Without a doubt, you have often heard the claim that Jesus is God,
the second person in the "Holy Trinity." However, the very Bible
which is used as a basis for knowledge about Jesus and as the
basis for doctrine within Christianity clearly belies this claim.
We urge you to consult your own Bible and verify that the
following conclusions are not drawn out of context:
1. GOD IS ALL KNOWING.....BUT JESUS WAS NOT When
speaking of the Day of Judgement, Jesus clearly gave evidence of a
limitation on his knowledge when he said, "But of that day and
hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in Heaven,
neither the son, but the father." (
Mark 13:32, and
Matt. 24:36)
But God knows all. His knowledge is without any limitations. That
Jesus, of his own admission, did not know when the day of
judgement would be, is clear proof that Jesus is not all-knowing,
and that Jesus is therefore not God.
2. GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL.....BUT JESUS WAS NOT
While Jesus performed many miracles, he himself admitted that the
power he had was not his own but was derived from God when he
said, "Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of
himself, but what he seeth the father do..." (
John 5:19) Again he
said, "I can of mine own self do nothing: As I hear I judge, and
my judgement is just because I seek not mine own will but the will
of the Father which has sent me." (
John 5:30) But God is not only
All-Powerful, He is also the source of all power and authority.
That Jesus, of his own admission, could do nothing on his own is
clear proof that Jesus is not all-powerful, and that therefore
Jesus is not God.
3. GOD DOES NOT HAVE A GOD.....BUT JESUS DID HAVE A GOD
God is the ultimate judge and refuge for all, and He does
not call upon nor pray to any others. But Jesus acknowledged that
there was One whom he worshipped and to Whom he prayed when he
said, "I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and
your God." (
John 20:17) He is also reported to have cried out
while on the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
(
Matt. 27:46) If Jesus were God, then couldn't this be read,
"Myself, myself, why hast thou forsaken me?" Would that not be
pure nonsense? When Jesus prayed the Lord's Prayer (
Luke 11:2-4),
was he praying to himself? When in the garden of Gethsemane he
prayed, "O my father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from
me: Nevertheless, not a s I will but as thou wilt." (
Matt. 26:36-39) Was Jesus praying to himself? That Jesus, of his own
admission and by his own actions, acknowledged, worshipped, and
prayed to another being as God is clear proof that Jesus himself
is not God.
4. ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE GOD IS AN INVISIBLE SPIRIT....
BUT JESUS WAS FLESH AND BLOOD While thousands saw Jesus
and heard his voice, Jesus himself said that this could not be
done with God when he said: "No man hath seen God at any time."
(
John 1:18) "Ye have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen
His shape." (
John 5:37) He also said in
John 4:24: "God is a
spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in
truth." That Jesus would say that no one had seen or heard God at
any time, while his followers both saw and heard him, is clear
proof that Jesus was not God.
5. NO ONE IS GREATER THAN GOD AND NO ONE CAN DIRECT
HIM.... BUT JESUS ACKNOWLEDGED SOMEONE GREATER THAN HIMSELF WHOSE
WILL WAS DISTINCT FROM HIS OWN Perhaps the clearest
indication we have that Jesus and God are not equal, and therefore
not one and the same, come again from the mouth of Jesus himself
who said in
John 14:28: "My Father is greater than I." When
someone referred to him as good master in
Luke 18:19, Jesus
responded: "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one,
that is God..." Furthermore, Jesus drew clear distinctions between
himself and God when he said, "I proceeded forth and came from
God, neither came I of myself but He sent me." (
John 8:42) Jesus
gave clear evidence of his subordination to God, rather than his
equality with God, when he said in
Luke 22:42, "not my will but
Thine be done" and in John 5:30, "I seek not mine own will but the
will of the Father which has sent me." That Jesus would admit that
he did not come into the world on his own initiative but was
directed to do so, that he would acknowledge another being as
greater than himself, and that he would negate his own will in
deference to affirming the will of another, give clear proof that
Jesus is not the Supreme One and therefore Jesus is not God.
CONCLUSION The Church recognises the Bible as the
primary source of knowledge about God and Jesus. But since the
Bible makes it clear that Jesus is not the Supreme Being
and the Supreme Being is not Jesus, upon what basis have
you come to believe otherwise? My brother or sister, the belief
that the Supreme Being is a Trinity is false and completely
inconsistent with the words of Jesus as presented in the Bible.
God is one, not three. He is a perfect unity. If you are
interested in the truth about God and your relationship to Him, we
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