If Jesus is the Son of God, then who is God?

Answer 1

Just as my human sons share my humanity so Jesus as God's Son shares the divine nature of the Father. Jesus put it quite plainly in the Gospel of John when asked when He said "I and the Father are one." Jesus is thus simultaneously God's Son and God. The two are not exclusive.

Another answer

The answer is very biblical clear, God is the Father and Jesus is his Son.

They are not the same person being. God is the one and only creator of all things that was created and made visible and invisible in heaven and earth and the seas.

God the Father created,form,and made Jesus Christ to be by his spoken word.

When Jesus said "I and my Father are one" -he was not saying that he was God the same. God is himself and Jesus is himself the two of them are one by what the scriptures has said, that God was in Christ and Christ was in God by God's spirit and God's truth was in Jesus, that Jesus loved and obey ,this is what Jesus said how he is one with the Father, not that he is God or a god.

To be one with God is to have his spirit inside of your soul and mind (born again) and to be with God by loving his truth and obeying it, this makes Jesus and mankind one with God. Jesus did not say "I and the Father is God", then that would be implying that Jesus confess he was the very God himself.

If you search The Bible correctly you will see that it mentions God himself and Jesus himself-If they are one in the same being then there's no need to mention them separately as himself.

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Another answer

Some visualize God an amorphous blob who can never be comprehended. However, God can be understood perhaps more clearly by thinking of what the Trinity is. Some analogies are well and truly outdated and make no sense today (eg the one with candles), and perhaps the best one today is to think of GOD overall as a COMPANY, with 3 sections for FACTORY, OFFICE, & SALES. There are three parts to this company, they are all separate, yet it is just the one company. In the same way, there is one God, but made up of three bodies: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As to who Jesus is, look at Creation:

In Genesis, it says God created everything, including man:-

Gen 1:1, 26-27 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.... (v.26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (v.27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

However, in the New Testament John says the Wordcreated everything, and that this "Word" was God:-

John 1:1-2, 14 KJV In the beginning was theWord, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (v.2) The same was in the beginning with God. (v.3) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.... (v.14) And the Word was made flesh [ie as a man, Jesus Christ], and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Later, The Bible says specifically that the creator was Jesus Christ:-

Col 1:13-18 (KJV) ..his dear Son [ie Jesus Christ]: (14) In whom we have redemption through his [ie Jesus Christ] blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (15) Who [ie Jesus Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (16) For by him [ie Jesus Christ] were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (17) And he [ie Jesus Christ] is before all things, and by him all things consist. (18) And he [ie Jesus Christ] is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he [ie Jesus Christ] might have the preeminence.

This means that God [ie 1/3 of the Trinity] created Man and Woman, that the Holy Spirit [ie another 1/3 of the Trinity] caused Jesus Christ [ie another 1/3 of Trinity] to be born to one of His own creations - Woman, who was made from Man [by one of Adam's ribs] in the first place, so this makes Jesus entitled to call Himself both the Son of Man and the Son of God. Think of Jesus as God and you won't be far wrong!

AS to who created God and when, modern scientists (ie from Einstein onwards) have known that TIME is a physical dimension (eg rocket scientists, astrophysicists, astronomers speak of 'Space-Time") and that Time therefore had to have been created at some point in time. (Evolution advocates say everything originated with a Big Bang at some point in time, but do not explain how this 'Time' came about in the first place. They also say (correctly) that it can be seen that the Universe is 'winding down' because of the 1st & 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics and that it must have an end sometime. Logically, if something has an end it must also have a beginning.) Man cannot explain where Time comes from: it is a physical creation that had to have been made at some time and is going to die, and as it is physical it must have been created by God.

God is not linear: He doesn't appear at the start of a Timeline: instead of thinking of 'Time' as a straight line with a start and finish, think of it as a circle with God outside that circle. (It would also explain why God can see "the end from the beginning" in Prophecy.) God has always existed and is outside the dimensions of Time and Space.

Jesus is both the Son of God and God: there is no 'if' about it.

Another answer:

God is the Creator and Ruler of all. He, therefore, has no father or mother or someone/something who created Him. He is Almighty, everlasting to everlasting, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. God is All-Powerful. He is fair, forgiving, great, honest, just, kind, loving, merciful and understanding. God is purely spirit; therefore, He has no bones and flesh.

Jesus Christ, on the other hand, is man, and therefore, He has bones and flesh. Christ is not God, for He is the Son of God. If we were to believe that Christ is both God and the Son of God, would it not be considered absurd? How can one be the child of oneself? There is really no logic to it. Anyway, Christ is the only mediator between God and men. He is the Lord and Savior. He was created to be without sin. No deceit was found in His mouth. He died on the cross for us. A few days later, though, He was resurrected and sent to Heaven to live forever and ever with God, Our Father.

For clear proof that God and Jesus are not the same as the other, read John 17:3. God clearly stated in the Bible that He is God and not man and will never be a man. God cannot die. Though, Christ died, so this proves that Christ is not God but the son of God.

Answer 2

God the Father fathered Jesus by begetting Him (not creating Him) outside of time. God the Father expressed Himself perfectly and begot Jesus, the Word. Jesus participated creating everything that is created, and certainly existed prior to the Incarnation.

Jesus is God. The Father is God. The Holy Spirit is God. God exists as a union and communion of three in one.

So God the Heavenly Father is the Father of Jesus Christ. The Father expressed Himself perfectly and begot Jesus. Jesus existed outside of time, before becoming incarnate. Jesus is the Eternal Word. The Third Person of the Blessed Trinity also existed before time, and is a distinct person. So, while the incarnation happened by the Holy Spirit, the Father has fathered Jesus from outside of time. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are uncreated, and all three existed outside of time, before the world began and will continue to exist after the end of the world. While we are everlasting (created and will live forever), the godhead, always was and always will be.

God told us He is all we need to be concerned with, He is the Great "I Am." I trust God, and believe Him at His Word.

Some of God's created beings become confused by the Incarnation thinking that the Holy Spirit begot or created Christ at that time... these confused people would represent a heretical teaching, one opposed to that revealed by God.

Prior to the Incarnation, Jesus had existed before there was time having one nature, a Divine nature. In the Incarnation in time, Jesus took on human flesh and so now has a human nature as well. Jesus is the one Person who has both a Divine nature and human nature. He therefore has a Divine Will and human will.

Since Jesus already existed before the Incarnation, we say rightly that God the Father was father before the Incarnation and is still father of Jesus after the Incarnation.

It is quite clear from Scriptures and the constant teaching of Christianity that God is a union and communion of three Divine Persons. Each Person is separate, and the familial relationship makes the Godhead. Three Divine Persons in one God; restated there are three Divine Persons with one Divine Nature. Since God the Father begot Jesus before the universe was created, Jesus has existed outside of time. The Holy Spirit proceeds from God the Father through God the Son. The Incarnation, which happened 2,000 years ago was Jesus taking on a human nature as well, so that His Divine Nature existed with human nature in His Person. However, Jesus existed prior to this as begotten by God the Father in Heaven. Jesus, the Son of God is God the Son before there was a universe. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was made flesh, taking on human nature as well. The Godhead not only implies a familial relationship, but expressly states this. We must believe in the Truth, not in what men prefer to misinterpret from their own ignorance.

Another answer

There are three persons in the Christian concept of God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These are three names only and do not simply a familial relationship between the persons.

Jesus was a physical person who was the Son. He was born of the Virgin Mary by the action of the Holy Spirit.

So, the 'father' of Jesus was the Holy Spirit.

Answer 3

The Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are all divine (of the essence of God) but they are all also distinct. Large books have been written about the subject but let's see if I can summarize a bit.

1. This does not mean that God had a physical son, as in an earthly father and son. (As I understand it, Mormons would disagree, as they teach that God has an actual body).

2. To call Jesus God's Son emphasizes that Jesus is always - always - obedient to God. He perfectly fulfills God's will at all times - in a sense, He is an ideal son.

3. In addition, Jesus in a sense proceeds from or is projected by God. If we follow Luther's lead and say that in Jesus the heart of God is revealed, then we can see that Jesus has always existed - that is, Jesus as the very essence of God's character has always been there, as God is uncreated and simply exists and God's character or heart has always existed. In this sense, Jesus "depends on" God.

4. Regardless of the proceeding points, Christians will also assert that Jesus is uncreated, does the things only God can do (creates the world and forgives sin) and is from the point of view of the divine nature fully equal to God.

Another answer:

Mankind seems to keep missing the fact that "God" (original inspired Hebrew: Elohim) is like a "family" name... or like an "association," or "club" in nature. A family, association and club are uni-plural words and are made up of more than one member that works together for a unified purpose.

How many people have read the creation account in Genesis 1, and really seen and understood what it actually says?

"...And GOD (ELOHIM) said, Let usmake man in our image, after ourlikeness..." (Gen.1:26).

It's always been there... yet, you don't hear too many people questioning the nature of the "inspired" wording of that passage. Is anyone paying attention?

Here's what Jesus teaches: "I and My Father are One" (John 10:30)--Not three.

The "Spirit" of the Father is the "unifying power" that unifies them... what makes them a single family unit... just as it unifies Him with His church.

Jesus and the Father are both "God"... "Elohim." The Father, according to Jesus, has never been seen or heard. Jesus has always been the "executive agent" of Elohim.

When the Father wants something said - Jesus speaks the words. When the Father wants something done - Jesus does the work... all by the power of His Father's Spirit.

He... Jesus... "...was the Word, and the Word was withGod (the Father), and the Word was God (the executive member of Elohim; Greek, Theos). The same was in the beginning withGod.

Clear wording and plain as day... the Bible plainly says that Jesus Christ was the Almighty Creator God of the Old Testament who made the universe - as His Father commanded Him to make it. Whenever "God" spreaks in the Old Testament... it's Jesus Christ saying what the Father commanded Him to say. And whatever "God" did in the Old Testament... it's Jesus Christ who performed the task as the Father wanted it done.

Jesus emptied Himself of all His power for a time and allowed His Father to recreate Him in the womb of a mortal woman in order to redeem the rest of His Father's future Children from the god they chose to obey in the beginning of their existence.

Some call Jesus "God" because He was not only in the beginning with the Father and is the Creator God of the Old Testament. He is also the "firstborn" Son of the future God Family... truly raised from His "mortal death" after the fashion of mortal men, and raised immortal. The only man in the world, so far, ever to have done that.

And because the world doesn't understand what He and His Father are doing on the earth... man remains ignorant of God's plan to make the Family of God.

God's Children shall also be raised from their mortal deaths "immortal."

"God" is Family of more than one person. Right now, He is Jesus Christ and His Father. And His Family is growing.

One day, like our Big Brother, Jesus Christ... all of mankind will be called "God," too.

Another answer:

(I.Tim.3:16) the word manifest is used, not incarnate. And it was God's godliness that was manifested! God was in Christ(fleshly body) by his spirit showing out his godliness=God was manifested in the flesh, not God change himselffrom spirit into flesh. Nor did he divide himself into half God and half man, meaning both human and divine. God gave of himself by his spirit to the fullest into Christ Jesus soul and mind,all this by the Holy Ghost. Not that it was God himself being a man and a spirit, and that he is existing living as a man on earth,named Jesus. Only God is by himself, Divine. Why? Because there is only one true living God, and Jesus himself is now a man that has been invested by God`s spiritual nature that's made him spirit glorified soul, mind and body. Fulfillment of what God said in Gen.1:26,27- God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness-So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him(Christ).

Manifest- To show or demonstrate plainly;reveal.

Incarnate-Invested with bodily nature and form: an incarnate spirit. Embodied in human form; personified.

To believe that God incarnated himself into the man Jesus is purely dogma and totally Satanic inspired. To believe in reincarnation is to believe in God made a "transition and translation" of himself. Transition is to change from one position, state, to another, and Translation is to change the form, condition, nature of to another; transform. God has never change himself, neither by scripture showing where he became a man. This belief is also known as Henotheism. Henotheism is based on the belief that a god may take any form at any time and still have the same essential nature. The central idea is that one name for a god may be used in a circumstance where a particular aspect of this god is being represented or worshiped while a different name may be given to or used to describe or worship a different aspect of the god in a different circumstance. This is why Christianity teaches that God is Jehovah of the Old Testament and God is Jesus of the New Testament. The bible does not declare that to be true. False teachers have taught this belief to be so. Jesus the man said "God is a spirit".St.John4:24 St.John3:34-For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. Isai.11:2-And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

God is not called God, he is God. A man can become "mighty" god like, but no one is Almighty but the Lord God, the Father. There is a difference between Almighty and the mighty, and a difference in being God and to be called a god, by God. God is both the Almighty God and the mighty God. He is all powerful and greater than all and he is also the Mighty God, by his own spirit of might, as in Psa.50:1- The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. There's a difference in these titles as well, just like King and Prince, Lord and Servant, Creator and Creature. The creator God is not God and a Prince, for God is King over all.(Psa.47;2;Jerem.10:10) A Prince is a secondary position of power to the primary position of power,who is God. God will make Jesus a prince of peace and king of kings in Psa.89:27-Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.(Rev.19:16) The key point of the 2nd clause of Isai.9:6, is his name shall be called these things, meaning by his name he will represent or showforth these things, and in the next verse #7, it says -" The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." God will perform these things through his son, therefore having Jesus to represent these things. Jesus will exercise the glory of his Father God.

Jesus is the son of God, who is the voice, image and the presence of God. Just the same as God use the "Angel of the Lord" to represent his voice and presence . Jesus is called a god by the likeness to his Father, because Jesus was the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. In Heb.1:8-But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee (godliness) with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Consider the following statement, made by Jesus as he appeared to his disciples after his resurrection: Matt.28:18: And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Jesus himself openly proclaimed that the secondary supreme power and authority he had was not his by virtue of him being God. But that everything that was his, he had received from God: Luke 10:22-All things are delivered to me of my Father:

The bible does not state that Jesus existed as a living being in the beginning of creation, came down out of heaven, placed himself inside of a woman to be born, prayed unto himself, allowed his own creation to kill him, resurrect and ascend back into heaven. The Bible also declares that no man has seen GOD, nor heard his voice. (St.John1:18) Well, they did see, hear and handle Jesus (IJohn1:1-3).

Answer 4

Just as my human sons share my humanity so Jesus as God's Son shares the divine nature of the Father. Jesus put it quite plainly in the Gospel of John when asked when He said "I and the Father are one." Jesus is thus simultaneously God's Son and God. The two are not exclusive.

Another answer

The answer is very biblical clear, God is the Father and Jesus is his Son.

They are not the same person being. God is the one and only creator of all things that was created and made visible and invisible in heaven and earth and the seas.

God the Father created,form,and made Jesus Christ to be by his spoken word.

When Jesus said "I and my Father are one" -he was not saying that he was God the same. God is himself and Jesus is himself the two of them are one by what the scriptures has said, that God was in Christ and Christ was in God by God's spirit and God's truth was in Jesus, that Jesus loved and obey ,this is what Jesus said how he is one with the Father, not that he is God or a god.

To be one with God is to have his spirit inside of your soul and mind (born again) and to be with God by loving his truth and obeying it, this makes Jesus and mankind one with God. Jesus did not say "I and the Father is God", then that would be implying that Jesus confess he was the very God himself.

If you search the bible correctly you will see that it mentions God himself and Jesus himself-If they are one in the same being then there's no need to mention them separately as himself.

holiness life church

Another answer

Some visualize God an amorphous blob who can never be comprehended. However, God can be understood perhaps more clearly by thinking of what the Trinity is. Some analogies are well and truly outdated and make no sense today (eg the one with candles), and perhaps the best one today is to think of GOD overall as a COMPANY, with 3 sections for FACTORY, OFFICE, & SALES. There are three parts to this company, they are all separate, yet it is just the one company. In the same way, there is one God, but made up of three bodies: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As to who Jesus is, look at Creation:

In Genesis, it says God created everything, including man:-

Gen 1:1, 26-27 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.... (v.26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (v.27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

However, in the New Testament John says the Wordcreated everything, and that this "Word" was God:-

John 1:1-2, 14 KJV In the beginning was theWord, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (v.2) The same was in the beginning with God. (v.3) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.... (v.14) And the Word was made flesh [ie as a man, Jesus Christ], and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Later, the Bible says specifically that the creator was Jesus Christ:-

Col 1:13-18 (KJV) ..his dear Son [ie Jesus Christ]: (14) In whom we have redemption through his [ie Jesus Christ] blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (15) Who [ie Jesus Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (16) For by him [ie Jesus Christ] were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (17) And he [ie Jesus Christ] is before all things, and by him all things consist. (18) And he [ie Jesus Christ] is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he [ie Jesus Christ] might have the preeminence.

This means that God [ie 1/3 of the Trinity] created Man and Woman, that the Holy Spirit [ie another 1/3 of the Trinity] caused Jesus Christ [ie another 1/3 of Trinity] to be born to one of His own creations - Woman, who was made from Man [by one of Adam's ribs] in the first place, so this makes Jesus entitled to call Himself both the Son of Man and the Son of God. Think of Jesus as God and you won't be far wrong!

AS to who created God and when, modern scientists (ie from Einstein onwards) have known that TIME is a physical dimension (eg rocket scientists, astrophysicists, astronomers speak of 'Space-Time") and that Time therefore had to have been created at some point in time. (Evolution advocates say everything originated with a Big Bang at some point in time, but do not explain how this 'Time' came about in the first place. They also say (correctly) that it can be seen that the Universe is 'winding down' because of the 1st & 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics and that it must have an end sometime. Logically, if something has an end it must also have a beginning.) Man cannot explain where Time comes from: it is a physical creation that had to have been made at some time and is going to die, and as it is physical it must have been created by God.

God is not linear: He doesn't appear at the start of a Timeline: instead of thinking of 'Time' as a straight line with a start and finish, think of it as a circle with God outside that circle. (It would also explain why God can see "the end from the beginning" in Prophecy.) God has always existed and is outside the dimensions of Time and Space.

Jesus is both the Son of God and God: there is no 'if' about it.

Another answer:

God is the Creator and Ruler of all. He, therefore, has no father or mother or someone/something who created Him. He is Almighty, everlasting to everlasting, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. God is All-Powerful. He is fair, forgiving, great, honest, just, kind, loving, merciful and understanding. God is purely spirit; therefore, He has no bones and flesh.

Jesus Christ, on the other hand, is man, and therefore, He has bones and flesh. Christ is not God, for He is the Son of God. If we were to believe that Christ is both God and the Son of God, would it not be considered absurd? How can one be the child of oneself? There is really no logic to it. Anyway, Christ is the only mediator between God and men. He is the Lord and Savior. He was created to be without sin. No deceit was found in His mouth. He died on the cross for us. A few days later, though, He was resurrected and sent to Heaven to live forever and ever with God, Our Father.

For clear proof that God and Jesus are not the same as the other, read John 17:3. God clearly stated in the Bible that He is God and not man and will never be a man. God cannot die. Though, Christ died, so this proves that Christ is not God but the son of God.