another fallacious post.
No Jesus claimed equality with God and the Jews knew it and condemned Him for that very claim.
Yes, my Lord and Savior, the Jesus "of the Bible" says;
John 10: 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
And truly the religions of this world hate the Father and His Son, the Jesus "of the Bible". But this world's merchants love the "image of God you are promoting, along with the high days you created in worship of this image. It's big, big business, but you already know that.
John 10: 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
The Jesus "of the Bible", my Lord, is at His Father's right hand even now, advocating between me and His Father, and for that I am forever grateful.
And because I believe and promote these undeniable truths, you label me an anti-Christ and reprobate. Jesus said you were coming Civic, and he told me what you would do, even before we met.
John 14: 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, "ye would rejoice", because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
And HE is my Perfect Example, the "Author and Finisher" of my Faith. You can try and turn me away from this Jesus, and towards the image of God you have adopted and are now promoting, but will not turn my back on Him, just so you will stop calling me names.
Phil. 2: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
This man Jesus, the Jesus "of the Bible", became "Perfect, even as His Father in Heaven is Perfect". And HE invites me to embark on the same journey. And I have put my hands to the plow.
9 Wherefore (Because of this) God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ (of the Bible) is Lord, to the "glory of God" the Father.
Creating images of God in like likeness of some random men's hair shampoo model, is certainly NOT "to the Glory of God" the Father.
Also Paul declares He has equality with God in Phil 2.
Yes, as I have always said and believe "It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord."
The Jesus "of the bible" was a Servant to His Father and my Father. Your Jesus was not. It is the Jesus "of the Bible" that I confess is my Lord. Not your long-haired men's hair shampoo model.
You really dislike the Son, even hate ( love less ) Him. You rob Him , devalue Him of His honor, praise, worship, prayer that the disciples, those He healed gave Him and all creation in heaven gives Him now a per Rev 5:11-14.
I think you are confusing the image of God that you have adopted and are selling to others through your religious business, who you call Jesus, with the actual Christ "of the Bible" who became a mortal human and overcame temptation through humble Faith and obedience to His Father.
I can't think of a more disrespectful, hateful and dishonoring way to treat the Jesus "of the Bible", than to preach to the world that HE overcame sin and temptation because when the going got tough, as it does for all men, HE just kicked in God powers no human ever had access to. And to preach to the world that Jesus "couldn't sin" because HE was Immortal God. That HE couldn't die, because HE was Immortal God.
Such a teaching makes His Journey on Earth a sham, a deception. It teaches Jesus risked nothing, laid down His Life for no one. And worse, it implies that God His Father was in on the scam by giving Him so great an honor and Glory, for simply doing what God does every day since before this world was even created.
You should be ashamed, but as Prophesied, you are not.
If you do not do that on this side of heaven there will be no opportunity for you to on the other side. The testing ground is here and now.
Finally, some truth.
hope this helps !!!
Adopting and then promoting to others the philosophies and doctrines of the gods of this world God placed us in, doesn't "help" anyone Civic.