Runningman
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Why do you not believe?their entire foundation in the bible is John 17:3- without that one verse ripped from its context the entire house crumbles - the fact is in the context Jesus makes Himself equal with the Father as we read in John 17:5 and 17:3- eternal life Jesus claimed equality with the Father and in Creation sharing Their mutual glory together with one another before creation.
they have nothing to support their beliefs when we actually read and exegete the context.
Deuteronomy 32:6
"Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?"
Psalm 68:5
"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."
Psalm 89:26
"He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.’"
Isaiah 63:16
"But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name."
Isaiah 64:8
"Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand."
Malachi 2:10
"Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?"
Matthew 5:16
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."
Matthew 6:9
"This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name...’" (The Lord's Prayer.)
Matthew 7:11
"If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"
John 1:14
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
John 20:17
"Jesus said, ‘Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”’"
Romans 1:7
"To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 8:6
"Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live."
2 Corinthians 1:3
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort..."
Galatians 4:6
"Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father.’"
Ephesians 4:6
"One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."
1 Peter 1:3
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."
1 John 3:1
"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!"