From atheism to Christianity? How so?

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• Could not accept the claims made by religious people or their “holy” books

I, Atheist, accept the claims of Jesus Christ, when he said he was not God, like he says in the gospel of John chapter number 14 verse number 28 "My father is greater than I", gospel of John chapter number 10 verse 29 "my father is greater than all", gospel of Matthew chapter number 12 verse number 28 "I cast out devils with the spirit of God", gospel of Luke chapter number 11 verse number 20 "I with the finger of God cast out devils", gospel of John, chapter number 5 verse number 30, "I by myself can do NOTHING".

As I hear, I judge, and my judgement is just, for I seek not my will but the will of my father. What do you not understand?

Hey KSA

This is a question which actually confuses a lot of Christians, which is why did Jesus appear to make statements that pointed to him being a man who was completely dependent on His Father? The answer is, because He was a man who was completely dependent on His Father! Allow me to explain:

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

We see that the Word was in the beginning with God, and was God. Who is this Word? It was Jesus:

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

We see that God took on human flesh by becoming man and dwelt with us. He was not just human in appearance:

Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

He suffered the same weaknesses and afflictions that we do, yet He never succumbed to them. So was He no longer God?:

Philippians 2:5-8 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

When the eternal Son of God became a man, He emptied Himself of all of His divine privileges and lived exactly as a man would live. His entire ministry was not done through His own power, but through the power of the Holy Spirit:

Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

So that is why you see Jesus making statements like this:

John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

While Jesus never ceased being God, He put that aside to live as a man before God the Father, who was now His God as well as His Father. His relationship with God the Father had changed because He had now permanently incorporated the human nature into His being and was now permanently subordinated to God the Father. He voluntarily, eternally, took a lower position for our sake, although that doesn't mean He is any less God. It just means that in the Kingdom of God there is a heirarchy in the Trinity:

1 Corinthians 15:28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

I hope that helps!