If we are all God's children, then what sets Jesus apart?
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I've had this discussion many times with my religous friends and family. I see no reason that he is above us. Some christians believe he is the only true son of god. Others say he is god made man... The christian's book says we are all children of god. Jesus was a great man in the Bible, he gave his life for what he believed in. Not to take away from him, because he came with a noble cause, however, even HE wouldn't want you to believe he was greater than you. The christians know this. Some are just fanatics and will stretch and misinterperate things. They are human too.
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1. Father\n2. Mother\n3. Son\n4. Daughter\n5. Son's Wife (Daughter-in-law)\n\nAnd division is required when you separate the light from the dark or the truth from lies.  It doesn't appear that in this scripture it is allegoric.  He usually started off by telling when he was using a parable to make a point.  He was just using this example of division because it was commonplace for a son to take a wife and have her live with his family (not vice versa).  He was saying that the truth of the Lord will separate the believers and the non-believers, even in their own immediate families.\n\nResponse:  Read the entire text around your verses, not just one verse of your picking or choosing to distort.  The only allegory I see is the one you are creating.  Clearly none exist in the text you quoted.  It's pretty cut and dry.
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yes jesus was the son of God. there are several mentions in the bible but one in particular, It says "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, so whoever beliveth shall not perish, but instead shall have everlasting life.
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Faith has come, and the church of God (1 Cor.10:32) are justified by it.  We are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus (Gal.3:23-26 below).\n\nThere is a “new covenant” (Heb.10:16-17, Jer 31:33) brought forth by one sacrifice, the blood of Christ Jesus (Eph.2:13, Heb.13:12), that writes the law in the hearts of Jews and Gentiles in Christ (fellowheirs and of the same living body - Eph.3:6, Col.1:24).\n\nThe “new covenant” brings us to the strait gate and the narrow way which few people find (Matt.7:14 below), which is to live by FAITH.\n\n\nGAL.3:23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.\n\nGAL.3:24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.\n\nGAL.3:25But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster (Gal.3:24 above, Mal.4:4).\n\nGAL.3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith (Gal.3:25 above) in Christ Jesus.\n\nMatt.7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.\n\n\n\nPat (ndbpsa ©)
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Jesus Christ is God's son, and a person to be revered. He is a symbol of God's love, kindness, and glory for all people to see. Also, as the most famous saying of the bible goes, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."\nI many times have doubted God and His Son, but He has been there through out my life. I do not remember it, but my grandmother told me severl times, that when I was really young, I told her I saw God. I do not know if it was true, because I do not remember it, but I want to believe it is. God will more surly show Himself to children, for they are still pure, than to people who have aged, for there minds have been corrupted at least once, and they have a lessr time of believing that they actually saw him, for our minds are un able to believe that anything so miraculous happened in our presence.\nBut no matter, God and Jesus Christ have been eminent in my life, and I plan to keep it that way.
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We as Christains are not bound by the old testament anymore thats why Jesus came to set us free from those laws..Jesus says to love one another as He has loved us..Very plain..To know Jesus we will want to walk more like Him everyday and not do things to cause us to be seprated..
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Jesus was a human being and a prophet of God. Not God. Mary, just a simple lady, was a virgin who was gifted a child - Jesus.\nGod has no parents, no wife and certainly no children. He begets not nor is He begotten. And that is the truth! :)
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Jesus is the son of God.
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Faith sweetie. Faith, read His word. Once you start to understand, and believe that God gave His ONLY son so that we would be saved...then look around you, and also start to believe that everything you see that is bad that you are not apart of God has set you apart and keeping watch, but know that it is just by His grace that we saved. It is nothing that we have done to deserve His love, because we have all sinned, He simply loves us.
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God and Jesus are different. God is the father and Jesus is the son of God.
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I don't know why. Why do Christians say that Jesus (pbuh) is the son of God? \n\nGod has no physical children. We are all His spiritual children.
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(kurter21 said the same thing I did... only shorter, so if you don't feel like reading my long post, read his short post)\n\nWell, there is a Father in Heaven, who is our God.  We are all his children.\n\nThen there is Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God in the flesh, meaning that God was his "biological" father.  He is a god.\n\nSome people believe that we are Jesus' children.  In a spiritual sense, that is true, but in a literal sense, it is not.  We are his "children" in a spiritual sense, because he has taken care of us (through his teachings, the Atonement, the Crucifixion, etc...)\n\nAs far as the THIRD part of it... there is also the Holy Ghost (also commonly known as the Holy Spirit).  The Holy Spirit is not the LITERAL spirit of God or of Christ, but he is a part of the "Godhead" as well.\n\nSo the Godhead consists of three separate beings, the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Ghost.\n\nAs far as believing in the worship of only ONE God, we worship the Father.  We do not worship Jesus Christ.  I know that sounds kind of funny... but here goes...  we follow his teachings, and follow in his footsteps, but when we pray, we pray to the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, and not to Jesus Christ himself.\n\nHope that makes sense.  Let me know if it doesn't, and I can see if I can clarify it.
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Let's get one thing straight. The verses you quoted were statements made by Jesus; not Almighty God. The trinity doctrine that is widely taught in Christendom is really throwing you off. When Jesus is making these statements he's humbly acknowledging that in fact the "father" is greater than him. This is further reiterated in John 14:28. Why would almighty God who knows all things would not know for instance the day of Judgment?_Psalms 83:18 Notice that the scripture that you quoted (Mark 13:2) says in the 2nd part of the verse:"neither the angels in heaven nor the Son, but the "Father." Again this stresses that Jesus or the Son of God doesn't know the day, but his FATHER would know. Clearly this shows that Jehovah God and Jesus are two different people and that this shows a distinction between them. If Jesus and God were the same wouldn't Jesus know the day of Judgement too?\nThe many other statements that Jesus makes further show that he is not equal to his father._Philippians 2:6: "who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God."_1 Corinthians 11:3, John 20:17. Similiarly, no son is equal to his father or the same as him. Sure they may look alike, talk, or act alike but you recognize them as two separate entities not combined in one. In John 5:19 Jesus makes it clear that he doesn't do a single thing of his own initiative, but only what he beholds the Father doing. Also whatever that One does he also does in like manner.\nAfter reasoning from the scriptures you can conclude that from your statements above, Jesus was not only recognizing his father as greater than he was but was giving his father praise and honor by giving him the credit. You can also conlcude that if you read the Bible nodenominationally you would not come to the conclusion that God is part of a trinity which is contradicted in the scriptures. Instead Christ is "one" with God (not literally) in that they are always in harmony with each other just like a husband and wife were to be one as in united together._Genesis 2:24. The trinity really blurs the relationship between God and Jesus and is a source of confusion for many. You can find more information on this particular subject from this link. http://www.watchtower.org/library/ti/article_04.htm
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No. The father (GOD), the son (Jesus) and the holy spirit is one and the same. The Trinity is a hard thing to grasp for those who are not in the faith who does't believe it.
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Isaiah 53:8 tells us that Jesus Christ had no descendents.  He was cut off (died).
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Take the safeside, God never gave birth to anyone. He is almighty. He never needs any wife nor children. He created everything. \n\nJesus was born without a father. That doesn't make Jesus a god or son of god. Jesus was a major prophet. Jesus was God's beloved friend, and a highly respectable prophet.
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Hello Hols loves J... :)\n\nNo..because God's word says we are to bring up our children in the ways of our Lord..for us to tell our children about Santa or the Easter Bunny is a lie..so we are disobeying our Lord by telling a miss truth to our precious little children..for a liar will have no place in the Kingdom of Heaven.. :(\n\nIn Jesus Most Precious Name..\nWith Love..In Christ..