Please look up the word “theos” in a Greek Interlinear and see that in order to identify the true God, who at that time was nameless, the Greeks had no word for a god without a name, so they simply called Yahweh “ho theos” or “THE God”.......they had only one........and there is only one mention of “ho theos” in John 1:1...the second mention is just “theos” without the identifying article that singled out the difference between deity and divinity.
How about we just call Him Heavenly Daddy.
Christ was divine, but he was not deity....and no scripture says he was anything but “the son of God”
I'm sorry your basic reading in grade school left you with out the ability to understandwhat you read.
Those who explained things in your church were wrong.
You are denying that Jesus was the Word. Such a shame to not understand the fullness that knowing they are one in the same brings.
This is how Jesus identified himself when the Jews were claiming that he was making himself “theos”. (John 10:31-36)
Tell me about John....
It is true that Jesus never said the exact words, “I am God.” He did, however, make the claim to be God in many different ways, and those who heard Him knew exactly what He was saying.
For example, in John 10:30, Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.” The Jews who heard Him make that statement knew well that He was claiming to be God, as witnessed by their reaction: “His Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him” (
John 10:31). When He asked them why they were attempting to stone Him, they said,
“For blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God” (John 10:33).
Stoning was the penalty for blasphemy (
Leviticus 24:16), and the Jews plainly accused Jesus of claiming to be God.
Who was lieing? John and those trying to stone Him.... OR Jesus.
If it was John then NO WORD can ever be trusted in the Holy Bible.... and we should be free to ignore it.
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Jesus made another statement claiming to be God when He said, “Very truly I tell you, . . . before Abraham was born, I am!” (
John 8:58).
The Jews, upon hearing Him, clearly understood that He was claiming preexistence and, more than that, to be Yahweh, the great “I AM” of Exodus 3:14. On this occasion, too, they tried to stone Him for blasphemy.
The Gospel of John begins with a statement of Jesus’ deity: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God” (
John 1:1, emphasis added).
In verse 14, John identifies the Word: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John is affirming that the Word (Jesus) is God, and He left heaven to come to earth in the form of a man to live with men and display the glory of God the Father.
The disciples of Jesus distinctly heard Him declare His deity. After Jesus’ resurrection, Thomas the doubting disciple finally understood Jesus’ deity, declaring Him to be “my Lord and my God” (
John 20:28). If Jesus were not Lord and God, He would have corrected Thomas, but He did not; Thomas spoke the truth. After seeing Jesus walking on the water, His disciples worshipped Him (
Matthew 14:33). When He appeared to them after the resurrection, they fell at His feet and worshipped Him (
Matthew 28:9).
The disciples were well aware of the Mosaic Law’s penalty for blasphemy, yet they worshipped Him as God, and Jesus accepted their worship. Jesus never rebuked people for worshipping Him, accepting their worship as good and proper.
If what you have to say has been said a thousand times already...what is the point?
The point is that you need to hear it and read it until you understand it.. even if it is 10,000 more times.
