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Originally Posted by
Beth http:///t/392782/evolution-vs-intelligent-design/560#post_3493339
Here are a just a few reference to Jesus being referred to as "the Son of God", including affirmations from Jesus himself as well as God.
Matthew 16:
13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? 14 And they said, Some say]John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am?16 And Simon Peter answered and said,
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Mark I:
9.And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan. num" style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px 3px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px">10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him: 11
And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
Mark 3:
10 For he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him. 11 And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
Luke I:
31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. -size: 14px; padding-top: 0px">34 And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the
Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.
Luke 4:
41 And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ [Messiah]
John I:
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizes in the Holy Spirit. 34 And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
John 10:
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods? inline; font-family: arial; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 14px; padding-top: 0px">35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken), 36 say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemes;
because I said, I am the Son of God?
There are a multitude of reference to Son of God and Son of Man. To Christians, Son of Man refers to Jesus' humanity, since his mother was human. It does not, however, negate his Father, God. The connection between God and humanity is through the blood and flesh of the His Son's body which is clearly laid out in the Last Supper and finally in the Crucifixion. God would not have blood and flesh, except through his Son, Jesus. To Christians, this is the holy covenant between God and man.
Now, that is the interpretation for Christians, and, in the New Testament, it is convincing---unless you toss the New Testament and just consider the Old as the Word of God--in which case, Christianity is an invalid belief system. I have the feeling, you believe, as most Jews believe, that Jesus was not the Son of God and think that Christians have misinterpreted much?
Beth, Adam is the son of God, and there are many, many sons of God mentioned in the book of Job. The Satan is recorded as counted among the sons of God....he was called a bright and shining star until he was found guilty. That doesn't mean he was no longer a son of God.
What Peter was saying when asked by Jesus who do you say I am...his answer of "You are the Christ, the son of the living God. He was actually saying he believed he was the promised Messiah, not declaring Jesus to be a half god/half man like Hurcules. Adding the Son of the living God means, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (That is who the Living God is) . So Jesus was the Son of God, so are you, and every created person.... we all have God as our Father, because we are his creation.
Christianity is not an invalid belief. However, MODERN ideas may be quite off the wall, but the books and the eye witness accounts are just fine. IMO. The ONLY scriptures are the first 5 books called the Torah. Then you have the Holy writtings of the prophets, then you have the gospels and the letters. Then in the last put together portion that makes up the Christian Bible is the revelation that John saw on the island of Patmos. Then there are the quotes from Mohammed who claims that an Angel forced him to speak....he said that his qoutes were to be put WITH the writtings not to be used as a stand alone book. When the Apostles refer to the scriptures in their letters, they are not talking about their own letters, but the scriptures which Modern Christianity refer to as an "OLD" testament and for some crazy reason think it has been done away with.
I say all that to point something out. We don't understand the books as well as we think we do. Instead of trying to squeeze God into our box of belief systems, we should be trying to squeeze our thinking into his book and learn to learn. We are instructed to
search the scriptures for in them you THINK you have eternal life, it is those books that tell you about me. {John 5:39) This is quoted as Jesus speaking. Search the scriptures, not the letters or the revelations.
This is just my personal opinion: I think Christians, Muslims and Jews would be much better off examining those books instead of trying to protect their religious beliefs. If your religious beliefs match the books you are fine and can stand on the precept. However if it can be shown to you that you your belief is in error according to the books...accept that, and learn and then move forward.
