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KHALILUR RAHMAN
At 11:58 AM 5/20/2012, you wrote:
Hello! I will continue here before I hear back from my last writing so I can finish answering this first list of questions:
You wrote: “As he is begotten son, so he is the part of God also. In other words, Jesus is also
God. Then why this God died on a cross? Jews used to think that death on a cross is most heinous, criminal & cursed death.” Yes, they did, and do you know why? Because it is written in the old testament: ‘Deuteronomy " 21: 22-23 "If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God."
When God cursed mankind in the garden of Eden, how could they ever be delivered from that curse?
Look at the New Testament where this verse from Deuteronomy was repeated and more fully revealed:
Gal. 3:13 & 14 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" )," that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."
Read that again: ‘that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus’. What blessing in Abraham? The one I spoke about in my last email: "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."" Gen 22:18
So, the Christ, is God incarnate, who hung on a tree that the sins of all who would trust in His finished work on that cross might be freed from the curse of sin and death.
Ok, on to your next question:
You wrote: “Jews knew that another Messenger of God will be coming after Jesus. Jesus also predicted about that Messenger of God. In Latin version of Bible, this Messenger is called Periclitos. It is translated in English as Comforter, Counselor, Advocate, Helper &some times Spirit of Truth. Different people useddifferent words for Periclitos. Paul preached that this counselor is nothing but the holy ghost who will come to your mind & inspire you. Thus Holy Ghost also became a part of God & finally became a God. This is, in short, the history of evolution how a Monotheism has become Polytheism.”
Jesus spoke of sending someone when He left. That ‘messenger’ Jesus called “The Spirit of Truth” in John 15:26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.”
Notice here, that in the Gospel of John, Jesus says that the messenger to follow, is someone that HE HIMSELF would send. That person, that messenger who He sent was the Spirit of God, The Spirit of Truth. Interesting, because Jesus called Himself “the Way, the Truth and the Life”, so He equates the Spirit of Truth with Himself. Interesting, have you ever wondered why?
It is because Jesus, the Father and the Spirit are the ONE God. This is not polytheism. Polytheism is having multiple Gods. The Bible is clear that God is One. It is written in Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD [is] one!”
If you also look at what Jesus says in John 14:16-26: ""And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever--"
""the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. "At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you."
""He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. "Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me. "These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."
OK, so here Jesus says several different things. He says that He will send the Holy Spirit to those who believe. He says that He and the Father will come and make their home with those who love Jesus and keep His word. So, as you can see, Jesus Himself equates the Father, Himself and the Holy Spirit as One. They each are the same God. Not 3 Gods, but One. Three persons, One God. God is not a human being, He is the unlimited God, without beginning and without end. He existed before creation because He is the Creator. He is the self-existent One. He has no need and He is who He is. It is not up to us to understand Him, it is ours to come to Him as we are, as little children who simply trust in and rely up Him, our Father.
Hello! I will continue here before I hear back from my last writing so I can finish answering this first list of questions:
You wrote: “As he is begotten son, so he is the part of God also. In other words, Jesus is also
God. Then why this God died on a cross? Jews used to think that death on a cross is most heinous, criminal & cursed death.” Yes, they did, and do you know why? Because it is written in the old testament: ‘Deuteronomy " 21: 22-23 "If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God."
When God cursed mankind in the garden of Eden, how could they ever be delivered from that curse?
Look at the New Testament where this verse from Deuteronomy was repeated and more fully revealed:
Gal. 3:13 & 14 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" )," that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."
Read that again: ‘that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus’. What blessing in Abraham? The one I spoke about in my last email: "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."" Gen 22:18
So, the Christ, is God incarnate, who hung on a tree that the sins of all who would trust in His finished work on that cross might be freed from the curse of sin and death.
Ok, on to your next question:
You wrote: “Jews knew that another Messenger of God will be coming after Jesus. Jesus also predicted about that Messenger of God. In Latin version of Bible, this Messenger is called Periclitos. It is translated in English as Comforter, Counselor, Advocate, Helper &some times Spirit of Truth. Different people useddifferent words for Periclitos. Paul preached that this counselor is nothing but the holy ghost who will come to your mind & inspire you. Thus Holy Ghost also became a part of God & finally became a God. This is, in short, the history of evolution how a Monotheism has become Polytheism.”
Jesus spoke of sending someone when He left. That ‘messenger’ Jesus called “The Spirit of Truth” in John 15:26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.”
Notice here, that in the Gospel of John, Jesus says that the messenger to follow, is someone that HE HIMSELF would send. That person, that messenger who He sent was the Spirit of God, The Spirit of Truth. Interesting, because Jesus called Himself “the Way, the Truth and the Life”, so He equates the Spirit of Truth with Himself. Interesting, have you ever wondered why?
It is because Jesus, the Father and the Spirit are the ONE God. This is not polytheism. Polytheism is having multiple Gods. The Bible is clear that God is One. It is written in Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD [is] one!”
If you also look at what Jesus says in John 14:16-26: ""And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever--"
""the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. "At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you."
""He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. "Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me. "These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."
OK, so here Jesus says several different things. He says that He will send the Holy Spirit to those who believe. He says that He and the Father will come and make their home with those who love Jesus and keep His word. So, as you can see, Jesus Himself equates the Father, Himself and the Holy Spirit as One. They each are the same God. Not 3 Gods, but One. Three persons, One God. God is not a human being, He is the unlimited God, without beginning and without end. He existed before creation because He is the Creator. He is the self-existent One. He has no need and He is who He is. It is not up to us to understand Him, it is ours to come to Him as we are, as little children who simply trust in and rely up Him, our Father.