Christianity Etc › Re: The Identity Of Christ, God Himself Or The Son Of God? by Steep(m): 12:53pm On Feb 10, 2025 |
gohf: If we believe God created all things, then it includes his word and the angels. It even includes the throne he seats on, or did someone create it for him? Ofcourse not.
He created both the message and the messengers, the message came from him just as the messengers come from him.
God is God, He doesn't exist because of His word, His word exists because of Him, He is the source of all.
I like that the Hebrew word for create means cut out, if Jesus was cut out from God it means he was created. delulu. God created everything through Jesus. That removes Jesus from things created meaning he is uncreated. John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: |
Christianity Etc › Re: Luke 7 & Matthew 8 Show That Jesus Is Not God by Steep(m): 6:50pm On Feb 01, 2025 |
gohf: 2John.1.7 There are a lot of smooth-talking charlatans loose in the world who refuse to believe that Jesus Christ was truly human, a flesh-and-blood human being. Give them their true title: Deceiver! Antichrist!
Steep Jesus is not just human he is God. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Luke 7 & Matthew 8 Show That Jesus Is Not God by Steep(m): 6:49pm On Feb 01, 2025 |
Janosky: Oga, your claim D.O.A.
You can argue as much as you want, the complete Jewish bible disagrees with your Trinitarian view.
Oga Steep,You know what? Different Bible translations by Trinitarians rejected your claim about Titus 2:13, notably the popular King James Bible and American Standard Version plus Catholic Church Bible translations & others.
John 17:3 Amplified Bible Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God,
[b] Oga, your ghost deity didn't give these Trinitarian translators the intel deceiving you. Screenshot Evidences oooO  *Douay-Rheims Bible Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ,
**Catholic Public Domain Version looking forward to the blessed hope and the advent of the glory of the great God and of our Savior Jesus Christ.
+++New American Bible as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ,
++++New Revised Standard Version while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. ***** Translations from Aramaic Lamsa Bible Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
******Aramaic Bible in Plain English While we look for the blessed hope and the revelation of the glory of The Great God and Our Lifegiver, Yeshua The Messiah" Oga, your claim refuted by your fellow Trinitarians. Any Trinitarian view not supported by Catholic Church Bibles is D.O.A las las.  [/b] Great God and saviour is Jesus.
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Christianity Etc › Re: Isaiah 9:6; Answering A Question About It's Proper Interpretation by Steep(m): 9:35pm On Jan 31, 2025 |
gohf: Matt.10.40 "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. If Jesus recieve the same honor as God the Father that means Jesus is God. By Jesus statement The Worship given to Jesus must be same as that given to the father. No wonder the Jews wanted to stone Jesus. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Luke 7 & Matthew 8 Show That Jesus Is Not God by Steep(m): 9:32pm On Jan 31, 2025 |
Janosky: That verse is a subject of controversy because it conflicting with other Bible verses Paul wrote about Jesus. 1 Corinthians 11:3, is God is superior to himself? How many persons are spoken of in 1 Corinthians 11:3? There is no controversy, It is very clear. Jesus is God. If you want answers you must first be honest with the text. It is overwhelming clear that scripture calls Jesus God. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Can Anyone Refute The Claim Of Jw Believe That Angel Michael Is Jesus Christ by Steep(m): 8:29pm On Jan 30, 2025 |
MaxInDHouse: This means taking the form of lower beings (humans) as he is one of higher beings (angels) If Jesus was an angel how come Hebrews said that Jesus is great than angels? Hebrews 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Luke 7 & Matthew 8 Show That Jesus Is Not God by Steep(m): 8:22pm On Jan 30, 2025 |
gohf: the great God not gods, and our Savior Jesus Christ. If you listened all the times I answered you, you won't be repeated your folly again and again. Actually it is "our Great God and saviour" the original Greek translation ties great God and saviour together and apply it to one person which is Jesus christ. Paul literally called Jesus our great God and Saviour.
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Christianity Etc › Re: Can Anyone Refute The Claim Of Jw Believe That Angel Michael Is Jesus Christ by Steep(m): 8:13pm On Jan 30, 2025 |
Janosky:
See Hebrew 12:7-9 & Psalms 8:5. Luke 24:26.
(Jehovah) You made him (Jesus ) a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honour, and did set him over the works of thy hands"
God brought His servant from a glorious exalted heavenly realm to the lower earthly realm where Jesus would experience every sort of maltreatment and eventual death in the hands of men, did the tasks given to Jesus require humility?
Psalms 103:20 & John 3:16,Acts 3:13, Jesus Christ is a servant.
Read carefully Jesus was not originally in the form of a servant but in the form of God, he is not a mere exalted servant but he is originally in same form with the father but take a servant form. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Isaiah 9:6; Answering A Question About It's Proper Interpretation by Steep(m): 8:01pm On Jan 30, 2025 |
gohf: those who worship things and created things as God's are pagan. John 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. The same honor given to the father is given to the Son or else you don't worship God. Would I also be a pagan for serving my country, and bowing to my parents. Steep don't being steep in stupidity. You constantly reject the truth and promote a lie to destroy the souls of others. Who will save you if you don't stop when mercy and grace is available and you reject it. The service Paul is taking about is spiritual service. Spiritual service is only given to God but now it is given to Jesus. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Luke 7 & Matthew 8 Show That Jesus Is Not God by Steep(m): 4:30am On Jan 30, 2025 |
Janosky: John 20:17, Jesus Christ has explained his stand and status.
The context of John 20:12-29 proven your claim faulty.
Thomas exclaimed in verse 28, because he was doubtful of Jesus resurrection. John 20:28 ends with exclamation mark. "Oh my God"/my God !/ my goodness"! are exclamation point. Paul is a confirmed staunch Judaist before conversion.
After his conversion,he spoke @ Acts 9:20, the first sermon of Paul the apostle.
He wrote 1 Corinthians 11:3. The same people who doctored 1 Timothy 3:16 tampered with Titus 2:13. Paul was never a Trinitarian.  The question is who was Thomas speaking to? Answer Jesus Christ Thomas was exclaiming that Jesus was his Lord and God. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Luke 7 & Matthew 8 Show That Jesus Is Not God by Steep(m): 4:27am On Jan 30, 2025 |
Janosky:
The Biblehub commentary on John 10:33 knocked out your claim. Screenshot evidence. John 10:33 correct rendition: "(Jesus) Making himself a god".
Check Emphatic Diaglott Bible.
The context of John 10:34-36 proven that Biblehub commentary is very correct.. 
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Christianity Etc › Re: Luke 7 & Matthew 8 Show That Jesus Is Not God by Steep(m): 7:46pm On Jan 29, 2025 |
The Jews wanted to stone Jesus because he made himself God. Guess what Jesus calmed he has being sanctified by the father meaning whatever he says is true.
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus reinforced his initial statement that he is one with God the Father by appealing to his Sonship. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Luke 7 & Matthew 8 Show That Jesus Is Not God by Steep(m): 7:40pm On Jan 29, 2025 |
gohf: When you hear someone say, Jesus is God because you cannot separate a person from their word, it is when a lie is meant to sound logically or when logic is used in confusing you into accepting a lie. The truth is, to represent a person doesn't mean you become that person.
The question you should ask from Matthew 8 and Luke 7 is, did Jesus go to the house of the centurion to heal his servant? The answer is No
Jesus spoke a word, he sent a word. You may say only God can sent a word, at times it's like we forget the bible starts with genesis and has stories of Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Isaiah, Elijah, Elisha, Ezekiel the prophets of God that God spoke through.
So when you read some miracles you believe that it is God doing them, yes it is God's doing but through the hands of a man.
Jesus calls himself the son of man, Matt. 8:20, demons in fear recognize him as the son of God, Matt. 8:29
In Luke.7.16 Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us"; and, "God has visited His people."
Is Jesus being called a great prophet or God here? It is only those who see Jesus as God who would say yes, but Jesus wasn't called God here but a prophet through whok God was visiting His people.
John asked are you the Messiah, he didn't ask are you God?
Why then do you ask if Jesus is God? Do you know? Thomas confessed that Jesus is his Lord and God. John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God. Paul confessed that Jesus is our great God and saviour Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; |
Christianity Etc › Re: Isaiah 9:6; Answering A Question About It's Proper Interpretation by Steep(m): 7:35pm On Jan 29, 2025 |
gohf: 🤣😂 of course we worship and serve Jesus as ministers and servants for he is King not a god nor an idol like the mammon many worship and tithe to.
Pelach is used mainly for service and servants
While shachah is used mainly for worship, is like to give yourself to another, to submit yourself completely. That's why when such occurs in revelation the reply is, worship only God.
I have to go and check if they bowed to the lamb of God as they bowed to God. What I do know is, their worship and words were different for the two. So you worship a creature. Romans 1:25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. You serve what is not God. Galatians 4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. You are a pagan. |
Christianity Etc › Re: The Curses Of Disobedience On Christians by Steep(m): 1:59pm On Jan 29, 2025 |
Tobi2025: During the time of the law,there was a lot of blessings and curses, however,as we look further,we see the curses that is now being at work for disobedience!!!!!! CURSES ON MOBILITY:Deuteronomy 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. Deuteronomy 28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. This curse was on the person who disobeys and it would follow them everywhere they go or from where they come regardless of tribe,race, tongue,town,village,city,nation or continent. It was so horrible. If you notice an irregular occurrence negatively repeating around you then check yourself to see if you are Under a CURSE because of disobedience! Check also if you have been cursed by enemies,those that hates you or Satan or fallen angels or demons. A curse is a curse. Some cursed individuals step into a place of trust,peace,loyalty,harmony,love and diligence and the negative of these good things happen to them in a short time from place to place. Some Christians too have unbroken or unknown curses following them all around. Ignorance is the worst covering on curses! 2)CURSES ON BASIC AMENITIES:one of the curses on basic amenities extended to food security.In such manner we discover that such cursed person would hardly have or find food to eat despite all their labours on food production. Food,clothing and shelter,all require land to be used ,but when the land is hijacked and taken over by wicked ones,these are what normally occurs. Deuteronomy 28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. When the people of God embrace another god and have idols worshipped in place of God,such things happens. 28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: We see miscreants,mixed multitudes,enemies and foreign terrorists laying waste to our labours. 28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. Isolation,disownment and forced migration becomes the only hope of survival! 28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. Dearth of natural resources and things become another thing. 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: Today,we see banditry,robbers , thieves, terrorists,animal rustlers and destroyers wasting farmlands and their produces. Foreign herdsmen and fighters laying siege to numerous farmlands of farm owners,killing and destroying them. We wonder if it's planned or if a curse of Disobedience is at work. A Christian needs to check.
28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. It's so painful that in Nigeria,we disobedient Christians are reaping what we have sowed. Nigerian ministers who also have compromised with the enemies and their congregations may not appear touched ,but the others who have nothing in the matter now suffer the consequences! 3)CURSES ON SECURITY: It was divine protection that God gave the children of Israel,however,when they now turned against God and disobeyed him,their borders became porous,leading to loss of lives and property. This also applies today ,to those Christians who so much trust in carnal security. They fail to trust in God as Almighty and believe it's a man that can save them or deliver them in various forms be it spiritual,economic or political.
When such happens,God will hand such people over his children to enemies. Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. Today,national security apparatuses are facing Soo many challenges because Christians who have the keys to bind and loose against spiritual forces have drawn back from God. So demonic hierarchy and forces have taken over wicked people to perpetuate all forms of evil eg Terrorism, kidnappings,banditry,serial killings,assassinations,armed robbery,homicides,theft,ritual killings and judicial mis killings all over the nation and in Christian territories. 28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. Dead bodies of slain citizens have always been found from one of the above listed 28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. Nigerian Christians are a laughing stock All over the world,most especially the Big ministers who are on television. 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in unclothedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. Today,the yoke of iron is inflation and a very poor minimum wage that is like a stipend on the necks of Christians. One cannot afford to be secure all wise as things have become so beyond an ordinary mans purchasing power! It's our disobedience we are all reaping for trusting in man than in God! 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; Anytime rulers from a particular area in Nigeria are given power which is not given to them by God by God's people,depression, victimization,servitude,nepotism become more rampant leading to hardship. 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: A lot of wrong rulers who ruled Nigeria were not from Nigeria and this lead to economic drain on Nigeria. These leaders have carried away national Treasury to overseas and Nigeria has been bleeding . 28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. Bad economic policies become the order of the day whenever these are in place. 28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Until security of lives and properties become so insecure then we now realize we have sinned against God!!! 4)CURSES ON HEALTH:when the people of God who enjoyed divine health and mental prosperity of body soul and spirit disobey God,a door is opened for pandemics and endemics up till little sicknesses come upon them. Such may result into physical death and spiritual deaths. Deuteronomy 28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. It is pertinent to note that in the New testament when Jesus Christ healed a certain man ,he told him to go and sin no more lest a worse thing comes unto him!!!! 28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. Such decimates children of God and their destiny becomes cut off. It will be foolish to think that the dispensation of Grace covers disobedience to a point of daftness. It's all a lie and God must not be taken for granted. If one keeps themselves from sin,the wicked one will not touch them in anyway. However,chastening by the rod is a form of God's rebuke against his erring children who disobeys him outrightly and with evil intentions of rebellion. Afflictions of the righteous will multiply in these latter days not only because of sin individually but because of sins of christian nations . Such curses may not totally be at work in this time but it does occur to those whose Generations have long being living in sins of disobedience to God . It always occurs in these things always and in like manner. 5)CURSES ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL REPRODUCTION: GOD never created you to be barren or to have miscarriage or to have low fertility or reproductive organ dysfunction. These are the work of demons that come through curses of disobedience. Paternity fraud and surrogacy are also some ways mankind are trying to bring themselves out of the curses! Such is not working and won't work. A curse is a divine statement and no form of human solution can break it unless the words of a divine power or being is involved Deuteronomy 28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. CANNIBALISM is a curse and a demonic practice among cultures because of a curse in place. 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
28:57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Having seen these curses ,it is pertinent not to joke with seven major arms of demonic infiltration by sin into the lives of mankind. 1) Ancestral 2) Parental 3) Dynasty 4) Tribal 5) township 6)State 6)National curses which are specific among any culture,customs or traditions on earth. One must trace the roots and uproot them by Deliverance. Jesus Christ said "Luke 3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Every human being is like a tree but the root is the source of their existence where they came from. The branches are like families and the fruits are like their offspring(children) of a generation. Curses are like what corrupts or makes one evil. Matthew 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law but it doesn't mean we should not dig personally our lives and undergo deliverance from the curses so that we can be free to serve God in Holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives. Failure to do so will make us to live a Christian life in and out of Disobedience Those are not curses on Christian, Christians are in a different covenant. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Isaiah 9:6; Answering A Question About It's Proper Interpretation by Steep(m): 1:49pm On Jan 28, 2025 |
Do you know? The word translated as serve in Daniel 7:14,27 is the same word used in Daniel 3:14. It is used only in the context of service offered to a deity. This only means the Son of man that appeared in the cloud is God. |
Politics › Re: Tinubu Inherited ₦87.38 Trillion Debt, Not ₦21 Trillion – DMO Clarifies by Steep(m): 1:12pm On Jan 28, 2025 |
Money that is being shared to politicians. From buhari to tinubu it is all about borrow and share to politicians (criminals) |
Health › Re: Trump Halts HIV Funding For Nigeria by Steep(m): 1:02pm On Jan 28, 2025 |
DrAda: Oh well, I called it America does not owe you anything, you are an independent country or you want to start paying taxes to America? Woke left junkies of a democratic almost destroyed America. |
Health › Re: Trump Halts HIV Funding For Nigeria by Steep(m): 1:01pm On Jan 28, 2025 |
JuanDeDios: They won't. If they want to, the money is just not there. This is a sad day. Why will they, when all they do is borrow money and share it to politicians. Bunch of criminals, politics has totally destroyed them. |
Health › Re: Trump Halts HIV Funding For Nigeria by Steep(m): 12:59pm On Jan 28, 2025 |
Why should America be paying subsidies for another country? Your government steal all your money but you blame trump for protecting his country. We are not entitled to receive anything from America inasmuch we don't pay taxes to American government. |
Christianity Etc › Re: One Day, Man Will Become God by Steep(m): 5:39pm On Jan 26, 2025 |
tctrills: Now let me explain using your logic. 5+5 is always 10. Unless you are given more information. For example, 5+5 in base 2, it is not equal to 10.
So when the phrase All things is used, by the author, we assume the author, (in this case the bible) is truthful and we don't make exceptions. But in another case the same author uses the phase but gives you an exception, it will be foolish to compare it with the case where no exceptions were given. Have I cleared your doubts? 🤦♂️ |
Christianity Etc › Re: One Day, Man Will Become God by Steep(m): 5:15pm On Jan 26, 2025 |
tctrills: You are not making sense but I have time and Patience. All things clearly means without exception. Now I for the example you gave, the same writer, (The bible) made an exception. The bible tells you that Jesus is begotten of the Father. If the bible did not make that exception, then one is right to assume that Jesus created the Father. On the other hand, we shall inherit all things. No exceptions were made by the bible so why are you creating exceptions. If there was an exception, the Lord would have revealed it in the bible and it will not be up to you to add it. Do you understand now? At bolded you are deluded. How can you say 1+1=2 and at the same time start explaining why 1+1 is not two? Can't you see your confusion? |
Christianity Etc › Re: One Day, Man Will Become God by Steep(m): 5:12pm On Jan 26, 2025 |
tctrills: So I have already resolved your concerns in my last post but I feel it's a bit unfair to die on one verse when we have the entire bible to learn from. Let's explore other verses to learn more. Infact, let's start from the very beginning. This is going to be a bit long but I promise, you will get it at last.
Let me present it point by point
1. Man Was Created in God’s Image Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness’... So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. - This establishes that humans were created with a divine resemblance and a potential to reflect God’s nature. Man was created to reflect God' nature but however man is not God and cannot be God. 2. The Fall and the Loss of Divine Likeness Genesis 3:5n(Satan speaking) For God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. The Fall led to separation from God, but the original purpose of man was still to bear God’s likeness. likeness of God but not God himself. [quotw]3. The Promise of Becoming Like God. In the verse below, Sons of God are refered to as Gods. Psalm 82:6 I said, ‘You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High. - Jesus later quotes this verse (John 10:34-35) Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?[/quote]Psalm 82:6 is not speaking of Christian leaders but of Jewish judges. However, It does not mean they were actually Gods just as God calling Moses a God does not mean he is actually a God. 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; to affirm that those who receive God’s word are called “gods. Hence we learn that receiving Christ makes us gods/Sons of God It does not mean they are actually Gods. Matthew 5:48 “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. - Jesus commands believers to strive for divine perfection. Like God, we can be someday perfect. No one can God in the resurrection which comes by God's power and still does not make sons of God actually God. 4. Participation in Divine Nature -2 Peter 1:4"Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."* - This verse explicitly states that believers will partake in God’s divine nature. The nature of God simply means the characteristics of God. Think about this, you look like God, act like God and have the characteristics of God, what are you? This is basic logic. except, you are ignorant of the word translated as divine in 2 Peter 1:4, the nature of God there is not his deity or essence. 5. Becoming One with God - John 17:21-23 (Jesus praying to the Father) That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us... I in them, and You in Me, that they may be made perfect in one.”* - Jesus prays for believers to be united with God in the same way He is with the Father. The very same things that unite Christ to his Father will unite us to him and his Father. that is the oneness of unity. Jesus unity with the father is as a result of having same being with the father, but the believers oneness with God is as a result of having the holy Spirit. 6. Being Transformed into God’s Likeness - 1 John 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. - This confirms that believers will become like God in the future. obviously this is talking of physical appearance not deity, believers do not become God, they get same humanity as christ. 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory. Like God, our glory will increase from everlasting to everlasting. This shows an ongoing transformation into divine glory. when Moses went to the mountain and the glory of God came on him did he become God? No. 7. Final Glorification – Becoming Like Christ Romans 8:29-30 "For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son… And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. - The final stage of salvation is glorification, making believers like Christ.
- Philippians 3:21 “[Jesus] will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body.” - Believers will have divine, glorified bodies like Christ. We shall have the same bodies that Christ and our Father has. If the bible calls us Sons of God, coheirs with Christ, Gods, who are we to doubt that the faithful will become Gods? Just read your Bible. Dtruthspeaker and lecowas, this could help you too See what bad theology has done to you God the Father doesn't have a body only christ has a body. Again the glory the church is the glory of christ given to him as result of his office as the christ. Not his glory he shared with the father. |
Christianity Etc › Re: One Day, Man Will Become God by Steep(m): 4:43pm On Jan 26, 2025 |
tctrills: Again, you have chosen verses that do not support your point in any way. Let's take a look at your logic. 1 Corinthians 3:22, you claim it excludes God but does it? When it specifically says All Things All things clearly include things that are not mentioned in the verse. All things mean nothing is excluded. your logic is inconsistent and contradictory. According to you "all things" means nothing is excluded. If I say, I give you my car, my house, and all things I owe. Would you say that I excluded my company just because I did not expressly mention it? Is my company not covered by the clause of all things? Sir, your logic isn't so right. Sons of God are given all things that their Father has, What does that make them? According to you if a man give everything that he owned it means there is no exception, it means including himself. Again, your argument using Colossians 1:16 is a bit shallow because the bible teaches that Christ was begotten of the Father so from reading the bible, we know he did not create the Father. But if the Bible did not teach that Christ was begotten of the Father, then one can make the argument you are trying to make. The teaching that Christ was begotten of the Father is a Clause to the verse you mentioned. So, that's not a very good example from you. see how stupid your logic is, you just contradicted yourself. Earlier on you said "All things" means without exception. Now you just contradicted yourself. What are you explaining since according to your dumb logic "all things" means without exceptions. So following your logic the all things in col include the father and christ. Simple. |
Christianity Etc › Re: One Day, Man Will Become God by Steep(m): 8:24am On Jan 26, 2025 |
tctrills: None of the verses you states says that all things exclude God. Please provide the verse that says so and remember, we don't add or subtract from the bible. 1 Corinthians 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 3:23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. Don't you see that order of ownership, the church owns all things but christ owns the church and God owns christ, which automatically means christ and God are excluded from all things owned by the church. The verse you quoted is a very lazy attempt to prove your point. That verse only mentions few things they will inherit before repeating that all things are yours. Going by your flawed logic, since the verse did not expressly say that they inherit God, that means that they will equally not inherit any other item not specifically mentioned in the verse. But then the verse goes on to say, all things are yours. That practically covers everything. It is not a lazy attempt but a sound exegesis of scripture. You don't just pull up a single verse of scripture and misinterpret it. Let's see whose logic is flawed. Supposing according to you the word "all things" is aboslute let's apply your logic on the use of all things in other parts of the bible. Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: By using your logic on all things be in absolute sense It would mean christ created God, right? Now whose logic is now flawed? Now, to the meaning of inheritance. Yes, an inheritance is given and God wants to give his children everything he has. Do you know why we are the sons of God? It's because we can become live him. That is his plan for us. In the bible we are commanded to be holy as our Father in heaven is. We are again commanded to be perfect as our Father in heaven is. His simple plan is to give us all that he has. That excludes God and christ. Sons of God become like God but don't become God. Jesus christ is not like God he is God, see the difference? |
Christianity Etc › Re: One Day, Man Will Become God by Steep(m): 4:36am On Jan 26, 2025 |
tctrills: So Co heirs means we get to inherit what he inherits right? What did Christ inherit from the Father? Did he inherit everything? Revelation 21:7 "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Shall we inherit everything the Father has? Do you even know the meaning of inheritance? You can can only inherit what is given to you, there is a glory given to Christ and there is glory he already possess as God. It is the gory the Father gave to him that he shares with the church. John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: Rev 21:7 is referring to all things God created. Revelation 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 1 Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 3:23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. You can see that all things the church inherits exclude God himself hence they don't become God just as christ himself doesn't become God but Christ is already God from eternity he didn't inherit it. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Questions About The Ascension Of Jesus by Steep(m): 10:25am On Jan 25, 2025 |
Godson1379: Can a Spiritual body have flesh and bones  Jesus body has flesh and bones and yet it is a spiritual body. |
Christianity Etc › Re: For The Children Of Persecuted Christians By Tolulope Ilori by Steep(m): 10:20am On Jan 25, 2025 |
Amen. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Questions About The Ascension Of Jesus by Steep(m): 8:16pm On Jan 24, 2025 |
Godson1379: What type of body exactly?
Body with Flesh, blood, bones?
Can you be specific? Jesus said his body had flesh and bones. Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. This mean that Jesus body is no longer a natural body but a spiritual one. |
Christianity Etc › Re: All Muslims Are Not Going To Hell! Abraham And Elijah Made Heaven As Jews! by Steep(m): 3:14pm On Jan 24, 2025 |
Daejumong: If you believe in God but don’t believe in Jesus , are you destined for Hell? What is the fate of Jews, Muslims, traditional worshippers,Buddhists and other religions?
The Jews believe in the God of Abraham,Moses and David but don’t believe in Jesus! Are they all destined for hell? Elijah and Abraham made heaven as Jews and not as Christians!
Even among Christians, there are so many divisions/factions and denominations with different beliefs about God and Jesus. Some of these denominations believe they are the only righteous ones going to heaven while others are going to hell!
At the end of the day, God is the final judge. Man and religion have differing opinions but God remains the final arbiter. ‘Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man’ (Eccl 12:13)
In conclusion, when Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment in Matt 22:36-40; Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
Let peace reign and let’s stop fighting each other’s religion. Love God and love your neighbour, that is the ultimate divine instruction. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. This include Abraham, Enoch etc. The whole human race has failed to meet God's demand as a result are all condemned to death. The only way to be saved is look to God for his salvation, that is what Abraham, Enoch, Noah etc did anyone irrespective of tribe look for God to save them would be saved. Jesus christ is God's salvation he became flesh, he is the one all who look for God was searching for. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Questions About The Ascension Of Jesus by Steep(m): 3:00pm On Jan 24, 2025 |
Truthseeker10: Oga tell us the difference between spirit body and spiritual body na.
You used the word 'human body' to describe the Jesus physical body when he was on earth.
Now what is your issue with the word 'spirit body' as used to refer to 'spiritual body'?
Tell us the difference please
Does Jesus have a spiritual body or a physical body now? Answer the question without deflecting. First show me where it says spirit body? So when has the word spiritual become spirit? When paul referred to the believers as spiritual, was he saying they were spirit? 1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. So if Paul calling the believers spiritual does not mean they are spirits, how come you think spiritual body means spirit body? |
Christianity Etc › Re: Questions About The Ascension Of Jesus by Steep(m): 12:26pm On Jan 24, 2025 |
Truthseeker10: What is the difference between spirit body and spiritual body?
When did human body become physical body?
GOD'S WORD® Translation It is planted as a physical body. It comes back to life as a spiritual body. As there is a physical body, so there is also a spiritual body. Where is the spirit body there? |