I get confused. Did God take human form as Jesus? Or was Jesus unique?
I get confused. Did God take human form as Jesus? Or was Jesus unique?
So I guess what I'm asking is...if I pray to God and speak his name of God, I'm not insulting Jesus by not involking His name? I have evening chats with Him (God) and we converse in many strange ways...mostly through nature or animals. I do not go to church. I have not read the bible except for bits and pieces over my years on this earth. But I've never done the "Praise Jesus" thing or "In Jesus Name" stuff. I just converse with God and call him that. God. And I wondered if I was not doing it right.
John 14:6
New International Version (NIV)
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
which means they are separate entities. Right?
I get confused. Did God take human form as Jesus? Or was Jesus unique?
God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are three forms of the same being.I get confused. Did God take human form as Jesus? Or was Jesus unique?
Jesus also said "I and my Father are one..."
"He who hath the Son has the Father also...".
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, [SUP]21[/SUP] that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. -John 17:20-22[FONT='Charis SIL', charis, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT]
I didn't go into detail about the holy ghost because I had to concentrate on the initial question first...otherwise, I'd get confused again.:shock:
John 14:6
New International Version (NIV)
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
which means they are separate entities. Right?
One God, but three persons of the Godhead. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Of the same essense, God, but three Persons. Jesus was God the Son. The Son took on a human body and we know Him as Jesus Christ. To Christ was given all authority in heaven and earth. Matt. 28:18 " And Jesus came and spake unto them saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. "
When we who are Christian pray, we pray to God or to Jesus Christ. He will hear our prayers. Though we may use only the name 'God', we are coming in Christs name. Which is why we end our prayers, 'in Christs name' or 'in the name of Jesus Christ we pray'.
Of course if one does not believe in Christ, or rather denies Christ, as the Son of God, but simply comes to God, it is our belief that God will not hear that prayer. Because we belief there is only one God, and only one way to God, Jesus Christ.
Quantrill
Seems like it would make more sense to pray to the Father or the holy spirit than to Jesus. Of the three persons of the Godhead, Jesus is the one that is demonstrably not omniscient, and being fully human, his hearing is limited by his human ears.
In any event, since there is only one God, believing in any one of the three persons of the Godhead means you believe in God right?
Jesus is The Son, that second Peson of the Godhead, and so is omniscient. When He walked this earth, He limited His abilites to conform to the human body He had. That did not make Him less than God.
As a Christian, I say the Bible teaches there is only way to be right with God. That is through Jesus Christ. So, no. I cannot say you can just believe in God. You must come to God through Christ. Faith in Christ.
Quantrill
When He walked this earth, He limited His abilites to conform to the human body He had. That did not make Him less than God.
""No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Matt 24:36
The Son is clearly not omniscient.