Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Questions on who Jesus is (was "Missed point") Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 91 08:15:23 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of NC at Charlotte Lines: 44 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , edc!fraser@uunet.uu.net (Fraser Orr) writes: > In article , ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant) writes: > |> > |> "In the beginning was the Word" - the Word has always existed > |> "...and the Word was with God..." - the Word is a part of God > |> "...and THE WORD WAS GOD." - self-explanitory > > I find it very irritating when someone arogantly claims "Whoever > says that the Bible does not establish the divinity of Jesus has not > been reading the Bible." I did not intend to be arrogant and I apologize if I offended you. I have found that most people who set out to argue against the Bible or Jesus are not very familiar with the NT. > and so it says that at his birth the Word became flesh. It does not say > that Jesus Christ and the Word were the same thing. It does not have to say that Christ is the Word in order for us to understand this. Now, you have already agreed that the John ch. 1 says that the Word is God and the Word is Flesh. Now, if you believe that Word = God and Word = Flesh, then you must concded that God = Flesh Now, you go on to say that it does not say that Jesus Christ is the Word. However, if you take the chapter in whole, you will find that it does. It says that the Word is the "light of the world." Jesus told us that he is the "light of the world." Therefore, as above, Word = Light of world, Jesus = Light of world => Word = Jesus => Jesus = God Furthermore, we are told that Jesus forgave sins. This one of the reasons that he was tried for heresy. We are further told that only God can forgive sins. AGain, Jesus = forgave sins, God = only one who can forgive sins => Jesus = God Elizabeth