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",[42,43,46],"span",{"className":44,"dataReference":46},[45],"bible-ref","Leviticus 24:10-16"," records cursing and blaspheming the divine Name. ",[42,49,51],{"className":50,"dataReference":51},[45],"Numbers 15:30-31"," joins reviling God with defiant conduct and despising his word.",[23,54,55,59,60,65,66,70,71,76],{},[42,56,58],{"className":57,"dataReference":58},[45],"Exodus 20:7"," forbids misusing ",[34,61,64],{"href":62,"rel":63},"https:\u002F\u002Fofgod.info\u002Fname",[38],"God’s name",", while ",[42,67,69],{"className":68,"dataReference":69},[45],"Leviticus 19:12"," prohibits false oaths that profane it. Misusing ",[34,72,75],{"href":73,"rel":74},"https:\u002F\u002Fword.ofgod.info\u002Fterms\u002Fname",[38],"the name"," dishonours the authority and character it represents.",[23,78,79,80,84,85,89],{},"Conduct can also dishonour God. After David confessed his sin, Nathan condemned his deed as scorn for God (",[42,81,83],{"className":82,"dataReference":83},[45],"2 Samuel 12:13-14","). ",[42,86,88],{"className":87,"dataReference":88},[45],"Romans 2:17-24"," addresses hypocrisy, because people boast in God and teach his law while breaking it themselves. Paul describes the result:",[91,92,93],"blockquote",{},[23,94,95,96,100,101],{},"“The name of God is ",[97,98,99],"strong",{},"blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you",".” — ",[42,102,104],{"className":103,"dataReference":104},[45],"Romans 2:24 (ESV)",[23,106,107,111],{},[42,108,110],{"className":109,"dataReference":110},[45],"Ezekiel 36:16-23"," corroborates the connection between conduct and profaning God’s name. Israel’s conduct and exile profaned his holy name among the nations, and God declared that he would vindicate its holiness.",[27,113,115],{"id":114},"honour-the-human-messiah","Honour the Human Messiah",[23,117,118],{},"Jesus’ own description is plain:",[91,120,121],{},[23,122,123,124,127,128,131,132],{},"“a ",[97,125,126],{},"man"," who has told you the ",[97,129,130],{},"truth that I heard from God","” — ",[42,133,135],{"className":134,"dataReference":135},[45],"John 8:40 (ESV)",[137,138,139],"h3",{"id":126},"Man",[23,141,142,143,147,148,153,154,158,159,163,164,168,169,173,174,178,179,183],{},"The apostles call Jesus ",[34,144,146],{"href":145},"..\u002F..\u002Fhuman","a man"," attested by God, whom God raised and made Lord and ",[34,149,152],{"href":150,"rel":151},"https:\u002F\u002Fkingdom.ofgod.info\u002Fchrist",[38],"Christ"," (",[42,155,157],{"className":156,"dataReference":157},[45],"Acts 2:22-36","). 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He is ",[34,175,177],{"href":176},"..\u002Fbenefits","the human mediator"," between the one God and humanity (",[42,180,182],{"className":181,"dataReference":182},[45],"1 Timothy 2:5",").",[137,185,187],{"id":186},"son-of-man","Son of Man",[23,189,190,191,194,195,199,200,153,204,199,208,212,213,217,218,153,221,225],{},"Jesus also calls himself ",[34,192,187],{"href":193},"..\u002F..\u002Fname\u002Fson-of-man"," when describing homelessness (",[42,196,198],{"className":197,"dataReference":198},[45],"Matthew 8:20","), ",[34,201,203],{"href":202},"..\u002F..\u002Fdivine\u002Fclaims\u002Fforgave","authority to forgive sins",[42,205,207],{"className":206,"dataReference":207},[45],"Mark 2:10",[34,209,211],{"href":210},"..\u002F..\u002Fhuman\u002Fserve-god","service"," and giving his life as a ransom (",[42,214,216],{"className":215,"dataReference":216},[45],"Mark 10:45","), and ",[34,219,220],{"href":176},"heavenly honour",[42,222,224],{"className":223,"dataReference":224},[45],"Mark 14:62","). 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Reading the figures in ",[42,422,424],{"className":423,"dataReference":424},[45],"Psalm 82:6-7"," as human judges or rulers is an interpretation. ",[97,427,428],{},"Bearing that title does not make its bearer Almighty God."," It depends on the context.",[23,431,432],{},"The Jesus explain the context in which he had identified his own claim:",[91,434,435],{},[23,436,437,438,131,444],{},"“I am ",[97,439,440],{},[34,441,443],{"href":442},"..\u002F..\u002F","the Son of God",[42,445,447],{"className":446,"dataReference":447},[45],"John 10:36 (ESV)",[23,449,450,451,454,455,458,459,462],{},"The Father ",[97,452,453],{},"consecrated him",", meaning set him apart, and ",[97,456,457],{},"sent him"," into the world with a commission. The answer distinguishes ",[97,460,461],{},"the Father as the source"," of the Son’s mission.",[27,464,466],{"id":465},"greater-caution-about-gods-identity","Greater Caution About God’s Identity",[23,468,469],{},"God’s own testimony distinguishes him from a man:",[91,471,472,482],{},[23,473,474,475,131,478],{},"“for ",[97,476,477],{},"I am God and not a man",[42,479,481],{"className":480,"dataReference":481},[45],"Hosea 11:9 (ESV)",[23,483,484,485,488,489],{},"“",[97,486,487],{},"God is not man",", that he should lie” — ",[42,490,492],{"className":491,"dataReference":492},[45],"Numbers 23:19 (ESV)",[23,494,495,496,500],{},"Altough the context of both statements concern God’s mercy in Hosea and faithfulness in Numbers, both prophets compared God with a human and used that as evidence to strengthen their statements. This warrant caution about calling ",[34,497,499],{"href":62,"rel":498},[38],"the LORD (YHWH or God the Father)"," a man.",[23,502,503],{},"Jesus identifies the Father Who sent him as the only true God:",[91,505,506],{},[23,507,508,509,512,513,100,516],{},"“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the ",[97,510,511],{},"only true God",", and ",[97,514,515],{},"Jesus Christ whom you have sent",[42,517,519],{"className":518,"dataReference":519},[45],"John 17:3 (ESV)",[23,521,522,523,153,526,530,531,535,536,539],{},"After his resurrection, ",[34,524,525],{"href":300},"Jesus still identifies the Father as his God",[42,527,529],{"className":528,"dataReference":529},[45],"John 20:17","). 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