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Thursday, January 4, 2018

When Jesus denied that he is God

Select reading: The Prophecy of the Good Shepherd

The title of this article is that of the video presenter who identifies himself as Brother Kel in his YouTube channel. It reflects neither my understanding nor convictions concerning the deity of Jesus.

God is good. The statement seems benign and harmless enough. There are similarly and seemingly harmless words which were spoken by Jesus which are taken either to assert or to deny his deity. The presenter in this video has seized on these words of Jesus to deny the deity of Jesus, Why do you call me me good. No one is good except God alone. What is especially egregious about his efforts to deny the deity of Jesus is that it is equally egregious by those who cite these words of Jesus to assert his deity. There is no shortage of texts to ponder on the question of deity. Here are a few from my blog. [1] [2] [3]