60 Questions for Christians to Answer

as you will see, Jesus came to Earth so that we may see who God truely is. As Jesus stated none of us has see the Father. We need to know who he is. How do you know someone?

Is Jesus Fully God?

     Another group questions whether Jesus actually possesses all the characteristics of the Eternal God. They stem from Arius, a 4th century Alexandrian priest, who had a different take on God. He taught that prior to making anything else, God created a son who was neither equal to, nor coeternal with, the Father. According to this idea, called Arianism, Jesus Christ is a supernatural creature, but He is neither fully human nor fully divine. Still others embrace a more immature version of this doctrine, holding that back in the dawn of time, God the Father had some form of cosmic intimate relations with the Holy Spirit and Jesus was the product. They reason, �How else can you call Him the Son?�
     However, these concepts are totally contrary to the teaching of the New Testament in which Jesus is revealed as the Eternal Creator and not a created being (John 1:1�4). As we compare Scripture definitions for God with the Bible record of Jesus, we see the characteristics of Jehovah are also ascribed to Jesus. Note these powerful examples:

• He is self-existent (John 1:1�4; 14:6); only God is self-existent (Psalm 90:2).
  
• Jesus defines Himself as eternal. �I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty� (Revelation 1:8).
  
• He is, and has, eternal life (1 John 5:11, 12, 20).
  
• He is all-powerful (Revelation 1:8).
  
• He created all things (John 1:3). �In the beginning God created the heaven and the

earth� (Genesis 1:1). �For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him� (Colossians 1:16 NKJV).

• The Father even calls Jesus God. �But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom� (Hebrews 1:8).
  
• Jesus is able to forgive sin (Luke 5:20, 21); The Bible says only God can forgive sin (Isaiah 43:25).
  
• Jesus accepted worship that according to the Ten Commandments is reserved only for the Almighty (Matthew 14:33). �And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, �All hail.� And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him� (Matthew 28:9). Upon seeing the risen Savior, the converted skeptic, Thomas, confessed, �My Lord and my God!� (John 20:26�29).
  
• Even the angels worship Jesus. �And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him� (Hebrews 1:6).

• The Scriptures also teach that only God knows the thoughts of a man�s heart (1 Kings 8:39). Yet Jesus consistently knew what people were thinking, �for he knew what was in man� (John 2:25). �Nathanael said to Him, �How do You know me?� Jesus answered and said to him, �Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you�� (John 1:48 NKJV).
  
• Through the Spirit, Jesus is omnipresent. �Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age� (Matthew 28:20 NKJV). �For I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city� (Acts 18:10 NKJV).
  
• He has power to give life, and even resurrected Himself. �No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again� (John 10:18). �I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live� (John 11:25).

     Therefore, by considering the primary definitions of God, and seeing that Jesus fits every one of those definitions, obviously, Jesus must be eternal God.

islamispeace,

Thank you for taking the time to read it.  There is more!!

His Enemies Knew

     Even Jesus� enemies understood and recognized His claim of equality with the Father God. When He boldly proclaimed, �I and my Father are one,� Jewish leaders were outraged and sought to execute Him. They understood unequivocally that Jesus was claiming to be God Himself. �The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God� (John 10:30, 33).
     The Jews even attempted to stone Christ when He assumed the self-existent title of Jehovah used at the burning bush. Jesus said to them, ��Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.� Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by� (John 8:58 NKJV).
     The Jews understood that Jesus claimed equality with God, when He said ��My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.� Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, ... but said also that God was his Father, making Himself equal with God� (John 5:17, 18).
     There are only three conclusions one can derive from reading these passages. First, Jesus was insane when He made these outrageous claims. Second, He was a liar. These are unacceptable options. The third possibility is that He uttered a sublime truth. For a Christian who accepts the substitutionary death of Christ on the cross, the third option is the only tenable one. Otherwise, a liar or delusional man could not be righteous enough to be our Savior.

Medieval Error?

     Probably the most widely held Christian view of God is known as the �trinity.� This popular belief teaches that the Godhead consists of three distinct persons who have existed together from eternity past and are named the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. Each one possesses original, underived, and unborrowed life. They are all equally God and are one in nature, character, and purpose. They are not three �gods,� but one God in a combination of the three distinct persons.
     Some have implicated trinitarianism as heresy because they claim the wayward medieval church was the culprit to firstintroduce it. In fact, to distance themselves from the Catholic version of the trinity, many Protestant leaders from the 19th century preferred the more biblical term �Godhead� when referring to the triune God.
     However, just because an apostate church believes in the trinity, or any other doctrine for that matter, does not automatically make it unbiblical. The converse is also true. A position is not accurate just because some of the early church leaders advocated it. Even the Apostles misunderstood the nature of Jesus� first coming. Doctrinal validity must be based on biblical authority and not upon whom advocates it or rejects it.
     The Old Testament was written long before the existence of the Christian church, apostate or true, and it teaches there are three persons in the Godhead. In Isaiah, the Redeemer, which is Jesus Christ in the New Testament (Galatians 4:4, 5), declares the �Lord God and His Spirit� are responsible for sending Him on His mission of redemption (Isaiah 48:16, 17 NKJV).
     Some think that because the word �trinity� (derived from the Latin word trinitas, meaning �threeness�) is not found in the Bible, the concept of a triune God cannot be right. However, even though the word �millennium,� meaning one thousand years, does not appear in Revelation 20, we use it to describe earth�s 1,000-year rest after Jesus� return. A teaching is not any less true simply because an extra-biblical word is used to define what is clearly a biblical teaching. This goes for the trinity, second coming, investigative judgment, and a host of other concise terms for doctrines.

 The whole thing is wrong. The disciples worshipped him not throughout his ministry. Why they only started worshipping only at the last moment?? That is a false thing that they worshipped him at all or that he ever resurrected from the dead. He simply rose from the lying position. They said that Jesus had risen. What is the meaning of "Risen"! Please take the simplest meanings.

Where do you get such an extreme idea? 

The disciples did not know that he was a god until the last few days. Why?? We see Jesus being called a Lord. But that does not mean that he is father or god. He could not be the father because he never got married. About Lord, I see many men in the House of Lords in England.

Jesus is the Lord from heaven... meaning the in-form emanation of God, whose back Moses saw on Mt. Sinai.   Haven't you ever heard of the Lord's prayer?    It is the prayer the the Lord taught the disciples.   It starts off, "Our Father who art in heaven...."

In the KJV ot, God exists as visible, invisible, and ominpresent.

Since God is a person, those three different ways are called the three persons of the Trinity.    Moses saw the Lord's back on Mt. Sinai, as he passed by.   

God relates to man's perceptive capacities i.e. sight and hearing
by His in form emanation....which is called the "Lord".   We have been created that way by design.    God's in form emanation is called the Lord.    The Lord comes forth from the Father, who no man has seen...as Jesus said no man has seen the Father.   

Another sentence that you wrote: Jesus never prayed to the Lord, because he was the Lord.

That is also wrong because we see in the bibleNT that Jesus before his arrest, prayed so much heavily to God (Or his supposed father) that his sweat was running like blood and he beseeched his Lord (The real God) that if possible the cup may be taken away from him. Are you aware of these things?. If not then please go and check up or ask some one. Why did you say that Jesus did not pray to the Lord?? Then to whom he was praying?? To himself??  More later if required. But it is only for discussion. Not to undermine any one.

Jesus never addressed God as Lord anywhere, anytime.   Jesus addressed God as Father.    The problem you have my friend minuteman is that you don't equate the trinity in terms of Father, Lord, and Holy Spirit.    Unseen, Seen, and Omnipresent.

I am certain that you have heard the trinity in terms as being Father, Son, Holy Spirit.    However, the term "Son" , in the Trinity, is metaphoric, as is the Father for that matter.   The Son's meaning is to convey that the Lord (the Son) emanates, comes forth, from the Father, God who no created being can fathom.    God presents Himself in a form, such that His creation can relate.

Simply substitute Lord for Son in the nt, and you will understand why Jesus is called the Lord throughout the nt and he himself never addressed God as Lord.... because Jesus was the Lord.   The same Lord who's back Moses saw on Mt. Sinai.

Peace,

     Though there is nothing in this world that adequately illustrates God, Paul declares the �invisible things of him from the creation of the world� can help us understand �his eternal power and Godhead� (Romans 1:20). The truth that God is a �tri-unity� of two invisible persons (Father and Spirit) and one visible person (Jesus) is evident even in creation.
     The universe is composed of three structures: space, matter, and time. Of these three, only matter is visible. Space requires length, height, and width to constitute space. Each dimension is separate and distinct in itself, yet the three form space�if you remove height, you no longer have space. Time is also a tri-unity of past, present, and future. Two are invisible (past and future), and one visible (present). Each is separate and distinct, as well as essential for time to exist. Man is also a �tri-unity,� having physical, mental, and spiritual components. Again, two are invisible (mental and spiritual) and one visible (physical). Cells compose the fundamental structural unit of all living organisms. All organic life is made up from cells that consist of three primary parts: the outer wall, the cytoplasm, and the nucleus (like the shell, white, and yoke of an egg). If any one is removed, the cell dies.
     In each of these examples, the removal of any one component results in the demise of the whole. In like manner, the Godhead contains three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each is God (Ephesians 4:6; Titus 2:13; Acts 5:3, 4), yet there is one God. The removal of one person destroys the unity of the whole.
     Even the gospel story illustrates the interdependency of threes. The sanctuary had three places: the Courtyard, the Holy Place, and the Most Holy Place. There are three stages of salvation: justification, sanctification, and glorification. In Isaiah 6:3, the angels around God�s throne cry �Holy, Holy, Holy� three times�once for the Father, once for the Son, and once for the Holy Spirit.

When you read this you have to get a whole description of God. God tells us who He is through out the entire Bible. That is why I urge you to read it.