Leesa's Perspective

Who is God? Here are some exclusive attributes and titles of God according to  the prophets’ words. These titles CAN NOT be applied to  anything  created.   1.          God is the ONLY Lord of the heavens and the earth     a.)     Matthew 11:25 “On that occasion Jesus said, ‘ Father, Lord of the heavens and the earth , I praise you because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to simple people’” Jesus refers to God as “Father” and “Lord of the heavens and the earth” God is Lord in the heavens and Lord in the earth.      b.)     Genesis 24:7 “For Yahweh, God of heaven and God of earth …spoke to me and swore to me…”  Prophet Abraham is referring to God as the God of the heaven and the earth.     c.)     Psalms 121:2 “My help comes from the...

Did Jesus imply that he was God and/or God’s son?   There are a few verses that are interpreted as Jesus implying that he is God or the exclusive son of God.  Why did Jesus call God “Father”?  Did his using this title to address God imply an exclusive and literal father-son relationship? I will address the key verses and from these key ones – God willing, you will see the other verses in their proper context. 1.         John 10:27-38 “My sheep hear my voice and I know them; they follow me and I give them eternal life .   They shall never perish and no one will ever steal them from me.  What the Father has given me is stronger than everything and no one can snatch it from the Father’s hand .  I and the Father are one .  The Jews then picked up stones to throw at him; so Jesus said” I have openly done many good works among you which the Father gave me to do.  For which of these do ...

What did Jesus say about God in reference to  himself? I will only use the 4 canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) of the New Testament and the Old Testament as most of the other books in the New Testament were written by Paul. It is believed that Paul authored the following books: Romans, I and II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I and II Thessalonians, I and II Timothy, Titus and Philemon. Although open to question many also have good reason to believe he also wrote Hebrews as it contains many Pauline distinctions. The reason why I choose not to use the books authored by Paul is that they don’t contain Jesus actual spoken words.  They contain an opinion of what Jesus meant. Since Paul was not an actual eye witness of Jesus and never was with Jesus during his mission – I will refer to his ‘contribution’ in the latter part of this book. Now let’s see what Jesus said about God and his relationship with God....