This may be splitting hairs, but I was quoting Jesus claiming His divinity, rather than admitting to it.
I tied you in only to see my response to what
@BrownFlush said when referring to "the riddler" , his reference to me. The man didn't have the guts to say
@floridays.
I'm well aware Jesus said "I Am" and I know exactly what that meant.
My argument was not with you, I had none with
@BrownFlush on this matter either, my point was to a scoffer, a denier that asserted essentially that Jesus was running around claiming to be God.
Literally he didn't, in offering questions he did.
example
Matthew 9:5
5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
I understand who has that power, it is God, no one walking the earth before or since has had that power, yet Jesus did not say he was God, literally.
Many today think a person can heal, the apostles healed, many think a man can forgive, or absolve sin by "devine" appointment today, only God can,
In that way Jesus proclaimed himself to be God, He never took glory for Himself, He always deferred to His Father.
That is my understanding.
You understand how I deal, now enter our baptistry on your way out and we'll wash away your sin.
@BrownFlush.