[cheekopekman]

Hi, you have a knack for pulling Scriptures out of context instead of reading unblinkingly the pertinent verses I put up. The disciples associated Jesus's name with God's name, and their use of Jesus's name as the agent and recipient of prayer has been noted (1 Cor 5:4; Acts 7:59). The disciples also considered Jesus to be Messiah - God.

The NT opens with a passage concluding that Jesus is Immanuel - God with us - which refers to the messianic prediction of Isaiah 7:14. The very title "Christ" carries the same meaning as the Hebrew appellation "Messiah" (Anointed). In Zechariah 12:10, Yahweh says, "They will look on Me whom they have pierced. The NT writers apply this passage to Jesus twice when predicting his crucifixion (John 19:37; Rev 1:7). Paul interprets Isaiah's message, "For I am God, and there is no other... To Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance" (Isa 45: 22-23), as applying to his Lord: "at the name of Jesus every knee will bow ... every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Phil 2:10-11). All created beings will call Jesus both Messiah (Christ) and Yahweh (Lord).

Another thing - Jesus said, "The Father is greater than I" (John 14:28). Of course, the Father as God is greater than Jesus is as a man. And the Father is greater in office, but not in nature. Then Jesus affirmed, "But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone" (Mark 13:32). God knows everything while Jesus knew the time of His coming as God, but He didn't know it as man. He has two natures. In one he is all-knowing and in the other as a man, he is not.

Whenever we read the Bible we must read in context and not just take out 1 verse lah!  Jesus said that all the Prophets and Moses taught were speaking about Him so we also need to refer to Old Testament quotations lah! The Jews and Israelites had been waiting for the promised Messiah since Prophet Isaiah's time about 700 years before Christ was born so the prophecy had come true when Jesus was born lah! But the Jews were disappointed because Jesus came to Jerusalem riding on a donkey not a horse and He was supposed to get rid of all those Romans but instead He died on a Roman cross lah! So now the Jews are still waiting for the Messiah lah!