The Lord Jesus Is Different From the Lord God (Why Jesus Is not God, part 3)

BIBLICAL EVIDENCES PROVING THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

IS NOT THE TRUE GOD

Part 3

If we are going to examine the teachings written in the Bible, the evidences proving that the Lord Jesus Christ is not God are indeed overwhelming.

Why The Lord Jesus Christ Is Not God:

THE LORD JESUS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE LORD 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 ETERNAL, HAS NO BEGINNING OR END

WHILE JESUS CAME FROM GOD

The Bible clearly states that God is “from everlasting to everlasting”:

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

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

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

The eternal God is from everlasting to everlasting, without beginning or end. However, the Lord Jesus came from God:

“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.” (John 8:42 NIV)

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?

“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.” (Isaiah 40:28 NIV)

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

“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.” (John 4:6 NIV)

Thus, the Lord Jesus is not the everlasting or eternal God. The eternal God has no beginning or end, while the Lord Jesus came from God. The everlasting God will not grow tired or weary, while the Lord Jesus Christ got tired.

GOD IS IMMORTAL WHILE JESUS

DIED ON THE CROSS

The Bible explicitly said that the Lord God is immortal:

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

However, it is clearly written in the Bible that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross:

“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.” (John 19:30, 33 NIV)

The One True God is immortal, while the Lord Jesus died on the cross.

GOD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ANY OTHER GOD

WHILE CHRIST DEIFIES GOD

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

“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.” (Isaiah 44:8 NIV)

However, the Lord Jesus Christ deifies God:

“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?” (Mark 15:34 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.'” (John 20:17 NIV)

GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING WHILE THERE

IS SOMETHING JESUS DON’T KNOW

God knows everything:

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

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

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

GOD IS ABOVE ALL WHILE JESUS

WILL BE SUBJECTED TO GOD

God is above all:

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

Jesus will be subjected to God:

“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.” (I Corinthians 15:27-28 NKJV)

GOD IS NOT A SON OF MAN WHILE

JESUS IS CALLED “SON OF MAN”

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

“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?” (Numbers 23:19 NKJV)

Jesus is called the “Son of Man”:

“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.” (Matthew 16:13-16 NKJV)

GOD IS SPIRIT WHILE JESUS IS A MAN

God is spirit has no flesh and bones:

“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24 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.” (Luke 24:38-39 NKJV)

Jesus is a man, he have flesh and bones:

“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.” (John 8:40 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.” (Luke 24:38-39 NKJV)

CONCLUSION

These differences between the Lord Jesus Christ and the Lord God clearly prove that Jesus is not the everlasting God, the immortal God, the all-knowing God, God who is spirit, who is not man, who is not a son of man. Thus, these prove that the Lord Jesus Christ is not the One True God. Jesus clearly taught that the One true God is his Father:

“Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You…

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” (John 17:1, 3 NKJV)

The belief that the Father alone is the One True God is the the doctrine uphold by the Christians:

“Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.” (I Corinthians 8:6 NIV)

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