1. It was plain that she was shedding crocodile tears on the death of her mother-in-law. And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Saviour; there is none but me." (8), But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. This is a clear reference to the Deity of Christ and it matches the theology found within his other writings. For example Jesus receives sovereign power and Lordship over all peoples. The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.” Acts 13:1-4, “Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. Muslims challenge this interpretation by claiming that this passage is talking about two beings, God and Jesus, and that Jesus is only said to be the glory of the Father. The only difference is that the affirmative answer is given in two different ways – one in Matthew and Luke with a clever idiom and the other in Mark with a straightforward “I am.” The principle is there in all three narratives. And to say that Jesus comes on the clouds of heaven proves that he is God himself - that would be to say that God could not do this for one of his creatures. There are three main interpretations of this passage among Biblical exegetes. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"), yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. Although it can be shown relatively easily that Jesus is God in the Old Testament Hebrew scriptures, this article will focus solely on the New Testament data. 9, 10), that recollection might have given occasion to an expression which probably Thomas himself could not have perfectly explained; as is often the case with such words as escape us when we are under the most overpowering surprise. J. D. Michaelis : Anmerk. This seemingly redundant wording reflects a Hebrew idiomatic way of introducing someone’s response to the previous speaker. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.’” Acts 10:19-20, “In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. Subscribe to our free daily email and get a new idiom video every day! In Matthew and Luke’s versions we have it that Jesus did not actually affirm the title, he said you are the ones claiming that I am in essence. An examination of some of the references where Jesus is called Lord shows that the NT writers used this to identify Jesus with Yahweh God of the OT, a point which we documented above. This passage has to agree with Isaiah 45:22-24 where God (Yahweh) said that every knee should bow to Yahweh, and every tongue should confess that righteousness and strength are in Yahweh alone. (Hebrews 1:5-12, NIV). Sami Zaatari, http://muslim-responses.com/Shamoun_and_Tawheed/Shamoun_and_Tawheed_, 35. Mt 19.28, 25.31, []Mk 10.37), and is to come again in this glory (Mt 16.27, 24.30, 25.31, Mk 8.38, 13.26, Lk 9.26, 21.27, Titus 2.13, 1 P 4.13). It appears that Zaatari thinks that when Jesus is identified as the Son of God it was in the exact same sense as the Old Testament when others were called “sons of God” and that there is nothing unique about this title for Jesus. And he will send HIS angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. (Job 9:8), This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,” (Isaiah 44:24), But the God of Israel is no idol! First of all, Ally doesn’t even acknowledge the fact that Christ is said to be bowed to by all people and confessed as Lord fulfilling Isaiah 45:21-23. But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end. Grammar favors the nearest antecedent, which here is “Jesus Christ” who thus would be called “true God.” Yet, since God the Father was referred to as “true” twice in the first sentence, one might suspect that “true God” is a reference to Him. (John 14:20-21), Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. This is about Jesus having the glory and nature of God. (33), Tawhid of Lordship, that there is only one God and that he is the creator of all things, in charge and owner of all things, and so on and so on. "Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ… (2 Peter 1:1). In verse 14 where it says all peoples, nations, and men of every language worshiped him, the transliterated word for worship there is ‘pĕlach’ (Aramaic); which derives from the Hebrew root word ‘Peal’ פָּלַח. Here Zaatari finds it irrelevant if James the brother of Jesus thought of him as God. (The cheek and the jowl—the lower part of the jaw—are in close proximity to each other on the face.) In this article I will build a Biblical case for the Deity of Christ and address the major Muslim objections to the Biblical data. Commenting on 1 John 5:20 the late Dr. Raymond Brown states: In 1 John 5:20 there are two sentences: “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding to know the true One [alethinos]; and we are in the true One, in His Son Jesus Christ. In light of recent scholarship and the facts concerning the Greek language I am wondering how one might assume that Thomas was not addressing Jesus as God but instead identifying the Father as God. In order for Christ to be God he must have preexisted before his human life. "In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. The Father is describing the Son as the Lord who created all things and sustains all things. As Benjamin B. Warfield notes: “James speaks of our Lord by name only twice, and on both occasions he gives Him the full title of reverence: ‘the (our) Lord Jesus Christ’ (1.1, 2.1) – coupling Him in the one case on equal terms with God, and in the other adding further epithets of divine dignity. They were only crocodile tears – she hated him and is not really sorry he is dead. I was unable to find a response to this particular argument. (39), In footnote 261 Brown notes that the consensus among scholars regarding Titus 2:13 is that Jesus is indeed being referred to as God and thus Zaatari’s interpretation is not only disputed by the Greek itself on many levels, as Brown shows, but Zaatari and the Unitarians are in the minority of thinking with their interpretation. The opposing view causes major problems with the Greek and other surrounding passages indicate that Jesus is God and Savior. In this article we will look at Biblical passages from every New Testament book which teach that Jesus is God or have Jesus presenting himself as God. (1 John 4:9). Here Jesus is explicitly identified as Yahweh the creator God. The Germans failed to carry the day in the two world wars. (23). Paul’s point is that although Christ was in God’s form and was (at least by right) God’s equal, he did not demand his divine rights but humbly took a servants form and became a human being.
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