If the Church Were Christian. Chapter 1, Part 3; in a chapter by chapter series of posts in response to the book by Pastor Philip Gulley. Chapter One: Jesus Would Be a Model for Living Rather Than an Object of Worship.
Pastor Gulley declares that Jesus' "promotion to divine stature contradicts the Jewish faith of Jesus." It does ... unless He was God and knew it.
Mark 10:17-18 can be read in two ways.
"And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God." Mark 10:17-18
1. "Why are you calling me good? Only God is good. I'm not God!"
2. "Do you realize who you are talking to? Do you think that I am just a good teacher?"
Those who insist that Jesus didn't realize that He was God and never claimed to be, have to ignore or somehow discount what is clearly implied in Scripture: Matthew 26:6-13, John 6:35, 8:12, 10:9, 10:30, 12:8, 14:6, 14:10, 20:28.
Jesus, unlike all the other rabbis, didn't appeal to what earlier rabbis had said to make His points. What He said was "you have heard it said ... but I say..." He spoke from His own authority, as the Jews understood that only God could.
His listeners knew full well what he was doing and saying; that is why he elicited such violent and hateful opposition from the other rabbis who heard him. They understood Him so well that they wanted to stone Him to death on the spot. John 7:25, 8:52-58, 10:33.
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