ArchivedIs Jesus God :: TO NEWSEEDTO NEWSEED If that indeed proved that Jesus was Almighty GOD, then all the apostles are GOD also! What do I mean? The same authority wherewith Jesus forgave sins was given to his apostles. (John 20:20-23) And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. The words 'forgiven/forgive' in Matt chap. 9 and the words 'remit/remitted' in John chap. 20 are the same Greek word aphiemi ... John 20:23 could easily read ... Whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; ... The apostles were to forgive/remit sins even as Jesus their Master had done so!! Yet they are not GOD are they??? Let's look again at this event ... [Please note: The word used for 'power' is the Greek word exousia which means AUTHORITY!] Get it! The man's sins were forgiven via the authority that Almighty GOD had given to Jesus, the Son of man ... in light of this, the witnesses of this great event glorified GOD who gave such authority to men. Thank GOD for common people! [Mark 12:37] Who are not bound up by Greek Hellenistic philosophy and church councils' teachings ... common people ... who could clearly see that this man before them, the man Jesus of Nazareth [Acts 2:22] was not GOD Almighty but rather GOD's authorized, appointed agent ... a man authorized and appointed to forgive sins on behalf of GOD Himself ... a man who did all things by the power of GOD, because it was GOD the Father who did the works! Whose report will we believe? Those who believed on him [Matt 9:8, Acts 2:22] or the so-called church fathers who taught that Jesus is Almighty GOD? The choice is ours!! |
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