Why does christianity consider Jesus(pbuh) as God?

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How about the shamrock,

Three leafs on one stem,

Three but yet one.

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Izraphel:
I am sorry if I insulted you, it wasn’t my intention.

However, you have to agree that you can’t know for sure what happened 2000 years ago. The so called ‘‘evidence’’ are all written by human hands, and humans could have added up anything.
By that logic, we can’t be sure of *anything *that has happened in the past or of *anyone. *It’s interesting to me that skeptics generally don’t doubt whether we really have accurate records of Plato, Aristotle and other ancients, but when it comes to Christ there emerges doubt and skepticism as to whether historical records about him are truly accurate. Have you ever read the history of the early Church and the intense persecution Christians in the Roman Empire endured before Emperor Constantine? They died because they wouldn’t deny that Jesus was God and wouldn’t acknowledge the Roman Emperor as a god. Basically, to become a Christian in the Roman Empire meant having the death penalty hanging over your head. The Apostles would certainly have been in a position to know if Jesus were God – they were His companions for three years. Why would they die for this belief if they knew it weren’t true? Who would die for something they know is lie? And how could they convince others so thoroughly if this belief weren’t true, so much so they would be willing to give up their lives for this belief?
Have you ever played the telephone game, where you start on one end of a room, whisper a statement into someone else’s ear, and then let the message get passed on from person to person, until the end? Notice how the message is always very different from how it begins? If Christ were just a human and our understanding of Him simply from human sources, then why would we not have a very different understanding of Him now, two thousand years later, than Christians did in the earliest centuries? We still understand Him to be true God and true Man, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. Surely after two thousand years, our understanding of Jesus would have seriously mutated, as that understanding has in the various offshoot heretical cults over the centuries. How do you explain the Scriptures, written by over 40 different authors over a period of over 1,000 years, being in agreement and harmony, and containing hundreds of prophecies that were written hundreds of years before Christ’s birth, all of which He fulfilled?

Christ is a Person, not an abstract idea. Those who believe in Him *know Him. *He is real because we see His work in ourselves, in our lives and in the lives of others.
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God exists in Eternity, in and of Himself, without anything above Him. He is the Father.

God, being completely aware, knows Himself for all Eternity. He sees Himself perfectly, there is no misunderstanding of Himself (He doesn’t think He’s a creature when really He is not, nor does He think He is weaker than He really is, ect.) In knowing Himself perfectly, He has a perfect image of Himself (also called Logos, or mental word). In knowing Himself perfectly in an Image, He begets Himself perfectly. He is the Son of the Father. The Son is not a creature, He is not created by the Father, just like your mind is not created by you, but is a part of you, is you.

God the Father, knowing Himself perfectly also sees that He is perfect. He is Good, He is Beautiful, He is Caring, He is Loving. Being perfect, and being perfectly worthy of Love, God the Father loves Himself (the Son). God the Father, being able to view Himself, can interact with Himself, “touch” Himself, know Himself intimately; He does not simply “view” Himself as a distant thought, but rather experiences Himself eternally. He is the Holy Spirit (literally Holy Breath). He is God contacting and experiencing Himself.

God “Is”, He is the Father. God knows Himself, and this “knowledge” is the Son. God experiences Himself, and this is the Holy Spirit. Three persons of one God. This is no different than you existing, you knowing yourself, and you experiencing yourself. The problem is that, for us and out limited knowledge and experience, we can not perceive all perspectives at once. God, being perfect, can. More importantly, other peoples understanding of you is based on this set of three. You exist for them to know, they have an idea of you, and they interact with you; three factors in one being.

Jesus is God the Son, the Image of God, God Known. He is the Son in human form, perfectly human in all positive aspects of humanity, and perfectly God in all positive aspects of God. He is not “less God” than the Father (God being), because He is the perfect knowledge and understanding of God.

I understand that these ideas are difficult to understand and accept, but try to think about them and perhaps you’ll have a better understanding of what we mean when we say God is Trinity.

Peace and God bless!
 
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Izraphel:
I am sorry if I insulted you, it wasn’t my intention.

However, you have to agree that you can’t know for sure what happened 2000 years ago. The so called ‘‘evidence’’ are all written by human hands, and humans could have added up anything.

You choose to believe that it is all true, even though it might not be. Other religions do the same. That’s my point.
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The prime minister of Iran doesnt even believe that the Holocaust happened to the Jews in WWII. So, how can you prove to him something happened 2000 years ago and the Holocaust was only 60 years ago?
 
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secondboy:
a wise guy dosn’t accept that 3=1.does he?
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Sure he does, if he knows multiplication. You don’t add 3 things that are the same. 111=1 🙂
 
I think our(especially your)imaginatio of God isn’t true.
God is free from want.he need nothing and no one.
if a man is(was) born then he need father and he isn’t free from want, he isn’t God
 
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God is free from want.he need nothing and no one.
if a man is(was) born then he need father and he isn’t free from want, he isn’t God
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if you are talking about Jesus, then we was a human being as well…when will muslims learn to differentiate between Jesus the human being and Jesus the God incarnate? Jesus the God is eternal , but Jesus the human being was born miraculously from Mary…can you claim that God cannot do this?
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inJESUS:
if you are talking about Jesus, then we was a human being as well…when will muslims learn to differentiate between Jesus the human being and Jesus the God incarnate? Jesus the God is eternal , but Jesus the human being was born miraculously from Mary…can you claim that God cannot do this?
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I think you dont know concept of that statement " Jesus a human bieng and a god "
as one of christians said it(trinity) is test of faith.
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secondboy:
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inJESUS:
I think you dont know concept of that statement " Jesus a human bieng and a god "
as one of christians said it(trinity) is test of faith.
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what are you talking about? we know perfectly well that Jesus was both human and God…so when you say : how is Jesus God if he prays to the Father? the response is that Jesus was a human as well, under the law, just as the prophecy said… but when Jesus says: before Abraham was, i am, then obviously its not a mere human being talking. I dont know what the bro meant by trinity is test of faith, but the trinity is there in the Bible. The early fathers gave the biblical concept a name, they did not invent it out of nowhere.
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I don’t understand "three person and one god " three isn’t equal one
if three person are God then there are three Gods not one.
and if Jesus is God why shouldn’t you worship(adore) him?if he isn’t the same God?yes God that you know him as Father.
 
Is it true that Ortodox christians don’t know Jesus as God?
they don’t consider Jesus as God.do they?
 
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secondboy:
Is it true that Ortodox christians don’t know Jesus as God?
they don’t consider Jesus as God.do they?
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Catholic, Orthodox and Protestants are christians, because they believe in trinity.
 
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secondboy:
I don’t understand "three person and one god " three isn’t equal one
if three person are God then there are three Gods not one.
and if Jesus is God why shouldn’t you worship(adore) him?if he isn’t the same God?yes God that you know him as Father.
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to make it easier, i’ll restate an example already given i guess:

a man is father , worker, and husband…is he 3 persons? no, he is one person.

You have body, soul, spirit: are you 3 persons? no…the 3 are you.Hope its a bit clearer…
 
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inJESUS:
to make it easier, i’ll restate an example already given i guess:

a man is father , worker, and husband…is he 3 persons? no, he is one person.

You have body, soul, spirit: are you 3 persons? no…the 3 are you.Hope its a bit clearer…
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If i understood truely you want to say God is made up three parts?
don’t you?
if so (God is made up three parts)then God need thess three parts.
this god needs something for example son and holyspirit to be completed.
But God is free from want.God needs nothing and noone.
 
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secondboy:
I don’t understand "three person and one god " three isn’t equal one
if three person are God then there are three Gods not one.
and if Jesus is God why shouldn’t you worship(adore) him?if he isn’t the same God?yes God that you know him as Father.
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As has been pointed out, three can indeed equal one. It’s simple math.

1^3 = 1, or put in an extended manner 1 x 1 x 1 = 1

That’s exactly how the Trinity operates, too.

Peace and God bless!
 
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secondboy:
a wise guy dosn’t accept that 3=1.does he?
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ICE, Water, Steam = 3

H20 = 1

3=1,

Father, Son, Holy Spirit = 3

God = 1

It really is as simple as that.

Peace 👍
 
Did Jesus claim divine lineage?did he say “I am God and worship
me”?or not?
 
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