Man? Prophet? Son of God? God?
The 1st half of this week's "spiritual ? warmup" was:
REACT:
Jesus was a good man-Yes.
Jesus was a holy prophet-Maybe.
Jesus was "The Son of God"-Questionable.
Jesus, however, was certainly not God.
As in each class, the students got together with a new partner and discussed this for 1-2 minutes. Random students were then asked to share their opinions (after the volunteers) while going through the attendance.
The fact is that Jesus was/is all 4: man, prophet (one who speaks God's words), Son of God and God. We then looked at the following verse:
One of the titles of God (and Jesus) is "The Word" or "The Word of God". As we see in verse 1, (and in many other passages of the Bible...), Jesus created all things and was indeed God. It is important to notice the lack of an article (definite or indefinite) before the last mention of "God" in verse 1. The reason I point this out is that the Mormons change the entire word of God by adding an "a" before God. This is clearly not the meaning from the original Greek and does not mesh with the rest of scripture. Such as Isaiah 43:10 "Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.", Isaiah 44:8 "Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one." and 1 Timothy 2:5 "For there is one God an one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." as a few passing examples. There is indeed ONE God and Jesus Christ came to show us what God is like!!!
REACT:
Jesus was a good man-Yes.
Jesus was a holy prophet-Maybe.
Jesus was "The Son of God"-Questionable.
Jesus, however, was certainly not God.
As in each class, the students got together with a new partner and discussed this for 1-2 minutes. Random students were then asked to share their opinions (after the volunteers) while going through the attendance.
The fact is that Jesus was/is all 4: man, prophet (one who speaks God's words), Son of God and God. We then looked at the following verse:
One of the titles of God (and Jesus) is "The Word" or "The Word of God". As we see in verse 1, (and in many other passages of the Bible...), Jesus created all things and was indeed God. It is important to notice the lack of an article (definite or indefinite) before the last mention of "God" in verse 1. The reason I point this out is that the Mormons change the entire word of God by adding an "a" before God. This is clearly not the meaning from the original Greek and does not mesh with the rest of scripture. Such as Isaiah 43:10 "Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.", Isaiah 44:8 "Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one." and 1 Timothy 2:5 "For there is one God an one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." as a few passing examples. There is indeed ONE God and Jesus Christ came to show us what God is like!!!
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