◕ Because he is the Son of God.
⇨ Many are termed as son of God in the Bible. Adam [Luke 3:38] & Solomon [1 Chronicles 28:6] & Moses [Exodus 4:22] & Ephraim [Jeremiah 31:9] and many others.
◕ Because he is the "begotten son".⇨ David also was the begotten son of God [Psalms 2:7I]
◕ Because he was the Son of God with Capital "S"⇨The Semitic languages (Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew) don't use capital and lower-case lettering.
◕ Because he performed miracles.
⇨Jesus can not do any miracles without permission of God.By myself I can do nothing [John 5:30]
⇨ God did the Miracles through Jesus.Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, Which God Did among you Through Him, as you yourselves know.” [Acts 2:22]
⇨ Jesus Miracles was not unique.Elijah and Elisha brought the dead back to life.[1 Kings 17:20-23] [2 Kings 4:30-36] [2 Kings 13:20-22] Moses created a live snake from a wooden stick. [Exodus 4:2-4] Elisha cured the Blind and he even blinded a whole army. [2 Kings 6:15-24] Elisha healed leprosy. [2 Kings 5:10-14] Elisha fed hundreds of people with few loafs of bread. [2 Kings 4:42-44]
◕ Because he was called 'Lord'.
⇨ In the Bible we find that this was a common practice with many others besides Jesus. Abraham [Genesis 18:12] Esau [Genesis 32:4] Joseph [Genesis 44:20] David [1 Samuel 25:24]
◕ Because he was the Christ (Messiah)
⇨ Messiah means the anointed one which refers to a Man chosen by God and to be a leader and a future King. The Messiah is not considered to be God or a Son of God [Exodus 29:7 & I Kings 1:39 & II Kings 9:3 & Isaiah 11:2][Shabbat Shalom, "Interview: Rabbi Harvey H. Spivak," April/1997: 5]
◕ Because he was called a mighty God in [Isaiah 9:6]
⇨ The word for "Almighty" is applied exclusively to God in the OT is the Hebrew word "Shadday" but the word used in this verse is e not "Shadday" (Almighty God) but rather "Gibbowr" (mighty God) which is translated as; warrior, tyrant:-champion, chief, excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man [Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary by James Strong]
⇨ The word translated as "God" here is the Hebrew word "El" which in addition to it's use to refer to God Almighty in the Bible is also used to refer to mighty men & demons & angels & to idols.
"I have said, Ye (the Jews) are gods; and all of you are children of the most High" [Psalms 82:6]" And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh"[Exodus 7:1] as well as "the god of this world (the Devil) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not." [2 Corinthians 4:4]
◕ Because he said "I am" and that he was before Abraham in [John 8:58]
⇨ In [Exodus 3:4] prophet Moses used this exact same term (I am) to refer to himself "And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am."
⇨ Prophet Solomon said in [Proverbs 8:23-27]“ Ages ago I was set up at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water, Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth; before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world When he established the heavens, I was there.”
⇨ In Qur'an God informed that man existed in the spiritual form before the creation of the physical world. “When your Lord gathered all of Adam’s descendants [before creation] and made them bear witness for themselves, saying: ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They all replied: Yes indeed, we bear witness. [That was] so you could not say on the Day of Judgement: ‘We were unaware of this.’ ” [7:172]
⇨ The context of [John 8:54-58] Jesus was talking about God’s knowledge of His prophets, which predates the creation of this world.
◕ Because He was worshiped.
⇨ The word "Worship" in English carries a double meaning. The one most popular among most people is "to pray to." It also means "to respect," "to reverence," or "to adore" [Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition]
⇨ In the "New English Bible" translation we find the same word translated as"bowed to the ground" & "fell at his feet" & "falling prostrate before him"
⇨ In the "The Complete Bible Translation" we find it translate the same word as"they threw themselves down and did homage to him" & "fell down before him" & "and they went up to him and clasped his feed and bowed to the ground before him" & "bowed down before him"
⇨ In the Bible we find that this was a common practice with many others besides Jesus as a sign of respect.
"And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [upon] me [let this] iniquity [be]: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid." [1 Samuel 25:23-24]
"Then she went in, and fell at his (Elisha's) feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out." [2 Kings 4:37]also see [Genesis 50:18] and [2 Samuel 19:18]
◕ Because he forgave sins.
⇨ If Christianity believes that forgiving sins is a sign of divinity then what about the many millions of people in the Christian clergy who over the last 2000 years have publicly accepted people's "confessions" and "forgiven" their sins?
◕ Because he said "I am the Alpha and the Omega" [Revelation 1:11]
⇨ This "Alpha and Omega, the first and the last " was inserted by the trinitirians to support their claim about Jesus' divinity but their attempt met a big failure after exposing their fabrication as this sentence does not even exist in the original text.
⇨ The original text as in NIV & NASV & RSV & NRSV & NC says:□ saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Per'gamum and to Thyati'ra and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to La-odice'a." [Revelation 1:11]So this verse was deleted from the Bible and does not exist in the "Holy Bible".
◕ Because he said "...baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" [Matthew 28:19]
⇨ This verse does not indicate that the three names mentioned are "co-equal" in their status.
⇨ This part of the verse is quite clearly an addition to Biblical text - that is, not the actual words of Jesus - as can be seen by two factors:
1- Baptism in the early Church, as discussed by Paul in his letters, was done only in the name of Jesus.2- The "Great Commission" found in the first gospel written, that of Mark, bears no mention of Father, Son and/or Holy Ghost [seeMark 16:15]
◕ Because he and the father are one [John 10:30]
⇨ What Jesus meant by the word one (hen) becomes clear from his prayer concerning the apostles: "That they may be one [hen], just as we are one [hen]" (John 17:22) which means that they should be united in agreement with one another as he (Jesus) is always united in agreement with God, as stated:"I [Jesus] always do the things that are pleasing to Him [God]" (John 8:29).There is thus no implication that Jesus and God, or the twelve apostles are to be considered as of one essence.
◕ Because he was sinless.
⇨ There is no correlation between being sinless and being divine. Christians build the premise but it’s a false premise as God cannot be subjected to SIN standards so saying that Jesus was sinless is a proof of his humanity not a proof of divinity.
⇨ Jesus did not consider himself to be perfect neither, and this comes from the Gospel of Matthew chapter 19 which reads:And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. (18-19)
◕ Because he said "He that hath seen me hath seen the father."⇨ The context:"Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?" [John 14:8-9]
⇨ Philip wanted to see God with his own eyes, but this is impossible since no one can ever do ever do that. The Bible says:"No man hath seen God at any time" [John 1:18]"No man hath seen God at any time" [1 John 4:12]So Jesus simply told him that his own actions and miracles should be a sufficient proof of the existence of God without God having to physically come down and let himself be seen every time someone is doubtful.
◕ Because he said "I am the way, the truth and the life" [John 14:6]⇨ Every prophet is "the way and the truth and the life" for his nation in his time.
◕ Because he was filled with the Holy Ghost⇨ So was John the Baptist [Luke 1:15] also Barnabas [Acts 11:24].
◕ Because he was called “MY LORD AND MY GOD” [John 20:28]⇨ The Context "Then he (Jesus) said to Thomas, 'Reach here your finger, and see my hands, and reach here your hand, and put it into my side; and be not unbelieving, but believing.' Thomas answered and said to him, 'My Lord and my God!'"
⇨ The last phrase "My Lord and my God!" was not an answer as there is no question but it was an outburst by Thomas, having seen something inexplicable and baffling. Just like that anyone who says "O' my God!" when he sees something totally bizarre.
◕ Because Jews tried to stone him for claiming to be God [John 10:29-33]
⇨ He actually was not claiming to be God but the Jews were to indict him "by hook or by crook" regardless of what he said. They may have considered him a false Messiah. Jesus’ answer was revealing he told them that you are called gods also just as like him [John 10:34]. In [Ps. 82:6] humans are called gods, allegorically, Moses was sent as “ God “ to the Pharaoh [Exo. 7:1].
◕ Because he is the Word in [John 1:1]"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
⇨ The text does not read "In the beginning was Jesus". John did not write the word Jesus in his original manuscript. If he had meant that, he could have simply used the name Jesus.
⇨ The literal translation reads:In the beginning was the 'spoken word, command',and the 'spoken word, command' was with God,and the 'spoken word, command' was Divine. [John 1:1]
⇨ If we continued reading [John 1:2 & 3] it says:It was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through it and without it not one thing came into being.
⇨ The word it refers to the command of God not to anything else this will become very clear if you read [Psalms 33:6 & 9]:“By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth ..... For He SPAKE, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.”
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