Who Jesus really is --- from a different angle

[SoGrateful]

We are given actual names for the 2nd Person of the Godhead so we can relate to Him

"... you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21)

Yes, this "Jesus" is the Giver of eternal life (John 4:14, 5:21, 6:27, 10:27-28, 11:25, 14:6, 17:2).

"... (He) will be called the Son of the Highest" (Luke 1:32)

"... that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35)

"... His name is called the Word of God." (Revelation 19:13)

From the beginning, before the world was created, Jesus was with Father God

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him ...

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him ...

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us ..." (John 1:1-14)

"And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself,

with the glory which I had with You before the world was." (John 17:5)

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,

which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life

... that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us" (1 John 1:1-2)

Also before the world was created, God's elect were chosen

"... He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world ..." (Ephesians 1:4)

"... God from the beginning chose you for salvation ..." (2 Thessalonians 2:13)

"... who has saved us and called us with a holy calling ... according to His own purpose

and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began ..." (2 Timothy 1:9)

And at some point, Father God gives the elect to Jesus ...

"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him" (John 6:44)

Also see John 6:37, 6:39, 6:45, 6:65, 10:29, 17:2, 17:24, Matthew 15:13.

A plural God created everything

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ...

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness" (Genesis 1:1, 26)

Was there a "Royal We of Majesty" during Moses' time, which led God or Moses to use this terminology? If so, the King would have been referring to himself, his family, his court, etc.

But, what does this have to do with God? ... Why would He use such a majestic plurality?

Who would a totally montheistic God be referring to? ... He and His angels? Ridiculous.

Therefore, Genesis 1:26 must be referring to a plural God.

Father God created "all things" through Jesus (i.e. it was Jesus who actually did the creating)

"... God who created all things through Jesus Christ ..." (Ephesians 3:9)

"All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made." (John 1:3)

"He was in the world, and the world was made through Him ..." (John 1:10)

"His Son ... through whom also He (Father God) made the worlds" (Hebrews 1:2)

"... one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things" (1 Corinthians 8:6)

"For by Him (Jesus Christ) all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth

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

"But to the Son He (Father God) says:

'Your throne, O God, is forever and ever ...

... Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You ...

... You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens

are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain ...' " (Hebrews 1:8-11)

"(You Jews) killed the Author (beginning, originator, source) of life" (Acts 3:15)

Jesus is the Sustainer of "all things" now (present tense)

"And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist (are held together)." (Colossians 1:17)

"... upholding (sustaining) all things by the word of His power" (Hebrews 1:3)

Beyond all of the above ...

There are approximately 20 verses where Jesus (and others) said that He is equal to Father God.

And Jesus warned, "If you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins." (John 8:24).

There is no "He" after "I AM" in any of the Greek manuscripts.

Some of the translations must have it in there for readability.

Jesus was claiming to be the "I AM" (God's name "forever") of Exodus 3:14-15.

Other verses (no "He" in the Greek after "I AM") are John 8:28, 8:58, 13:19, 18:6, 18:8, 4:26.

Non-Trinitarians refuse to believe the 70+ verses which point to the fact that Jesus is God.

Truly, they might just as well throw their Bibles in the trash can and ride off into the sunset,

and continue to hope that their future in eternity will be a pleasant one.

Edited November 22, 2011 by SoGrateful

[nChrist]

Amen!