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Has the Rate of Suicide in the United States Risen? No. I don’t think so. That’s right.

See nephesh. Nephesh Meaning in Bible - Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon - New American Standard

If only the body dies then only a body died for our sins. A body didn’t die for our sins. A sinless human person did. I don’t find that persuasive. If Jesus was divine - in the highest sense of that term - then no one saw, nor could see, Jesus. Jesus is a human person.

We didn’t kill God. All humans die and all humans can choose to die. Jesus, not God, was resurrected from the dead by God.

“‘Tis myst’ry all: th’ Immortal dies: And Can It Be? > Lyrics | Charles Wesley This was one of my favorite hymns when I was a trinitarian. Mystery solved. The immortal God didn’t die.

I agree. Men are mortal. We die. God is immortal. He cannot die. If Jesus was literally God, then he was immortal and couldn’t die. If Jesus was figuratively God, then he was mortal and he could (and did) die.

Glory in prospect. A minor point, and having nothing to do with Jesus (since Jesus didn’t preexist as an angel), but angels also existed before the world was. The God of Abraham, who is also the God of Jesus. “In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God and that Word was...

I was reading 1 Timothy last night in the NASB Quick Study Bible and happened upon the commentary on 6:16. First, the verse - “who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen” The study commentary...

Why would someone who is literally God himself even have a God? I don’t know. Let’s call it a mystery and move on. (We can revisit it if someone wants to.) Why would someone who is literally God himself not have himself for his God? I don’t know but it leads me to a question for trinitarians...

So one of the members of the Trinity has a God, the other two members of the Trinity don’t have a God, and the one member of the Trinity who has a God doesn’t have the other two members of the Trinity, nor himself, for his God. God also calls others who aren’t God “God”. Taken with the fact...

This is a conflict between between Jews. I think you’re misreading the conflict but let’s say for the sake of discussion that you aren’t. Jesus’ enemies often misunderstood what he said. If he told them that he is God, what would his enemies - unitarians, as he himself is - think he was telling...

The Messiah is God, figuratively. Fits with 1st century Jewish culture. He said God sent him. They didn’t believe him. In their minds, he was lying about God - which is blasphemy. Just a man. No one special. Not educated like they were. An upstart. A pretender. A wanna be. A nobody. I’m...

The Son of God has authority that exceeds theirs. They weren’t willing to bow to his authority. They wanted to be the top of the authority chain. This was a power play. What is the definition of blasphemy?

I’m sick, so I cut to the chase. John wrote his Gospel to persuade his readers that Jesus is the Messiah. You’re using it for a different purpose.

The God of Abraham is the God of Jesus.

The level is simple. Jesus himself has a God. God himself doesn’t have a God. Jesus’ God is the one true God. The one true God is the God and Father of the man Messiah Jesus.

Why did John write his Gospel? It wasn’t to persuade his readers that Jesus is YHWH.

It was a long time ago, but I changed my mind on this. In my experience, it usually takes years for someone to change their mind, if it happens at all. I don’t think people should change their minds quickly about something as important as this. I mentioned earlier that most of my reading...

“I follow Jesus, but my God isn’t his God and none other.” I don’t know what Jesus will say to someone who says that. “I follow Jesus, and my God is his God and none other.” I think Jesus will nod approvingly when he hears someone say that.

You’re coming from trinitarianism and believe the Holy Spirit is a third person who is God. The Holy Spirit is God’s Spirit; personal, but not another person. As I said, my God is the Father alone. I’m keeping the focus on Jesus. If his God were the Trinity then I would still be a trinitarian.