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Divinity of Jesus? An Inquiry December 23, 2009

taken from: Dr. Laurence B. Brown on 2009-12-22 18:17 (GMT

The critical difference between Jesus’ teachings and the Trinitarian formula lies in elevating Jesus to divine status—a status Jesus denies in the gospels: “Why do you call me good: No one is good but One, that is, God.” (Matthew 9:17, Mark 10-18, and Luke 18:19) “My Father is greater than I.” (John 14:28) “I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.” (John 8:28) “Most assuredly, I say to you, the son can do nothing of himself …” (John 5:19) “But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent me.” (John 7:29) “He who rejects me rejects Him who sent me.” (Luke 10:16) “But now I go away to Him who sent me …” (John 16:5) “Jesus answered them and said, ‘My doctrine is not mine, but His who sent me.’” (John 7:16) “For I have not spoken on my own authority but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.” (John 12:49) What does Pauline theology say? That Jesus is a partner in divinity, God incarnate. So whom should a person believe? If Jesus, then let’s hear what else he might have to say: “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” (Mark 12:29) “But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Mark 13:32) “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’” (Luke 4:8) “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me …” (John 4:34) “I can of myself do nothing … I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father who sent me.” (John 5:30) “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.” (John 6:38) “My doctrine is not mine, but His who sent me.” (John 7:16) “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.” (John 20:17) Read the complete article at: http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/560/