The Watchtower DEBUNKED! The title "Son of God" implies equality with God

Those who deny the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ often claim the Jewish leaders failed to understand Him when He claimed to be the Son of God. These heretics will say the Jews were confused and only thought Jesus was making Himself equal to God. Yet if this were so, WHY did Jesus never correct them? In John 10:30-39 Jesus affirms He is the Son of God knowing full well what it means to the Jewish mind. Caiaphas the high priest tore his robes because he understood the title Son of God to imply equality with God.

Not only that but the fact that Jesus said He would be coming in the clouds was also a claim to be equal with God. Isaiah 19:1 speaks of Jehovah coming with clouds in judgment on Egypt. The question is did the Great Teacher fail to communicate? Or did Jesus intend the Jews to understand the implications of His claim to be the Son of God?

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[dunklaw]

(Galatians 3:26) 26 YOU are all, in fact, sons of God through YOUR faith in Christ Jesus. 

[Blogrich55]

@dunklaw  " YOU are all, in fact, sons of God through YOUR faith in Christ Jesus"

But we are NOT Son of God in the same sense that Jesus Christ was. We are NOT monogenes. You are missing the point of the video. God bless.

[dunklaw]

@Blogrich55 You are completely ignoring the already existent Jewish context and usage of the term "son of god".

[Blogrich55]

@dunklaw "You are completely ignoring the already existent Jewish context and usage of the term "son of god" "

And YOU are completely ignoring John's use of the term monogenes. The term only begotten Son of God has a different meaning than just the terms son and of God combined. A starfish is NOT a star and neither is it a fish. Just because Christians are sons of God by adoption does NOT mean they are Sons of God in the same sense Christ was.

How do you answer the video's argument?

[dunklaw]

@Blogrich55 (Psalm 89:6) 6 For who in the skies can be compared to Jehovah? Who can resemble Jehovah among the sons of God?

Are these adopted?

[dunklaw]

@Blogrich55 I can go into more detail if you want - but first I suggest you examine the text's of the early church fathers to see the contrast between the two terms "begotten" & "Unbegotten" and how they are used.

Also (Job 38:7) When the morning stars joyfully cried out together, And all the sons of God began shouting in applause?

Are these adopted?

[dunklaw]

They called him "son of god", he called himself "son of man".

(Isaiah 63:16) For you are our Father; although Abraham himself may not have known us and Israel himself may not recognize us, you, O Jehovah, are our Father.

[thelambsservant777]

you have changed my question, thats okay, I understand, Jesus was tempted and Jesus reffers to the whole person. Thank you for your time..

[TheGenuineChristian]

@Blogrich55 I don't argue that it was a "Jew's opinion." You, on the other hand, agree with the sons of the Satan, who was always the accuser. It's not small wonder that you agree with them, because you are them.

[Blogrich55]

@TheGenuineChristian "It's quite a shame that you Trinitarians stoop down so low as to agree with sons of the Devil"

It is really quite a shame that YOU and your cohorts frail to acknowledge that the Bible is a Jewish book written from the Jewish perspective. I have had enough of the simplistic Watchtower nonsense about how John 5:18 merely shows the "Jew's opinion." This was NOT just the opinion of the sons of the devil. It was the Jewish mentality who saw it that way!