-Removed-The 'Jesus was just probing' them argument has always been a bit of a stretch. (Was he really that needy? )
Odd then that you chose to deny the obvious interpretation on the above and yet willingly take a literal understanding of “if you have seen me you have seen the father”
Mother Terresa no doubt believed she was doing the work of God and that God Himself could be seen in her actions. Couldn't she equally have said (in a non literal sense) “if you have seen me you have seen the father”. Can't all representatives of something say that?
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@rajk999 saidWhat must I do to inherit eternal life, did Jesus give him a list of things to do, and with that list was it enough? The Jesus you make up in your mind isn't, your Jesus is not the one from scripture he is your creation.
What nonsense !! Here is what Jesus said:
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. (Luke 18:18-19 KJV)
Are you not seeing that Jesus is in fact denying that he is good and that there is only one good which is God and not Him? Cleary Jesus and God are two separate and distinct entities.
Luke 18
“One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
@ghost-of-a-duke saidHe was asking why He asked Him, He did not deny He was good or God, He was asking why that question was put to Him. Jesus was fully man, and fully God neither of those was "CLEARLY" being addressed by that answer.
He asked why they were calling him good when only God was good. CLEARLY this is Jesus saying he was not God and shouldn't be described as good.
This couldn't be any clearer and you are simply demonstrating the Christian tendency for biblical blindness.