JESUS & THE FATHER ONE GOD? (4)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) How exactly are Jesus and the Father ONE? Was Jesus CREATED or has he eternally existed with the Father? Is our Savior the GOD of the Old Testament who created man and dealt with Noah, Abraham, Moses, the nation of Israel and all the prophets? How is the Father GREATER than our Lord?
1. Only the divine can forgive sins
a) Only God can forgive sin, a prerogative that Jesus also claimed. After healing someone who was disabled Jesus told him something which some religious leaders immediately questioned.
i) "Now when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paraplegic, 'Child, your sins have been forgiven you.' But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 'Why does this man speak such blasphemies? Who has the power to forgive sins, except one, and that is God?'" (Mark 2:5, see also Luke 5:19)
b) Notice that Jesus did not correct the scribes and their interpretation of him being able to generically forgive sins.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) How exactly are Jesus and the Father ONE? Was Jesus CREATED or has he eternally existed with the Father? Is our Savior the GOD of the Old Testament who created man and dealt with Noah, Abraham, Moses, the nation of Israel and all the prophets? How is the Father GREATER than our Lord?
1. Only the divine can forgive sins
a) Only God can forgive sin, a prerogative that Jesus also claimed. After healing someone who was disabled Jesus told him something which some religious leaders immediately questioned.
i) "Now when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paraplegic, 'Child, your sins have been forgiven you.' But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 'Why does this man speak such blasphemies? Who has the power to forgive sins, except one, and that is God?'" (Mark 2:5, see also Luke 5:19)
b) Notice that Jesus did not correct the scribes and their interpretation of him being able to generically forgive sins.
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