Transcript Jesus` Claims of Deity

Jesus’ Claims of Deity
The Gospel Record
“At this gathering [the Council of Nicaea],”
Teabing said, “many aspects of Christianity
were debated and voted upon –
the date of Easter, the role of the bishops –
and, of course, the divinity of Jesus –
until that moment in history,
Jesus was viewed by His followers
as a mortal prophet – a great and powerful man,
but a man nonetheless. A mortal.”
(Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, Chapter 55)
JESUS never claimed to be God.
Everything he said about himself indicates
that he did not consider himself
equal to God in any way—
not in power, not in knowledge, not in age.
Jehovah’s Witnesses Website
Yahshua never claimed to be God
while in the human flesh.
He was the Son of MAN –
he was thoroughly HUMAN –
having divested himself of
his former glory as a God-Being,
one of the two members of the
God Kingdom-Family.
In the beginning was the Word…
God became man so man could become God!
The Plain Truth – Worldwide Church of God
Christian Science teaches that Jesus
embodied the divinity of God
but that he himself was not Deity—
in keeping with Jesus’ own words
that he was not the Father,
and that God, the Father,
alone should be worshiped.
Christian Science Website
"I will preach on the plurality of Gods.
I have always declared God to be
a distinct personage,
Jesus Christ a separate
and distinct personage
from God the Father,
and the Holy Ghost was
a distinct personage and a Spirit:
and these three constitute
three distinct personages
and three Gods"
(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 370).
People of the Book, do not exaggerate
your religion. Do not say about Allah
except the truth. Indeed, the Messiah,
Jesus son of Mary, is only a Messenger
(and Prophet) of Allah, and His Word (Be)
which He gave to Mary,
and a (created) spirit by Him.
So believe in Allah and His Messengers
and do not say: 'Trinity.'
Refrain, it is better for you.
Allah is only One God. Exaltations to Him
that He should have son!
To Him belongs all that is in the heavens
and in the earth, it is sufficient that Allah
is the Guardian.
(Koran 4:171 Qaribullah Translation)
Indeed those who say:
'Allah is the third of the Trinity’
became unbelievers.
There is but One God.
If they do not desist in what they say,
a painful punishment will afflict those
of them that disbelieve.
(Koran 5:73 Qaribullah Translation)
“Jesus is not God and God is not Jesus.”
Abdel-Azim, Amarillo Muslim leader
“I am the LORD,
and there is no other;
apart from me
there is no God.”
Isaiah 45: 5
“I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me.”
Isaiah 46: 9
“The LORD says to my Lord…
Psalm 110: 1
LORD – YHWH (Yahweh)
Lord – Adonai, Shaddai
“Hear, O Israel,
the LORD our God,
the LORD is one.”
Hebrew Shema
Mark 12:29
Deuteronomy 6: 4
Then God said, “Let us make man
in our image, in our likeness…”
Genesis 1: 26
And the Lord God said,
"The man has now become like one of us,
knowing good and evil.”
Genesis 3: 22
Bree’shiyt
baaraa’ Elohiym ‘eet
In the beginning
created
God
hashaamayim w’eet haa’aarets
heavens
and
the earth
Genesis 1: 1
w’ruwach
Elohiym
And the Spirit of
God
m’rachepet ‘al
p’neey
moved
the face of
upon
hamaayim
the waters
Genesis 1: 2
“And now the
Sovereign LORD
has sent me,
with his Spirit.”
Isaiah 48: 16
“The Spirit of the LORD
will rest on him...”
He will not judge
with eyes nor ears,
but with righteousness
Isaiah 11: 1-5
“Therefore the Lord himself
will give you a sign: The
virgin will be with child
and will give birth to a son,
and will call him
Immanuel.”
Isaiah 7: 14
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be
on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9: 6-7
an angel of the Lord
the Lord had said
through the prophet
Kurioo
Kurios
Theos
God with us
Matthew 1: 18-25
temple of the Lord
an angel of the Lord
go on before the Lord
prepare the way for the Lord
Kurioo Kurios
Luke 1: 8-17
Luke 3: 2-6
“I have not come
to abolish them
but to fulfill them.”
Matthew 5: 17-20
“If We abrogate a verse
or cause it to be
forgotten, We will
replace it by a better one
or one similar.”
Law of abrogation
Koran 2: 106
“For I tell you that unless your
righteousness surpasses that
of the Pharisees and the
teachers of the law, you will
certainly not enter the
kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5: 17-20
“You have heard
that it was said...”
“But I tell you…”
Matthew 5: 21-22, 27-28, 31-32, 33-34, 38-39, 43-44
“…He taught as one who
had authority, and not as
their teachers of the law.”
Matthew 7: 28-29
“…He taught as one who
had authority, and not as
their teachers of the law.”
Original vs Borrowed Authority
• Autobiography
• Biographer from direct interviews
• Biographer from gathered historical material
Matthew 7: 28-29