By Jovantee R. Blair
10/20/2010, Wed
With extensive studying of God's HOLY scriptures and epistles, I’ve concluded the following, to validate my answer to the title of this note. You don’t have to believe everything in this note, but this is what I believe, according to God’s HOLY word. I'm not an expert on everything in God’s HOLY word, but after God bringing me into the knowledge of his HOLY word and who he and Christ are, I can say that I know more then I use to know, when I didn't know too much about God & Christ.
NOTE #1: This note is NOT, in anyway to “OFFEND” anyone that “BELIEVES” that God wasn’t Christ, & that Christ isn’t God, but this note is to “HELP” those that ever “PONDERED” about this subject. So with my “UNDERSTANDING” of the biblical passages below, I “HOPE to “EDIFY”, or MERELY “HELP”, & if you “DISAGREE with this note, PLEASE FEEL “FREE” to state why, THANK you:)
NOTE #2: My comments towards the scriptures and epistles provided below are made in black bold lettering.
Enjoy.
(KJV) equals King James Version
Exodus 3:14 (KJV): And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
In Exodus 3:14, the scripture verse is describing how God was telling Moses, in the Old Testament, that he, (God), was going to send himself to the children of Israel, as Jesus Christ, which would be in the New Testament.
Psalms 110:1 (KJV): The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
In Psalms 110:1, this scripture verse is describing how Jesus was both the LORD , capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D, who created Adam from whom David descended, and he was David’s Lord, the man who was born at Bethlehem, that descended from David.
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV): For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 is self explanatory.
Matthew 1:23 (KJV): Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew 1:23 specifically says; “God with us.” If God is with them, then the baby was Jesus Christ. Matthew 1:23 is self explanatory.
Matthew 27:46 (KJV): And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
In Matthew 27:46, this scripture verse is describing how Jesus was giving reverence to the spirit of God, because even though God was in the man of Jesus Christ, the fleshly body of Jesus Christ was going through pain, and didn’t want to die, and Jesus Christ, (God) while being in the flesh had to leave that body, because God couldn’t die.
Matthew 12:31-32 (KJV):
31. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
In Matthew 12:31, some people may say that Jesus isn’t God, because if he was, then anyone that blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, is blaspheming against Jesus, since The Holy Ghost is God and God was manifested in the man, Jesus Christ. But in Matthew 12:32, it says; “And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him.” Even though Jesus is God, Jesus was born without the aid of a woman, but was the offspring of David and the son of Joseph, an earthly man, so since speaking against the son of man, Jesus, since Jesus was a human, people would be forgiven if they spoke against him, but since God is a spirit, (John 4:24), and God is Holy, and people blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, (God), then they won’t be forgiven.
Also, the Holy Ghost didn’t come, only until after Christ was crucified & ascended up to Heaven.
John 14:26 (KJV): But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
(PRECEPT): Luke 23:24 & Luke 23:46:
Luke 23:34 (KJV): Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Luke 23:46 (KJV): And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
In Luke 23:34, this scripture verse is describing how Jesus Christ, (God), was manifested in the fleshly body of Christ, was asking himself up in Heaven as the spirit, to forgive the people, for they didn’t know what they were doing.
In Luke 23:46, this scripture verse is describing how God commanded back his spirit from out of that human fleshly body of Jesus Christ, back into his hands/back to himself, while still seated on the throne in Heaven.
John 1:1-3 (KJV):
1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.... See More
2. The same was in the beginning with God.
3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:1-3 is self explanatory.
John 1:10 (KJV): He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
John 1:14 (KJV): And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:110 & John 1:14, these scripture verses are self explanatory.
John 3:16 (KJV): For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
In John 3:16, this scripture verse is describing how God sent himself as the only begotten son Jesus, so that people may believe on him in the flesh.
John 5:23 (KJV): That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
John 5:23 is self explanatory.
John 8:42 (KJV): Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
John 8:42 basically means, if God is your father, you would love Jesus, since Jesus is God the Father, which God the Father sent himself into the world as the man, Jesus Christ.
John 10:30 (KJV): I and my Father are one.
John 10:30 is self explanatory.
John 14:6-10 (KJV):
6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
10. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
In John 14:6, it’s describing, how a person must come unto the Son, (Jesus), God in the flesh, before going to the Father, (God), in the spirit.
In John 14:7, basically means, that if the people saw Jesus Christ, they also saw God, manifested in the body, as Jesus Christ, and they would also have known God, if they knew Christ.
John 14:8-10 is self explanatory.
Acts 2:36 (KJV): Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
In Acts 2:36 , this scripture verse is describing how the people crucified God on the cross, while God was dwelling inside the man, Jesus Christ. Yes, God dwelt in the man, Jesus Christ, but the flesh of the body of Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross.
2 Corinthians 5:19 (KJV): To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:19 is self explanatory.
Colossians 1:14-17 (KJV):
14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Throughout the epistle verses of Colossians 1:14-17, Jesus is described, 14: the redemption of Jesus’ blood, 15: the image of the invisible God, (the body of Jesus Christ, when God dwelt in & the people who saw God as Jesus Christ in the flesh of a human body), 16: when Jesus being God created the heavens and the earth, 17: before all things were created, Jesus is and God was Jesus.
Also Colossians 1:16 correlates with John 1:3.
John 1:3 (KJV): All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Colossians 1:14-17 (KJV):For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Ephesians 4:5-6 (KJV):
5. One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:5 is describing, one Lord God, (also as Lord Jesus Christ), one being; one faith, faith in God, (faith in Jesus Christ), faith in one being; one Baptism, one baptism in the name of, (The Father, The Son, & The Holy Spirit), one baptism in the one true God.
Ephesians 4:6 is self explanatory.
Colossians 2:9 (KJV): For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Colossians 2:9 correlates with 1 John 5:7 (KJV): For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV): And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1 Timothy 3:16 is self explanatory.
Titus 2:13 (KJV): Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
In Titus 2:13, this epistle verse is describing the glorious return of God, (Jesus Christ), of when Jesus returns, you’ll see God.
1 John 3:16 (KJV): Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:16, this epistle verse is describing how God laid down his earthly life, while manifested in the body of Christ.
1 John 4:12 (KJV): No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:12, is true, no one has seen God, meaning they haven’t seen him in spirit, since God is spirit, (John 4:24). The only time people saw God during the days of Christ, was when they saw Christ, God manifested in the body of Jesus Christ.
1 John 5:7 (KJV): For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1 John 5:7 correlates with Colossians 2:9 (KJV): For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
1 John 5:20 (KJV): And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1 John 5:20 is self explanatory.
Jude 1:25 (KJV): To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
In Jude 1:25, you see the title “Saviour.” That title can be given to God alone, since God was Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Revelations 1:8 (KJV): I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
In 2 Corinthians 5:19, this epistle verse is describing how God was in Christ, from the beginning. This epistle verse correlates to Revelations 1:8, of where it says; “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord.” In Revelations 1:8, that’s red lettering, specifying that Jesus is speaking, so it makes since for Jesus to be God, since God was here from the beginning and will be here at the end, but God will never end, but last forever.
(PRECEPTS: Isaiah 41:4 & Isaiah 48:12:
Isaiah 41:4 (KJV): Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Isaiah 48:12 (KJV): Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
In Isaiah 41:4 & Isaiah 48:12, both of these scripture verses show God is speaking in those two verses.
Revelations 1:17-18 (KJV):
17. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
In Revelations 1:17-18, this scripture verse is describing how Christ is proclaiming that he is God, & since Christ proclaimed that he is God in Revelations 1:17-18, then Christ is the same God that was speaking in Isaiah 41:4 & Isaiah 48:12.
Revelations 2:8 (KJV): And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Revelations 2:8 correlates to Revelations 1:18.
Revelations 22:13 (KJV): I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Revelations 22:13 correlates to Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 48:12, Revelations 1:8, & Revelations 1:17.
Isaiah 48:17 (KJV): Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isaiah 48:17, this scripture verse is describing how God is the redeemer.
Acts 20:28 (KJV): Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Acts 20:28, this scripture verse is describing how Christ is the redeemer, hence, of where it says; “to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood”. So God had to be Christ, in which what I marked in quotations, of where it said; “to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood”.
Daniel 9:9 (KJV): To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
In Daniel 9:9, this scripture verse is describing how God forgives sins.
Colossians 2:13 (KJV): And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
In Colossians 2:13, this epistle verse is describing how Christ forgives sins as well.
John 5:19 (KJV): Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
In John 5:19, Christ has to be God, because of Christ doing the same thing as God has been doing. If God does it, Christ will also do the same thing as God.
If Christ isn’t God, then why do the biblical passages I showed that God & Christ are noticed doing the exact same thing, like in Daniel 9:9 & Colossians 2:13?
So in creation, GOD is the Father, a father is a begotter or a starter of something.
In redemption, GOD was the Son, he came in a body to redeem us.
When GOD came back to the church, (the body of Christ), he became the Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost.
From the looks of GOD’s Holy word, I would have to validate that GOD was Christ manifested in the flesh, & that Christ is GOD, one being.
Ephesians 4:6 (KJV): One God and Father of all.
Matthew 19:26 (KJV): But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
In all due respect, it is all about GOD, because once people/a person starts focusing on CHRIST, then they ultimately focus on GOD.
PEACE:)
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