Jesus’ opposers accused him of making himself equal to god. (john 5:18; 10:30 33) however, jesus never claimed to be on the same level as almighty god. he said: “the father is greater than i am.”—john 14:28. jesus’ early followers did not view him as being equal to almighty god. for example, the apostle paul wrote that after jesus was. A) the text says, “thomas answered and said to him: ‘my lord and my god!’”. thomas was addressing jesus. b) in psalm 35:23 (septuagint), the same greek grammatical structure is used as in john 20:28. the psalmist david says, “awake, o lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my god and my lord.”.
The bible plainly calls jesus “god” in several places and otherwise makes it clear that jesus is divine. jehovah’s witnesses, however, will acknowledge that jesus is a divine being and even call him a god while denying that he is, in fact, the almighty god and the uncreated creator. it is, therefore, helpful to be able to show a few of. The bible’s answer. jesus’ opposers accused him of making himself equal to god. (john 5:18; 10:30 33) however, jesus never claimed to be on the same level as almighty god. he said: “the father is greater than i am.”—. john 14:28. jesus’ early followers did not view him as being equal to almighty god. for example, the apostle paul. The bible indicates that there is three in oneness in the godhead (matt. 28:19; cf. 2 cor. 13:14). thus doctrinal support for the trinity is compellingly strong. 3. jesus christ. jehovah’s witnesses believe that jesus was created by jehovah as the archangel michael before the physical world existed, and is a lesser, though mighty, god. Summary of jehovah's witness teaching: jehovah god is the creator (revelation 4:11). he is without beginning or end, and he is almighty (psalm 90:2). jesus, on the other hand, had a beginning (colossians 1:15 16). colossians 1:15 calls jesus “the image of the invisible god.”.
The bible indicates that there is three in oneness in the godhead (matt. 28:19; cf. 2 cor. 13:14). thus doctrinal support for the trinity is compellingly strong. 3. jesus christ. jehovah’s witnesses believe that jesus was created by jehovah as the archangel michael before the physical world existed, and is a lesser, though mighty, god. Summary of jehovah's witness teaching: jehovah god is the creator (revelation 4:11). he is without beginning or end, and he is almighty (psalm 90:2). jesus, on the other hand, had a beginning (colossians 1:15 16). colossians 1:15 calls jesus “the image of the invisible god.”. The answer is, yes, because jesus is jehovah. i’ve used this argument on jehovah’s witnesses and have yet to receive a reasonable response back. the only response available to the jehovah’s witness is to downplay the attributes in hebrews 1 to fit the description of a created creature. but this won’t work, because the same attributes. Do jehovah’s witnesses believe in jesus? yes. we believe in jesus, who said: “i am the way and the truth and the life. no one comes to the father except through me.” (john 14:6) we have faith that jesus came to earth from heaven and gave his perfect human life as a ransom sacrifice. (matthew 20:28) his death and resurrection make it.
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