Jesus explicitly stated who is blessed. Thomas doesn't fit that description. Therefore Jesus wasn't talking about Thomas being blessed. Jesus' and my conclusion is precise.
No, your conclusion is false because your argument is fallacious. Jesus’s statement that those who would not see and believe would be blessed in no way precludes those who did see and believe, which is all the disciples, from being blessed.
That's your opninion. I'll stick with what the Bible says.
But you’re not, that’s the problem.
Jesus denied being God in the next passage you provided. They obviously didn't understand him.
Joh 10:36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
Jesus denied being God in John 10:36
How, exactly, is that a denial of being God? Claiming that it is without showing how is just opinion.
and directly denied it in Mark 10.
18“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
They did not understand that since Jesus denied it.
How, exactly, is that a denial of being God?
Yes they need to appear in the Bible. Don't try to pass it off as scripture then; it's not.
No, they don’t. I showed how your argument is not sound.
Jesus' followers were Jews. They know that the only God is YHWH. No one taught in the Bible there is a triune God.
First, as I've pointed out more than once, this is fallaciously begging the question. Second, as I stated before, there is not one verse in the entire Bible that explicitly or directly states that God is only one person, that is, unitarian. That leaves the door wide open for a trinitarian view of God, the foundations of which are throughout the Bible.
Just a suggestion, not scripture.
Maybe, maybe not. That's why I said it isn't relevant to this discussion.
Again, Jesus told his disciples they are also the light of the world. If Jesus and the disciples are the light of the world then they aren't the true light.
Because they are his followers. The statement about
Check out Revelation 22:
Below, the Lamb and God are not the same person. God is the light, the Lamb isn't.
3No longer will there be any curse. The throne of
God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
4They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun.
For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
So, you're essentially calling Jesus a liar.
Joh 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Joh 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Joh 12:46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
Do you think lamps give light?
Rev 21:23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
(All ESV.)
You're conflating Jesus with God though.
No, I am not. I am showing and have been showing that Jesus is truly God, just as he is truly man. It's unfortunate that you want to continue to ignore all the passages that prove difficult for your position. But, that's par for the course with anti-Trinitarians and deniers of the deity of Jesus.
The light Jesus received was from God as scripture clearly states.
John 1:9 says the True Light gives light to men and John 1:30 says Jesus is a man. The context is all right there.
I know the context; I gave the context, which you ignored.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 He was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Joh 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Joh 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was
John.
Joh 1:7
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
Joh 1:8 He was not the light,
but came to bear witness about the light.
Joh 1:9
The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
Joh 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
Joh 1:11
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
Joh 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Joh 1:13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Joh 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Joh 1:15 (
John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) (ESV)
All of those "he," "him," and "his" pronouns in verses 2-4, 10-12, and 15, are references to the Son. The only time the Father comes in is verse 14 (and then v. 18). The Messiah, the Son, the preincarnate Word, is the true light. Notice that John "came as a witness, to bear witness about the light," which is then restated again as the Son in verse 15.
John 1:30 shows the humanity of Jesus, which no Christian, no Trinitarian denies.
Great then you know that Psalm 110:1 plainly shows Jesus isn't YHWH.
How so,
exactly? You make a lot of claims but don't show that you have any understanding of what is said, and so provide no evidence.
Heb 1:8
But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
Heb 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
Heb 1:10
And, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands;
Heb 1:11 they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment,
Heb 1:12 like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”
Heb 1:13 And to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? (ESV)
First,
the Father applies Psalm 110:1
to the Son. Second,
the Father then applies Psalm 102:25-27
to the Son, but that is a passage about YHWH. More than that, it is a passage about YHWH creating. So, that supports everything I have been saying about John 1:1-18, particularly verses 1-3.
Of course, it's also worth pointing out what the writer of Hebrews has already stated:
Heb 1:2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by
his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things,
through whom also he created the world. (ESV)
So, the quote in verses 10-13 support verse 2, which support John 1:1-3, 1 Cor 8:6, and Col 1:16-17, among others.
Your words against the Bible at this point.
Show how. I'm getting tired of your claims that have no support, while ignoring my claims for which I have provided ample support.
Not according to scripture.
On the contrary, it is
the only correct understanding of Scripture. It would help if you would address all the passages I've posted instead of simply dismissing them.
