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    Is Lying a Violation of the Ten Commandments? - No. - Well, maybe... ???

    Jesus implied that lying was a practice invented by the Devil. He said to the Pharisees: John 8:44 You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a murderer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. When...
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    Is Lying a Violation of the Ten Commandments? - No. - Well, maybe... ???

    This info about what a LIE is may be useful: LIE: The opposite of truth. Lying generally involves saying something false to a person who is entitled to know the truth and doing so with the intent to deceive or to injure him or another person. A lie need not always be verbal. It can also be...
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    Why did Jesus not say explicitly that he was God in the Gospels?

    When Paul tells the Philippians that Jesus "was in the form of God" HE IS NOT TELLING THEM that Jesus was God. Obviously they are two very different expressions. Jesus was a spirit next to God, so his nature was spiritual like God's. It is in that sense that Jesus had the form of God. Having...
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    Is Jesus God

    If Jesus and his followers taught that he is the Son of God, it is because GOD is the Father of Jesus, not Jesus... The same applies to the titles "high priest of God", "Christ of God", "servant of God", etc... Same as the expressions "God raised him up", "God was with him ", "God sent him"...
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    Why did Jesus not say explicitly that he was God in the Gospels?

    Those are speculations of someone who believes that Jesus is God. Evidently, he never said it, neither as a man nor after being resurrected. What is the OBVIOUS answer to why he didn't say it? Because he is not GOD. If we are going to invent why Jesus did not say anything that someone has...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Awesome demonstration that Jesus is not the Almighty God!!!! I am very glad that others, and not only we JWs, recognize the truth out of the Scriptures and can clearly prove it.
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    There is no one righteous, not even one. Really?

    No one can consider themselves righteous because the assessment criteria about righteousness belongs to God himself. Actually, since Adam and Eve sinned all their descendants lack the necessary qualities not to fail in absolutely anything, so it is impossible to even believe that we ourselves...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    That's not what the Scriptures teach, since in Job 14:4-7 there were "sons of God" when the planet was being created. Job 38:4 Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me, if you think you understand. 5 Who set its measurements, in case you know, Or who stretched a measuring line across...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Ancient Israel and the Christian congregation have a different relationship with God. For example: While the Israelites were under the law of Moses, Christians no longer have to comply with the detailed requirements of the law with its legal consequences. Those were a nation that was assigned a...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Well, I'll answer that before disconecting to take a break: You think that "Jesus is occupying a role only God can occupy" and that makes it difficult to you to reconcile those verses that say Jesus has a God. Remember: you THINK that. Why you think those roles are God's? Just because you...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Psal. 83:18 May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    I understand you, but you haven't realized that you have chosen one side: that of the people who say that it doesn't matter what you believe about the identity of God and Jesus. It's a wrong side, but for some reason the biblical information I'm sharing with you isn't of much use to you...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    I hear you. Listen what the Scriptures say: Heb. 5:5 So, too, the Christ did not glorify himself by becoming a high priest, but was glorified by the One who said to him: “You are my son; today I have become your father.” 6 As he also says in another place, “You are a priest forever in the...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    You differ with Jesus ... Rev. 3:12 The one who conquers—I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will by no means go out from it anymore, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the New Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    I heard you the first time you said that. Did you hear Jesus? John 17:3 This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. Rom. 10:9 For if you publicly declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and exercise faith in your heart...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Well, we all need to take a side: the truth or the lie. Consider this: the Most High God could not call anyone "God", as that would indicate that there is someone above him and then he would no longer be the Most High or Sovereign. Have you considered how many times Jesus speaks about his God...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    You dissagree with Jesus. That is your problem, not mine: John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’”
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Jesus called his Father: "you, the only true God". Binitarians or Trinitarians don't listen. Rev. 3:12 The one who conquers—I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will by no means go out from it anymore, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    I hear you, but Jesus said something different: John 17:3 This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    There is truth and there is lie. I trust that God will take care of finding sincere people and bringing them to the truth. John 3:19 Now this is the basis for judgment: that the light has come into the world, but men have loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were wicked. 20...