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The Prophets

Bible Matters 423: The Prophets

Many Old Testament prophets were used to convey the word and will of God onto the Jews.  God sent Jesus in the New Testament.  Who is Jesus?  Out of the mouth of the New Testament witnesses, let’s investigate the truth. 

There are eighty-one (81) verses in the New Testament where Christ is referred to as the son of God from five witnesses.  Christ is not defined in the bible.  Old Testament prophets predicted the God would send a chosen one or an anointed one to save the world from sin.  To deliver the world from bondage.  We know that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of a woman in the flesh.  His death on the cross and shed blood is a sacrifice for sins.  Christ is not the minister of sin and for the continuation of a sinful life, once you believe in God grace. 

Matthew 1:20-21 – But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 16:16 – And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Luke 1:35 – And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

John 11:27 – She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

Acts 9:19-20 – And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.  And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

Romans 3:25 – Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Hebrews 6:4-6 – For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,  If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Jesus grew up the oldest of his four brothers and several sisters.

Mark 6:3 – Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

The preponderance of evidence testimony from the eight New Testament witnesses will confirm that Jesus was sent by God.  God is the Father.  Jesus as the Son of God.  Jesus referred to himself as a prophet!  Let’s review the preponderance of evidence testimony. 

Jesus referred to God as his father. 

Matthew 23:9 – And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Mark 11:26 – But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Luke 10:21 – In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Luke 22:42 – Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

John 20:17 – Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

John 20:21 – Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Jesus himself testified that there is but one God.  One God and Father.  Only one.

Matthew 19:17 – And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Mark 10:18 – And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Luke 18:19 – And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.

Mark 12:29,32,33 –  And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord.  And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:  And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

John 17:3 – And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Ephesians 4:6 – One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

James 2:19 – Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

1 Peter 1:12 – Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

In multiple verses from the witnesses, God is referred to as our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ as separate beings. 

Romans 15:5-6 – Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:2 – Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:2 – Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:3 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Jude 1:1 – Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

2 John 1:3 – Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Revelation 1:6 – And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

When Stephen was stoned to death, he saw Jesus as the Son of man, standing on the right hand of God.

Acts 7:55-56,58-59 – But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.  And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.  And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

The works of Jesus were to glorify the Father.

John 15:1,8-10 – I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.  Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.  As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

James 2:19 – Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

1 Peter 4:10-11- As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.  If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

James 3:9 – Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

From the preponderance of evidence in the testimonies of witnesses, the truth is revealed.   In Jesus’s own words, he declares that there is only one God, God the Father.  Jesus was born of woman and declares himself to be the Son of God as the Son of man and to sit on the right hand of God the Father of the power of God.

Luke 22:69 – Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.

Jesus called on God the Father, during his crucifixion. 

Matthew 27:43,46 – He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.  And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Jesus as the “I am” is referred to many things by only one witness

John 6:35 – And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 8:12 – Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 10:7,11 – Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

John 11:25 – Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

John 14:6 – Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 15:5 – I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Jesus never declared himself to be a god or equal to God.  He loved God, his Father, and did all things to please him.  Jesus performed miracles as his apostles did, after they received the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

Acts 10:38 – How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Acts 19:11 – And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

Hebrews 2:4 – God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

Jesus and the witnesses, declared Jesus to be a prophet. 

Matthew 10:40-41 – He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.  He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

Matthew 21:11,46 – And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.  But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

Mark 6:4-5 – But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

Luke 4:24 – And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

Luke 7:16 – And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

John 4:19,43-44 – The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.  For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

John 6:14 – Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

John 7:37-38,40 – In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.  He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.  Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

John 9:14,17 – And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

You are warned not to worship the creature more than the Creator.   That worship is reserved for God. 

Romans 1:25 – Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Only one witness speaks of the trinity as one.  In your heart, they dwell as one.    Using the preponderance of evidence testimony from the mouth of two or three witnesses, the truth is not out of the mouth of one witness.  

1 John 5:7-9 – For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.  And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.  If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

Multiple Christian denominations like to refer to Jesus as God, based on this one witness verse.  

John 10:30 – I and my Father are one.

Jesus referred to God as “my Father” One hundred and three (103) times in the New Testament.  Witnesses: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter and John in Revelations.  It is clear, that Jesus is the Son and God is his Father.  Jesus respected his Father.  God told you exactly how to worship him in spirit and truth.

1)  There is one God, God the Father.  Creator of heaven and earth.  Do not worship idols. 

2)  God the Father gave you the Son of God as a prophet and a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of the sins of the world.

3)  Holy Ghost is given by God to dwell in your heart, guiding you to be a light of life and to do the will of God. 

Using the preponderance of evidence testimony from the eight New Testament witnesses, it is clear that Jesus is not God, Jesus was sent by God as the Son and God to be a prophet for God our Father.   As a son and daughter of God, it is your responsibility to go live your life for the glory of God.  Do the will of the Father and get ready for the kingdom of God.  A kingdom offered to both Jews and Gentiles by the grace of God.   Worship God and be prepared to give him glory in everything you do!  Today, your walk with God has begun.  As new man, renewed in spirit, judge no one and share God’s gospel of love with a hope of everlasting life.

Matthew 7:21 – Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

2 John 1:9 – Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

Romans 12:2-3 – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

You shall know the doctrine of Christ as God’s gospel of Love in the two commandments he has given you.  Spoken by all eight witnesses!

         Love God.  

         Love your neighbor as yourself. 

Now, go live your life for the glory of God. 

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.

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