Christians: How Jesus could be son of God,and himself God at a same time?

Question

And christians do you worship God or Jesus,if you worship Jesus instead of God,it doesnt make you polytheist?
Where Jesus said,he was son of God and God himslef?

Answer 1

Jesus is a God (Isaiah 9:6). But he is a God the same way Moses was a God (Exodus 7:1). They both were given authority to be Gods by Jehovah. And there is no authority except by Jehovah God (Romans 13:1). Jesus is the only-begotten Son of Jehovah God (John 3:16). Begotten means produced. Jesus was the only being produced directly by Jehovah (Colossians 1:15, 16). Which is why he is called the only-begotten Son of God. See also Proverbs 8:22. So, you see, true Christians do not believe Jesus is the God.

Answer 2

God is omnipresent. This means God can be everywhere ... simultaneously.

so why can't God be on earth AND in heaven ... simultaneously ?



Isaiah 7.14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a VIRGIN shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (means God is with us).



Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.



Jesus is called the Son of God.

In human terms, it would imply that if you're a son, you'd have to have a father and a mother.

yet, in this case of the supernatural, God does NOT have a wife. Yet Jesus the Messiah is referred to as 'Son'. So we cannot think in terms of the 'natural' mind. Its obvious that Jesus has to be called Son of God because ... He was in the flesh. And if you read John chap. 1, it explains exactly WHO Jesus the Messiah is ... God. John's exegesis is v imp. bec john was a jew, therefore, thought like a jew and gave us a jewish perspective.

Answer 3

TRINITY

Scriptures that PROVE the TRINITY

Mark 9:7; Luke 3:22; Luke 9:35; Matthew 17:5



Evidence that God the Father and Jesus are separate persons yet one in unity. At the Transfiguration…

Matthew 17:5 While he (Peter) yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, this is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.



1Jo 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,(Jesus) and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.





The word one means one in unity as well as one in number. It means unity in 1 John 5:7as it does in John 17:21-23 and yet these three persons, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost are spoken of as one each and individuality in Scripture. There is one God the Father, one Lord Jesus Christ and one Holy Ghost.



Example: The Son can be blasphemed with forgiveness possible; but if the Spirit be blasphemed no forgiveness is possible. This proves two distinct persons. Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:29-30; Luke 12:10.



The Holy Ghost came not to speak of or glory Himself but to speak of and glorify Jesus.



Jesus claimed even after the resurrection that He was not a spirit being so He could not be the Father or the Holy Spirit who are spirit beings. Luke 24:29; John 4:24; 14:16-17;

Luk 9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

Luk 9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

Luk 9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.







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Answer 4

Jesus could be the son of god and god and the same time in the same way that you can be the son of a man and a man at the same time.

Answer 5

Jesus said he was God's son, Almighty God said that Jesus was his son.



Jesus plainly stated that he was more than a good man. He said: “I am God’s Son.” (John 10:36) Of course, anyone could claim to be the Son of God. But if Jesus’ claim were false, what would that make him? Really, not a good man, but a great fraud!



The most reliable testimony came from God himself. He twice said concerning Jesus: “This is my Son.” (Matthew 3:17; 17:5) Just think: The Scriptures report only a few occasions when God’s own voice was heard on earth yet on two of them he affirmed Jesus as his Son!



This is by far the best proof that Jesus was who he said he was. Jesus never claimed to be God, but he repeatedly spoke of himself as “God’s Son.” Even his enemies acknowledged this.



Jesus never even suggested that he was God or was equal to him. So to teach such a thing dishonors Jesus.



When Jesus was a man on earth, did he know all that the future held? No, for he humbly acknowledged: “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matt. 24:36)



When the writers of the New Testament speak of God they mean the God and Father of Jesus Christ. When they speak of Jesus Christ, they do not speak of him, nor do they think of him as God.



He is God’s Christ, God’s Son.

Answer 6

hey I am very religious but may I recommend a song. its called' jesus saves' by slayer.when I lost faith I found it again thru this song. the next ones called 'criminally insane' and I considered what jesus would do when faced such a song. it was an easy one to answer. u just sit still and le them be criminally insane at u and if u cant hack it well then go be an everyday Christian. personally I like the insanity of religion

Answer 7

At Matthew 4:10 Jesus says to Satan: " Go away, Satan! For it is written, it is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him lone you must render sacred service."

For those who worship God in truth, they follow Jesus example. Everything that Jesus taught was based on his Father's word. Jesus use the scriptures ( Deuteronomy 5:9) to reiterate to Satan what Satan already knew to be true.

However, we need to obey Jesus as God's son, because he is the way to God. God sent Jesus to give his life as a ransom for obedient humans. That's why the Bible tells us that we must obey Jesus if we want to live. John 3:36 says to obey, not worship.

Answer 8

The Outworking of Love

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1 John 3:16



For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col. 2:9



I believe Jesus was the Father in Creation, the Son in redemption and the Holy Spirit in regeneration. One God with three distinct manifestations.



We mere mortals cannot limit God!

Answer 9

You do not grasp the meaning of the Trinity.

GOD is a spiritual being not physical like us.

Genesis reveals GOD as Spirit hovering over chaos.

The Gospels describe the Holy Spirit overshadows Mary.

Mary conceives & Jesus is born both human & divine.

That shows GOD as Father & Son as well.

GOD is not limited to a location or time like us.

Answer 10

Of course it cannot be.

Jesus himself never told this statement.

This idea was started by Paul; he is the first who said so.

Jesus warned people that a false Prophet will come after him, and definitely that false Prophet is Paul.

Answer 11

The first thing to say is that a God that was easily understood would not be God,

Christians believe that God is revealed as Fsther, Son and Soirit

Answer 12

Because He's.... God. He can be anything He sees fit to be--or not. He doesn't have to ask our permission, nor wait to do so only "when or if" we humans are able to comprehend who and what He is.



That's the greatest thing about God. He's... God. He is His own perfect authority.

Answer 13

He can't, and neither entity did such a thing.



After all of these centuries of believing the crap that the Harvard Grads of 1,700 years ago wrote,

somehow you've gotta start thinking about .... what *really* happened.



'christianity' has been wrong since its first word was uttered,

and for some reason today's grown-ups and 'scholars' can't see that.

You'd think that a far greater premise would be in the mindset of the many.



Very fortunately, a far *greater* premise is here ... and resides with the few.

Answer 14

Christians How Jesus could be son of god and himself god at the same time ?



Your asking people who have had a human history of 3500 years of practicing RATIONALIZATION engaging in PERSONIFICATION of thought god concepts and PROJECTION to take time to do a step by step logical Evaluation of what they have been indoctrinated into



The majority from birth to suddenly engage in step by step logical REALISTIC evaluations of what they were taught ... That has NEVER happened in one moment nor over Night .



one must first WANT answers that are validated . Then develop the courage to question then learn to be a skeptic and to engage in evaluate .



.that takes years of effort and progress . and you want a answer in his moment



.. You will only get RATIONALIZATIONS .. Your expectations sorry to say are not REALISTIC LOL



Perhaps you forgot your dealing with people who engage and project magical thinking on a daily basis.by adulthood they have had lot of practice LOL In my case it took me 30 years now been an atheist for 33 years like I said it does not happen over night .

Answer 15

It would seem that god has a preeminent three fold connective conscious as well as a single Devine nature substance mass, energy, ect. across space and time... He is not constrained by time or space and has no limits of his reach. His nature would seem quantum physical.. Not to be confused with meta physics.

Answer 16

Should You Believe in the Trinity?





More than two billion people profess to be Christian. Most belong to churches that teach the Trinity—the doctrine that the Father, the Son, and the holy spirit together form one God. How did the Trinity become an official doctrine? More important, is this teaching in harmony with the Bible?









THE Bible was completed in the first century C.E. Teachings that led to the development of the Trinity began to be officially formulated in 325 C.E.—more than two centuries later—at a council in the city of Nicaea in Asia Minor, now Iznik, Turkey. According to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, the creed attributed to the Council of Nicaea set out the first official definition of ‘Christian orthodoxy,’ including the definition of God and Christ. Why, though, was it deemed necessary to define God and Christ centuries after the Bible was completed? Is the Bible unclear on these important topics?





IS JESUS GOD?





When Constantine became sole ruler of the Roman Empire, professed Christians were divided over the relationship between God and Christ. Was Jesus God? Or was he created by God? To settle the matter, Constantine summoned church leaders to Nicaea, not because he sought religious truth, but because he did not want religion to divide his empire.





“To us there is but one God, the Father.”—1 Corinthians 8:6, King James Version



Constantine asked the bishops, who may have numbered into the hundreds, to come to a unanimous accord, but his request was in vain. He then proposed that the council adopt the ambiguous notion that Jesus was “of one substance” (homoousios) with the Father. This unbiblical Greek philosophical term laid the foundation for the Trinity doctrine as later set forth in the church creeds. Indeed, by the end of the fourth century, the Trinity had essentially taken the form it has today, including the so-called third part of the godhead, the holy spirit.





WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?





Jesus said that “the true worshipers will worship the Father with . . . truth.” (John 4:23) That truth has been recorded in the Bible. (John 17:17) Does the Bible teach that the Father, the Son, and the holy spirit are three persons in one God?



For one thing, the Bible does not mention the word “Trinity.” For another, Jesus never claimed to be equal to God. Instead, Jesus worshipped God. (Luke 22:41-44) A third line of evidence concerns Jesus’ relationship with his followers. Even after he was raised from the dead to the spirit realm, Jesus called his followers “my brothers.” (Matthew 28:10) Were they brothers of Almighty God? Of course not! But through their faith in Christ—God’s preeminent Son—they too became sons of the one Father. (Galatians 3:26) Compare some additional scriptures with the following statement from the creed attributed to the Council of Nicaea.



What the Nicene Creed says:



“We believe . . . in one Lord Jesus Christ . . . that is of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God.”



What the Bible says:



• “My Father is greater than I [Jesus].”—John 14:28.*





• “I [Jesus] ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God.”—John 20:17.





• “To us there is but one God, the Father.”—1 Corinthians 8:6.





• “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”—1 Peter 1:3.





• “These things saith the Amen [Jesus], . . . the beginning of the creation of God.”—Revelation 3:14.*





The Bible study aid What Does the Bible Really Teach? includes these two lessons: “What Is the Truth About God?” and “Who Is Jesus Christ?” You may obtain a copy from Jehovah’s Witnesses or read it online at www.jw.org.



QUICK FACTS:





• “The Nicene Creed is actually not the product of the First Council of Nicea (325) . . . but of the First Council of Constantinople (381),” says The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History.





• “The Council of Nicea in 325 stated the crucial formula for [the yet future Trinity] doctrine in its confession that the Son is ‘of the same substance . . . as the Father.’”—Encyclopædia Britannica.



“The Christian Bible, including the New Testament, has no trinitarian statements or speculations concerning a trinitary deity.”—Encyclopædia Britannica.



“The doctrine of the trinity . . . is not a product of the earliest Christian period, and we do not find it carefully expressed before the end of the second century.”—Library of Early Christianity—Gods and the One God.



“In order to articulate the dogma of the Trinity, the [Catholic] Church had to develop her own terminology with the help of certain notions of philosophical origin.”—Catechism of the Catholic Church.



I hope this helps.

Answer 17

The Trinity - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit (three in one).



But the real magic number is twelve 12.



It's a matter of wide held belief and faith.



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Answer 18

(John 17:3) This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, (1) the only true God, and the one whom you sent, (2) Jesus Christ. Jesus said this in prayer on earth these words to his God that was in heaven.



Our family members all have personal names. Even pets have names! It would be reasonable for God to have a name.(Isaiah 42:8) I am Jehovah. That is my name; I give my glory to no one else, Nor my praise to graven images.



In the Bible, God has many titles, such as God Almighty, Sovereign Lord, and Creator, but he also has a personal name. Many translations of the Bible contain God’s personal name at Psalm 83:18. “You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”God wants us to use his personal name. We use personal names when we talk with those we love, such as our close friends—especially if they invite us to do so. It should not be different when it comes to talking with God. Furthermore, Jesus Christ encouraged the use of God’s name.(Matthew 6:9) “You must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. (John 17:26) I have made your name known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them.”



(John 14:28) (Jesus speaking) 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 to the Father, for the Father is greater than I am. (John 6:38) for I have come down from heaven to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me. (John 4:34) Jesus said to them: “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. (Mark 14:36) And he said: “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; remove this cup from me. Yet, not what I want, but what you want.

Answer 19

Its not called the mystery of the trinity for nothing.



Man can make a machine with one central operating system and multiple drones. I'm sure God can do better.

Answer 20

It's all a bunch of nonsense. Stick to science. It's actually useful.



The spirit of love and acceptance of people as they are is what the world needs.



With that in mind, devote your time to learning how things work and contribute to the foundation of knowledge that has been built throughout our history that made everything possible today - the internet, laser eye surgery, smart phones and social media that helped spark revolutions in dictator-controlled countries, communication satellites, electric cars. These are the results of science. None of that other hocus pocus stuff ever contributed to anything but division and hate.

Answer 21

In the Catholic church it's called the Trinity. God the father, God the son, and God the holy spirit are all One God.

Answer 22

God put a piece of Himself into Mary, which caused Jesus to be born. Jesus was "of the same substance" as God, so he was also God. Theologians call this "homoousios" when they want to speak fancy. Jesus was also the son of Mary, which made him human. Jesus was fully God, and fully human, at the same time.



To be born, he needed parents, which were God, and Mary, so, he is a son of God. But, not separate from God, so, he is also God as well.

Answer 23

It deepends. Most Christians worship Paul but some worship Jesus

Answer 24

Simple, Jesus said, "If you have seen me you have also seen my Father which is in Heaven." Seems pretty plain to me. If one will bother to study instead of throwing stones.

Answer 25

God has chosen to exist as three persons.

Answer 26

His body was physical, His spirit is God.

Answer 27

Jesus is God´s son and the substanial expression of God´s love here on earth

Answer 28

Dear Friend,



The word Trinity is defined in the dictionary as:



1. The Christian Godhead as One God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

2. A group of three spiritual Persons



God is a Triune God: Three spiritual Persons in One.



The Trinity is: God the Father, Jehovah. God the Son, Jesus (Redeemer/Savior). God the Holy Spirit (All Power).



Take an EGG for example. We call it 'an' egg. One egg. But, an egg has three parts to it. The shell, the yolk, and the white. Yet, they can used together or separately depending on their purpose. Think about that.



"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father (Jehovah God), the Word (Jesus), and the Holy Ghost (Spirit/Ghost) all Power: and these three are one." 1 John 5:7 (Three in One = Trinity)



Jesus said, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:" Matthew 28:19 (Three in One = Trinity)



2 Corinthians 13:14 "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen" (Three in One = Trinity)



*All three Persons of the Godhead were involved in the work of creation.*



"God ...created the heavens and the earth" Genesis 1:1.



"The Spirit of God (Holy Spirit/Ghost) was hovering over the face of the waters:" Genesis 1:2.



And "All things were created through Him (Jesus) and for Him (Jesus)." Colossians 1:16b.



"I have given them the glory You (Jehovah God) gave Me (Jesus), so they may be one as We are One." (John 17:22 NLT)



"Now, Father (Jehovah God), bring Me (Jesus) into the glory we shared before the world began." (John 17:5 NLT)



God's desire is to 'commune/fellowship' with His creation. But, it is OUR sin that blocks that covenant relationship. And it is only through the blood of Jesus Christ by the Power of the Holy Spirit can anyone be 'reconciled/restored' back into a right "relationship" with a Holy God.



In order to have a relationship with someone, you get to "KNOW" them, personally. God's Word (the Bible) is His "Personal (Spiritual) Instruction Manual" for man to live a safe, abundant life 'in' Him.

However, God's Word cannot be read like a literate book such as, "Mary Had A Little Lamb." It is a "Spiritual" Book.

1. We have to repent of our sins to God. That means we tell Him our sins and "stop" doing those things. The Holy Spirit by the way, is the only One Who can 'keep' us from committing/practicing willful sin in our lives.



2. Agree with God that you are a sinner and need a Savior, Jesus Christ. Ask Christ to come 'into' your life and 'change' you to be 'like' Him.



3. Read God's Word everyday and ask Him what it is He wants you to learn and then apply it in your daily life. It is the Holy Spirit who teaches our spirit, spiritual truth. Spirit to spirit.



4. Pray everyday. First ask Him to examine you. I love Psalm 139:23,24. Then thank God for Who He is, Who Jesus is and what He did on the cross for you. Thank Him for the Holy Spirit who will protect you and teach you spiritual truth. Then, present your requests to Him.



Fall in love with the Lover of your soul dear one. There is no other relationship in the world that is as pure, faithful, trustworthy, friendship, etc. like the One you can have with Jesus. He waits for you to come to Him, and He will spiritually open His arms and embrace you. He will take you on the adventure of a lifetime. There is no other Love, "like" His.



Tender blessings,

Answer 29

Don't try to make sense of it, its just too crazy.

Answer 30

this is confusing to those that hold the JW, Atheist, and Muslim belief systems

Answer 31

Your right he could not be, let me help you with that answer along with God's word the bible. And as you read this tell me how do you see it.

Is Jesus Christ actually God?

John 17:3, RS: “[Jesus prayed to his Father:] This is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God [“who alone art truly God,” NE], and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.” (Notice that Jesus referred not to himself but to his Father in heaven as “the only true God.”)

John 20:17, RS: “Jesus said to her [Mary Magdalene], ‘Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (So to the resurrected Jesus, the Father was God, just as the Father was God to Mary Magdalene. Interestingly, not once in Scripture do we find the Father addressing the Son as “my God.”)

See also pages 411, 416, 417, under the heading “Trinity.”

Does John 1:1 prove that Jesus is God?

John 1:1, RS: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God [also KJ, JB, Dy, Kx, NAB].” NE reads “what God was, the Word was.” Mo says “the Logos was divine.” AT and Sd tell us “the Word was divine.” The interlinear rendering of ED is “a god was the Word.” NW reads “the Word was a god”; NTIV uses the same wording.

What is it that these translators are seeing in the Greek text that moves some of them to refrain from saying “the Word was God”? The definite article (the) appears before the first occurrence of the·osʹ (God) but not before the second. The articular (when the article appears) construction of the noun points to an identity, a personality, whereas a singular anarthrous (without the article) predicate noun before the verb (as the sentence is constructed in Greek) points to a quality about someone. So the text is not saying that the Word (Jesus) was the same as the God with whom he was but, rather, that the Word was godlike, divine, a god. (See 1984 Reference edition of NW, p. 1579.)

What did the apostle John mean when he wrote John 1:1? Did he mean that Jesus is himself God or perhaps that Jesus is one God with the Father? In the same chapter, verse 18, John wrote: “No one [“no man,” KJ, Dy] has ever seen God; the only Son [“the only-begotten god,” NW], who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.” (RS) Had any human seen Jesus Christ, the Son? Of course! So, then, was John saying that Jesus was God? Obviously not. Toward the end of his Gospel, John summarized matters, saying: “These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, [not God, but] the Son of God.”—John 20:31, RS.

Does Thomas’ exclamation at John 20:28 prove that Jesus is truly God?

John 20:28 (RS) reads: “Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’”

There is no objection to referring to Jesus as “God,” if this is what Thomas had in mind. Such would be in harmony with Jesus’ own quotation from the Psalms in which powerful men, judges, were addressed as “gods.” (John 10:34, 35, RS; Ps. 82:1-6) Of course, Christ occupies a position far higher than such men. Because of the uniqueness of his position in relation to Jehovah, at John 1:18 (NW) Jesus is referred to as “the only-begotten god.” (See also Ro, By.) Isaiah 9:6 (RS) also prophetically describes Jesus as “Mighty God,” but not as the Almighty God. All of this is in harmony with Jesus’ being described as “a god,” or “divine,” at John 1:1 (NW, AT).

The context helps us to draw the right conclusion from this. Shortly before Jesus’ death, Thomas had heard Jesus’ prayer in which he addressed his Father as “the only true God.” (John 17:3, RS) After Jesus’ resurrection Jesus had sent a message to his apostles, including Thomas, in which he had said: “I am ascending . . . to my God and your God.” (John 20:17, RS) After recording what Thomas said when he actually saw and touched the resurrected Christ, the apostle John stated: “These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31, RS) So, if anyone has concluded from Thomas’ exclamation that Jesus is himself “the only true God” or that Jesus is a Trinitarian “God the Son,” he needs to look again at what Jesus himself said (vs. 17) and at the conclusion that is clearly stated by the apostle John (vs. 31).

Does Matthew 1:23 indicate that Jesus when on earth was God?

Matt. 1:23, RS: “‘Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanʹu-el’ (which means, God with us [“God is with us,” NE]).”

In announcing Jesus’ coming birth, did Jehovah’s angel say that the child would be God himself? No, the announcement was: “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High.” (Luke 1:32, 35, RS; italics added.) And Jesus himself never claimed to be God but, rather, “the Son of God.” (John 10:36, RS; italics added.) Jesus was sent into the world by God; so by means of this only-begotten Son, God was with mankind.—John 3:17; 17:8.

It was not unusual for Hebrew names to include within them the word for God or even an abbreviated form of God’s personal name. For example, Eliʹathah means “God Has Come”; Jehu means “Jehovah Is He”; Elijah means “My God Is Jehovah.” But none of these names implied that the possessor was himself God.

What is the meaning of John 5:18?

John 5:18, RS: “This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.”

It was the unbelieving Jews who reasoned that Jesus was attempting to make himself equal with God by claiming God as his Father. While properly referring to God as his Father, Jesus never claimed equality with God. He straightforwardly answered the Jews: “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing.” (John 5:19, RS; see also John 14:28; John 10:36.) It was those unbelieving Jews, too, who claimed that Jesus broke the Sabbath, but they were wrong also about that. Jesus kept the Law perfectly, and he declared: “It is lawful to do good on the sabbath.”—Matt. 12:10-12, RS.

Does the fact that worship is given to Jesus prove that he is God?

At Hebrews 1:6, the angels are instructed to “worship” Jesus, according to the rendering of RS, TEV, KJ, JB, and NAB. NW says “do obeisance to.” At Matthew 14:33, Jesus’ disciples are said to have “worshiped” him, according to RS, TEV, KJ; other translations say that they “showed him reverence” (NAB), “bowed down before him” (JB), “fell at his feet” (NE), “did obeisance to him” (NW).

The Greek word rendered “worship” is pro·sky·neʹo, which A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature says was also “used to designate the custom of prostrating oneself before a person and kissing his feet, the hem of his garment, the ground.” (Chicago, 1979, Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich, Danker; second English edition; p. 716) This is the term used at Matthew 14:33 to express what the disciples did toward Jesus; at Hebrews 1:6 to indicate what the angels are to do toward Jesus; at Genesis 22:5 in the Greek Septuagint to describe what Abraham did toward Jehovah and at Genesis 23:7 to describe what Abraham did, in harmony with the custom of the time, toward people with whom he was doing business; at 1 Kings 1:23 in the Septuagint to describe the prophet Nathan’s action on approaching King David.

At Matthew 4:10 (RS), Jesus said: “You shall worship [from pro·sky·neʹo] the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.” (At Deuteronomy 6:13, which Jesus is evidently here quoting, appears the personal name of God, the Tetragrammaton.) In harmony with that, we must understand that it is pro·sky·neʹo with a particular attitude of heart and mind that should be directed only toward God.

Do the miracles performed by Jesus prove that he is God?

Acts 10:34, 38, RS: “Peter opened his mouth and said: ‘ . . . God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; . . . he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.’” (So Peter did not conclude from the miracles that he observed that Jesus was God but, rather, that God was with Jesus. Compare Matthew 16:16, 17.)

John 20:30, 31, RS: “Now Jesus did many other signs [“miracles,” TEV, Kx] in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.” (So the conclusion we should properly draw from the miracles is that Jesus is “the Christ,” the Messiah, “the Son of God.” The expression “Son of God” is very different from “God the Son.”)

Pre-Christian prophets such as Elijah and Elisha performed miracles similar to those of Jesus. Yet that certainly is no proof that they were God.

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