Why The Lord Jesus is Not God
BIBLICAL EVIDENCES THAT PROVE THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST
IS NOT THE TRUE GOD
Part 4
THE Iglesia
Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) firmly believes that the Lord Jesus Christ is man
in nature and He is not God because this is what the Bible explicitly teaches.
If we are going to examine the teachings written in the Bible, the evidences
are overwhelming that the Lord Jesus Christ is indeed not the true God the Holy
Scripture teaches.
IF JESUS IS GOD THEN THERE WILL BE TWO
GODS
The father
alone is the true God. This is the
teaching explicitly written in the Bible. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself, the
apostles, and even the prophets of ancient Israel clearly declared that there
is only One True God, the Father. And the Lord Jesus Christ also declared that
to attain eternal life is to accept that the Father is the only true God:
John 17:3, 1 NIV
“Now
this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom you have sent.
“After
Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has
come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.
There is no
contradiction in the Bible. This teaching of the Holy Scripture that the Father
alone is the True God must not be contradicted. Thus, if a belief contradicts
this teaching of the Bible that there is only One True God, the Father, that
belief must be rejected. The apostles admonish the Christians to reject the
“gospel” different from the one they preached:
Galacia 1:6-8 NIV
“I
am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the
grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel- which is really no gospel at all. Evidently
some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the
gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel
other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!”
Did you know
that the belief that the Lord Jesus is God contradict the teaching of the
Bible that the Father alone is the true God?
JESUS
IS A MAN WHO HAS TOLD THE TRUTH
WHICH
HE HEARD FROM GOD
John 8:40 NKJV
“But
now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from
God. Abraham did not do this.”
If Jesus is the true God then who is
the God that from Him Jesus heard the truth? Hence, there will be two Gods.
JESUS
IS THE SERVANT OF GOD
Acts 3:13 NKJV
“The
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant
Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was
determined to let Him go.”
If Jesus is
God, then God (Jesus) is a Servant of another God because Jesus is the Servant
of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Thus, there will be two Gods.
JESUS
IS SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD
Colossians 3:1 NKJV
“If
then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where
Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.”
Accepting
Jesus as God is like saying that God is sitting at the right hand of another
God because Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God.
JESUS
IS THE CHRIST OF GOD
Luke 9:20 NKJV
“He
said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered and
said, ‘The Christ of God.’”
Christ is God?
Then “God is Christ of another God.” Truly, the belief that Christ is God deviate
from the teachings of the Holy Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ of the One
True God, the Father.
JESUS
IS GOD’S MESSENGER AND HIGH PRIEST
Hebreo 3:1 LB
“Therefore,
dear brothers whom God has set apart for himself-you who are chosen for
heaven-I want you to think now about this Jesus who is God's Messenger and the
High Priest of our faith.”
Thus,
accepting Jesus as God is like accepting that God’s messenger is also God, and
God’s High Priest is also God. Two Gods? God (Jesus) is the messenger of
another God? God (Jesus) is the High Priest of another God? Truly, the teaching
that Christ is God is a “different gospel.”
JESUS
IS THE LAMB OF GOD
John 1:36 NKJV
“And
looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God!’”
Jesus is the
“Lamb of God.” If Jesus is God, then God is the Lamb of another God. Two Gods?
Is that acceptable to the Bible? No.
GOD
MADE JESUS LORD AND CHRIST
Acts 2:36 NIV
“Therefore
let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified,
both Lord and Christ.”
Thus,
accepting Christ as God is like accepting that God was made Lord and Christ.
And who is the God that made Him Lord and Christ? Then there will be two Gods.
CONCLUSION
These are only
some of numerous verses in the Bible that prove that if we are going to accept
that the Lord Jesus Christ is God, there will be two Gods, and this contradicts
the teaching clearly written in the Bible that the Father alone is the True
God.
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