08 October 2013

The Father Alone is the True God (Why Jesus Is Not God part 1)


Why The Lord Jesus is Not God
BIBLICAL EVIDENCES THAT PROVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
IS NOT THE TRUE GOD
Part 1

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.


THE FATHER ALONE IS
THE TRUE GOD


Why the Lord Jesus Christ is not God? Because there is only one true God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ is not the Father but the Son of the One True God.

The Lord Jesus Himself clearly said that the Father is the only true God:

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

Even Apostle Paul also said that the Father alone is the rue God:

I Corinthians 8:6 NKJV
6yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.

Thus, the apostle explicitly wrote that the true God is the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ:

I Corinthians 1:3 NKJV
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

II Corinthians 1:3 NKJV
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

Ephesians 1:1-3 NKJV
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Philippians 1:2 NKJV
2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:1-3 NKJV
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

I Peter 1:3 NKJV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

This is what apostles taught and wrote because this is what they heard from the Lord Jesus Christ Himself:

John 20:17 NKJV
17Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'"

Thus, we firmly believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is not God because His Father is the only true God. Hence, when we say that Jesus is not God, we only mean that the Lord Jesus Christ is not the Father, but the Son of the One True God.



WHY JESUS IS NOT GOD


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