DiscussionsCategory: C.R.SIs Jesus Christ God?
GOODLUCK SUNDAY asked 6 months ago
Is Jesus Christ God?
OLUWADARASIMI BAYODE replied 6 months ago

no he is not God, he is his son

Monday Ajimosun replied 6 months ago

Jesus Christ is God

Rejoice Adakole replied 5 months ago

Jesus is God we know that he is three in one, GOD THE FATHER,GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Opeyemi Aikulola replied 2 months ago

No

1 Answers
emrys IHEAKANWA answered 5 months ago
In order to answer this question we need to first list out the things we'll need to ask
  • did Jesus claim and accept being Called GOD
  • did the people in Jesus time believe and die while still believing him to be God 
  • did he really die and resurrect 
First, I want to ask if you believe in the bible as the inerrant truth or not this is just a question, not an attack
  • If you do believe the bible is the inerrant word of God, well then, this question is easily answered:
  • there are 3 separate times in the bible that comes to mind(though there are more these are just the ones i know)  
  • 1. in john 10:30 Jesus said "I and the Father are one.” now if you read a bit more to john 10:33-39 the reactions of the Jews are instateneous they pick up stones in order to stone Him the reason they gave was “...but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” Jesus then said in reply (paraphrasing here) if God called you gods(Psalm 82:6) then how much more the one who was set apart and sent into the world by Him.
  • 2.  in John 8:58 it is recorded that Jesus said “before Abraham was born, I am!” this is a claimof preexistence made by Jesus further more the word i am is closely related to an account in exodus 3:14 where God speaks to Moses in the burning bush answering moses question "and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”  God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  • 3. in mark 2:5-7 it records Jesus telling a paralyzed man “Son, your sins are forgiven.” immediately the teachers of the law recognized it and said “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
  • did the people in Jesus time believe and die while still believing him to be God 
  • honestly thi question is easily answered by just reading the book of acts so im going to just give you a list of passages where the disciples who lived and dined with Jesus Christ are recorded calling Jesus God:  
  • John 20:28, where Thomas exclaims, "My Lord and my God!"; 
  • Titus 2:13, where Paul refers to Jesus as "our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ"; 
  • and 2 Peter 1:1, where Peter calls Jesus the "God and Saviour."
  • also  jus read john 1 the entire thing is basically just calling Jesus God .
  • but did the disciples claim this to their death lets see:
  • Peter and Paul

    Both were martyred in Rome about 66 AD, during the persecution under Emperor Nero. Paul was beheaded. Peter was crucified upside down at his request since he did not feel worthy to die in the same manner as his Lord.    

    Andrew

    He went to the "land of the man-eaters" in what is now the Soviet Union. Christians there claim him as the first to bring the gospel to their land. He also preached in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, and Greece, where he is said to have been crucified.

    Thomas

    He was probably most active in the area east of Syria. Tradition has him preaching as far east as India, where the ancient Marthoma Christians revere him as their founder. They claim that he died there when pierced through with the spears of four soldiers.

    Philip

    He possibly had a powerful ministry in Carthage in North Africa and Asia Minor, where he converted the wife of a Roman proconsul. In retaliation, the proconsul had Philip arrested and cruelly put to death.

    Matthew

    He was the tax collector, and writer of a Gospel ministered in Persia and Ethiopia. Some of the oldest reports say he was not martyred, while others say he was stabbed to death in Ethiopia.    

    Bartholomew

    He had widespread missionary travels attributed to him by tradition: to India with Thomas and back to Armenia, Ethiopia, and Southern Arabia. There are various accounts of how he met his death as a martyr for the gospel.

    James

    He was the son of Alpheus and is one of at least three James referred to in the New Testament. There is some confusion as to which is which, but this James is reckoned to have ministered in Syria. The Jewish historian Josephus reported that he was stoned and then clubbed to death.

    Simon, the Zealot

    As the story goes, he ministered in Persia and was killed after refusing to sacrifice to the sun god.

    Matthias

    He was the apostle chosen to replace Judas. Tradition sends him to Syria with Andrew and to death by burning.

    John

    The only one of the apostles generally thought to have died a natural death from old age. He was the church leader in the Ephesus area and is said to have taken care of Mary the mother of Jesus in his home. During Domitian's persecution in the middle '90s, he was exiled to the island of Patmos. There he is credited with writing the last book of the New Testament--the Revelation. An early Latin tradition has him escaping unhurt after being cast into boiling oil in Rome.   outside of John every single one of them died in a horrible way and yet not a single one of them denied Jesus its easy for one to die for something they believe is the truth but for a lie,... nah and do remember these where the disciples who were present during Jesus life death resurrection and ascension they didnt here it from someone else they were the ones telling others of it  
  • both historical and biblical accounts both agree on one thing a man named Jesus really did exist and was crucified under Pontius pilate for some of the non biblical accounts detailing this:
  • the earliest drawing of the crucified Jesus is not Christian at all - it's a graffito from Rome mocking a Christian for worshiping a crucified man. The Alexamenos graffito depicts a crudely drawn man in front of a crucified figure with a donkey's head with the caption "Alexamenos worships his god".   The earliest non-Christian references to Jesus also make a point of mentioning his execution. In about how Nero blamed the Great Fire of Rome on Christians, Tacitus gives a quick and highly unsympathetic summary of the origins of Christianity to his readers: Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and
    inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their
    abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the
    name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of
    Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a
    most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke
    out not only in Judæa, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome,
    where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find
    their centre and become popular.
    (Tacitus, Annals, XV.44) He does not specify that this "Christus" was crucified, but the term "the extreme penalty" is used elsewhere in relation to crucifixion and seems to be a reference to the fact that it was considered the most abhorrent and humiliating form of execution. there are others but this ia already long so take this last nugget Perhaps the most remarkable reference to Jesus outside the Bible can be found in the writings of Josephus, a first century Jewish historian. On two occasions, in his Jewish Antiquities, he mentions Jesus. The second, less revealing, reference describes the condemnation of one "James" by the Jewish Sanhedrin. This James, says Josephus, was "the brother of Jesus the so-called Christ."[
  • was he resurrected Just read the ending of the 4 gospels 
  • ps pleasepay attention that in this the people i intentionally brought up non biblically were mostly non believers which actually grants claim that all these things in fact did happen as what would it gain non believers to acknowledge the truth  again sorry its so long
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