Rosenritter
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Yep, according to how the Word means those things.
What, you have not? :chuckle:
In the sense that John writes, we (those who have come after) have not seen God, so how can we claim to love God (whom we have not seen) when we love not our brother, whom we have seen and is in front of us at this moment?
When Thomas witnessed the risen Jesus and finally understood, he confessed "My Lord and my God" and rather than telling Thomas that he was mistaken, or rebuking him as he rebuked Peter who would have withheld him from the cross, Jesus accepted his confession and praised those who would accept this afterwards in faith, without needing to feel and see directly.
Even the staunchest of Unitarian sites admit there are multiple passages in scripture which do call Jesus God. If this was not the truth, reality, and intent, then we should have a solid denial of Jesus as God from scripture to set things straight. There's no such denial, because it's true.