Jesus was the Son of God, but the crowd witnessing this healing surely were not fully aware of that yet, as it was early in his ministry. To claim the prerogative of God in forgiving trespasses (and claim to be the Son of Man in a messianic sense) could well have led to Christ's arrest and execution for blasphemy, but he demonstrates his authority with a healing.if Jesus isn't and wasn't God, and the way I see it he didn't even claim to be God, then anyone who claims that he was and is God is just another wolf in sheeps clothing false prophet too....
Where is it you get your information?
Bible Gateway passage: John 5:23 - New King James Version
I feel sorry for you. People that don't understand The Bible and Jesus and God, will have a hard time grasping the world they live in.
Remember when God tested Abraham, asking him if he'd sacrifice his own son?
That's because that's what God was going to do and did.
It's all woven into the fabric of this world.
Its a good thing that you feel sorry for the people who do not go for the garbage that has addled your mind.
Its about the only thing you have going for you.
I sure hope that God feels sorry for you.
Tell me more about your reality. Why would God feel sorry for me for promoting his truth?
I did't say he felt sorry for you. I said I hope he does. I do.
what you call his truth is a lie. There was never and will never be a human being that was God or became God either before during or after their human existence.
This, he told me, is the curse which goes out over all the land; for by the writing on one side every thief shall be swept clean away and by the writing on the other every perjurer shall be swept clean away. I have sent it out the Lord of Hosts has said, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the man who has perjured himself in my name. It shall stay INSIDE that house and demolish it, timbers and stones and all.
So..What is it you're saying? Jesus was not God's son? Oh but he was. How quickly man denies what happened.
You ever read that verse about "And the ground cracked open, and the Roman soldier pierced Jesus' side and blood and water ran out"
Do you know why that happened?
I'll tell you why. Because 70 or so years prior, the Ark of the Covenant was stashed in a cave directly under where Jesus was crucified.
The Roman soldier pierced his side, and the ground cracked open in order for the Lamb of God's blood to be spilled upon the mercy seat, thereby completing God's covenant with man.
That's how it was and is, IMO. No more sacrifices, the Lamb of God was the end of that.
Later, he tells us that, with the Holy Spirit, man does indeed have power to forgive, if he chooses (John 20:22 & 23). I recall that incident in South Carolina when Dylan Roof shot up that church and killed those people. Some of their relatives spoke publicly to forgive him. Well, that was amazing. Journalists scrambled for that scoop. It was itself a story.
The power of the Holy Spirit - the power of forgiveness (and of resurrection) is power to make people wonder, to sit up and think. After 2,000 years, it has been power to change the world.
Yes, indeed, Jesus was the Son of God.
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