Great exegesis as usual, Dr. Pitre. In my debates with Muslims and Unitarians I have often found Philippians 2 to be even more of a solid case than John 1:1-14.
I love this! I keep telling this to the Muslims and the Iglesia ni Cristo on how Philippians 2:10-11 has references to Isaiah's prophecy. Jesus is Yahweh becoming human
@@eileen1820 haha I doubt you would love it today. 8 degrees out but it feels like -15 with the wind chill. Give me rainy California! If it's raining it must be at least 33 degrees. A heat wave! :)
The nature of man and woman has fallen but those of the Lord have not fallen nor have they been forsaken because they have tasted the resurrection with Christ, the son of the most High🤗💚
There was no doubt in the minds of the Pharisees that Jesus was claiming to be GOD which was the reason for them killing Him. This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath [from their viewpoint], but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. John 5:18 AMP
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ESV): 4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Agreed but Philippians 2 isn't the only place and Matthew 14 would be another chapter to look at and Dr Pitre does a great exegesis on it here: th-cam.com/video/P1uPqvaAck0/w-d-xo.html
Isaiah 45:21-23 (ESV): 21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. 22 “Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’
Philippians 2:6 shows that he “did not even consider the idea of trying to be equal to God.” Jesus considered God to be superior, never ‘grasped for equality with God.’ Instead, he “humbled himself and became more obedient to the point of death.” (Philippians 2:8)
Philippians 2:9-11 (ESV): 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Isaiah 45:18 (ESV): 18 For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other.
Jesus WAS the almighty God in a very remote past. The only difference from before is that He is now like a normal man since He FORSOOK his power. The almighty God therefore is ONLY in that past and therefore "no one ever saw God". However, from that past God is able to REACH US here in the LIMITED FORM of a spirit "God is a spirit". For example when you have someone on the phone, you can say that he is present in your room "in the limited form of a spirit" since you can talk to him, but you cannot touch him: he is absent.
John 17: Jesus asks the Father to make the apostles and all that follow the with Jesus and the Father one as God and Jesus are one. Revelations 3:21 Jesus tells John the saints who overcome the world will sit on the he Heavenly Throne with Jesus and the Father. This means to be divine. Early Christians taught Jesus became a man so he could teach men how to be a God. :
WHY A DIVINE JESUS BEST SERVES THE INTERESTS OF THEOCRATIC FASCISM In the earliest Christian writings (Paul's letters and the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke) it's very clear that Jesus never saw himself as divine, and he most certainly never thought he was God, not in any way! Jesus talked ABOUT God in the third person, and TO God in the second person, but never did he talk, as God, in the first person. The same holds true of the very earliest documents we have about Jesus--the letters of Paul, written in the 50s or early 60s CE. It's true that Paul believed God EXALTED Jesus to His Right Hand, meaning, that once he ascended to Heaven, God promoted him, which had a lot of appeal to Jews, with their religious history in which, time and again, a patriarch like Joseph or a prophet like Daniel, is promoted by a Pharaoh or King to become Second in Command. By the time we get to the Synoptic Gospels (Mark, written around 70 CE and Matthew and Luke around 85 CE), Jesus is inching toward divinity, but not quite. It's only in the Gospel of John, written toward the end of the 1st Century where we see Jesus portrayed as divine, though still not quite God Himself. What then, can we say, with any sense of likelihood, that Jesus believed he was God, or divine? Well, if he did, he sure kept it to himself most of the time, and denied it completely, at least on one occasion (Mark 10:18 and Luke 18:19)! However, all the evidence we currently possess (which is scant) points to a man who grew up within Pharisaic Judaism, became a successful healer as well as a reformer of Judaism with a gift for speaking and engaging the religious authorities of his day with considerable adroitness! In keeping with what more than a few, objective, biblical scholars are convinced of, it's possible Jesus came to believe he was the Messiah king predicted by the Jewish prophets, but this would assume he let his popularity go to his head. However, Jesus initially believed God had called him to lead the Jews of Palestine to repentance in order to pave the way for the Messiah to come to set up the literal, independent Jewish government, known as the "Kingdom of God," which he would live to see happen. At the peak of his popularity, when he had 1000s of people thronging to see him perform miracles, and as word of his seeming divine powers spread, so many people became convinced he must be the Messiah, Jesus may have become swept up by all the adulation. There’s considerable attestation in the Synoptic Gospels pointing to a Jesus who didn’t mind taking advantage of the platform of popularity the Messianic hopes of the masses provided him to call the Jews to repentance with the aim of bringing about enough change that God would, upon seeing their general repentance, send a king to free them. But as time went on, Jesus saw that mission falling far short, and the hope for successful, political/national kingdom as a pipe dream! Jesus’ messaging about the future then changes as he, ultimately, becomes convinced God was calling him to martyrdom, and that his death would be the catalyst for a movement of people repenting of sins and turning to God on an individual basis and, thus, a "kingdom" of changed hearts and lives would emerge and spread throughout the world. Thing is, that plan was foiled when, shortly after his death, he was repeatedly seen alive again, so it didn't take his disciples very long to conclude his death and resurrection was God's plan all along to convince the Jews he was, indeed, the Expected Messiah who would, at any moment, come out of seclusion and seize the Throne of David. Then, of course, that didn't happen. But the beauty is that, his message--that no one is beyond the Grace of God and, therefore, may become liberated from sin and know the joy of leading a life of doing good--in spite of how it has been so very misunderstood by so many for so long, has survived. Tragically, though, there are still many today (especially in the leadership of the Neo Evangelical churches) who much prefer the view of Jesus that emerged many decades after his death, once the Jewish wing of the Jesus [is the] Messiah Movement fell apart and was replaced by the Gentile Jesus [is a] God Movement. Unlike the Pharisaic Jews of Jesus’ day who had hoped for a literal, theocratic nation to enlighten the world, and Jesus’ ultimate hope for a “nation” of individuals to enlighten the world, the Gentile Christians hoped only for admission, after death, to a better spirit-world, and for everyone else to be condemned to eternal retribution. It’s this last interpretation that best serves the interests of those today looking to overthrow democratic states and replace them with theocratic, fascist dictatorships, such as what American Neo Evangelicals are now actively advocating. While a Gentile version of a Warrior King to come and take over the world is certainly quite welcome among Neo Evangelicals, and they continue to promote the apocalyptic notion of an imminent “rapture” to Heaven that, eventually, results in a violent world take over, the idea that God is looking for a select few to literally conquer everyone else who are his enemies, whether on a future earth, or in a spirit world, if not both, helps exasperate the frustrations of those who already feel culturally isolated into an easily-manipulated political body, fueled by great anger which they constantly feed, in order to help them seize power. Rick Lannoye, author of www.amazon.com/Rightly-Dividing-Word-Properly-Interpret/dp/B091LSMD9N
Paul and Peter both teach that Jesus is a God, but that He has a God and Father. 1 Corinthians 8 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. Ephesians 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Colossians 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 1 Peter 1 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, Hebrews 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. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows Let’s not forget either, that in Philippians 2, the Father has given Jesus His name and we will now and confess that name, to the glory of God The Father. Again, Paul taught Jesus has a God and Father.
There are no 'a gods' in the Bible that God's people worship: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God: the Lord is one." Jesus has a God and Father because He is a man. But He is not only a man.
Jesus is not "a God". Saying "a God" connotes that there are many Gods. There is only one God fully expressed in three persons. Jesus together with His Father and His Spirit is the true God and not a God.
Hello Jesus is the Messiah The Son of God The Son of David The Son of man The man God has chosen to be his anointed king The man God will judge the world through The man God raised from the dead Jesus has a God There is no triune god in scripture Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. -
Paul never met him.The fact is as I've addressed in my own vids is that there is good consensus that Jesus existed and had a following. So did Joseph Smith. But as far as divine this is where I go after the misinformation of the apologists on "evidence that he was God." There is none, religious or secular. The secular mentions (Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Josephus) mention him as having this following. None of them believed he was divine. As far as his following and "witnesses" to his miracles and resurrection? We have not one signature. Nothing. Nothing written during Yeshua's actual life that said "I was his friend, I knew Yeshua, I witnessed this resurrection." Signed: friend of Yeshua. That began about thirty years later which screams urban legend. Cheers, DCF
NOT CORRECT COUSE THE SHEMA SPEAKS ABOUT ONE GOD AND JESUS TOLD THE APOSTELS TO WURSHIP HIM GOD IN HEAVEN ALONE SO JESUS CANT BE GOD .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO JESHUA SAID THE FATHER IS THE ONLY GOOD ONE AND THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I AM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO JESUS IS DIVINE WORD BUT NOT GOD HIMSELF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great exegesis as usual, Dr. Pitre. In my debates with Muslims and Unitarians I have often found Philippians 2 to be even more of a solid case than John 1:1-14.
I love this! I keep telling this to the Muslims and the Iglesia ni Cristo on how Philippians 2:10-11 has references to Isaiah's prophecy.
Jesus is Yahweh becoming human
Amen
YHWH
This is so powerful..what a revelation..thank you. And Tha k God
Another wonderful video. I look forward to these videos daily.
Good morning Brothers and Sisters - hello from rainy California ❤️
Good morning! Hello from icy cold Boston
@@robertserino7454 Oh wow, I love Boston!!
@@eileen1820 haha I doubt you would love it today. 8 degrees out but it feels like -15 with the wind chill. Give me rainy California! If it's raining it must be at least 33 degrees. A heat wave! :)
Good morning sister😎
Hello from Chicago!
Great explanation Doc. It’s sad that the Protestants think they are right and saved but are not. Proud to be catholic
Only Dr Pitre would call the Trinity - ‘cool’! Thank you Dr P
The nature of man and woman has fallen but those of the Lord have not fallen nor have they been forsaken because they have tasted the resurrection with Christ, the son of the most High🤗💚
Thank you for sharing.
I love how Jesus managed to kept the holy spirit until it's finished and only then gave up the ghost for us.
The Trinity explained ☘️
Amen Jesus Christ is the Father
GOOD INFORMATION
🕊 Amen
There was no doubt in the minds of the Pharisees that Jesus was claiming to be GOD which was the reason for them killing Him.
This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath [from their viewpoint], but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 5:18 AMP
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ESV): 4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
A Jehovas witness would reply that it says for the Glory of God the Father....
They wouldn’t get it with Philippians 2...
Agreed but Philippians 2 isn't the only place and Matthew 14 would be another chapter to look at and Dr Pitre does a great exegesis on it here: th-cam.com/video/P1uPqvaAck0/w-d-xo.html
@@ericb871
Thank you Erik.
Isaiah 45:21-23 (ESV): 21 Declare and present your case;
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none besides me.
22 “Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 By myself I have sworn;
from my mouth has gone out in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear allegiance.’
Great!
Amen
Philippians 2:6 shows that he “did not even consider the idea of trying to be equal to God.” Jesus considered God to be superior, never ‘grasped for equality with God.’ Instead, he “humbled himself and became more obedient to the point of death.” (Philippians 2:8)
Philippians 2:9-11 (ESV): 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Wow 🤯🤗
Isaiah 45:18 (ESV): 18 For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it empty,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
Jesus WAS the almighty God in a very remote past. The only difference from before is that He is now like a normal man since He FORSOOK his power. The almighty God therefore is ONLY in that past and therefore "no one ever saw God". However, from that past God is able to REACH US here in the LIMITED FORM of a spirit "God is a spirit". For example when you have someone on the phone, you can say that he is present in your room "in the limited form of a spirit" since you can talk to him, but you cannot touch him: he is absent.
John 17: Jesus asks the Father to make the apostles and all that follow the with Jesus and the Father one as God and Jesus are one. Revelations 3:21 Jesus tells John the saints who overcome the world will sit on the he Heavenly Throne with Jesus and the Father. This means to be divine. Early Christians taught Jesus became a man so he could teach men how to be a God. :
WHY A DIVINE JESUS BEST SERVES THE INTERESTS OF THEOCRATIC FASCISM
In the earliest Christian writings (Paul's letters and the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke) it's very clear that Jesus never saw himself as divine, and he most certainly never thought he was God, not in any way! Jesus talked ABOUT God in the third person, and TO God in the second person, but never did he talk, as God, in the first person.
The same holds true of the very earliest documents we have about Jesus--the letters of Paul, written in the 50s or early 60s CE. It's true that Paul believed God EXALTED Jesus to His Right Hand, meaning, that once he ascended to Heaven, God promoted him, which had a lot of appeal to Jews, with their religious history in which, time and again, a patriarch like Joseph or a prophet like Daniel, is promoted by a Pharaoh or King to become Second in Command.
By the time we get to the Synoptic Gospels (Mark, written around 70 CE and Matthew and Luke around 85 CE), Jesus is inching toward divinity, but not quite. It's only in the Gospel of John, written toward the end of the 1st Century where we see Jesus portrayed as divine, though still not quite God Himself.
What then, can we say, with any sense of likelihood, that Jesus believed he was God, or divine? Well, if he did, he sure kept it to himself most of the time, and denied it completely, at least on one occasion (Mark 10:18 and Luke 18:19)! However, all the evidence we currently possess (which is scant) points to a man who grew up within Pharisaic Judaism, became a successful healer as well as a reformer of Judaism with a gift for speaking and engaging the religious authorities of his day with considerable adroitness!
In keeping with what more than a few, objective, biblical scholars are convinced of, it's possible Jesus came to believe he was the Messiah king predicted by the Jewish prophets, but this would assume he let his popularity go to his head.
However, Jesus initially believed God had called him to lead the Jews of Palestine to repentance in order to pave the way for the Messiah to come to set up the literal, independent Jewish government, known as the "Kingdom of God," which he would live to see happen. At the peak of his popularity, when he had 1000s of people thronging to see him perform miracles, and as word of his seeming divine powers spread, so many people became convinced he must be the Messiah, Jesus may have become swept up by all the adulation.
There’s considerable attestation in the Synoptic Gospels pointing to a Jesus who didn’t mind taking advantage of the platform of popularity the Messianic hopes of the masses provided him to call the Jews to repentance with the aim of bringing about enough change that God would, upon seeing their general repentance, send a king to free them. But as time went on, Jesus saw that mission falling far short, and the hope for successful, political/national kingdom as a pipe dream!
Jesus’ messaging about the future then changes as he, ultimately, becomes convinced God was calling him to martyrdom, and that his death would be the catalyst for a movement of people repenting of sins and turning to God on an individual basis and, thus, a "kingdom" of changed hearts and lives would emerge and spread throughout the world.
Thing is, that plan was foiled when, shortly after his death, he was repeatedly seen alive again, so it didn't take his disciples very long to conclude his death and resurrection was God's plan all along to convince the Jews he was, indeed, the Expected Messiah who would, at any moment, come out of seclusion and seize the Throne of David. Then, of course, that didn't happen.
But the beauty is that, his message--that no one is beyond the Grace of God and, therefore, may become liberated from sin and know the joy of leading a life of doing good--in spite of how it has been so very misunderstood by so many for so long, has survived.
Tragically, though, there are still many today (especially in the leadership of the Neo Evangelical churches) who much prefer the view of Jesus that emerged many decades after his death, once the Jewish wing of the Jesus [is the] Messiah Movement fell apart and was replaced by the Gentile Jesus [is a] God Movement.
Unlike the Pharisaic Jews of Jesus’ day who had hoped for a literal, theocratic nation to enlighten the world, and Jesus’ ultimate hope for a “nation” of individuals to enlighten the world, the Gentile Christians hoped only for admission, after death, to a better spirit-world, and for everyone else to be condemned to eternal retribution.
It’s this last interpretation that best serves the interests of those today looking to overthrow democratic states and replace them with theocratic, fascist dictatorships, such as what American Neo Evangelicals are now actively advocating. While a Gentile version of a Warrior King to come and take over the world is certainly quite welcome among Neo Evangelicals, and they continue to promote the apocalyptic notion of an imminent “rapture” to Heaven that, eventually, results in a violent world take over, the idea that God is looking for a select few to literally conquer everyone else who are his enemies, whether on a future earth, or in a spirit world, if not both, helps exasperate the frustrations of those who already feel culturally isolated into an easily-manipulated political body, fueled by great anger which they constantly feed, in order to help them seize power.
Rick Lannoye, author of www.amazon.com/Rightly-Dividing-Word-Properly-Interpret/dp/B091LSMD9N
Paul and Peter both teach that Jesus is a God, but that He has a God and Father.
1 Corinthians 8
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Colossians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
1 Peter 1
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Hebrews 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.
9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows
Let’s not forget either, that in Philippians 2, the Father has given Jesus His name and we will now and confess that name, to the glory of God The Father.
Again, Paul taught Jesus has a God and Father.
There are no 'a gods' in the Bible that God's people worship: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God: the Lord is one." Jesus has a God and Father because He is a man. But He is not only a man.
Jesus is not "a God". Saying "a God" connotes that there are many Gods. There is only one God fully expressed in three persons. Jesus together with His Father and His Spirit is the true God and not a God.
When Thomas puts his fingers through Jesus palm, he exclaimed "my Lord and my God"
Ave Christus Rex Amen
Joshua Lopez, Amen
Hello
Jesus is the Messiah
The Son of God
The Son of David
The Son of man
The man God has chosen to be his anointed king
The man God will judge the world through
The man God raised from the dead
Jesus has a God
There is no triune god in scripture
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
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Paul has deceived you. Follow Jesus, not follow Paul, Jesus said do not worship him, but worship the One creator alone, which is Allah
Do not twist christianity OK.
Paul never met him.The fact is as I've addressed in my own vids is that there is good consensus that Jesus existed and had a following. So did Joseph Smith. But as far as divine this is where I go after the misinformation of the apologists on "evidence that he was God." There is none, religious or secular. The secular mentions (Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Josephus) mention him as having this following. None of them believed he was divine. As far as his following and "witnesses" to his miracles and resurrection? We have not one signature. Nothing. Nothing written during Yeshua's actual life that said "I was his friend, I knew Yeshua, I witnessed this resurrection." Signed: friend of Yeshua. That began about thirty years later which screams urban legend. Cheers, DCF
NOT CORRECT COUSE THE SHEMA SPEAKS ABOUT ONE GOD AND JESUS TOLD THE APOSTELS TO WURSHIP HIM GOD IN HEAVEN ALONE SO JESUS CANT BE GOD .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO JESHUA SAID THE FATHER IS THE ONLY GOOD ONE AND THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I AM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO JESUS IS DIVINE WORD BUT NOT GOD HIMSELF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is God. Because the Word is God.