

TheCatfishJake
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@JacobDeveral
Nashville boy, husband, dad,coach,flawed christian,sports guy














@burackbobby_ The seeking is the key brother. It’s exactly the right thing, discussing, questioning and seeking.


So, I’m convinced that Jesus never claimed to be God. Now, this is completely independent from whether he was God. But I don’t think he told people he was. Here’s why: There’s no mention of him definitively claiming to be God in Mark, Matthew, or Luke, the three earliest Gospels. This would put us at 3 or 6 different sources before John — depending on if you believe they were actually Mark, Matthew and Luke, or if the latter two used Mark, Q, L, and M as sources. Either way, it’s hard to imagine that if Jesus claimed to be God that not a single one of them would’ve mentioned it. We don’t get definitive claims of Jesus calling himself God until John, which is the latest and most theological Gospel. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m skeptical about the historical reliability of John, given how late it is and how much it differs from the Synoptic Gospels. Moreover, Jesus tended to downplay when people asked him if he were claiming to God, picking up stones. I understand there are different interpretations of “Son of Man.” But I don’t think it’s historically accurate to say Jesus claimed to he God, unless we are convinced John is reliable.


