14 October 2013

The Lord Jesus Is Different From The Lord God (Why Jesus Is Not God part 3)



Why The Lord Jesus is Not God
BIBLICAL EVIDENCES THAT PROVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
IS NOT THE TRUE GOD
Part 3

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.


JESUS CHRIST IS DIFFERENT FROM GOD



If all people will rely solely in the Bible in their belief about the nature of Christ, no one would have fallen into the false belief that Christ is the true God  because the Bible clearly proves that the Lord Jesus Christ is different from the Lord God.


GOD IS THE FATHER AND
JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD

Numerous verses of the Bible clearly state that the Father alone is the true God. However, Jesus explicitly proves that He is not the Father when He said that:

John 14:28 NKJV
“You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.”

The Lord Jesus Christ said that “My Father is greater than I.” thus, it is wrong to say that Jesus is also the Father, the one true God. Jesus is different from the One True God, from the Father, and He himself testified to this truth when He said “My father is greater than I.” Who then is the Lord jesus:

Matthew 16:16 NKJV
“Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

 The Bible clearly teaches that the Lord Jesus christ is the Son of God of the living God.


Thus, God is the Father and Jesus is the Son of God. Hence, the Lord Jesus (the Son of God) is different from the One true God (the Father). Take note that although we believe that Jesus Christ is not God, but we firmly believe that Jesus is the Son of God.


GOD IS ETERNAL, HAS NO BEGINNING OR END
WHILE JESUS CAME FROM GOD

God is “from everlasting to everlasting”:

Psalms 90:2 NIV
2Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

“From everlasting to everlasting” means that God is without beginning or end:

Psalms 90:2 TLB
“Before the mountains were created, before the earth was formed, you are God without beginning or end.”

However, the Lord Jesus came from God:

John 8:42 NIV
“Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.”

Christ said, “I came from God,” while God has no beginning  or end. Thus, the Lord Jesus is not the eternal God. What else proves that Jesus is not the eternal God?

Isaiah 40:28 NIV
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”

The everlasting God will not grow tired or waery. However, the Lord Jesus Christ got tired:

John 4:6 NIV
“Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.”

Thus, the Lord Jesus is not the everlasting or eternal God. The Lord God has no beginning or end, while the Lord Jesus came from God.



GOD IS IMMORTAL WHILE JESUS
DIED ON  THE CROSS

The Bible explicitly said that the Lord God is immortal:

I Timothy 1:17 NIV
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

The Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross:

John 19:30,33 NIV
“When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
“But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.”


GOD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ANY OTHER GOD
WHILE CHRIST DEIFIES GOD

The Lord God explicitly said that there is no other God besides Him:

Isaiah 44:8 NIV
“Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.”


However, the Lord jesus Christ deifies God:

Mark 15:34 NIV
“And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"-which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

John 20:17 NIV
“Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'”


GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING WHILE THERE
IS SOMETHING JESUS DON’T KNOW

God knows everything:

I John 3:20 NIV
“Whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.”

Even the Son (the Lord jesus Christ) doesn’t know the day or hour of His second coming:

Matthew 24:36 NIV
“No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”



GOD IS ABOVE ALL WHILE JESUS
WILL BE SUBJECTED TO GOD

God is above all:

Ephesians 4:6 NKJV
“One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”

Jesus will be subjected to God:

I Corinthians 15:27-28 NKJV
“For "He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.”


GOD IS NOT A SON OF MAN WHILE
JESUS IS CALLED “SON OF MAN”

God is not a man, nor a son of man:

Numbers 23:19 NKJV
“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”

Jesus is called the “Son of Man”:

Matthew 16:13-16 NKJV
“When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”


GOD IS SPIRIT WHILE JESUS IS A MAN

God is spirit has no flesh and bones:

John 4:24 NKJV
“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Luke 24:38-39 NKJV
“And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.”


Jesus is a man, he have flesh and bones:

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.”

Luke 24:38-39 NKJV
“And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.”



WHY JESUS IS NOT GOD

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