Post by ResLight on Dec 29, 2012 14:41:31 GMT -5
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
It is being claimed that in Matthew 16:16 that Peter was declaring Jesus to be God.
It is difficult to see what anyone would see in the above that would mean that Peter was declaring the one whom Jehovah anointed as being Jehovah.
Some imagine, assume, and add to what is stated that his being the Son of the living God means that he is "fully God", since, according to their reasoning, "God begats God"; that is, the Supreme Being begats the Supreme Being. It would, in effect, mean that the Supreme Being could not beget a son except that the son also be the Supreme Being. No scripture says such a thing, however. The idea is therefore extra-Biblical, and has to be read into what Peter stated.
Some base that idea on the rule that God set for living creation on earth. (Genesis 1:11,12,21,23,25) Such would have God Himself, who is not of the creation, made subject to the a rule that He no where states He is subjected to, a rule that he ordained for the created life forms on the earth.
On the other hand, Peter states to Jesus: "You are the Christ", "You are the Anointed One". Who anointed Jesus?
Isaiah 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. -- American Standard Version.
We read in Isaiah 61:1 that it was "the Lord Jehovah" who anointed Jesus. How many persons are being presented a the Lord Jehovah? Obviously, only one.
Psalm 45:7
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God [ELOHIM], your God [ELOHIM], has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. -- World English
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, your God [ho theos sou], has anointed you With the oil of gladness above your fellows."
In Psalm 45:7 and Hebrews 1:9, we read that it was his "God" who anointed Jesus. In Acts 10:38, we read that it was "God" who anointed Jesus. It should be evident that the "God" of Jesus in Psalm 45:7 and Hebrews 1:9 is one person, and that "God" in Acts 10:38 refers to one person. This agrees with what Jesus stated in John 17:1,3, that the Father is the only true God. It agrees with what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 8:6, wherein Paul identifies "God", not as three persons, but as one person, who is the source of the all.
Additionally, in the expression "the Son of the Living God", "the Living God" is identified as one person, not as three persons, and "the Son" is thereby being distinguished from being "the Living God" of whom he is the Son. The Son designates one who has been brought forth into being, and is thus not "God" who brought the son into being.
What we do not find in Matthew 16:16 is any statement that Peter was saying that Jesus is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. One has to call upon the spirit of human imagination so as to create assumptions and then add and read those assumptions into what Peter actually stated.
See also links to studies:
The Son of God Versus the Son of Man
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
It is being claimed that in Matthew 16:16 that Peter was declaring Jesus to be God.
It is difficult to see what anyone would see in the above that would mean that Peter was declaring the one whom Jehovah anointed as being Jehovah.
Some imagine, assume, and add to what is stated that his being the Son of the living God means that he is "fully God", since, according to their reasoning, "God begats God"; that is, the Supreme Being begats the Supreme Being. It would, in effect, mean that the Supreme Being could not beget a son except that the son also be the Supreme Being. No scripture says such a thing, however. The idea is therefore extra-Biblical, and has to be read into what Peter stated.
Some base that idea on the rule that God set for living creation on earth. (Genesis 1:11,12,21,23,25) Such would have God Himself, who is not of the creation, made subject to the a rule that He no where states He is subjected to, a rule that he ordained for the created life forms on the earth.
On the other hand, Peter states to Jesus: "You are the Christ", "You are the Anointed One". Who anointed Jesus?
Isaiah 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. -- American Standard Version.
We read in Isaiah 61:1 that it was "the Lord Jehovah" who anointed Jesus. How many persons are being presented a the Lord Jehovah? Obviously, only one.
Psalm 45:7
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God [ELOHIM], your God [ELOHIM], has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. -- World English
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, your God [ho theos sou], has anointed you With the oil of gladness above your fellows."
In Psalm 45:7 and Hebrews 1:9, we read that it was his "God" who anointed Jesus. In Acts 10:38, we read that it was "God" who anointed Jesus. It should be evident that the "God" of Jesus in Psalm 45:7 and Hebrews 1:9 is one person, and that "God" in Acts 10:38 refers to one person. This agrees with what Jesus stated in John 17:1,3, that the Father is the only true God. It agrees with what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 8:6, wherein Paul identifies "God", not as three persons, but as one person, who is the source of the all.
Additionally, in the expression "the Son of the Living God", "the Living God" is identified as one person, not as three persons, and "the Son" is thereby being distinguished from being "the Living God" of whom he is the Son. The Son designates one who has been brought forth into being, and is thus not "God" who brought the son into being.
What we do not find in Matthew 16:16 is any statement that Peter was saying that Jesus is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. One has to call upon the spirit of human imagination so as to create assumptions and then add and read those assumptions into what Peter actually stated.
See also links to studies:
The Son of God Versus the Son of Man
