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Originally Posted by Boxjobox
Ohio- the gospel message IS that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the Living God. To the Christian believer this IS the profession. It’s the leap you make to Jesus is God. I think you are caught in a loop, and sorry, once again, I have to say that it looks like the basis is the 4th century trinity decree, with probably a few extra scoops of WL as a topping. You say you believed Jesus is God long before the LC- if you trace your belief back, you would not have gotten that from reading scripture but from the 4th century teaching. A person reading Peter’s revelation that Jesus is the son of God would not make an automatic transfer. This is where 1 Cor 8 is imperative to latch hold of. Paul absolutely says that to us there is but ONE GOD THE FATHER. This should not be disputed. Why that is such a hard saying to latch onto is because of 1500 years of the reign of the 4th century decree and the enforced acceptance by the RC.
I have no problem declaring that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the Living God, but I would not want to contradict the teaching of Jesus and Paul that there are 2 or 3 or 9 if you make a wired interpretation of Rev1! One God the Father is a must for the Christian.
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In the timeline of the NT books, the earliest books, Mark, in the case of the gospels, and 1 Thessalonians, in regards to Paul, Jesus is not professed to be God.
But circa 50 yrs after 1 Thessalonians, and 30 yrs after Mark, as time went on, 70 years after his death, Jesus becomes God. Why was that?