johngumbs: Many people are saying that Jesus is God. But Jesus did not make that claim. Read what Peter says: ''Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.
Here is what Martha said: ''Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.
Jesus said to the Jews: ''If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.
Jesus says to his disciples: ''The Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I'm leaving the world and going back to the Father.'' The disciples said, ''Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.''
''Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.
Here is what Martha said:
''Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.
Jesus said to the Jews:
''If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.
Jesus says to his disciples:
''The Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I'm leaving the world and going back to the Father.''
The disciples said, ''Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.''