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Acts 2:36 — Peter stated, “God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord (master) and Christ (his Messiah),” highlighting Yeshua’s standing with his Father, suggesting Yeshua’s humanity, non-divine nature, with only outer godlike characteristics from his Father, and his subordination to him, his God.
People who focus on an exaggerated view of Yeshua often misunderstand the true nature of the Christ and what being the Messiah truly means. They may believe that his anointing was merely a formal endorsement, a mark of approval designating him to serve God, his Father. However, it is far deeper than that; it forms the foundation of the gospel’s core message, revealing the true identity of Yeshua, the Son of Man, as the Son of God and the authentic one-of-a-kind Messiah.
It is vital to know and place faith in the true Son of God for salvation.
And to reinforce the significance of placing faith in the true Messiah and Son of the living God, we can use the scripture already provided by another poster.
(Joh 8:24) I told you that you would die in your sins. Yes, if you don't believe that
I AM, you will die in your sins."
(Joh 8:25) They asked, "
Then who are you?" Jesus answered, "
I am what I have told you from the beginning.
(Joh 8:26) I have much more I could say to judge you. But I tell people only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he speaks the truth."
(Joh 8:27) They did not understand who he was talking about. He was telling them about the Father.
(Joh 8:28) So he said to them, "
You will lift up the Son of Man. Then you will know that I AM. You will know that whatever I do is not by my own authority. You will know that I say only what the Father has taught me.
(Joh 8:29) The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him. So he has not left me alone."
(Joh 8:30) While he was saying these things,
many people believed in him. (ERV)
In verse 24 Yeshua insists the people know who he is, else without this knowledge and truth, they will not have the opportunity to believe in him, and consequently their sins will not be forgiven upon their death.
So they ask him who are you, in verse 25. And Yeshua replies, I already told you from/at the beginning, of our discussions or when he first met them.
And in the beginning of his discussions is verse 12, he said he was
the light of the world (
and only while he was on the earth).
Then this is linked to Isaiah 42:6 and 49:6; to the Father making Yeshua his salvation,
his Messiah as the light of the world.
John 8:24 =>John 8:25 => John 8:12=> Isaiah 42:6 and 49:6
I am what/who I spoke about from the beginning, as the light of the world. The Father planned and spoke of him as the Messiah in Isaiah.
Yeshua, the Messiah of God, where his father’s spirit and word/logos possessed his own spirit, emphasizing that Yeshua spoke from and for God, as his agent.
Furthermore, ‘the light of the world’ is not limited to Yeshua’s physical presence on Earth. While Jesus states, "
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world" (John 9:5), his presence continues through the Spirit of his Father,
who dwells in believers today. They truly believe in the tru Messiah as they possess the Spirit of the Father, through the Christ.
Joh 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to the crowd, saying:
I am the light of the world. He that follows me shall not walk in the darkness but shall have the light of life.
(Isa 42:6) I,
Yahweh, have called you in righteousness,
and will hold your hand and
will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as
a light for the nations;
(Isa 49:6) yes, He says, It is too light a thing that you should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you
for a light to the nations, that you may be My salvation to the end of the earth.
This light is identified as "the light of truth," "the light of Christ," and the "Spirit of Christ," which quickens understanding and enables individuals to discern good from evil.
The light is spiritual, illuminating the human soul and guiding individuals toward righteousness and truth by his Father’s presence in his Son.
Then Yeshua, in verses 26 - 29, speaks about his God, his Father. Yeshua is again hinting about who he is, as his position with and the work of his Father, who is God.
The light that came into the world is described as the source of life and truth, and its presence exposes evil deeds, as those who do wicked things hate the light and avoid it.
In verse 28 Yeshua broadcasts to the people he is the Son of Man, a human being, a human person.
In verses 28 and 29, by strong inference, Yeshua is also saying he is the anointed one, the Messiah of God as he could DO NOTHING without him. Yeshua, the man had to be anointed or become the Messiah of God, filled with the power of his Father in order to succeed to the Cross. Yeshua had no power or authority in himself or independently, he depended solely on his Father, who is the one God. Yeshua performed his work as the special human being separated by God for this special mission. He was born to become the agent of God, to speak the word/logos of God to execute the human sacrifice portion of God's plan for salvific restoration.
And then in verse 30, many knew Yeshua was a man, a human person born of God and also
the Messiah of God. And many consequently then believed on him as the true Messiah, and did not die in their sins, as his Father God told his Son. They never thought he was YHWH for one moment in the process of believing in him. Only as only the true Son of God and the Father's Messiah!
That's who I am Yeshua would say
