beads wrote:I can admit to my logical fallacy.
Can you to yours?
Aineo wrote:The NT never tells us that Jesus is God...
Sure it does.
The fact that Jesus accepted worship from humans (something created beings like angels never do - see Rev. 19:10) shows His deity.
Does it? In Hebrews 1:6 we read:
Hebrews 1:6
6 And when He again brings the first-born into the world, He says,
" And let all the angels of God worship Him." NAS
This is a quote from the Septuagint:
Deuteronomy 32:3
43 Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and the Lord shall purge the land of his people.
http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/Deuteronomy/ ... %20LXX.htm
Therefore when Jesus accepted worship He did so because the Father authorized Jesus to be worshipped.
The fact that the Jews wanted to stone Him on many occasions for equating Himself with God, shows that they clearly understood He was claiming to be God. (You, who have tried to be such an advocate for understanding how the Jews interpret their own book, seem to conveniently forget this.)
Have you studied Judaism? The one aspect of Judaism I am referring to is the Law of Agency, as well as the Jews concept of the first-born son being equal with his father.
The Law of Agency deals with the status of a person (known as the agent) acting by direction of another (the principal), and thereby legally binding the principal in his connection with a third person. The person who binds a principal in this manner is his agent, known in Jewish law as sheluaḥ or sheliaḥ (one that is sent): the relation of the former to the latter is known as agency (sheliḥut). The general principle is enunciated thus: A man's agent is like himself (Ḳid. 41b).
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view. ... rch=agency
The titles that are attributed to Jesus clearly speak to His deity - Alpha and Omega; The Almighty; the First and the Last; the King of Kings and Lord of Lords; not to mention the ones that given to Him in the OT (the ones like "the Mighty God")....
Read the above article keeping in mind that God appointed Jesus His heir (Hebrews 1:2) and exalted Him as Prince, and Savior (Acts 5:31).
And if that's not enough, just consider that all of His words in the Bible are colored Red - clearly this alone must be proof enough!