Bill Schlegel | Deity of Christ believer, how would you explain John 8:40? @billschlegel1 | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 minute ago.
In John 8:40, Jesus said that he was "a man that told you the truth that I heard from God".
The Gospel of John is said to be the main book in the Bible that proclaims that Jesus is God. Yet in this Gospel Jesus says he is "a man that heard the truth from God".
Why did Jesus differentiate himself from God in this Gospel? If Jesus was God, or a god-man, why would he say he is "a man"? Isn't that being deceptive?
Church doctrine for hundreds of years has been that Jesus is "man but not a man" because if Jesus was "a man", he would be two persons (a divine person and a human person).
In the Gospel of John, Jesus said that he was a man who heard the truth from God. Jesus' statement contradicts the "deity of Christ" claim.
In John 8:40, Jesus said that he was "a man that told you the truth that I heard from God".
The Gospel of John is said to be the main book in the Bible that proclaims that Jesus is God. Yet in this Gospel Jesus says he is "a man that heard the truth from God".
Why did Jesus differentiate himself from God in this Gospel? If Jesus was God, or a god-man, why would he say he is "a man"? Isn't that being deceptive?
Church doctrine for hundreds of years has been that Jesus is "man but not a man" because if Jesus was "a man", he would be two persons (a divine person and a human person).
In the Gospel of John, Jesus said that he was a man who heard the truth from God. Jesus' statement contradicts the "deity of Christ" claim.
