Reply #19: Agreed (with xcrhom)...and keep in mind I'm not saying Christ isn't God [View All]

[absyntheNsugar]

I'm just saying in no Gospel, synoptic or apocrypha, does he ever say "I AM GOD." He will say I AM, referring to his being the Messiah predicted in Issaiah, but he never says "I AM GOD."

True, from the verses you quoted it might be interpreted that he is saying he is God, but he might be referring to his being on a holy mission and that tempting him is tantamount to tempting God himself.

It's just very unclear. Just as it is unclear whether there is a trinity (also never mentioned in the Bible.)

ON EDIT: But I'm glad you are considering these things - its that reflection, reinvestigation and self exploration that really needs to happen.