agreed.
but where in these verses imply that only the Father can forgive sins?

i ask this because to me it seems that, that is  your contention, that the Father only forgive sins and not Jesus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_manuscript
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https://biblehub.com/text/john/8-58.htm

https://biblehub.com/text/exodus/3-14.htm

Both JOHN.8:58 of the original New Testament in Greek and EXO.3:14 of the original Old Testament in Hebrew,  were translated by Bible language experts into "I AM" in today's English.
....... So, Jesus Christ was the God of Moses and the God of Doubting Thomas(JOHN.20:28).
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i already posted the verses earlier.

Hi friend,

You are correct, sometimes in Greek, the context has to determine the meaning of the word used.

In John's gospel, we see Jesus declared Himself 'I am' many times.
But when He said before Abraham was, I am,  that was no doubt a divine declaration.

The jews understood that was the divine YHWH name because they picked up stones to try to kill Him. It was blasphemy to them.

So the english translators were correct to equate it to the YHWH/ I AM.

on that there is no doubt.
So Jesus answered them by saying, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself [of His own accord], unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever things the Father does, the Son [in His turn] also does in the same way.
John 5:19 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/jhn.5.19.AMP

What is your real point to all these questions?

Well Bible truth or revelation needs the Holy Spirit to be made known.

Yes somethings in Bible can be understood plainly but bear mind, it can be plain to you but not plain to people who hates God.

I am in a way a scholar because I've great interest in God's word.

as an ordinary human being, I am not privy to divine authority levels nor am i able to understand even I am privy to it, so it is moot to me.

what i do know and personally experienced is sufficient for me to believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God as He claims to be, whatever that title may actually mean.

to try go further is an exercise in futility.

i would rather spend my time and energy serving my God as He leads me in everyday life. it gives me joy and fulfillment to see the blessing others receive when i do that.

Objective and Critical yes but not in terms of human understanding.

The word of God is not human originated.

What I'm trying to say is that you cannot interpret the word of God according to human critical reasoning.

Do you understand the term Bible interpret Bible?

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The Father is eternally in heaven, ie not on earth. Jesus Christ or God-in-the-flesh or God-in-the-Spirit(2COR.3:17, JOHN.6:63) was/is/will be on earth. Of course the Father in heaven is greater  or has more authority than the Son on earth because of the where of God, ie in heaven or on earth. As permitted by God, the ruler of this rotten earth is Satan, not God/Jesus - REV.12:9, JOHN.14:30 & 16:11.

Similarly, the Agong is great in power and authority in Malaysia, eg to pardon prisoners, appoint the PM, dissolve Parliament, etc, but once he is outside Malaysia, eg in China or USA or Europe, he is very much less powerful.  Same for the Arab kings and rulers in the Middle-East.

At present, USA is the superpower of the world. The Agong and PM8 are very much less powerful on the world stage = like jaguh kampung.
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The bible is mostly straight forward and easy to understand. Granted there are some very obscure passages.

From my personal experience, these passages usually become clear when I have a need to understand them

yes what you say is correct, but at the same time there is a balance and a limit on how we are to read and dig into the shades of meanings  found in the bible.

Paul wrote to Timothy

Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather serve them because those who are benefited are believers and beloved. Teach and exhort these things. If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means  of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
I Timothy 6:1‭-‬5 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/1ti.6.1-5.NKJV
so unless there is a need for me , i usually put those questions in a mental "when I meet God face to face i am going to ask Him what this means" notebook.

in general, following Micah's advice is sufficient for us to live a life of faith.

He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/mic.6.8.NKJV

Thanks.

Now I have a question for you.

Would you consider christians who follow the biblical teachings, even when they don't fully understand them, as people who have blind faith?

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For my answers, please refer to my thread Issue#10 - What is the Holy Trinity.?, as told to you earlier.

Conversely, Satan has more authority and power on earth than in heaven, eg in the Story of Job, God permitted Satan to powerfully afflict Job and his family on earth because of Job's ignorant sin - JOB.1:5 & 3:25, ie he ignorantly sinned against God by offering a vile offering just in case his spoiled sons might commit sin to cause him to lose all his hard-earned prosperity. In effect, Job was trying to buy Prosperity insurance from God to cover for his sons' probable future sins. 
....... In the Malay world, the demonic powers of kampung bomohs to concoct spells/charms and hexes are legend, eg minyak dagu, jampi, etc.

If God were to summon Satan from earth to heaven, Satan would be powerless and has no authority in front of the heavenly throne of God. This exact scenario will happen when God sends Satan, his demons and 2ndly-resurrected human followers/unbelievers to eternal hell or the lake of fire on Judgment Day - REV.20:11-15.
....... It is the same Satan who appears as above on earth and in heaven.

Similarly, it is the same God who appears on earth with less authority/powers and in heaven with full authority/powers.

Believers need to know this clearly before they die on this rotten earth, be resurrected/raptured, live with Jesus Christ for a thousand years on a new earth and can eventually see God the Father on His mighty throne in heaven. Like I said before, a great gulf separates heaven and earth/hell because of Satan's rebellion in heaven and Adam's fall on earth. Only the Lord/God Jesus Christ can bridge this gulf and reconcile fallen Man on earth with God in heaven. It's like only Jesus Christ can miraculously bring His people to live with Him on the sun.
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lets look at what the bible say.
Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is:  ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’  This is the first commandment.  And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:29‭-‬31 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/mrk.12.29-31.NKJV

then Jesus declares Himself equal with God

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 5:16‭-‬18 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.5.16-18.NKJV

then Jesus said He will leave and send someone else in His place

“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
John 14:25‭-‬26 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.14.25-26.NKJV

this is the same Holy Spirit who decended upon Jesus when He was baptised by John the Baptist

And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
John 1:32‭-‬33 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.1.32-33.NKJV

so what is it? God is one or three now?

on top of that in Revelation it says.

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.
Revelation 3:1 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/rev.3.1.NKJV

so is the Christian God, one, three or seven?

the answer is blowing in the wind my friend.

but lets take another look at what the bible  have to say.

firstly, God always refered to Himself in the prural

Gen 1: 1, 26 says

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Genesis 1:1‭, ‬26 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/gen.1.1-26.NKJV

what did the apostle Paul say?

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.
I Thessalonians 4:1‭-‬8 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/1th.4.1-8.NKJV

yet in another letter Paul states

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There  is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:1‭-‬6 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/eph.4.1-6.NKJV

is Paul confused?

or is it that our minds cannot wrap around the reality that God is not bound by natural laws or limited to human understanding, being able to be One yet Three ?

the clue is actually found in Isaiah 11

There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord . His delight is in the fear of the Lord , And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
Isaiah 11:1‭-‬3 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/isa.11.1-3.NKJV

these verses are attributed to Jesus, whose coming was foretold by Isaiah, having the seven fold Spirit of God (Rev 3:1) resting upon Him (John 1:33)
In simple terms the Spirit of God manifested in seven ways (for the lack of a better word)
although i will be first to admit that this is not concrete proof that God is One yet Three, to my mind, God had to simplify His manifestation to a level we humans can at least identify with. i.e. in the form of a man Jesus Christ.

if you think this is confusing, wait till you try to grasp how Jesus can be fully man and fully God at the same time, to fulfill the requirement for a redeeming sacrifice for all the sins of man.
i fall back to my earlier post, that i do not need to comprehend how Three can be One because God will be God and we need the element of faith when it comes to trusting Him.

the bible plainly states

But without faith it  is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/heb.11.6.NKJV

so who am i to insist i have to understand first then trust?

but having said that, i must also stress that i believe also because  the bible is the word of God.

As a whole, it is a coherent, consistent and pretty amazing book with more than 40 writers spanning more than a thousand years apart. And most of the writers did not know each other but had one Spirit inspiring them to say and record words that will later be compiled into what we have today, the modern bible.

when I choose to follow it's teachings, i find that i benefit and at the same time benefit those around me, consistently bring good and love and peace etc, demonstrating that the God that i believe in is a good God, because you will know a tree by the kind of fruit it bears.

coming back to your post
is it one person or two persons?

its supposed to be three yet one.
God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit

how?
thats one of the questions i have in my mental note book.

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I already told you a few times who Jesus s/o Joseph or Isa bin Yusof is, according to the Word of God. It is up to you to accept or reject what is stated in the Bible about Jesus Christ.

1THESS.4:16-17 says that the Lord/God Jesus Christ will be returning to this rotten earth to save/deliver His people from persecution/prosecutipn by the powerful governments of the world and destroy/judge the unbelievers and this earth. Some mature spiritual Christians expect His return within the next few decades = coming soon.

Of course the Muslims have their own version for the return of their Mahdi/Messiah/Christ, ie to save/deliver the Muslims and destroy/judge the non-Muslims. .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi
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Let's just wait and see who has the truth. No point arguing between Christians and Muslims about the Return of Christ/Mahdi/Messiah to this earth or about the way to heaven or hell after death since it's about different beliefs about the future.
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Only God has this ability. To be Triune and yet distinct.

Yes I know..He's a moslem.

He tried very hard to convince Christians that Christ Jesus is just a prophet.

It's impossible for our Lord to be a mere human prophet.

Before Abraham was, I AM. <---That is more enough to convince even the lay person.

How can a mere prophet who is born after Abraham say He is before Abraham? Doesn't make any sense doesn't it?

That's the part he quietly evaded.

If I were to show this Zakir Naik, what would he say? I wonder...

The word of God are not dead letters meaning normal letters but are of God's spirit.

So yes, you need the Holy Spirit to have revelation of the Bible.

No wonder When I explain to you..the phrase before Abraham was, I AM you couldn't understand.

You're a moslem yes?

Well all those distinct character is to prove that God is distinct and yet triune.

John 10:30 (NIV) - I and the Father are one."

John 17:21 (NIV) -that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

Bro. Unknown Warrior, I think this thread has been hijacked. Becareful brethren.