What Do These Scriptures Mean to You?

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I realize that there are persons of many different religions on myLot and you may not have any opinion about scriptures from the Bible, but for those of you who do read the Bible, I would be interested in what you think? At John 8:17, 18 Jesus, speaking to the Jews, says: “In your own Law it is written, ‘The witness of TWO men is true.’ I am one that bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” Here Jesus shows that he and the Father, Almighty God, must be two distinct persons for how else could there truly be TWO witnesses? Jesus also said at John 7:16-18 “What I teach is NOT mine, but belongs to HIM that sent me. If anyone desires to do HIS will, he will know concerning the teaching whether it is from God or I speak of my own originality. He that speaks of his own originality is seeking his own glory, but he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.” When the mother of two of Jesus’ disciples asked that her sons sit on the right and one on the left of Jesus when he came into his Kingdom, Jesus said, “As for seats at my right hand and my left, these are NOT MINE to grant, they belong to those to whom they have been allotted by my FATHER.” Had Jesus been the Almighty God, those positions would have been his to give. But, Jesus could not give them for they were God’s to give. Jesus “LEARNED obedience from the things he suffered (Hebrews 5:8) Can we imagine that God had to learn anything? No, but Jesus did, for he did not know everything that God knew. He had to LEARN something that God NEVER needs to learn – obedience. God NEVER has to obey anyone. The apostle Paul said that Christ entered “heaven itself, so that he could appear in the actual presence of God on our behalf.” (Hebrews 9:24) If you appear in the actual presence of someone else, how can you be that person? God is described as being seated on his heavenly throne and Jesus has to APPROACH God to take a scroll from God’s right hand. This shows that even in heaven, Jesus and God are two different persons. (Revelation 4:8 and 5:7) These are only a FEW of the many scriptures that show that Jesus is not God. And the one scripture that says it all for me is Acts 2:24 which says: “God resurrected him (Jesus) by loosing the pangs of death…” Yes, the Bible says that Jesus died for our sins. Think about it. If Jesus was truly dead, he could NOT have resurrected himself. On the other hand, if he was not really dead, his “pretended” death would NOT have paid the ransom price for Adam’s sin. But, Jesus DID die and was unconscious in the tomb. God resurrected him. Habakkuk 1:12 says “O my God, my Holy One, you do not die.” God cannot die, but Jesus died.