Well, John 1 doesn't negate Numbers 23:19; Job 9:32, Job 33:12 nor Hosea 11:9.
None of those passages tell us that God cannot take on a human form. They tell us that God is not a Fallen, broken, sinful being. They tell us He cannot lie, or be deceitful, or sin in any way. But they do not contradict John 1:14 which tells us that the Logos of God (which is God) took on flesh and became a man while still retaining His deity.
God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” ... "I will be what I will be" or "I am who I am," signifying God's eternal existence, self-sufficiency, and unchanging nature. The phrase literally means "I will be" (ehyeh) "that/who" (asher) "I will be" (ehyeh). The name Yahweh is derived from the ancient Hebrew verb hayah ('to be' or 'to become'), representing the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יהוה). It is most commonly interpreted as a causative form meaning "He brings into existence" or "He causes to be," closely tied to the self-designation "I AM WHO I AM" revealed to Moses.
This is mostly correct. The more proper way of understanding that phrase is, "I exist because I exist." God is, period. There is no qualifier needed for Him as there is with EVERYTHING else. I might say, "I am ... (hungry, tired, excited, etc.). But God simply says, "I AM!", with no qualifier, no explanation, nothing else needed: He JUST IS!
And that is what Jesus was saying when talking to the Pharisees: "Before Abraham was (past tense), I AM (present tense)". And this refers directly back to what God said from the burning bush in Exo 3.
In most English Bible translations, "LORD" (in all caps) is used as a substitute for the personal name of God, YHWH, i.e. Yahweh. It is not a translation of a title, but a replacement for the sacred Hebrew tetragrammaton, which appeared over 6,800 times in the Old Testament.
And who is Jesus said to be all through the NT? He is LORD, He is the I AM, He is God.
God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.'
What is the name He gave to Moses that is His name forever? "I AM!" Not LORD. Not YHWH. Not Jehovah/Yahweh. But "I AM"
How is Jesus and his Father one? "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one." They are one in purpose - one in caring for their sheep. There does seem to be a comparison there that even Jesus pointed out.
Yes, they are one in purpose. And they are one in power, and glory, and creativity, and spirit, and title (GOD).
Well, I am married and I am not my husband and my husband is not me We are one in purpose and function - that of building and maintaining a family. We are one because of the intimacy between us.
And it is in that same way that Jesus and the Father are one. They are not the same being, but they are united just as a husband an wife are united (only infinitely more).
Maybe you should listen to Peter's sermons:
“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. [Acts 2:22-24] ....The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all. [Acts 3:13-16] ...... let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well.This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” [Acts 14:10-12]
Indeed it was God working through Jesus (as a man), for Jesus emptied Himself of the independent use of His power and authority when He left Heaven and came to Earth as a man, a servant, having humbled Himself to the Father's will (Phil 2:7).
Paul: To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: [1 Cor. 1:2]
So it seems that NOW with the New Covenant we are to call upon the name of Jesus.....
The authority and power did not change. The only change was the name given, and the understanding that God is one with three parts (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).
No, I am not the only begotten Son of God but I am a human being made in the image of God so that would make every human being although a bit marred in that image - we still bear the image of the invisible God.
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. [Gen. 9:5]
We do indeed bear His image. But we are not God. Jesus doesn't just bear His image; He IS Him in the flesh.
Jesus is the firstborn of all creation, the new creation, i.e. he is the firstborn out from among the dead.
John 1:3 does not say that Jesus was responsible for the creation of everything that was created ..... it uses personified langauge in relation to the 'word', i.e. the word that God spoke when He spoke creation into being.
You are reading "Jesus" into the verse.
John 1:3 says that the Logos/Word was responsible for the creation of everything that was created. The Word is not the words God spoke at creation. It is the mind of God, the reasoning power of God.
Now read John 1:14. What did the Logos/Word do? The Logos took on flesh and dwelt among man. And what man was it? The man Jesus.
Colossians clearly says WHAT WAS CREATED by him and for him.
That whole section is about the church the body of which Christ is the head and the new creation with Christ being the firstborn from the dead.
John 1:3 says that NOTHING that was created was made without the Logos (Jesus), and that everything that was made was made through Him. Yes, the Church was made by/through Him, but so were the rocks, the trees, the birds, the powers, the principalities, and everything else visible and invisible in all of Creation.
If God is the head of Christ then how is Christ God? [1 Cor. 11:3]
The same way that the man is the head of the family even though the wife is one with him.
Correct, it is not taught in one verse, not even one context within scripture.
There are plenty of verses that teach eternal life, resurrection, to circumcise or not circumcise, how and in what manner to take communion, how the gifts of the spirit should be handled in the church, humility, love, forgiveness but not ONE teaching on a Triune God. That's a big red flag!!! It can't be taught because it's not there!
This paragraph indicates an indoctrination and lack of personal study of Scripture. Study the Word of God, and stop reading, studying, and being isolated in humanistic/Satanic understandings. The triune nature of God is very clearly demonstrated throughout Scripture, both the OT and the NT. John paints the clearest picture of Jesus being God, but Paul, Matthew, Luke, and Peter, and the writer of Hebrew all indicate that Jesus is God in the writings God inspired them to write.
Humanity owed a debt for sin; the wages of sin is death.
God did not sin against Himself.........Humanity sinned against God --- so it took an obedient human being to undo what the first man did. Jesus was that human God gave so that whoever believed in him should not perish but have eternal life.
God chose his servant, his Son to be the savior and redeemer of humanity ---- the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus is the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through him.
While all of this section is true, if you don't believe that Jesus is who He says He is then you don't receive any of the benefit of His sacrifice for you, and you won't be saved. You cannot be saved by Him if you don't trust that He is who He says He is, who Scripture says He is.
Is the Holy Spirit God? The Holy Spirit is clearly not the Father, right? But the Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4, 1 Cor 3:16). So we have two who are One (because God is One). Why is it so hard for you to admit that Jesus is also God?
Matt 28:19 and 2 Cor 13:14 both list the three as being on an equal footing: having one authority, and giving a united blessing.
John 1:1-3, 14 clearly states that Jesus is God, and that He was instrumental in the creation of everything that was made (indicating that He was not created).
