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“Jesus” is NOT the name given BTW
"Jesus" is NOT the name given to WHOM?
“Jesus” is NOT the name given BTW
But the Bible states that Jesus is the Son of God and that God sent His Son (Jesus) to save the world.Since Jesus is the LORD God
Is you argument and argument from silence? If not then explain how its not.
But the Bible states that Jesus is the Son of God and that God sent His Son (Jesus) to save the world.
Psalm 2:
No one can argue that this can only be speaking of Christ. But when that was written, Christ hadn’t yet been born into this world. Yet there He was being referred to by God as His Son, in Whom all are to trust lest they perish. THIS SAYS THAT BEFORE HE TOOK ON FLESH, CHRIST WAS GOD'S SON. So as Christ said during His incarnation, "The Father and I are One." Perfect harmony there. But here's the capper: Since there is, numerically, only one God -- beside Whom there is no other -- God is telling us that He exists in three co-equal, co-existent Persons...Father, Son and Spirit.
Perfect harmony there too. Trinitarianism is the only model that even tries dealing fairly with all this. All other models are inadequate or dishonest, and so they fail. |
actually I think it is...you are on a moderated site and speech is NOT free and if the home field throws rocks at you while you score your goals...LOL
"Jesus" is NOT the name given to WHOM?
If you think that "speech" is NOT free on this forum, you obviously, nevertheless, count it quite cheap. Any persecuted person, who senses his/her opportunity for speaking out is but precious little, is never going to squander it the way you do, consistently, throughout your posts. You can scarcely write a sentence, and seem defiantly proud of the fact! (I know, I know...logic and grammar are abominable, PAGAN concerns, and you, o righteous one, are above all of it!) And, a Mike Tyson quote, and "LOL", to close a post about how the Inquisition is coming for you? Really?
Where, in Scripture, does Jesus say, to anyone, "don't praise me", or, "don't glorify me"? Nowhere.
Where, in Scripture, is it said that "the Father is glorified more than the son"? Nowhere.
7djengo7 said:Why don't you try to describe exactly what (if anything) you think it would be for someone to "pass glory onto someone else"?NWL ANSWERS AND PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE (MATHEMATICIAN STORY)
7djengo7 said:What (if anything) was the point of your little "genius mathematician" story? Obviously, it had nothing to do with the Bible.
Interesting, also, your words regarding your "genius mathematician": you say he "wins a prize due to his intellect". The prize/praise, as you just admitted, is DUE HIM--DUE HIS INTELLECT. Why SHOULDN'T that "genius mathematician" receive the prize/praise DUE him? Did the father of your "genius mathematician" win the prize/praise? Did the father of your "genius mathematician" deserve to win the prize/praise?
He does win a prize, as does Jesus who the analogy is based on (a name above every name and every knee bending to him), but its to the fathers glory. A doctor, mathematician or a well raised child, who is now a adult, are a result of good parenting and teachers are they not? Their great accomplishments glorifies the ones who taught them the things they know, would you not agree. Likewise Jesus was "sent by the Father" to do "the will of the Father" and "say what the Father had taught him to say" and also based on the fact that Jesus could do nothing unless he learned it from his Father his teacher, any accomplishment of Jesus is to the Fathers glory, this is irrefutable since scripture clearly states it.
(John 5:19) "..Jesus replied, "Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son likewise does these things..."
(John 8:28) "..Jesus then said: “After you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing of my own initiative; but just as the Father taught me, I speak these things.."
(John 12:49) "..For I have not spoken of my own initiative, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.."
Either the knee-bowing and tongue-confessing are to Jesus, or they are not. You can't have it both ways. Which do you say it is? Are the knee-bowing and tongue-confessing to Jesus? Yes or No?
So long as you answer neither "Yes" nor "No", you will have failed to answer the question, and you will continue to demonstrate your dedication to obfuscation.
How do the remarks about your question in red make any sense? So if I say "no, the knee-bowing and tongue-confessing are NOT to Jesus" I'm wrong but if I also say "yes, the knee-bowing and tongue-confessing are to Jesus" I'm also wrong? What type of foolishness is this?? Would you not say yes to you're own question?
The knee-bowing and tongue-confessing are to Jesus but "to the glory of God the Father" as the verse says, its as simple as that. Anything more then you're adding to scripture, anything less then you're adding to scripture. Take scripture for what it says and not what you want it to say.
Stop talking to me about how Jesus was or was not glorified unless you attempt to answer my question based on the matter. If you simply answered the question you would have answered your own question.
Since Jesus stated "no one come to the father except through me", if we want approach the Father in anything or in worship who do we need to direct that worship through according to John 14:6?
Again, where does Paul, in Philippians 2:8-11 KJV, state that the things done to the glory of Jesus are NOT done to the glory of Jesus? Obviously, nowhere. If he did so, he would be contradicting himself, since he has, in the same passage, made it clear that those things are done to the glory of Jesus.
If you want to say that God the Father's highly exalting Jesus, and His giving Jesus a name above every other name, is NOT to the glory of Jesus, then you're a raving fool who has no hope of meaningful discourse with rational people.
Are you trying to say that I am arguing that, SINCE Paul, in Philippians 2:8-11 KJV (or anywhere else), never says that the glory given to Jesus is NOT to the glory of Jesus, THEN, IT MUST FOLLOW that the glory given to Jesus IS to the glory of Jesus? If you think that I am arguing that, then you're quite mistaken. My argument is that, since Jesus, in the passage, is shown being glorified, and since Jesus can't be glorified without that glorification being TO JESUS' GLORY, Paul would
1. be engaging in redundancy, were he to write the phrase "to the glory of Jesus", since he has just described the glorification of Jesus in God the Father's highly exalting Jesus, giving Him a name above every name, etc., and
2. be contradicting his own statements were he to write the phrase "NOT to the glory of Jesus".
You're the one trying to argue from silence (and against TRUTH, at that!) You're saying, in essence, "Look, we see Paul saying only the words, "to the glory of God the Father", and we do not see Paul saying the words, "AND to the glory of Jesus", therefore, we ought to understand that the glorification of Jesus described in the passage is NOT to the glory of Jesus."
Your problem--the problem you (or your Watchtower Tract Society programmers/handlers) have created for yourself--is that you, after admitting that Jesus is being glorified in the passage, contradict your admission by claiming that that glorification of Jesus is somehow NOT to the glory of Jesus. A phrase such as, 'glorification of Jesus that is NOT to the glory of Jesus', is an OXYMORON, just like as is the phrase "square circle"; both phrases, being oxymorons, are meaningless; neither phrase has a referent. It is simply impossible for Jesus to be glorified without that glorification of Jesus being TO THE GLORY OF JESUS.
You're the one trying to argue from silence (and against TRUTH, at that!) You're saying, in essence, "Look, we see Paul saying only the words, "to the glory of God the Father", and we do not see Paul saying the words, "AND to the glory of Jesus", therefore, we ought to understand that the glorification of Jesus described in the passage is NOT to the glory of Jesus."
Once again you fail to answer my question, a clear sign you are unable to handle the inconsistencies I have raised in regards to your understanding of scripture. Stop running from my questions and answer them if you will. If you are unable to then be humble and simply say so.
1. According to the bible, who ultimately receives worship out of all creation? Animals, Humans, Angels or God?
2. Since Jesus stated "no one come to the father except through me", if we want approach the Father in anything or in worship who do we need to direct that worship through according to John 14:6?
3. Since you deny that it was through Isaac and Jacob/Israel who the promise to Abraham by God is through, do tell us who it is through?
Abraham's seed through Isaac - "..For not all who descend from Israel are really “Israel.” 7 Neither are they all children because they are Abraham’s seed; rather, “What will be called your seed will be through Isaac.” (Romans 9:7, 8)
Jesus did not want people to worship him directly.
Where have I said I don't worship Jesus? You are a man of assumptions and false accusations my friend. I do worship Jesus since this is the method that the father deems all persons to worship him. I worship the Father by worshiping Jesus, who passes all glory to his father.
Again, NOT a question. Again, your phrase "ultimately receives worship" is not from the Bible. It's not MY phrase; I don't use it, and there's no burden upon me to try to explain it. It's YOUR PHRASE, and, so far, you've stonewalled against my requests that you try to explain YOUR PHRASE. You've not explained it; your silence against my request for you to try to explain it is as good as an admission that you, yourself, know very well that you don't meaning anything by it. If you meant something by your phrase, you'd tell me what you meant. Pretty simple. So, again, you've NOT asked me a question.
What angers you is that I won't play along with your cultic language games.
NWL said:2. Since Jesus stated "no one come to the father except through me", if we want approach the Father in anything or in worship who do we need to direct that worship through according to John 14:6?What (if anything) do you think you mean by "approach the Father", "approach the Father in anything", and "approach the Father in worship"? Also, your phrase, "direct worship through": not from the Bible! Not a part of my vocabulary. Perhaps your Watchtower Tract Society programmers/handlers dish those things out for you to try to use on your marks; I don't know. At any rate, those are phraseologies not found in Scripture. Again, they're all part of your language games, and I have not an iota of obligation to play along with them.
I can't even make out what (if anything) you're claiming I have denied. I guess you'll have to quote my exact words, wherein (as you claim) I deny whatever it is you say I deny. And, of course, you'll be expected to provide the link to whichever of my posts those words are to be found in.
Moreover, it was through Jaobs/Israel descendants that the "heirs with reference to a promise" (as seen in Gal 3:29) when said to Abraham by God relates.No it wasn't.
Also, your "New World Translation" can go to hell, so far as I'm concerned, inasmuch as it is not God's Word, and is, rather, a vile attack upon God's Word.
Again, as always, your phrase, "worship him directly", is
1. Not found in Scripture, and
2. Meaningless.
You say you worship Jesus.
You say "Jesus did not want people to worship him directly."
You are saying that YOU worship Jesus, but not "directly". Hence, you are saying that you worship Jesus "indirectly".
Have fun trying to explain what (if anything) it is for you to worship Jesus "indirectly".
You are correct, there is no burden on you to answer the question...
Again, your phrase "ultimately receives worship" is not from the Bible. It's not MY phrase; I don't use it, and there's no burden upon me to try to explain it. It's YOUR PHRASE, and, so far, you've stonewalled against my requests that you try to explain YOUR PHRASE.
Who finally receives worship according to the bible
Who fundamentally receives worship according worship in the bible
Who essentially receives worship according to the bible
Who in the end receives worship according to the bible
Who ultimately receives worship according to the bible
Animals, Humans, Angels or God?
All the above questions are asking the same thing...
So if I say "no, the knee-bowing and tongue-confessing are NOT to Jesus" I'm wrong but if I also say "yes, the knee-bowing and tongue-confessing are to Jesus" I'm also wrong? What type of foolishness is this?? Would you not say yes to you're own question?
The knee-bowing and tongue-confessing are to Jesus...
but "to the glory of God the Father" as the verse says, its as simple as that. Anything more then you're adding to scripture, anything less then you're adding to scripture. Take scripture for what it says and not what you want it to say.
Stop talking to me about how Jesus was or was not glorified...
As I've already stated, your argument here is one of silence, for example where does Paul in Phil 2:8-11 state the things done to the glory of Jesus are NOT done to the glory of Satan, or James, or Moses, or Judas? He doesn't.
I already address and showed proof for this point but you ignored it. Jesus is the exception because God said he was the exception according to verses such as Phil 2:8-11 that show everyone bending the knee to Jesus as he has been exalted. Yes only God is worthy, hence why despite every knee bending to Jesus openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord its not to his glory but to the glory of God the Father as Phil 2:8-11 clearly shows.