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Did Jesus deny His deity in Matthew 19:17?

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Did Jesus deny His deity in Matthew 19:17?

16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”

17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Jesus was not denying His deity during his discourse with the rich young ruler (Matthew 19:16-22) but Jesus provided the rich young ruler an opportunity to receive eternal life by faith in Jesus as Messiah (Matthew 16:19-22). The young man approached Jesus asking what he “must do” to inherit eternal life and politely referred to Messiah Jesus as “good Teacher” (a Rabbi)…Jesus used this opportunity to provide the only true Path to Eternal LIFE which is belief-faith that Jesus is indeed Messiah – God – Elohim – our Creator. Jesus essentially asked the young if he was calling Jesus Deity…Elohim…Messiah…did the young man see and acknowledge the Truth of Messiah standing before him…did the young man know Jesus as the Christ just as Peter had confessed Jesus as the Messiah (Matthew 16:13-20)?

The young man did not acknowledge Jesus as Messiah; therefore, Jesus offered the young man what was and continues to this day as a prevailing false ideology relevant to earning one’s salvation through works of the flesh e.g. “keep the Commandments.” The young man insisted that he had indeed kept the Commandments at which time Jesus proceeded to prove to the young man that he had failed to keep the Greatest Commandments by offering the young man another opportunity to receive eternal life by “faith” as Jesus commanded the young man to sell all that he had, distribute his wealth to the poor, come and “Follow ME!” Unfortunately, the young man loved his wealth more than Elohim as the young man walked away sad having made an idol out of his wealth thereby violating the greatest Commandments to honor no god but Elohim; to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind; to eschew the worship of idols; to love your neighbor as yourself.

Jesus was NOT denying His deity before the young rich ruler but Jesus offered the young man no less than two opportunities to receive eternal life by “faith” in Jesus as his Messiah. No one inherits eternal life through works of the law or striving in self-righteousness; this truism was first demonstrated for humanity in Genesis 3:21 as Elohim rejected Adam’s attempt to cover his sin and shame with fig leaves (the works of his hands) yet Elohim shed innocent blood, Himself, and clothed Adam and Eve in an imputed-gifted robe of righteousness; Jesus did this very thing for all of humanity at Golgotha and that imputed robe of righteousness is received by faith, not works (2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 2:16).

The Deity of Messiah Jesus and your eternal destiny…

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The Deity of Messiah Jesus and your eternal destiny…

The Holy Spirit, who Authored the Scriptures as presented in the Canon, could not have been more clear concerning the deity of Messiah Jesus (John 1; Hebrews 1; Colossians 1); those who deny Messiah’s deity are absent the indwelling Holy Spirit who is the Guarantor of New Covenant relationship with the Father (Ephesians 1:13-14); therefore, those who are absent the indwelling Spirit are not redeemed by faith and therefore remain in their sin (John 3:5; John 8:24).

I will acknowledge, without apprehension, that understanding or acknowledging the deity of Jesus is NOT a prerequisite to entering into a New Covenant relationship with Elohim and subsequently receiving the indwelling Holy Spirit as Guarantor of New Covenant promise (John 3; Ephesians 1:13-14), but I do fully acknowledge that anyone who is born again by faith in Jesus as Messiah and has received the indwelling Spirit of Truth WILL KNOW and openly acknowledge that Jesus IS God, Elohim (Genesis 1:1), having manifest in flesh for the purposes of redemption-salvation from sin and the destruction of Satan’s works at Golgotha (John 1; Colossians 1; Hebrews 1; 1 John 3:8b); after all, it is the indwelling Holy Spirit who teaches this theological truism.

*The one primary differentiating theological Truth between the Christian and every cult and religion of the World is the knowledge that Jesus is Elohim, our Creator – eternally “I AM” and the confession of same publicly without apprehension (Matthew 16:13-20). If you do not know Jesus as Elohim, you do not know the Father or the Holy Spirit (1 John 2:23) and you therefore remain in your sin (John 8:24).

The unbelieving Jews during Jesus’ Earthly ministry knew the eternal import of the deific title “God’s Son” and “I AM” and sought to murder Jesus for blasphemy (John 8). This same mindset is prevalent today in a society inundated by “antichrists” seeking death in Hell via a false messiah they’ve created in their own image or an image of their own choosing (1 John 2:2). If you deny Jesus’ deity you are NOT a Christian; you might have a nice religion or religious cult but you are NOT a “born again” member of Elohim’s family…you do NOT know Messiah Jesus!