Bible Discussion Thread

Good morning,

I am coming back to my study of Who God is. last time I wrote about God being "SAVIOR". Before I continue I wanted to clarify something from the last post on this series. I showed how Jesus is our Savior and that in the OT it is stated that only God is our Savior. Thus, the Scriptures show that Jesus is God who was prophesied to save mankind from sin.

I also gave a quotation (which I did not remember to source) and this quote offended some here. I wish to explain my motivation further concerning this quotation.

First of all, I never would post something to purposely offend another person. My heart is not like that.

Secondly, I did not direct that quotation towards any particular person.

Thirdly, I posted that quotation because I believe that the topic of whether or not Jesus is God just as the Father is God or not is a very important matter for believers to resolve. And that it should be resolved with what Scriptures do say.

I think that coming to a Scriptural conclusion on this aspect of Jesus nature is vital to whether one believes in the Jesus of Scripture or "another Jesus".



Jesus exhorted people time and again to believe in Him to have eternal life. So, believing truly about Jesus is so very important to any believer.

The quotation I posted was intended to make this point:

And please note that it was prefaced with an "IF"

IF anyone believes that Jesus is God and Scripture says that He is not and continues to believe He is God and worships Him, then they are idolaters. AND IF anyone believes that Jesus is not God and Scripture say that He is God and refuse to believe that Scriptures reveal his deity and will not worship Him, they are also idolators.

ALSO, IF anyone who continues to hold on to a false belief concerning Jesus' deity or non-deity when Scriptures say that He is God or not God then they are either blaspheming the Father if Jesus is not God or blaspheming the Godhead if Jesus is God.

So this is a very vital matter.