Jesus was not saying He was just a man like those judges. He was showing them why their accusation of blasphemy against Him was wrong. He had already declared, “I and My Father are one” in John 10:30 and He wasn’t taking that back. He doubled down on His claim! Read it carefully. That is precisely why they tried to seize Him again in verse 39.

Agreed 💯 it’s fundamental.

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He was crucified for claiming to be God. What are you even saying.

The whole counsel of Scripture reveals the Trinity. The word itself doesn’t have to appear in the Bible for the doctrine to be biblical. When you reject what Scripture reveals about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you’re left with a ton of contradictions that you have to explain away or simply ignore. This is why some groups even change the Bible to explain their false claims about Jesus being “a god.”

These folks openly express hatred toward Jews, Blacks, and Hispanics. Their rhetoric reminds me of the KKK, yet they claim to follow Christ. This is exactly why so many of us were raising concerns about certain voices in the “Christ is King” movement. Their words and actions are anything but Christlike. There are tons of men just like that one.

Jesus Himself held up a little child as an example of the kind of humble, trusting faith we should have.

Are you a modalist?

Agreed. We all need to be willing to look inward and evaluate ourselves.

If I had trick-or-treaters, I’d give them a really good chocolate treat and a gospel tract.

Nope. Those are false gods. Scripture acknowledges that people worship them, but that doesn’t make them real gods. Paul makes this distinction in 1 Corinthians 8:4: “….there is no other God but one.” There may be many so-called gods, but there is only ONE true God.

If you believe Trinitarians teach that there are three gods, then you completely misunderstand the Trinity. We believe in ONE God who eternally exists as three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is why I agreed with you earlier that Jesus is NOT the Father and vice versa. Distinct in person, not divided in divine nature. That’s monotheism, not polytheism. Let’s at least understand what people believe and teach regardless if we agree or not. Otherwise, you’re wasting your time arguing against something I don’t even believe.

He was wonderful. Miss him. It seems most of the excellent Bible teachers have passed away.

Do you believe in polytheism? Because the Scripture is very clear that there is only ONE God.

Also, you haven’t addressed this question: Hebrews 2:9 says Jesus was made lower than the angels. Does that mean angels are greater than Him in nature?

Why does Paul begin with Christ's preexistent divine status before describing His descent into servanthood, if his purpose is supposedly to deny Christ's equality with God?

I used to be a skeptic as well, until I took the time to actually listen/examine the evidence. So many Christians continue to raise the same objections that have already been thoroughly addressed. It’s almost as if some people don’t want it to be authentic. If it one day turns out to be proven not authentic, we have absolutely nothing to lose. Our faith isn’t based on archaeological discoveries, but those discoveries can provide others with compelling evidence that supports the historical reliability of Scripture.

This is excellent! 🙏