Jesus Never Claimed to be God The Bible’s position is clear. Not only is Yahweh, All-mighty God, a personality seperate from Jesus but He is at all times his superior. Jesus is always presented as separate and lesser, a human servant of God.That is why the Bible plainly says that “the head of Christ is God” in the same way that “the head of every man is the Christ.” (1 Corinthians 11:3) and this is why Jesus himself said: “The Father is greater than I.” --- John 14:28, RS, Catholic edition. The fact is that Jesus is not God and never claimed to be. This is being recognized by an increasing number of scholars. As the Ryland New Bullitin states: “The fact has to be faced that New Testament research over, say, the last thirty or forty years has been leading an increasing number of reputable New Testament scholars to the conclusion that Jesus --- certainly never believed himself to be God.” The Bullitin also says of first-century Christians: “When, therefore, they assigned (Jesus) such honorrific titles as Christ, Son of God and Lord, these were ways of saying not that he was God, but that he did God’s work.” Thus, even some religious scholars admit that the idea of Jesus being God opposes the entire testimony of the Bible. There, God is always the superior, and Jesus is the subordinate servant. The Holy Spirit – God’s Active Force According to the Trinity doctrine, the holy-spirit is the third person of the Godhead, equal to the Father and the Son. As the book, ‘Our Orthodox Chritian Faith’ says: “The Holy Spirit is totaly God.” In the Hebrew Scriptures, the most frequently used for “spirit” is ru-ach, meaning “breath”; wind; spirit.” In the Greek Sciptures, the word pneu-ma, having a similar meaning. Do these words indicate that the holy-spirit is part of a Trinity? An Active Force The Bible’s use of “holy-spirit” indecates that it is a controled force that God uses to accomplish a variiety of His purposes to a certain extent, it can be likened to electricity, a force that can be adapted to perform a great vatiety of operations. At Genesis 1:2 the Bible states that “God’s active force (spirit, ru’ach) was moving to and fro over the waters.” Here God’s spirit was His acive force working to shape the earth. God uses His spirit to enlighten those who serve Him. Various sources acknowlege that the Bible does not suport the idea of the holy-spirit is the third person of a Trinity. For example: Catholic theologian Fortman: “The Jews never regarded the spirit as a peron; nor is there any solid evidence that any Old Testament writer held this view – The Holy Spirit is usually presented in the gospels and in Acts as a divine force or power.” A Catolic Dictioary: On the whole,the New Testament,like the Old speaks of the spirit as a divine energy power.” Worship God on His Terms Jesus said in prayer to God: “This means everlasting life, their taking in knowlege of you, the only true God, and the one you sent forth, Jesus Christ.” (John 17:3) What kind of knowlege? “(God’s) will is that all of men should be saved and come to an accurate knowlege of truth.” (1 Timothy 2:4) The Amplified Bible renders the latter phrase this way: “Know precisely and correctly the (divine) Truth.” So God want us to know Him and His purpose accurately, in conformity with (divine) Truth.” And God’s Word, the Holy Bible, is the source of that truth. (John 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16-17) When people learn accurately what the Bible says about God, then they will avoid being like those mentioned at Romans 10:2,3, who had a zeal for God; but not according to accurate knowlege.” Or like the Samaritans, to whom Jesus said:”you worship what you do not know.” – John 4:22. Therefore, if we want God’s approval, we need to ask ourselves: What does God say about himself? How does God want to be worshiped? What are his purposes, and how shall we fit in with them? An accurate knowlege of the truth gives us the right answers to such questions. Then we can worship God on His terms. Dishonoring God “Those honoring me I shall honor.” says God. (1 Samuel 2:30). Does it honor God to call anyone His equal? Does it honor Him to call Mary “the mother of god” and the “mediator” – between the Creator and His creatures.” As does the New Catholic Encyclopedia? No those ideas insult God. No one is His egual; nor did He have a fleshly mother, since Jesus was no God. And there is no “mediator” for God has appointed only “one mediator between between God and men,” Jesus – 1 Timothy 2:5; John 2:1,2. Beyond a doubt, the Trinity doctrine has confused and diluted peopl’s understanding of God’s true position. It prevents people from accurately knowing the Universal Sovereign Creator, God, and from worshipping Him on His terms, as theologian Hans Kung said: Why should anyone want to add anything to notion of God’s oneness and uniqueness? But that is what beliefin the Trinity has done. Those who belief in the Trinity are not “holding God in accurate knowlage.” (Romans 1:28) That verse also says: “God gave them up to a disapproved mental state, to the things not fitting.” Verses 29 to 31 list some of those ‘unfitting’ things, such as murder, strife, being false to agreements, having no natural affection, merciless. Those very things have been practiced by religions that accept the Trinity. For instance, Trinitarians have often persecuted and even killed those who rejected the trinity doctrine. And they have even gone further. They have killed their fellow Trinitarians in wartime.What could be more ‘unfitting’ than Catholics killing Catholics. Orthodox killing Orthodox. Protestants killing Protestants – all in the name of the same Trinitarian God? Thus, the teahing of confusing doctrine about God has led to actions that violate His laws. Indeed, what has happened throughout Christianity is what Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard described: “Christianity has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it.” The Christianity’s spiritual condition fits what the apostle Paul wrote: “They publicly declared they know God, but they disown Him by their works, because they are detestable and disobediant and not approved for good work of any sort” – Titus 1:16. Soon, when God brings this present wicked system of thing to its end, those who believe inthe Trinity will be called to account. And they will be juged adversely for their God-dishonoring actions and doctrines. – Matthew 24:14, 34; 25:31-34, 41, 46; Revelation: 17:1-6, 16; 18:1-8,20,24; 19:17-21. Reject the Trinity There can be no compromise with God’s truth. Hence,to worship God on His terms means to reject the Trinity doctrine. It contradicts what the prophets, Jesus, the apostles, and the early Christians believed and taught. It contradicts what God says about himself in his own inspired Word. Thus,counsels: “Acknowledge that I alone am God and there is no one else like me.” – Isaiah 46: 9. God’s interests are not served by making Him confusing and mysterious. Insead, the more that people become confused about God and His purposes, the better it suits God’s Adversary, Satan the Devil,the god of this world. ‘It is he who promotes such false doctrines to blind the mind of unelievers.’ (2 Corinthians 4:4) And the Trinity doctrine also serves the interest of clergymen who want to maintain their hold on people, for they make it appear as though only theologians can understand it. – See John 8:44. Accurate knowlege of God brings great relief. It frees us fromteachings that are in conflict with God’s Word and from organizations that have apostatized. As Jesus said: “you will know the truth and the truth will set you free” – John 8:32. By honoring God as supreme and worshiping Him on His terms, we can avoid the the judgment that he will soon bring on apostate Christianity. Instead, we can look forward to God’s favor when this system ends: “the world is passing away and so its desire, but he that does the will of God remains forever.” – 1 John 2:17.
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