Oeste
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Exodus 20:3 is the first Commandment and Christendom has put another god in place of the Father....
You're confused. It's the WATCHTOWER that places "a God" in front of the God, not "Christendom".
I have no idea of where you got the idea of "...another god in place of the Father", since neither the historic church or Jehovah Witnesses do that.
Let's stick with legitimate discrepancies between Christians and Witnesses. There are enough of them without making things up.
an inferior god who never once claimed equality with his own God and Father.
"Inferior gods"? They exist only in the minds of pagan polytheists.
Who wants to change it? I like the authentic, unbiased translation you provided earlier:Why change what is the only truthful translation?
If the English translation was authentic and not biased towards the trinity then it should read...
" In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with THE God, and the Word was God."
All we need do now is convince the Watchtower of this unbiased translation and your excellent observation!
Jesus acknowledged that even Jehovah himself called human judges "gods" because of their divine authority.
John 10:31-37 ESV
"The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”[theos] 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? [theos] 35 If he called them gods [theos] to whom the word of God [ho theos] came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? [hyos ho theos] 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me".
God called them gods NOT "because of their divine authority" but for the ABUSE of their divine authority! Satan is called a god for the very same reason!!
How is it that you guys always miss the forest for the trees? These are the CORRUPT judges of Israel whom God is judging. Had they remained faithful and humble in their charge, they would be have retained their honor and have continued to be referred as "judges" rather than "gods".
Look, the Jews had just picked up stones.
Jesus was pointing out their hypocrisy... why did they fail to pick up stones when these self made Gods performed evil works, yet are so quick to pick up stones if they believe him a self made God performing good works?
Remember, the Jews claimed they were not picking up stones for any good work that Jesus did but for claiming he was God. So if they were stoning him for merely calling himself God (who does nothing but good), then they should have immediately stoned the corrupt judges of Israel when they were judged as Gods (for performing evil works) as well. If they let those judges go then they had to let Jesus go as well, and that's exactly what they did.
How many times is "theos" used in that passage? But it is not just Jehovah....but any divine entity or one authorized by God fits that definition. There are only two mentions of Jehovah [ho theos] in that passage.
Scripture is pretty clear @Deeje. You shall have no other Gods before God. It doesn't matter whether you consider this other God as an "inferior god", a big God with a capital "G", an important god with a small "g", a side god, a god of trees, the god of sticks and stones, or a god of earthly power, money and wealth.
Jesus called himself "son of the God"
There is only one true God Deeje. You'll notice he never called himself "son of a God" because any god but true God is a false God.
Jesus is "Son of God" because he is in the order of God. "Son of" means "in the order of". That does not make Jesus man, it makes him God. He is also "Son of Man" because he is in the order of man. That does not make Jesus God, it makes him man.
Thus he is fully God and fully man.