Originally posted by Wearynot
Do not do me the discourtesy of inferring I am a Pharisee. I have never, in my year or so of debating you, resorted to ad hom. Let us not start now.
Isn't it true that, like the Pharisees, you too think that Jesus was claiming to be God? What's wrong about my statement my friend? If you don't like to be countted among the Pharisees, all you have to do is open your eyes and STOP thinking like them.
Now, to answer your question. "Do you really THINK (rudeness edited out) that Jesus was CLAIMING to be God by saying, "I am the SON of God?"
I dunno, lessee..."John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God."
Open your eyes my friend and SEE that the JEWS were accusing Jesus of making himself out to be God. How did the Jews come into this ERRONEOUS conclusion? Jesus himself answered in John 10:36 - by him saying that he is the son of God. The Jews thought, like most professing Christians think today, that being son of God is EQUAL to being God.
Ed's version: John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be the son ofGod."
Choices, choices...do I believe John, the apostle who was beloved of Jesus, and WAS THERE? Or do I believe ed, who trying to read Scripture with that caul over his eyes?
Whaddya think, ed?
First, you THOUGHT it was John who was accusing Jesus of blasphemy by making himself out to be God. If you remove the scale over your eyes, you would have seen that it was the Jews who were accusing Jesus of blasphemy.
Second, You are falsely misrepresenting me because I do not have my own version of John 10:33. If you relate John 10:33 to John 10:36, you would come to the reasonable conclusion that the Jews THOUGHT Jesus was making hinself out to be God when he said he is the son of God.
I THINK my friend that even highly intelligent people like you can be misled into believing a lie if they fail to use their head.
Ed