if Jesus is GOD then why Jesus pray to himself?
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HE IS NOT A GOD NOR SON OF GOD\nHE IS ONLY A PROPHET\nA Muslim is some one who Submits Their Will to God. This Is What Jesus Did and Taught. \n\n  \n\nSon of God is a figure of speech which many other Prophets were labeled as for example; in the King James Version of the \n\nBible \n\n  \n\n(Psalms 2:7) David is the begotten Son of God. \n\n  \n\nMany others in the Bible are called God's son; \n\n  \n\nJacob God's firstborn son (Exodus 4:22) \n\nSolomon is God's son (2 Samuel 7:13-14) \n\nEphraim is God's firstborn son (Jeremiah 31:9) \n\nAdam is the son of God (Luke 3:38) \n\n  \n\nOther Prophets were Labeled as Messiah for example {1 Samuel 15:17} Which in Hebrew means Anointed/Chosen/Prophet; \n\n  \n\nSolomon (1 Kings 1:39) \n\nDavid (1 Samuel 16:13) \n\nJewish priests (Leviticus 4) \n\n  \n\nOther Prophets Preformed similar Miracles as Jesus ; \n\n  \n\nEzekiel raised many from the dead (Ezekiel 37:1-9) \n\nJoshua stopped the sun and moon for one whole day (Joshua 10:12-13) \n\nElisha raised the dead, resurrected himself, healed a leper, fed a hundred people with twenty barley loaves and a few ears of \n\ncorn, and healed a blind man: (2 Kings 4:35, 13:21, 5:14, 4:44, and 6:11.) \n\nElijah raised the dead (1 Kings 17:22 and 14.) \n\n  \n\nOther Prophets were filled with the Holy Ghost; \n\n  \n\nZacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost (Luke 1:67) \n\nElisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost (Luke 1:41) \n\nPeter, filled with the Holy Ghost (Acts 4:8) \n\nPaul, filled with the Holy Ghost (Acts 13:9) \n\n  \n\nMany other Prophets were called Lord for example; \n\n  \n\nAbraham (Genesis 18:12) \n\nEsau (Genesis 32:4) \n\nJoseph (Genesis 44:20) \n\nDavid (1 Samuel 25:24) \n\n  \n\nJesus taught to rinse before Praying as Muslims do {John 13:10} \n\n  \n\nJesus bowed down in Submission on the Ground to God as Muslims do {Matthew 26:39} \n\n  \n\nJesus said, all of You who Submit your will to God, are my true Brothers and Sisters (Mark 3:31-35) as Muslims do \n\n  \n\nJesus taught Salvation comes from Submitting your will to God and Faith as Muslims do . \n\n  \n\n(Matthew 7:21-23) "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the \n\nwill of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in \n\nyour name drive out demons and perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you \n\nevildoers!'" \n\n  \n\nIn conclusion, Jesus was neither a Jew nor a Christian, Lets see where the name Jew comes from. {Gen 11:31} we see that \n\nAbraham took his family out of his home land "Ur of the Chaldees" \n\n  \n\nTherefore, Abraham could not have been a Jew because that is a part of Iraq. He was more an Arab than a Jew. Secondly, the \n\nname Jew came after the existence of Judah, the great-grandson of Abraham. \n\n  \n\nAbraham in the Bible is called "a Hebrew" {Genesis 14:13} which means a human from the other side of the Euphrates. It also \n\nmeans pertaining to Eber a descendant of Shem, clearly not "a Jew". \n\n  \n\nThe descendants of Jacob were called Israelites {Gen 32:28} consisting of twelve tribes. Judah was nicknamed "Jew" so that \n\nonly Judah's descendants were called Jews originally. \n\n  \n\nMoses, was from the tribe "Levite" {Exodus 6:16-20} therefore also not a Jew. The name Jew {according to the Bible} is not \n\na reflection of "an organized religion" as you put it, but a Tribe, a fore name, an ancestor branch off of a large family tree. \n\n  \n\nJesus may have been a Jew by birth right, but a Muslim by Faith. \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n"Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in \n\nways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed
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You are right that Jesus prayed to his Father and taught us to do the same.\nJohn 17:1-26;\nNOTE:\nJohn 17:3,5,24 Jesus was with God before the world was. Col.1:15-17; Rev.3:14 He\nis first creation, created in the image of God. As first created he qualifies to be the\nSAVIOR OF THE WORLD because he loves us and his Father.\nJob 38:4-7 The angel saw earth prepared for animals and man.\n\nJESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY\n\nMatt.6:9-13 and with him in heaven, John 14:13,14,15,26,28 [ my Father is greater than I ]; John 16:23,26 So we pray to God the Father in Jesus name Matt.22:37-40 and we also keep the first and great commandment to love his Father with our whole being.
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Jesus was a 100% God and a100% man. He is part of the Trinity. IT is not something that can easily be explained, even if God were to reveal this answer to us now and explain this, our human minds would not be able to comprehend what he said. God is much bigger and infinitely more intelligent than we are. We cannot confine him in just a book, a church, or even up in heaven somewhere, because God is everywhere, he knows everything, and is King of kings and Lord of lords. He gave us his word which is called The Holy Bible in order to show us what we must do on earth to be good servants and followers for him, and that is all we need for now. Instead of asking trivial questions, ask yourself what purpose God has for your life, and how he wants to work through you to spread his Gospel to others. I will pray for you. Have a nice day! =)
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Jesus is a prophet, sometimes compared to God HimSelf\nKrishna is God!
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Jesus did not worship himself and either do I.  I worship the God that he worshiped.  I am a folower of Jesus (peace be upon him) but not a Christian.\n\nJust like he said "the father is greater than me." enough said.
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You've just pointed out the biggest contradiction in a belief in god.  Religious people answer this (it isn't really an answer) by usually saying, "we can't understand god's will" or some such response.  But the truth is, it's contradictory and illogical.  Same thing for prayer -- if god's got a plan and it's already all laid out, why bother to pray to him for anything, since he's apparently already decided if you'll get it or not? \n\nAnd, apparently, if god has a plan, then me not believing in him is all part of his plan, and I'm just fulfilling his wishes by not believing in him -- so christians, stop trying to convert me!\n\n:)
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Jesus is not God. He never claimed to be God. At John 3:17, does it say that God came to earth? No. It says that God sent his Son, not himself.\n\nThe scripture you used at John 8:58 is another trinitarian "proof" that Jesus is God. But is it? The expression at John 8:58 is quite different from the one used at Exodus 3:14. Jesus did not use it as a name or a title but as a means of explaining his prehuman existence. Hence, note how some other Bible versions render John 8:58. \n\n1869: "From before Abraham was, I have been." The New Testament, by G. R. Noyes. \n \n1935: "I existed before Abraham was born!" The Bible—An American Translation, by J. M. P. Smith and E. J. Goodspeed. \n \n1965: "Before Abraham was born, I was already the one that I am." Das Neue Testament, by Jörg Zink. \n \n1981: "I was alive before Abraham was born!" The Simple English Bible. \n \n1984: "Before Abraham came into existence, I have been." New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.  \n\nThus, the real thought of the Greek used here is that God's created "firstborn," Jesus, had existed long before Abraham was born. Colossians 1:15; Proverbs 8:22, 23, 30; Revelation 3:14. \n\nAgain, the context shows this to be the correct understanding. This time the Jews wanted to stone Jesus for claiming to "have seen Abraham" although, as they said, he was not yet 50 years old. (Verse 57) Jesus' natural response was to tell the truth about his age. So he naturally told them that he "was alive before Abraham was born!\n\nThere is no Bible verse that says Jesus is Almighty God.
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I struggle with this all the time.  I only know that the Commandments 1st law is to worship only God, for he is a jealous God....and that we aren't supposed to worship idols, etc.  Even if Jesus was the son of God, he was still born a human being and died like one....and how can you consider HIM to be God, when on the cross while he was dieing, he cried out, Father, forgive them....and Father, why hast thou forsaken me...into your hands I command my spirit.  That to me says he ISN"T God...he worshipped God himself, just like all the Jewish people did of the time.  For the very fear of offending God, I will not put Jesus first....and sometimes I see all these crosses on everything and everyone, aren't they considered statues or symbols?  God said NOT to worship them....and I pray for forgiveness if I am wrong.  I believe that there is God...he's the father of this universe, the creator.  I believe in the son because we are all sons and daughters of God if you think about it.  He created us.  And I believe in the spirit because that is what leaves the body.  And I wonder if everlasting life...what is different about that and reincarnation?  I have so many questions myself....but to me, God comes first.  I could be very wrong but it is up to each person to figure it out...and HOPE, like me, that they might be correct.
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Well if u take Jesus as prophet then there will be  no confusion...if he was God why havn't  he saved himself, If he was son of God,why didn't God  save him,and thre is no point in getting killed for other's sins.simply Jesus(pbuh) was  a prophet , and we muslims are at peace by believing this
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I dunno.  Why don't you ask the god in question yourself?
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Prayer is offered to a person in two ways: first, as to be fulfilled by him, secondly, as to be obtained through him. On the first way we offer prayer to God alone, since all our prayers ought to be directed to the acquisition of grace and glory, which God alone gives, according to Psalm 83:12, "The Lord will give grace and glory." But in the second way we pray to the saints, whether angels or men, not that God may through them know our petitions, but that our prayers may be effective through their prayers and merits. Hence it is written (Apocalypse 8:4) that "the smoke of the incense," namely "the prayers of the saints ascended up before God." This is also clear from the very style employed by the Church in praying: since we beseech the Blessed Trinity "to have mercy on us," while we ask any of the saints "to pray for us." \n\nMany Christians begin to learn about the Trinity through knowledge of Baptism. This is also a starting point for others in comprehending why the doctrine matters to so many Christians, even though the doctrine itself teaches that the being of God is beyond complete comprehension. The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are structured around profession of the Trinity, and are solemnly professed by converts to Christianity when they receive baptism, and in the Church's liturgy, particularly when celebrating the Eucharist. One or both of these creeds are often used as brief summations of Christian faith by mainstream denominations.\n\nOne God\nGod is one, and the Godhead a single being: The Hebrew Scriptures lift this one article of faith above others, and surround it with stern warnings against departure from this central issue of faith, and of faithfulness to the covenant God had made with them. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" (Deuteronomy 6:4) (the Shema), "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Deuteronomy 5:7) and, "Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel and his redeemer the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; and beside me there is no God." (Isaiah 44:6). Any formulation of an article of faith which does not insist that God is solitary, that divides worship between God and any other, or that imagines God coming into existence rather than being God eternally, is not capable of directing people toward the knowledge of God, according to the trinitarian understanding of the Old Testament. The same insistence is found in the New Testament: "...there is none other God but one" (1 Corinthians 8:4). The "other gods" warned against are therefore not gods at all, but substitutes for God, and so are, according to St. Paul, simply mythological or are demons.\n\nSo, in the trinitarian view, the common conception which thinks of the Father and Christ as two separate beings, is incorrect. The central, and crucial affirmation of Christian faith is that there is one savior, God, and one salvation, manifest in Jesus Christ, to which there is access only because of the Holy Spirit. The God of the Old is still the same as the God of the New. In Christianity, it is understood that statements about a solitary god are intended to distinguish the Hebraic understanding from the polytheistic view, which see divine power as shared by several separate beings, beings which can, and do, disagree and have conflicts with each other. The concept of Many comprising One is quite visible in the Gospel of John, chapter 17, verses 20 through 23.\n\nGod exists in three persons\n\nThe "Shield of the Trinity" or "Scutum Fidei" diagram of traditional Western Christian symbolism.This one God however exists in three persons, or in the Greek hypostases. God has but a single divine nature. Chalcedonians — Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants — hold that, in addition, the Second Person of the Trinity — God the Son, Jesus — assumed human nature, so that he has two natures (and hence
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Jesus was a messenger of God.
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"}\ndid Jesus claim to be God and the son of God?\nyes \n\ndid he demand that he be believed \nyes\n\nNot only did he make that claim for himself but the father made it on his behalf!
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There is not a single unequivocal statement in the entire Bible where Jesus (peace be upon him) himself says, "I am God" or where he says, "worship me".\n\n[Mark 12:29] "Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord." \n\nSame message is repeated in the Glorious Quran in \n"Say: He is Allah,  The One and Only. "\n[Al-Qur’an 112:1]\n\nWhy did jesus pbuh said in mark 12:29 that '...the lord   OUR   god is one lord'. Why didn't he said that lord    YOUR    god is one lord. It means that one lord is also the lord of jesus pbuh.\n\nAlso in John 20:17, Jesus told Mary Magdalene to tell his followers: "I ascend unto my Father and your Father and to my God and your God". By referring to God as "his God", he left no room for anyone to claim that he was God. Anyone who claims to have a God, cannot be God.\n\n"Indeed they reject the truth, those that say "God is Christ, the son of Mary." For indeed, Christ said, worship God, who is my God and your God (Quran 5:75)."\n\nQuran speaks about positive image of Jesus... we muslims love Jesus.. be we donot believe that He is God. because There is only One God....please contact me at taimur_1984 if you have any more questions regarding islam. \n www.islamtomorrow.com
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You are right, it sounds stupid when it's interpeted that way.  Perhaps the preachers and priests are pulling a fast one eh?\n\noh, and three gods in one? what's that about?  father/son/holyghost????  where did the ghostie come from???????\n\nthe only explanation i can really give you is that most people simply listen to other people about who to follow blindly.  I read the bible, and I know that this stuff about praying to jesus is crap, jesus is not god, never was, and he would tell you so if he was here right now.\n\nJesus always admonished his followers to pray to his father, God, he never said "Pray to ME!"
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Jesus and God, both being one and the same. If Jesus resurrected himself and God resurrected Jesus the equation must equal the fact the Jesus is God. \nI didn't even have to look up your verses but thanks for the hint anyway.\n\nWatch out you JW's this stuff will confuse you if you don't look the answer up in your little book and don't ask the elders opinion.\n\nYou are probably gonna get bashed for this one Schneb.\n\nMay 20,\nOh yeah, I almost forgot. In Romans you have the Holy Spirit raising Jesus. And there you have your Trinity. I guess I should have looked up the verses rather than doing it from memory.
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u are an idiot. you call yourself a christian, but you dont even understand your god's teaching. \n\nhow can you worship a god who condemns people who try to be good? why would u WANT to worship a god who is so vain, and so full of himself, that the only way to get in his good graces. that's disgusting. not to mention, that you only worship this god, TO SAVE YOURSELF! \n\nno one is righteous, that's for sure, but the mere fact that someone tried to be means something.