The Prophets
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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!
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Love God.
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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.