Did Jesus Consider Himself to be God?
One other question that I have been thinking about is if Jesus did not consider himself God in the flesh then how could he speak and act with the authority that he had. He taught the multitudes as one having authority, even more so than Moses and the Old Testament prophets. (Matthew 7:29). He said he had authority to forgive sins (Luke 5:24-26). He had authority to make people well from sickness (Luke 5:13). He had authority to calm the sea and storm (LUke 8:24-25). Really, if he wasn't God in the flesh would he be able to do that? Or is there some other explanation you are thinking of? Or are you going to claim that these things are just fables and did not happen at all?
Unless I see a good reason not to, I take the historical account in Gospels at face value. There not fables from my perspective.
My view is that Jesus saw Himself as God in the flesh, the incarnation of the Logos of John 1:1, since He was God. On the other hand, He did appear to be circumspect in stating that he was God. Perhaps the closest He came to that was when Jesus was questioned by his disciples near Caesarea Philippi: Mark 8:27-30 "On the way he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" 28 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets." 29 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ." (literally in the Greek, "the annointed one") 30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him." Matthew 16:16 expands on this statement: "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus responds: "Blessed art thou, SImon Bar Jona; for flesh and blood hat not revealed it unto thee, but my Father, who is in heaven." Even in this passage, Jesus doesn't state that He is God, only that He (Jesus) was sent by God, and that Peter's insight that He was the Christ also came from God who was in Heaven, not "flesh and blood" or Jesus who was talking to him. But of course it really was Jesus after all!
Perhaps the subsequent riling up of the Pharisees comes from what is best stated in Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is a failure to communciate."
Unless I see a good reason not to, I take the historical account in Gospels at face value. There not fables from my perspective.
My view is that Jesus saw Himself as God in the flesh, the incarnation of the Logos of John 1:1, since He was God. On the other hand, He did appear to be circumspect in stating that he was God. Perhaps the closest He came to that was when Jesus was questioned by his disciples near Caesarea Philippi: Mark 8:27-30 "On the way he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" 28 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets." 29 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ." (literally in the Greek, "the annointed one") 30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him." Matthew 16:16 expands on this statement: "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus responds: "Blessed art thou, SImon Bar Jona; for flesh and blood hat not revealed it unto thee, but my Father, who is in heaven." Even in this passage, Jesus doesn't state that He is God, only that He (Jesus) was sent by God, and that Peter's insight that He was the Christ also came from God who was in Heaven, not "flesh and blood" or Jesus who was talking to him. But of course it really was Jesus after all!
Perhaps the subsequent riling up of the Pharisees comes from what is best stated in Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is a failure to communciate."
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