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ST. MATTHEW 13, VERSE 57
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them,
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country,
and in his own house.
Jesus Christ (Ppuh) called and referred to himself as a 'prophet'.
ST. LUKE 4, VERSE 24
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted
in his own country.
Again Jesus (Ppuh) clearly announced that he was a prophet.
ST. MATTHEW 21, VERSE 46
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the
multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Here, Jesus (Ppuh) was called by others a 'prophet', as he announced
that he was and referred to himself as such.
ST. LUKE 24, VERSE 19
And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto
him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
The disciples, after the lifting up of Jesus (Ppuh) to heaven, called
Jesus (Ppuh) a prophet that God showed amazing deeds and
words.
God shows to all of his prophets amazing things so that
the people, to whom God sends his prophets, would know
and believe that they are sent from God – in the same
way that Jesus (Ppuh) taught the disciples beforehand and as God
showed so many amazing things to the truthful prophet
Moses (Ppuh) before him.
THE ACTS 2, VERSE 22
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a
man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders
and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye
yourselves also know:
The disciples, the 'children of God', told the men of Israel
after Jesus (Ppuh) was lifted to heaven; he was a man that had
proved to them to be truthful in the eyes of God, because
God was showing him amazing things to do in front of them.
It was not Jesus (Ppuh) that did these miracles and wonders and
produced these signs by himself, but it was God showing
him everything, and so the disciples were amazed and
believed he was a truthful prophet, as was Moses (Ppuh) and all
the other prophets.
REVELATION 22, VERSES 8 & 9
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when
I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet
of the angel which shewed me these things. 9 Then saith
he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant,
and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep
the sayings of this book: worship God.
As Jesus Christ (Ppuh) taught and made clear, he was a man, a
servant prophet of God that could not do anything of his
own, and the only one who must be worshipped is his God,
the Father of all, and the only true God. The Angel also did,
and also told John that all the prophets are just servants
of God and must not be worshipped, but only the one who
sent them is the one who must be worshipped.
Jesus Christ (Ppuh) told he was a prophet, which means Jesus (Ppuh) is a
servant of God, just as this Angel or such as John are and
such as all who believe in God are.
Jesus Christ (Ppuh) was a son of God as Israel was and as the
prophet who was yet to be sent after Jesus (Ppuh), and as all
of the rest of the prophets are were, which means that
all of them were created servants sent from God. Which
shows the "son of God", "children of God" and "the Father"
are only expressions which were used when referring to
God's prophets (sons of God); the believers in his prophets
(children of God) and were used when referring to God
(The Father) by his prophets and believers.
John is one of the disciples whom Jesus (Ppuh) kept calling the
'children of God'. He kept telling them that God is their
Father. And John, as we saw, is just a man created servant
of God, which shows the 'children of God' is only an
expression.
The Father of Jesus (Ppuh); is the Father of Israel, is the Father
of all other prophets, is the Father of the disciples, is the
Father of all. He is the God of Jesus (Ppuh) and the God of Israel
and all. He is the only true God as Jesus (Ppuh) taught, the Lord
of heaven and earth. Jesus (Ppuh) taught that God has no real
children and no real son or sons and He has no parts and
no partners. The will, Glory, kingdom and power are all
His and only His, and forever and ever, He is the only one
who sees everything, the only one who answers, the only
giver, the only forgiver, the only one who judges and the
only one who rewards. The Father is the starter, the first,
the creator and the only one that must be worshipped. He
is our creator. He is our God.
The sons of God are the servants prophets of God. Believing
in God cannot be done but only through believing in the
prophets, which are sent by God. Not believing in them
means not believing in God who sent them. Believing in a
prophet of God is to believe in God. It is not 'to worship'
the man, who is a prophet, but it is 'to believe' that he is,
in reality, sent from God.
Believing in the prophets and believing in God is the same
thing. But it doesn't mean 'believing' prophets are God-like
or parts of one – it means the prophets only tell and do the
will of their God who sent them, as they are commanded
to do. And to believe in them, is to believe in God who
sent them. Believing in them is worshipping God and not
worshipping them, but believing in the message they were
sent to teach, trusting God that they would never have
been able to do the amazing things they all did if they
were not of God. And not believing in them after these
demonstrations, means then not trusting and not believing
in God.
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Author's Notes:
Jesus Christ (Ppuh) a man, a truthful prophet of God.
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