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.”
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