Jesus is the Christ/Messiah, which means he is the anointed and chosen
one of God (John 20:31; Acts 10:38-42). He is the prophet that God told
Moses he would raise up (Deuteronomy 18:18-19; Acts 3; John 7:15-17). God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ- Acts 2:22-39!
John 4 (Luke 23:35; 1 Peter 2:4-6)
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
Jesus was "made" (genomenon- to
come into existence, begin to be, receive being) of a woman (Galatians
4:4). He is the firstborn from the dead, and is alive forever more
(Revelation 1:4-6,18; Colossians 1:17-20; 1 Corinthians 15:21-28). See also: Matthew 1; Acts 13:22-23; Romans 1:3-4; 2 Timothy 2:8; Galatians 3:16/Acts 3:25-26; Luke 1:68-70
Adam, a man, who was the son of God, was made of the dust of the earth,
and was disobedient to God (Genesis 2:7; Luke 3:38; Romans 5:19). Jesus,
a man, who is the son of God (John 20:31), was made of a woman
(Galatians 4:4) by the power and spirit of our God of the seed of David, and he was and is
obedient to God (Luke 1:30-35; Matthew 1:20; John 8:28-29; John 15:10;
Romans 5). Jesus is of the lineage of David and Abraham- Matthew 1:1, a real human! The first man is earthly, the second man is our Lord Jesus
from heaven-meaning that he came from God (James 1:17; John 6:32,51; 1 Corinthians 15:45,47). By man
came death and by man came the resurrection from the dead (1 Corinthians
15:21-23). Jesus redeemed us to God (Revelation 5:9; 1 Corinthians
15:21,23; Romans chapter 5). He is alive (Luke 24:39; Ephesians 1).
The man Jesus is our High Priest, and is the mediator between the one
God and men (Romans 5:14; 1 Timothy 2:5). God made Jesus to be sin for
us, who knew no sin (Isaiah 53; 1 Peter 2:19-25; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Hebrews 7:24-28;
Hebrews 9). Jesus was tempted on all points just like we are yet without
sin (Hebrews 4:14-15; James 1:14). Jesus willingly gave himself as an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor (Ephesians
5:2,25; Luke 24:44-48; Acts 5:30-32; Acts 4:10-12; Acts 2:22-39). The true and living God, who is the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, raised him from the dead and he is alive forevermore (Ephesians 1; Romans 10:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10).
God cannot be tempted of evil like we are tempted (which means he never was tempted like us at anytime because he is the Living God), neither does God tempt
anyone to do evil (James 1:13-14). God is not a man, and God doesn't change (Hosea 11:9). The scriptures do
not tell us that God "cannot" become a man, but the scriptures tell us
what he "won't do". God said, "I change not..." (Malachi 3:6). God is
not a man, nor is he the son of man, and he never changed. God cannot lie (Numbers 23:19; Titus 1:2).
The God of our Lord Jesus is our God and Father (John 20:17; John 14:28;
1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Peter 1:3; 2 John 1:3; Malachi 2:10).
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
John 8:58
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
No, Jesus didn't mean that he existed before he began to exist. He was not claiming to be YHVH, who is his God and Father, or an angel for that matter-Hebrews 1:5. The God that sent Moses in Exodus 3:14-15 is the very same God who glorified his servant Jesus in Acts 3:13-15. Jesus is a man, and his God is YHVH (1 Timothy 2:5; Acts 2:22; Hebrews 7:24-28). Jesus said in verse 56 of John 8 that Abraham saw his day and rejoiced to see it and was glad. Before Abraham, Jesus was the Messiah, the son of man (John 4:25-26; Micah 5:2-5). Jesus was made of a woman in due time (Galatians 4:4; Luke 1:30-35). From John 8:24, "if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins", and then Jesus let them know that they would know who he is by saying, "When you have lifted up the son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father has taught me I speak these things"-John 8:24-29. Jesus-the son of man, does nothing of himself and only seeks the Father's will and not his own will, for Jesus is the son of the one who is God (John 5:18,30,43; John 7:15-17; 2 John 1:3; Ephesians 1:3,17). In John 8, Jesus refers to himself as a man who told them the truth, which he heard from God (John 8:40, John 7:15-18). All that Jesus said in John 8 is significant. Jesus was foreordained before the foundation of the world, and was slain from the foundation the world(Revelation 13:8), God has chosen us in Jesus before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:19-21; Revelation 13:8; Ephesians 1:4).
Whatever God says will come to pass or happen, we can speak as though it has already happened. Even though it has not literally happened yet. God's word will not return to him void (Isaiah 55:11). In John 17:5 Jesus said in prayer to his Father- the only true God, "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." Jesus had glory with the Father before the world was because God had purposed it, yet Jesus was made of a woman in due time (Galatians 4:4; Luke 1:30-35). John 17 states that the same glory that God has given him, he has given it to his disciples so that they may be one as Jesus and his Father are one. So that they may be one in Jesus and his Father, being all made perfect in one (John 17:20-23). The time that Jesus received honor and glory from God was not before he began to exist (before he was conceived- 2 Peter 1:17). Because of Jesus, it is now that we can be called the sons of God, crying abba Father (Mark 14:36; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6). We can be heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17). God is not an heir, because God is God.
Abraham saw Jesus' day by faith, not literally. David, a man after God's own heart, is both dead and buried and has not ascended to heaven, but it is said that David was seeing it before and spoke of the resurrection (Acts 2:29-36; Acts 13:22). According to Hebrews 11, Abraham and many others all died in faith having not received the promises, "God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." One day, all those that sleep (are dead) in Christ shall be raised together in the first resurrection (1 Thessalonians 4, Revelation 20). The second death has no power over those who are blessed to take part in the first resurrection. There is a resurrection of life and a resurrection of damnation (John 5:29, Daniel 12:2).
There were many prophecies concerning Jesus our Lord, which God spoke by the prophets (Matthew 2:23; Acts 3:20-23; Acts 13:23; Luke 1:68-70; Isaiah 53; Isaiah 11; Romans 15:12). The prophets and others knew of Jesus, God's anointed, before Jesus began to exist (John 5:43-47; Acts 10:38-42; Acts 4:27). Jesus opened up their understanding of the scriptures and expounded to them of the things concerning himself in them, after his resurrection in Luke 24: 25-27, 44-48.
Abraham rejoiced to see Jesus' day and he saw it.
No, Jesus didn't mean that he existed before he began to exist. He was not claiming to be YHVH, who is his God and Father, or an angel for that matter-Hebrews 1:5. The God that sent Moses in Exodus 3:14-15 is the very same God who glorified his servant Jesus in Acts 3:13-15. Jesus is a man, and his God is YHVH (1 Timothy 2:5; Acts 2:22; Hebrews 7:24-28). Jesus said in verse 56 of John 8 that Abraham saw his day and rejoiced to see it and was glad. Before Abraham, Jesus was the Messiah, the son of man (John 4:25-26; Micah 5:2-5). Jesus was made of a woman in due time (Galatians 4:4; Luke 1:30-35). From John 8:24, "if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins", and then Jesus let them know that they would know who he is by saying, "When you have lifted up the son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father has taught me I speak these things"-John 8:24-29. Jesus-the son of man, does nothing of himself and only seeks the Father's will and not his own will, for Jesus is the son of the one who is God (John 5:18,30,43; John 7:15-17; 2 John 1:3; Ephesians 1:3,17). In John 8, Jesus refers to himself as a man who told them the truth, which he heard from God (John 8:40, John 7:15-18). All that Jesus said in John 8 is significant. Jesus was foreordained before the foundation of the world, and was slain from the foundation the world(Revelation 13:8), God has chosen us in Jesus before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:19-21; Revelation 13:8; Ephesians 1:4).
Whatever God says will come to pass or happen, we can speak as though it has already happened. Even though it has not literally happened yet. God's word will not return to him void (Isaiah 55:11). In John 17:5 Jesus said in prayer to his Father- the only true God, "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." Jesus had glory with the Father before the world was because God had purposed it, yet Jesus was made of a woman in due time (Galatians 4:4; Luke 1:30-35). John 17 states that the same glory that God has given him, he has given it to his disciples so that they may be one as Jesus and his Father are one. So that they may be one in Jesus and his Father, being all made perfect in one (John 17:20-23). The time that Jesus received honor and glory from God was not before he began to exist (before he was conceived- 2 Peter 1:17). Because of Jesus, it is now that we can be called the sons of God, crying abba Father (Mark 14:36; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6). We can be heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17). God is not an heir, because God is God.
Abraham saw Jesus' day by faith, not literally. David, a man after God's own heart, is both dead and buried and has not ascended to heaven, but it is said that David was seeing it before and spoke of the resurrection (Acts 2:29-36; Acts 13:22). According to Hebrews 11, Abraham and many others all died in faith having not received the promises, "God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." One day, all those that sleep (are dead) in Christ shall be raised together in the first resurrection (1 Thessalonians 4, Revelation 20). The second death has no power over those who are blessed to take part in the first resurrection. There is a resurrection of life and a resurrection of damnation (John 5:29, Daniel 12:2).
There were many prophecies concerning Jesus our Lord, which God spoke by the prophets (Matthew 2:23; Acts 3:20-23; Acts 13:23; Luke 1:68-70; Isaiah 53; Isaiah 11; Romans 15:12). The prophets and others knew of Jesus, God's anointed, before Jesus began to exist (John 5:43-47; Acts 10:38-42; Acts 4:27). Jesus opened up their understanding of the scriptures and expounded to them of the things concerning himself in them, after his resurrection in Luke 24: 25-27, 44-48.
Abraham rejoiced to see Jesus' day and he saw it.
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