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Who do you say Jesus of Nazareth is?

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  • Who do you say Jesus of Nazareth is?

    Have I already done this? If so, sorry. I'm sure everyone knows what part of the Bible I'm referencing and that most Christians would just copy what Peter says, so what are all the different things that people say Jesus is?
    If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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    The man Jesus of Nazareth (Acts 4:10, 12) is God's only-begotten Son (John 3:16; John 5:18) who died for the sins of all mankind[world] (1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 John 2:2) and that He is the LORD God in the flesh (John 1:1, 14; Isaiah 43:10, 11) who as a man was buried and rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:4) justifying them that believe (Romans 4:25) and demonstrating He was the Son of God (Romans 1:4).


    But people say all kinds of things, a good teacher. A Muslim that Jesus was [Christ, son of Mary] a prophet of Allah.
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    . . . the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; . . . -- Romans 1:16 KJV

    . . . that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: . . . -- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 KJV

    Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: . . . -- 1 John 5:1 KJV

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    • #3
      We already knew that, Peter. What does everyone else think Jesus is? A good man? A prophet? I've heard that many ideologies seek to shoehorn Jesus into their ideology. So, I want a discussion of that. Noth the "church" answer.
      If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
        Have I already done this? If so, sorry. I'm sure everyone knows what part of the Bible I'm referencing and that most Christians would just copy what Peter says, so what are all the different things that people say Jesus is?
        Scholarly view: An eschatological prophet who expected the imminent action of YHWH in history, who was crucified by the Romans, buried, and then "appeared" (in what sense is uncertain) to his followers soon afterward.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by psstein View Post
          Scholarly view: An eschatological prophet who expected the imminent action of YHWH in history, who was crucified by the Romans, buried, and then "appeared" (in what sense is uncertain) to his followers soon afterward.
          The Baha'i view, and mine, is he was the promised Messiah for the age, spiritually the 'Son of God,' in the theme of cyclic evolving progressive Revelation for the spiritual salvation of humanity through out the history of humanity. The high lighted above reflects the Baha'i view.
          Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
          Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
          But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:

          go with the flow the river knows . . .

          Frank

          I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
            We already knew that, Peter. What does everyone else think Jesus is? A good man? A prophet? I've heard that many ideologies seek to shoehorn Jesus into their ideology. So, I want a discussion of that. Noth the "church" answer.
            Well, a member here on TWeb once said that Jesus was a "necromancer".

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View Post
              Well, a member here on TWeb once said that Jesus was a "necromancer".
              Is it because He rose the dead? That's pretty nutty.
              If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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              • #8
                He raised a couple others from the dead. That is the origin of that dumb 'necromancer' thought I suspect.
                Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Jedidiah View Post
                  He raised a couple others from the dead. That is the origin of that dumb 'necromancer' thought I suspect.
                  Isn't necromancy something different? Communicating with the dead or something? Because if resuscitating dead people counts as necromancy, ER doctors count as such when they bring back someone from cardiac arrest!
                  If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
                    Isn't necromancy something different? Communicating with the dead or something? Because if resuscitating dead people counts as necromancy, ER doctors count as such when they bring back someone from cardiac arrest!
                    Necromancy can be communing with the dead, but it also includes raising zombies.

                    "Fire is catching. If we burn, you burn with us!"
                    "I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay here and cause all kinds of trouble."
                    Katniss Everdeen


                    Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast.

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                    • #11
                      And someone brought back to life ain't a zombie! Zombies are undead.
                      If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
                        Isn't necromancy something different? Communicating with the dead or something? Because if resuscitating dead people counts as necromancy, ER doctors count as such when they bring back someone from cardiac arrest!
                        Yeah, it is just another attack on Christianity.
                        Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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                        • #13
                          Boy, some people don't understand revivification and Resurrection. What happened with Jarius' daughter was a miracle similar to what happens in a successful code blue where the patient is brought back. Jesus obviously didn't need to use CPR and drugs to do it. A resurrected body is to a mortal body what a mortal body is to a zombie.
                          If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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