IS JESUS GOD? WHAT DO I NEED TO BELIEVE ABOUT JESUS TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM? COPYRIGHT © April 23, 99 All rights reserved. This file, in its entirety, may be posted on or copied off of computer networks like Internet or WWW by anyone so inclined and distributed as desired. By L. Tyler P.O. Box 620763, SanDiego, CA 92162-0763 0953@geocities.com; oldservant@mindspring.com ¥1 COR. 8:4 ¦ . . . [THERE] IS NO OTHER GOD EXCEPT ONE. ¥GOD THE FATHER SAYS JESUS IS GOD, and as God He anointed God- Jesus, and that Jesus as Lord made the heavens and the earth with His own hands. heb 1:8 But TO THE SON [HE SAYS], "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, [IS] FOREVER AND EVER. A scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of Your kingdom. 9* You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL of gladness above Your fellows."10 And, "You, Lord, have laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of Your hands. mk 12:36 How do the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David? For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: "The Jehovah [the Father] said to my Lord [Jesus], Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool." 37 David therefore himself calls Him Lord, and why [then] is He his son? And the great crowd heard Him gladly. ¥ GOD'S ANGEL-MESSENGERS SAY HE IS GOD, the Everlasting Father. isa 9:6 FOR TO US A CHILD IS BORN`12J, TO US A SON IS GIVEN; and the government shall be on His shoulder; and HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, The Prince of Peace. ¥ Jesus hand chosen apostles stated that Jesus is God. JOHN1: 1 ¦ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD. John 20: 28 And THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, MY LORD AND MY GOD! Romans 9:3 . . . my kinsmen according to the flesh, 4 who are Israelites; to whom [belong] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service [of God], and the promises; 5 whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] THE CHRIST ACCORDING TO FLESH, HE BEING GOD OVER ALL, BLESSED FOREVER. Amen. 1 JOHN 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and [He] has given us an understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him that is true, in HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. THIS [ONE] IS THE TRUE GOD, AND THE EVERLASTING LIFE. Jude 4 For certain men crept in secretly, those having been of old previously written into this condemnation, ungodly ones perverting the grace of our God for unbridled lust, and denying THE ONLY MASTER, GOD, EVEN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ¥ Jesus accepts our belief in Him that He is Lord and God. John 20: 28 And THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, MY LORD AND MY GOD! 29 JESUS SAID TO HIM, THOMAS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN ME YOU HAVE BELIEVED. BLESSED [ARE] THEY WHO HAVE NOT SEEN AND HAVE BELIEVED.`1`3 ¥ JESUS SAYS that whoever has seen Him has seen the Father. Joh 14:9 JESUS SAID TO HIM, Have I been with you such a long time and yet you have not known Me, Philip? HE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER. And how do you say, Show us the Father? ¥ Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath of Jehovah. MAtt.12:8 For THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH.``5 EXODUS 20: 10 But the seventh day [is] THE SABBATH OF JEHOVAH YOUR GOD. ¥ Jesus is the beginning and the ending of things, the Almighty. Rev. 1:7 Behold, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, AND THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM WILL SEE HIM, AND ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE EARTH WILL WAIL BECAUSE OF HIM. EVEN SO, AMEN. 8 I AM THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, [THE] BEGINNING AND [THE] ENDING, SAYS THE LORD, WHO IS AND WHO WAS AND WHO [IS] TO COME, THE ALMIGHTY. >>>JESUS AS JEHOVAH GOD, THE CREATOR AND SAVIOR OF MAN jn8: 58 Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I AM! ¥ JESUS IS GOD THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, INCLUDING SATAN AND THE ANGELS colos 1:16 FOR ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM [JESUS], THE THINGS IN THE HEAVENS, AND THE THINGS ON THE EARTH, THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES OR DOMINIONS OR PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS, ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM 17 AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS`6, AND BY HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST. JOHN 1:3 ALL THINGS WERE MADE THROUGH HIM, AND WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS MADE THAT WAS MADE. isa 45 :11 ¦ SO SAYS JEHOVAH , the Holy One of Israel, and the One who formed him, Do you ask Me of things to come? Do you give command to Me about My sons, and about the work of My hands?12 I HAVE MADE THE EARTH, AND CREATED MAN ON IT; I [WITH] MY HANDS have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded. . . . 14 SO SAYS JEHOVAH , The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come to you, and they shall be yours. They shall come after you in chains; and they shall cross in chains and they shall fall down to you. They shall plead to you, [saying], SURELY GOD [IS] IN YOU; AND NONE ELSE, NO [OTHER] GOD. 15 Truly You [are] a GOD WHO HIDES YOURSELF, O GOD OF ISRAEL, THE SAVIOR . . . . 17 [But] ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED IN JEHOVAH [with] an everlasting salvation. You shall not be ashamed nor blush to the forevers of eternity.18 For so says JEHOVAH THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS, HE [IS] GOD, FORMING THE EARTH AND MAKING IT; He makes it stand, not creating it empty, [but] forming it to be inhabited. I [AM] JEHOVAH , AND [THERE IS] NO OTHER Isa 37: 16 O JEHOVAH OF HOSTS, GOD OF ISRAEL, who dwells [between] the cherubs, YOU [ARE] HE, GOD, You alone to all the kingdoms of the earth. YOU HAVE MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.. isa 42: 5 ¦ SO SAYS JEHOVAH GOD, [HE] WHO CREATED THE HEAVENS and stretched them out, spreading out the earth and its offspring; He who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it. 8 I [AM] JEHOVAH ; that [is] My name; and MY GLORY I WILL NOT GIVE TO ANOTHER, nor My praise to graven images. Isa 44: 24 SO SAYS JEHOVAH , YOUR REDEEMER, and He who formed you from the womb, I [AM] JEHOVAH WHO MAKES ALL THINGS; WHO STRETCHES OUT THE HEAVENS ALONE; who spreads out the earth; WHO [WAS] WITH ME? Genesis 1 And GOD SAID, "LET US make man in OUR IMAGE, according to OUR LIKENESS . . . . . . 1 Corinth. 8:6 yet for us [there is only] one God, the Father, of Whom [are] all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom [are] all things and through whom we [live]. ¥ JESUS IS GOD OUR SAVIOR Titus 2: 10 not stealing, but showing all good faith, so that they may adorn the doctrine of GOD OUR SAVIOR in all things.11 ¦ For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, . . . 13 looking for the blessed hope, and THE GLORIOUS APPEARANCE OF OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST , 14 who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works. Tit 3: 4 But when the kindness and love of GOD OUR SAVIOR toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us , through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR, 1 Tim 2:3* For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of GOD OUR SAVIOR, 4* who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. #######NO HUMAN CAN SEE GOD THE FATHER EXCEPT JESUS###### #######JESUS IS THE ONE WHO DECLARES AND REVEALS THE FATHER######## John 1:18 NO ONE HAS SEEN GOD at any time; THE ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON, who is in the bosom of the Father, HE HAS DECLARED [HIM]. Joh 6:46 NOT THAT ANYONE HAS SEEN THE FATHER, except He who is from God, He has seen the Father. 1Ti 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in light which cannot be approached, WHOM NO ONE OF MEN HAVE SEEN, NOR CAN SEE; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. 1Jo 4:12 NO ONE HAS SEEN GOD AT ANY TIME. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us. 1Jo 4:20 If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For if he does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love GOD WHOM HE HAS NOT SEEN? Joh 14:9 JESUS SAID TO HIM, Have I been with you such a long time and yet you have not known Me, Philip? HE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER. And how do you say, Show us the Father? ¥ YET ADAM, ABRAHAM, MOSES, ISAIAH AND STEPHEN SAW AND TALKED WITH GOD. JESUS SAYS IT WAS HE WHO WAS DECLARING GOD, THAT IF YOU HAVE SEEN JESUS YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER. WHO DID ADAM SEE? HE SAW JESUS, THE REVEALER OF GOD (Mt 11:27 All things are delivered to Me by My Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father. NOR DOES ANYONE KNOW THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON, AND THE ONE TO WHOM THE SON WILL REVEAL HIM. Lu 10:22 All things are delivered to Me by My Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom THE SON WILL REVEAL [HIM].) ¥ ADAM AND EVE SAW AND TALKED WITH JESUS, KNOWN AS JEHOVAH ("LORD") gen 2: 8 And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden. 9 ¦ And Jehovah God called to Adam and said to him, Where [are] you? 10 And he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [am] naked, and I hid myself. ¥ ABRAHAM SAW AND TALKED WITH JESUS AS JEHOVAH gen.18: 1 ¦ And JEHOVAH APPEARED TO HIM in the plains of Mamre, and he sat at the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed toward the ground. 3 And he said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, do not pass away, I pray, from Your servant. . . . . 22 And the men turned their faces away from there, and went toward Sodom. BUT ABRAHAM STILL STOOD BEFORE JEHOVAH. 23 ¦ And Abraham drew near and said, Will You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, BEHOLD NOW, I HAVE TAKEN UPON ME TO SPEAK TO JEHOVAH, who am but dust and ashes. >>>MOSES SAW AND SPOKE WITH JESUS AS JEHOVAH john 1:18 + exodus 33:18 And he said, I beseech You, let me see Your glory. 19 And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before you. And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. 20 And HE SAID, YOU CANNOT SEE MY FACE. FOR THERE NO MAN CAN SEE ME AND LIVE. 21 And Jehovah said, Behold! [There is] a place by Me, and you shall stand upon a rock. 22 And it will be, while My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will COVER YOU WITH MY HAND while I pass by. 23 And I will take away My hand, and YOU SHALL SEE MY BACK PARTS. BUT MY FACE SHALL NOT BE SEEN. Nu 12:8 I will speak with him mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark speeches. AND HE SHALL BEHOLD THE LIKENESS OF JEHOVAH . Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses? ¥ ISAIAH SAW AND SPOKE WITH JESUS AS JEHOVAH Isa 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I then saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. . . . 5 Then I said: "Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for MY EYES HAVE SEE THE KING, JEHOVAH OF HOSTS." ¥ STEPHEN SAW AND SPOKE WITH JESUS AS JEHOVAH Acts 7:55 But being full of [the] Holy Spirit, looking up intently into Heaven, HE SAW THE GLORY OF GOD, AND JESUS standing at the right hand of God. 56 And [he] said, Behold, I SEE HEAVEN OPENED AND THE SON of man standing on the right hand of God. >>>>JESUS WAS AND IS GOD, NOT AN ANGEL, NOT THE ANGEL MICHAEL, NOT THE BROTHER OF LUCIFER, NOT KRISHNA AGAIN. The Triune God is one God because no member of the Triunity is able to act independently in oposition to any other member of the Triunity, to oppose any other member of the Triunity, to do anything contrary to the will of any other member of the Triunity. There are no three living creatures on earth of which this can be said. This is true of a unit, one living being, except that humans can kill themselves and hurt themselves, which God (who is Life) cannot do (there is no death in Him).Such a Triune-God is a unity-God is one God. The Father-God is always Head, God-the-Son is subject to the Father and once on earth to the Spirit, God-the-Spirit is subject to God-the- Father and God-the-Son, and they are all subject to each other in that they never do anything on their own or in opposition to each other. The teacher said that since God IS LOVE, since LOVE is compassionate cherishing that requires interaction/relationship, since God as LOVE existed before there was anyone else with whom to interact, God as LOVE in compassionate cherishing interacted in relationship with Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Father compassionately cherishing the Son and the Spirit; the Son compassionately cherishing the Father and the Spirit; the Spirit compassionately cherishing the Father and the Son -- all in perfect union and unity in all their might and power. This Triune God created and saved humans so that all the beings in the heavens may know once and forever His wisdom and LOVE--- God forever one in nature, purpose and action---the triune God who is never able to act independent of each or in opposition to Himself --- the Father, the Son and the Spirit. But the Trinity question is a moot point and quite secondary. So is the question Is the God of all the great world religions the same God with the same Heaven? The paramont question is, Who is Jesus? If He is who He says He is, then He is the ONLY way to God and Heaven, any other way leads to what Heaven is not and what Jesus calls Hell. Jesus, who claims to be the ONLY way to God and Heaven, also makes it clear that He enlightens as to Himself and His nature so that every human who comes into the world is personally so enlightened. Everyone gets a chance in their life to choose or refect Jesus Christ. Those who belive Jesus and choose to obey and accept Jesus as God's ONLY way, ONLY Lord, ONLY saviour, and ONLY Christ/King become members of His kingdom. There is only one other place for those who don't come to God through Jesus in Jesus' way; a place deviod and completely lacking (1) unselfish and compassionate cherishing Love; (2) Truth, Actuality, Genuineness, Accuracy, Reality, and Fact; (3) Light, Illumination, and Enlightenment; (4) Life, Vitality, Vigor, and Vivacity; and (5) the Way, Means, and Passage to the God the Father. A PRAYER FOR YOUR TODAY Holy Father, I praise You for the wonder that You are. God, I thank You for showing and proving Your Love for me by revealing Yourself as Jesus Christ of Bethlehem. I accept Jesus as my refuge, strength and very present help in the trouble of this world, in the trouble of male-female relationships in this world today. Holy Father, I acknowledge my own personal inadequacy for the trials of this world. Merciful God, I acknowledge that apart from You I am a part of the problem of this world, not a part of the remedy for this world. Holy Father, I agree with You that apart from Jesus I can do no good thing of eternal merit. I give my body, soul, strength and mind to You as Jesus enables me. I accept only Jesus as my King, my Saviour, my Director, my Shepherd and my daily Deliverer. Holy Father, I ask Jesus to come into me and live in me and work in me to become Your child, and to become what You want me to be, whatever that may be. Father, I acknowledge my total daily need of You and my total dependence on You to live well, safely and successfully. Thank You for being my Father, my Shepherd, my Counselor, my Companion and my Comforter. Please keep me safe in Your hand, and in Your loving embrace. Amen May the Peace and Love of Jesus fill you and your lives, Tyler at oldservant@mindspring.com, 0953@geocities.com, oldservant@planetall.com http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/6916/MFile_Index99.txt http://www.mindspring.com/users/~oldservant http://www.mindspring.com/~oldservant/ ftp.mindspring.com; User: Anonymous; Password: your email address; Directory: /users/oldservant