athanasius
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Jesus indeed tells the Jews that he is God by taking the sacred name of God(" "I am" in John 8:58) only God can use that title without blaspheming as we see in (ex 20:7, Deut 5:11).punishment for using the name of God in that way is stoning(Lev 24:16), and in the context of John 8 after Jesus tells them he is the great "I am" they regognize this and begin to try to stone him(Jn 8:59).
Jesus also acdepts the title of God by Thomas when Thomas calls him God and Lord(Jn 20:28).
Ther Phrophet Jeremiah in the old testament tells us that it is God who searches the heart and examines the kidneys of each man(Jer 17:10). Jesus said that he is the one who searches the heart and kidneys of every man(Rev 2:23). Hence Jesus himself shows that he is God almighty.
the Jews get mad at Jesus becuase they recognize that he made himself equal to God(Jn 5:18)
again, my comments on Jesus ring true. If jesus wans't God then he surely would not be a great moral prophet or teacher. He would be insane and a bad moral teacher becuase nobody claims to be God and gets themselves killed over it unless they are insane or unless they really are God almighty!
Jesus also acdepts the title of God by Thomas when Thomas calls him God and Lord(Jn 20:28).
Ther Phrophet Jeremiah in the old testament tells us that it is God who searches the heart and examines the kidneys of each man(Jer 17:10). Jesus said that he is the one who searches the heart and kidneys of every man(Rev 2:23). Hence Jesus himself shows that he is God almighty.
the Jews get mad at Jesus becuase they recognize that he made himself equal to God(Jn 5:18)
again, my comments on Jesus ring true. If jesus wans't God then he surely would not be a great moral prophet or teacher. He would be insane and a bad moral teacher becuase nobody claims to be God and gets themselves killed over it unless they are insane or unless they really are God almighty!