Bible Discussion Thread

Part 3 In Ephesians 4 5 it reads as this One Lord, one faith, one baptism . On the day of Pentecost Peter declared who Jesus was when he answered their question Acts 2 36. In Matthew 4 7 Jesus acknowledged who he was in the wilderness when Satan came and tempted him. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord they God . One of the reasons why the Jews rejected Christ is that He declared that he was God. This is why the Jews got so angry with Jesus when he made the statement to them that he was the I AM . In John 8 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am . In the Old Testament, Jesus in his spirit for, God, told Moses that His name was I AM Exodus 3 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. When Jesus made the statement that he was the I AM, the Jews got angry because he claimed he was God. He was declaring His divinity right then. He was letting them know who he was. They took up stones to stone him but he hid himself. John 8 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by .