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The truth is infectious like that.

When we read the Bible we want to read things within their appropriate context based on the most accurate information. The Bible has been fiddled with a lot over the years and there are a lot of issues with getting to the bottom of what the truth is. Jesus is a heavenly man just like Jesus said...

It can be "a god" I admit, but "theos" can also be used in a qualitative sense (the quality, attributes, or characteristics of someone or something.) The language in John 1 doesn't require the Word be a literal pre-existent being as a result. For example, 2 Corinthians 1:12 refers to godly...

The KJV contains a number of serious errors and translation issues, but has the advantage of doing a very good job at being more accurate about some things that other Bibles haven't been. If you really just like the KJV, but want it without some of the serious errors the KJV has then I would...

Did you notice that John the Baptist seemed to begin second guessing himself in Matt 11:2 about who Jesus is? In John 1:31-34 John the Baptist seemed sure about who Jesus is then in Matthew 11:2 John asked "Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

Britannica doesn't really go far into it . One of the reasons why Jesus got water baptized for repentance was so that it would be revealed to Israel that he is the Messiah. God needed to establish who Jesus was in the first place. I am comfortable with accepting that Jesus took John's water...

The problem with saying Jesus was just moving through the motions, like theater, is that if you apply it to John's water baptism we might as well apply it to everything he did. Just comes off an insincere and disingenuous. By the way, are you a Trinitarian or no?

Jesus bluffed his way through John’s water baptism of repentance even though it was a command given from heaven? That seems problematic too.

The Bible also says that loving God isn't a cake walk. It's a pretty high bar. I am not convinced that most believers I have spoken to fit this, but I couldn't really say. Romans 8:28 may apply to fewer than is immediately apparently. Matthew 22 37Jesus declared, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with...

It's better than Jesus repenting of his (own) nonexistent sin. 1 Peter 4 8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Are you aware of why most modern Bible's omit "Lord" from 1 Corinthians 15:47 and replace it with "man?" Trinitarian commentary Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers says this: "The second man is the Lord from heaven.—Better, the second man is from heaven. The words “the Lord,” which occur...

No, but a human who had to learn to choose good and reject evil. This is who Immanuel is; a normal human who underwent spiritual development. Isaiah 7 14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him...

To not make the people in the area angry?

I don't think Jesus repented of his sin, but everyone's sin.

Just curious. Well, Hebrews actually tells us what happened before he was obedient and humbled himself. He was a man learning obedience until he was perfected. Just like all of us are trying to do. Except he did it, perfectly. Does this sound like God? Hebrews 5 8Although He was a Son, He...

He became obedient.... then.... where did you get the idea he was God preceding this?

God took John's water baptism of repentance? What do you suppose God needed to repent of? Acts 19 4Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance.

That's one way to look at it, but Thomas was on an island alone. All of the other remaining disciples had already confirmed it was "The Lord" not "their Lord and God." Thomas simply lacked the faith and wasn't blessed. John 20 24Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the...

You didn't address verse 5 where Paul premised what follows from there by telling the Philippians to have the same mind in them which was also in Christ Jesus. After that, Paul described the mind of Jesus. Paul wasn't telling them to believe that they are God because Jesus didn't believe he is...

Jesus isn't the I AM and I'll give you some things to deal with as well. See Acts 3:13 where Jesus is not the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Acts 3 13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. Compare this to Exodus 3:14,15 where the God...