"Jesus had to be God to atone for our sins." Really? Got a Scripture for that?
Many people have said to me the last months that Jesus had to be God to atone for our sins. My challenge is to show me Scriptures that say so. If such a claim is true, it should be explained in the Scripture from front to back, from one side to the other. If there is no Scripture that says that, then we should rethink our theology before making such a claim. Perhaps that claim is a creation of the human mind (satanically inspired?). The claim in effect is telling God the conditions under which we will accept Him and His Messiah. It is telling God, “I won’t accept you unless You die”. But we shouldn’t tell our Maker what He must do. Israel tried that numerous times. It never worked (e.g., Isa. 45:9-10). We don’t make the rules for forgiveness of sin, atonement, or for any of our relationship with God. God tells us what is necessary. God said to man “You will die”. Satan says “Man, you won’t die.” Man thinks and says, “I (my real self, my spirit) won’t die, but God...