I, and my legion of scholarly sources, have knowledge of God's Word too.
While scholars can get many things right, they can also be wrong.
1 Corinthians 2:5 says,
”That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”
Meaning, we should ask God to send the Spirit to help us understand what His Word says.
It will be the Holy Spirit that will open our understanding (See: 1 John 2:27).
But we must be willing to accept every word of the Bible as truth and not reject it when we don’t like what it says.
No one gets to self-deputize or self-ordain themselves for spiritual roles, especially not to go around and condenscend upon other, fellow Christians left and right. Who at your church is backing you in your attitude here?
Just stating your thoughts does not mean anything. The burden of proof is on you to make your case biblically that 2 Timothy 3:16-17 cannot apply to all believers but only church leaders. While Timothy helped to act on behalf of Paul at times, it does not mean the instruction in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 was only to him and or those like him. If such was the case, you need to build your case biblically that says otherwise. But we must keep in mind that Timothy did not see our risen Lord that we know of according to Scripture. As important as Timothy was, this does not mean he was not an apostle like Paul. One of the qualifications of being an apostle is to see the risen Christ.
Anyway, if this is the case, then you can never try to prove somebody wrong about a false belief with Scripture on any other topic. Have you never done that before? If so, then you be hypocritical, friend.
Jesus was sinless, but He was still Human.
If you mean he was human in the sense that he made mistakes then that would technically be a sin.
Besides, God cannot make mistakes.
And even though He was one with the Holy Spirit, I don't think Jesus was omniscience while in the flesh.
I believe Jesus Omniscience was suppressed.
Jesus grew in wisdom as a child (Luke 2:52), and He did not know the day or the hour of His own return (Matthew 24:36).
The Bible alludes to the fact that Jesus suppressed His divine attribute of Omniscience (i.e. to know all things) at the beginning of God’s creation.
How so?
Jesus says to God the Father,
"And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began." (John 17:5).
I believe this glory is in reference to the "glory of the knowledge of the Lord."
For it is written:
"For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea." (Habakkuk 2:14).
"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." (2 Corinthians 4:6).
Jesus' divine attribute of Omniscience was not suppressed before the world began. This is the glory that He shared with the Father at one time. Jesus was the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. His fate was already laid out ahead of time because God is 100% aware of everything that is going to happen.
When the world began, Jesus's divine attribute of Omniscience was suppressed.
Jesus was perfected in obeying the Father and suffered unto death while He was limited in knowledge or while His divine attribute of Omniscience was suppressed. Jesus was able to learn how to obey while under suffering in a human body with limited knowledge. Jesus lived like a man so as to fulfill the type of Adam. Adam was also limited in knowledge in the Garden before the fall.
It's why Jesus is a type or figure of Adam.
For Jesus is called the "Last Adam" in Scripture (See 1 Corinthians 15:22).
That said, while Jesus Omniscience was suppressed, we must also understand that the Bible also teaches that…
Jesus had power as God:
(During His Earthly Ministry):
1. Jesus said He has power to raise the dead to life just as the Father had power to raise the dead (John 5:21).
2. Hebrews 1:3 talks about how Christ held all things together by the word of His power when He purged us of our sins.
3. Jesus said, He would raise up this Temple (His body) three days later (John 2:19).
4. Jesus had the power to forgive sins and give eternal life (Mark 2:7) (Luke 7:44-50) (John 14:6).
5 Jesus had power to take away the sins of the entire world (John 1:29).
6. Jesus Christ said wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them (Matthew 18:20). This was said to the people he was around and not to just us today.
7. Jesus can make His home or abode inside of us if we keep His commandments (John 14:15). This is a part of His divine power and or abilities as God. Humans born to two parents cannot make their homes inside other people.
8. “This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.” (John 2:11). This was a direct statement. Meaning, Christ’s miracle at the wedding of Cana manifested His glory. This was his first miracle done by Jesus, and it was a part of His showing forth His deity as God. The apostle John did not say that the Lord Jesus manifested the Holy Spirit’s glory, but His own glory.
9. ”And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” (John 14:13-14). This was said by Jesus before the cross, and answering prayers is definitely a divine act of God. Please pay close attention to what Jesus said. He said, “I will do it“ in reference to answering prayer. So if a person prays for a healing in His name, he will do it. He will be the One who will heal them and do it.
10. John 5:17 (NKJV) “But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” If you were to read a little before verse 17, we learn that this is in context to the Jews being upset because of Christ healing a man on the Sabbath. So Jesus is taking ownership of this healing because He said He has been working (Just as the Father). John 5:19 says, “Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”
So, if The Chosen takes some small liberty to 'show' some of Jesus' humanity, I'm not upset about that. I mean, it's not like we're supporting the Davinci Code or some other similar schlock.
The creators of the Chosen have their version of Jesus making mistakes that violates Scripture that is very serious. I have already mentioned this in my previous posts involving the Bible.
The Biblical writers, like any writes of history, can't possible provide an exhaustive and comprehensive narrative describing every single idea, thought, word, or action that either Jesus had or the Apostles had. For all we know, it is possible that some of the earliest disciples had personality and/or cognitive issues just like any Tom, Rick or Sally could today. Peter was known to have been brash at times and to make hastly generalizations, or just not see things that the Lord wanted him to see. Paul wasn't perfect either. None of them were. Jesus was sinless, though. That much we know.
So if Jesus is sinless and our spotless Lamb, He could not make mistakes. Hebrews 7:26 says he was separate from sinners, and holly and undefiled.
If it's my "prerogative" to go around and "correct" people, then you'll get a heck of a lot of push back from me on a whole lot of stuff, Bible and all ... ... And I can guarantee you, you won't like what I have to say and you'll think The Chosen is the least of your concerns.
So, just stop while you think you're ahead and concentrate more on being civil to other, fellow Trinitarian Christians. Surely you can do that, can't you?
I believe it is more serious than you realize. The false teachings in the Chosen are heretical. A Jesus who makes mistakes and who has to get help on His sermon when in reality Jesus spoke by commandment of the Father. A Jesus who does not call sinners to repentance and who promotes the false idea that it’s not about the rules, when in reality Jesus said if you love me, keep my commandments. The show clearly is teaching another Jesus that people would rather listen to and believe this is the real Jesus. Even the show declares that they are portraying the authentic Jesus (Which is clearly a lie if we look at Scripture). So the creators are lying to us.
No, I'm not upset at all that you don't like The Chosen. T.V. shows don't play any part in my theological outlook. So, I don't care about that. I do care when fellow Christians think they're going to get into my face and show me "The Way." ... you ain't!!!!
It’s not a matter of my not liking it, it’s a matter of my exposing the problems in the show in light of the Bible that you don’t like.
As I said before, I'm now aware that there is some minimal Mormon influence on the Chosen t.v. series.
There are several executive producers who are Mormons on the Chosen.
They also filmed in a sacred Mormon location that before that point in time, no Mormon was allowed to visit such a location.
Dallas says Mormons are his brothers and sisters in Christ.
They just happen to coincidentally loosely quote the Book of Mormon on the show with the phrase, “I am the Law…”
Yes, the Jenkin’s Jesus said, “I am the Law of Moses,” but this was still a reference to the Book of Mormon that says, “I am the Law.”
For Jesus quoted Old Testamented references in a similar way.
The Lord bless you and keep you as well.
Thank you. May His goodness and mercy always be upon you even if we are in heated disagreement over your love for a fictional TV series.