This whole "modern Christianity" thing is an oxymoron. I think it's good to be modern to relate to your generation and have practical Biblical application, but when your "modernizing" of the faith begins to undermine Jesus as God, then it becomes destructive. Some people make Christianity a trend or fad. They sell shirts saying "Jesus is my homeboy." To those of us who have a personal relationship with Jesus as Saviour, that's a bit offensive. Secondly, I've heard "Jesus is your best boyfriend." Boyfriend? What about with guys, then who does Jesus become? Jesus is NOT a romantic figure. Yes, we fall in love with Him and He gives us perfect love, but equating Him with the loose term "boyfriend" is desensitizing. WE are the BRIDE of Christ. Our covenant with Him is serious, with marriage (NOT puppy love) being an earthly example. And thirdly, Jesus is now a corporation. Many entities make money off of retail or events by stamping the "Christian" label or being affiliated with something else for the wrong reasons. They have lots of Christian "merch" that conforms to the patterns of the world to make people want to buy it. They even sell a "Christian" revolver.... what is that?? The kingdom of God needs financial support, and tithing is essential, but when your heart motive in living out the faith is to get money or to sell things, your heart is in the wrong place. We are here for souls.
So to clear all this up, let me just say: JESUS IS GOD.
He is the only One. The Great I Am. He is God. He is more than just the "son of God", in an earthly sense as we interpret that phrase in English. His sonship role (as manifested in the flesh) was for us - to save us and be our Redeemer on the cross. In the new Heaven and new Earth, He will be seated on the Throne - the ONE THRONE. (Revelation 4:2) We worship Jesus, we pray to Jesus, Jesus is God. His name is the name that is above EVERY name. John 1:1 says in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH God, and the Word WAS God, and verse 14 states that this Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Therefore, if that Word was God and is God, and that Word became flesh, than that Word is Jesus. So, Jesus is God. There are people who need to stop underminining the divinty of Christ and get back to the Bible. Colossians 2:9 says "For in Him [Jesus] all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form." ...ALL THE FULNESS! In the name of Jesus, there is POWER, there is STRENGTH, there is HOPE, there is JOY, there is PEACE. He is the Living Water, the Bread of Life, the Alpha, the Omega, the FIRST, the LAST, the beginning and the end! He gets ALL the glory, because HE IS GOD.
There is one body and one Spirit... one hope; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. (Ephesians 4:4-6) In Him [Jesus] we live and move and have our being. Everything is to Him, for Him, by Him, and through Him. He is the only way, the only Truth, and the only Life.
You don't need a "homeboy", you don't need another fad, another trend, another T-shirt, or a "boyfriend". What you need is a Saviour. A Redeemer. A Messiah. A God who saves you, loves you, guides you, and gives you blessings abundantly. A God of grace and mercy. Without having Jesus, you have nothing. He is everything. When you realize, accept, trust, obey, and live out this fact -- Jesus is God -- it will revolutionize your life.
About Me
- Hillary
- I'm Hillary. I'm married my best friend and soulmate in August! He is the best. I'm a very well-rounded, cultured woman. My true passion lies in the souls of people. Serving the Lord is my greatest priority. I find complete satisfaction in the sacrificial Christian life. I am currently a nursing student. I'm very active and always on-the-go. I'm a great insomniac. I'm a very blunt and sarcastic person, so if you can handle that... you'll enjoy my blog. :)
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Greetings Hillary
Who is Jesus?
(Mat 16:16-17) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Peter's answer plus the affirmation from Christ that the right answer was revealed to Peter by the ONE GOD, the Father;
should clear all this up!
Jesus isn't GOD.
Rather, he is the ONE GOD's Son!
Jesus identified the Father
as the only true GOD;
[John 17.3]
and the ONE GOD, the Father,
revealed that Jesus is the Christ, His Son!
Truly ...
(Mat 11:27) ... no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Look again at Revelation Chapter 4.
In actuality, the one sitted on the throne is GOD
(see 4.2-3)
Whilst the Lamb (i.e. Christ) takes the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne; the one seated on the throne is GOD! Not the Lamb!!
In the book of Revelation, GOD & Christ are clearly shown to be distinct!
(Oh BTW, I am not a trinitarian, so I am NOT talking about 2 or 3 persons in a Godhead!)
For example, in Revelation, Jesus also said:
(Rev 3:12) Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
And then compare:
(John 20:17) ... I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
And who is the Father?
(1 Cor 8:4) ... that there is none other God but one.
(1 Cor 8:6) But to us there is but one God, the Father, ...
Answer: THE ONE GOD!
John 1:1 is about GOD's word.
That is, GOD spoke and it was done. Everything came into existence via GOD's word. (Compare Psalm 33.6,9)
In verse 14, GOD's word became flesh resulting in Jesus of Nazareth.
So Jesus is GOD's word made flesh!
Yes, all the fulness dwells in Christ, however that does not make him, Almighty GOD;
anymore than the answer to Paul's prayer:
[(Eph 3:19) And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.]
would make us, Almighty GOD!
So Paul sums it up in Ephesians 4.
There is one Lord, i.e. Jesus the Messiah
and there is one God and Father.
Thus, ONE GOD, the Father.
ONE Lord, the man Christ Jesus.
Paul confirms:
(1 Cor 8:4) ... that there is none other God but one.
(1 Cor 8:6) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
(1 Tim 2:5) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;
Hillary, for more info, concerning the differences between Oneness doctrine and what the Scriptures actually say, and what the Apostles actually teach,
please see:
60 questions on the Godhead
Yours In Messiah
Adam Pastor
The Human Jesus
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