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The Father

1. How many gods does the Bible teach exist? 

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Exodus 20:3.

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." Deuteronomy 6:4.

"hath not one God created us?" Malachi 2:10.

"And this is life eternal that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." John 17:3.

"there is none other God but one." 1 Corinthians 8:4.

"But to us there is but one God." 1 Corinthians 8:6.

"One God and Father of all." Ephesians 4:6.

"For there is one God." 1 Timothy 2:5.

"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." James 2:19.

 

2. What is the common title given in the Bible to the One God?

"Have we not all one father?" Malachi 2:10.

"But to us there is but one God, the Father." 1 Corinthians 8:6. 

"Grace be to you and peace from God the Father." Galatians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Romans 1:7.

"According to the will of God and our Father." Galatians 1:4.

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

"Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father."1 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 1: 2; Philippians 1:2;  Colossians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:2.


3. Is the one God, our Father, the father of Jesus Christ as well? 

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." Ephesians 1:3.

"I ascend unto my Father, and your Father." John 20:17.

"One God and Father of all." Ephesians 4:6.

Conclusion: The Bible teaches that there is but one God, who is the Father of all.

 

Christ 

4. Who is Christ?

"And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." John 6:69.

 

5. Is ‘the Son of living God’ a mere title given to Christ or is He in reality the very son of the Father? 

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given." Isaiah 9:6.

"Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?" Proverbs 30:4.

 

6. If Christ is a ‘real’ son of God, has the Bible confirmed a beginning to His existence?

"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." Micah 5:2.

And the Son of God declares concerning Himself: 'The Lord possessed Me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting. . .When He appointed the foundations of the earth: then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him.' Proverbs 8:22-30." Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 34

 

7. Does the New Testament confirm the Old Testament regarding the true and literal sonship of Christ?

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14.

"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." John 1:18.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.

"He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18.

"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him." 1 John 4:9.

Conclusion: The One God at one point from everlasting begat Christ, His only begotten son. And if what God gave was not His real and only begotten, then Abraham’s test would not have been a meaningful type. 

The Only-Begotten Son 

8. What did the one God, the Father of all, pass unto His only begotten?

"For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself." John 5:26.

"The brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person." Hebrews 1:3.

 

9. What does it mean that God passed His glory to His only begotten Son?

"And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass." Exodus 33:18, 19.

"It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell." Colossians 1:19.

 

10. Did the one God pass on His name to His only begotten Son?

"For unto which of the angels said he God at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever." Hebrews 1:5, 8.

 

11. What else was passed by the Father unto His only begotten?

"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Romans 8:9.

Conclusion: God passed unto His only begotten Son, unconditional ‘life in Himself’. As the baby becomes independent of the mother once he is born, Christ became self-existent once He was begotten of the Father. Self-existence was inherent in His birth. In addition to self-existence, the Son received from His Father His very character [goodness], and thus His express image.

There was nothing that the Father had which was not passed unto the His only begotten Son.

Even the very Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, is shared by His Son. Christ naturally inherited the name of His Father God. Christ was not, however, co-existent with His Father, being the Son.

Relationship Between Father And Son 

12. What did Christ say about His relationship to His Father?

"If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I." John 14:28.

"The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do." John 5:19.

"I can of mine own self do nothing…because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me." John 5:30.

 

13. How did Christ regard His Father? 

"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God." John 17:3.

"Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." John 20:17.

"I and my Father are one." John 10:30.

‘Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God." Philippians 2:6.

 

14. In what manner was Christ one with the Father?

Christ, the Word, the only begotten of God, was one with the eternal Father--one in nature, in character, in purpose--the only being that could enter into all the counsels and purposes of God.” Patriarchs and Prophets, page 34

Conclusion: Christ was one with the Father in nature, character, and purpose. But did not regard Himself as an equal to His Father. God invested in Christ every authority and made Him equal.

Submission Of The Son To The Father 

15. How does the Bible demonstrate the submission of Son to His Father, the one God?

"And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." 1 Corinthians 3:23.

"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ is God." 1 Corinthians 11:2.

"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him." Ephesians 1:17. 

"One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Ephesians 4:5, 6.

"For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under [him, it is] manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all." 1 Corinthians 15:27, 28.

Conclusion: The one God, the Father, has made His son His equal in nature, character, and purpose; His full and only co-partner. This reality does not negate, however, the submission of the Son to His Father, who is the one God, who rules over all including the Son.

 

16. Does the Biblical fact of Christ’s submission to His Father affect our worship of the Son?

"That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him." John 5:23. 

Conclusion: Our worship of the Son is not affected one iota by His submission to His Father. We willingly and happily worship Christ for in Him dwells the full deity of His Father, the one God. We also worship the Son for He is our Saviour, Redeemer, and Advocate before His and our Father. Lastly, we worship Him because He is the only begotten Son of the one God

The Holy Spirit

17. Who is the Holy Spirit?

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Romans 8: 9

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Galatians 4: 6

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14: 16- 18

Conclusion: The Holy Spirit is none other than the very Spirit of Christ which proceeded from the Father, the one God, [of whom [are] all things]. 1 Corinthians 8: 6.

18. Does Jesus have a spirit that is separate from His Father’s spirit?

Every being in the universe has his own individual spirit. Even a dog has a spirit, according to the Bible. Jesus, therefore, has His own individual Spirit. "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father" (Galatians 4:6). "For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:19). But Christ's Spirit is so submitted to God's Spirit that they can rightly be called one, just as "he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit" (1 Corinthians 6:17). It is only through the reality of this fact, that we can have fellowship with Christ as we do have fellowship with our heavenly Father. The Bible says, "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ" (1 John 1:3). We do not have fellowship with the Father and Son through our bodies. Our bodies do not interact physically with the Father and the Son's bodies. Instead, we have fellowship with the Father and the Son by their Spirit. If the Son does not have His own individual Spirit, then we could not fellowship with Him in any different way that we do the Father. Thus, through this clear distinction between the Father's Spirit and the Son's spirit, we can have personal fellowship with both the Father and the Son. "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son." (2 John 1:9). The only way we can have both the Father and the Son today is if both of them have a Spirit, for we do not have both of their bodies.

Conclusion: Yes, Jesus has a separate and distinct spirit from His Father's Spirit, though it is fully submissive to the Spirit of His father.

It is time to worship the one God in truth and spirit, and to repent of our past ignorance and blasphemies. This is our prayer to our Father, the one God, who is above all, and we lift it in the name of His only begotten son, Jesus Christ.

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ONLY BEGOTTEN.......etc.
written by Salimuddin Ansari, October 29, 2009
IN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY,THIS SIMPLE,INNOCENT WORD "FATHER"HAS ACQUIRED A NOVEL MEANING,HE IS,ACCORDING TO CHRISTIANITY,THE ONE WHO BEGOT THE SON JESUS.THEY SAY IN THEIR CATECHISM"JESUS IS THE VERY GOD OF VERY GOD,BEGOTTEN OF FATHER,BEGOTTEN NOT MADE".IF WORDS HAVE ANY MEANING WHAT DOES THE MEAN?OF COURSE IT MEANS WHAT IS SAYS!GOD HAD MANY SONS ACCORDING TO HOLY BIBLE.ADAM,ISRAEL,EPHRAIM,DAVID,SOLOMON,etc...BUT ALL THESE ARE MATAPHORICAL SONS.GOD ALMIGHTY AS THE CREATOR AND CHERISHER IS METAPHORICALLY THE FATHER OF HIS EVERY CREATURE;EVERY ANIMAL OR HUMAN BEING BUT JESUS[PBUH],THE CHRISTIANS SAY,IS NOT LIKE THESE.HE WAS BEGOTTEN,NOT MADE!THIS ACCORDING TO ISLAM IS MOST ABOMINABLE UTTERANCE,ATTRIBUTING TO GOD AN ANIMAL NATURE-THE LOWER ANIMAL FUNCTION OF SEX!
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JESUS IS NOT GOD.
written by Salimuddin Ansari, October 25, 2009
THE STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO JESUS IN Mark13;32 SPEAKING OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT HE SAYS,"OF THAT DAY KNOWS NO MAM,NO, NOT THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN,NOT THE SON,BUT THE FATHER ONLY".ANYONE WHO BLIEVED IN THE DIVINITY OF JESUS THIS STATEMENT WOULD IMPLY THAT GOD HAD TWO NATURES. OR TWO DIFFERENT STATES OF AWARENESS SIMULTANOUSLY. IT WOULD PUT HIM IN THE RIDICULOUS POSITION OF KNOWING AND NOT KNOWING SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME. IF JESUS WAS DIVINE AND GOD HAD THIS KNOWLEDGE THEN JESUS WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THIS STATEMENT, SINCE BY HAVING THIS NATURE HE TOO WOULD HAVE POSSESSED THAT KNOWLEDGE.
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THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF TRINITY
written by Surender Roy, October 24, 2009
ALMOST FROM THE OUTSET, CHRISTIANITY HAS PROVED ITSELF UNFAITHFUL TO ITS FOUNDER. CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY HAS NO RELEVANCE OR RELATION TO THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST EVEN AS RECORDED IN THE PRESENT VERSIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. I COULD NOT BUT REGARD THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS HOPELESSLY CORRUPTED BY GREEK,ROMAN AND PERSIAN PAGANISM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THESE PAGAN INFLUENCES WERE NEVER REGARDED BY CHRISTIAN LEADERS AS EXTRANEOUS INNOVATION TO BE CONDEMNED,RESISTED AND COMBATED BUT WERE ALL INCORPORATED INTO THE RELIGION AS ESSENTIAL DOGMA AND PRACTICE.
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TRINITY
written by T TEKOAH, September 16, 2009
MY FAMILY AND I, EVEN MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN STUDYING ON IF THE TRINITY IS TRUE OR NOT, WE PULLED OUT THE LORDS WORD, DICTIONARY'S, BIBLE DICTIONARY'S, THESAURUS'S AND MANY OTHER BOOKS OF REFERENCE, WE PUT ALL THESE ON THE TABLE PRAYED BEFORE THE BOOKS WERE OPENED AND I TOLD MY CHILDREN THE SUBJECT, EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT THE TRINITY WAS AND EVEN AS MY CHILDREN SEARCHED, WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH WAS JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD. I WAS HONEST WITH THEM AND TOLD THEM, THAT I COULD NOT BE SURE IF THE TRINITY WAS TRUE OR FALSE SO WE SEARCHED TOGETHER FOR TRUTH, BUT FIRST ASK GOD FOR UNDERSTANDING.
THE ONE SCRIPTURE THAT COMES TO MIND THAT WE FOUND IS:
Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
NOW IF JESUS IS GOD HE WOULD KNOW WHEN HE IS COMING BACK, BUT NO HE IS ONLY THE SON.
I PRAY THAT I AM NOT WRONG FOR SEARCHING ON THIS SUBJECT, CAUSE THE LORD HAS SAVED ME FROM MUCH IN THIS LIFE HERE ON EARTH, AND I GIVE HIM ALL THE GLORY AND PRAISES.
SO MY QUESTION IS IF JESUS IS SUPPOSE TO BE GOD WOULD HE KNOW WHEN HE WAS COMING BACK?
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Jesus never styles himsrlf as God.
written by shahid pervez, August 17, 2009
Salam for every one.
The Scriptures of the Old Testament throughtout speak of but one Person, one Jehova, as God by Himself,.Also and creator of all things.With reference to John 5.7, it is therefore not credible that John,a pious Hebrew, should all at once introduce another creator, a new God,without any notice.It is not known whence he drew this strange doctrine,or by what authority he delivered it;especially when we cosider that by the law of Moses whose divine authority he acknowledged,it was the crime of idolatry and blasphemy to have, or to worship,any other God but Jehova. His lord and master,Jesus,made mention no other God but Jehova, and never took upon himself to speak anything of himself;but as Father, whose messenger he was ,gave him commandment what he should say what he should speak.[John 12.49]
The writers of the Gospel history speak of one divine person,the Father,as the only true God.[John17.3]
Mark,Matthew and Luke wrote without consulting each other.They have never thrown any hint of Jesus beeing God.It cannot be believed or imagined that these men, if they had known him to be God and creator of the world,would have kept silent on this important subject. John,who begins his Gospel by saying that the word was God and that Jesus was the word made flesh,does not ascribe this name to him once in the rest of the Gospel.
An examination of Luke's gospel shows that he believed that Jesus had no existence before he was born of his mother,Mary,since,
In3.23,38,aa lineal descent of Jesus is given.
In4.24 and 8.33,Jesus is acknowledged to be a prophet of God.
In 7.16 and 24.19,Jesus is called a prophet.
In 3.13,26 and 4.27,30,Peter and some of the other opostles call Jesus the servant of God.
In 17.24, 30, Luke describes him as the "son of man",appointed to an important office under God that made the world.
Those who worshipped Jesus what their reaction would be if Jesus appeared to them and asked the following question;
WHY did you address your devotion to me ?Did I ever direct you to do it, or propose myself as an object of religious worship?
Did I not uniformly and to the last set you an example myself of praying to the Father, to my Father and your Father,to my God and your God? [john 20.17]
When my disciples requested me to teach them to pray [Luke 11.1-2],did I teach them to pray to myself or to any other person but the Father?
Did I ever call myself God, or tell you that I was the maker of the world and to be worshipped?
Solomon,after building the temple said,"Will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee;how much less this house which I have built.[1 kings 8.27]
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THERE IS ONE GOD
written by Salimuddin Ansari, August 17, 2009
If we consult Moses' account of creation, we shall find that he makes no mention of more than one God, who made the heaven and the earth, who supplied the earth with plants and animals, and who also formed man. The plural number,indeed, is made use of when God is represented as saying ,Genesis 1.26, "Let us make man",but that this is mere phraesology is evident from its being said emmediately after, in the singuler number, Genesis 5.27,"God created man in His own image",so that the creator was still One Being
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Greater and lss GOD
written by Salimuddin Ansari, August 17, 2009
We say "the prince and the king",because the prince is not a king.If had been, we should have had recourse to some other distiction,as that of "great and less" senior and junior, father and son",etc.When therefore the apostle Paul said, that the Church at Corinth was Christ's,and that Crist was God's,and that manner of distinguishing them is recurrentb in the New Testament, it is evident that he could have no idia of Christ being God, in any meaningful sense of word.
We can NOT UNDERSTAND but The God Father, the God Son and the God Holy Ghost are THE SAME!, Lowly rated comment [Show]
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In response to Thomas Mcelwain "not eternally generated"
written by Turuwhenua Timutimu, July 12, 2009
Thank you for your words my brother.
I belong to a home study group, and we have enjoyed studing this subject for a few weeks now.It's part of our series of The Ten Commandments study.We want to make sure that we are loving & worshipping the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel(Jacob)in truth and not error.
We would appreciate your prayers for our ministry, Te Karere o te Rongopai, which is Maori for The Good News.
Does "not eternally generated" mean basically that, the Son does not come before the Father?
The Son is beggotten of The Father.
Praise the Lord,I think the Lord has just helped me with the answer.
What are your thoughts?
In His Love
Turuwhenua
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co-existent with His Father, being the Son?
written by Turuwhenua Timutimu, July 11, 2009
Could you please help me to better understand what you mean in your summerised statement from the The only be-gotten son section," Even the very Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, is shared by His Son. Christ naturally inherited the name of His Father God.Christ was not, however, co-existent with His Father, being the Son. "
Especially the latter part, Christ not being co-existant with His Father, being the Son.
How does this relate with John 1:1?
In His love

TUruwhenua
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written by David S G, July 08, 2009
Hi ROBERT RIFINO
I believe Jesus is the literal son of God. Trinity denies the sonship of Christ as well as his complete death on cross. Antichrist is who denies son and the father.
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Jesus is God
written by Robert Rifino, July 08, 2009
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Simply Blind
written by David S G, July 07, 2009
Hi All
Those who argue saying Jesus is God himself why don't you give answers for the verses prove that Jesus is the Son of God.

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Correction
written by anonymous, July 07, 2009
Notice this: Genesis 1:26 says And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

What does that mean? Simple! The 3 forms were present in the beginning before the creation.

Now who gave the Ten Commandments? Jehovah, isn't it?

Exodus 20:6 says And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,and keep my commandments.

Now Jesus said in John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

No doubt, it proves Jesus is God.
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JESUS IS GOD, THE TRINITY IS TRUE
written by Robert Rifino, June 30, 2009
http://www.worldslastchance.co...e-god.html

You guys are wrong. JESUS is GOD, our SAVIOR! Do you know what God said concerning the Savior?

Isaiah 43:3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

IF GOD SAY THAT HE IS THE SAVIOR, AND JESUS IS THE SAVIOR, THAT MEANS JESUS IS GOD! READ THE BIBLE!
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Jesus is GOD
written by Andre Andrade, June 27, 2009
John 1
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.


So, the scriptures says Jesus is God either.
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Jesus IS GOD either.
written by Andre Andrade, June 20, 2009
John 14:28. Jesus was less than the Father because it assumed human form. Before the "Word was making meat," and after the resurrection, Jesus is equal to the Father Jesus took upon himself human nature.


But Jesus was glorified again after his resurrection:

"But he said this about the Spirit that had to get the inside Cress, because the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified." John 7:39

"Now, therefore, glorify thou me, Father, with yourself, with that glory I had with you before the world existed." John 17:5

"And, closer to Jesus, spoke to them, saying, I was given all authority in heaven and on earth." Matthew 28:18


Jesus Christ took on the position of "servant" (Philippians 2:6 and 7). Has also become "less" that the angels, without becoming less than they (Hebrews 2:9). Thus, his humanity, like ours, was limited, but on the other hand, he was still 100% God, or unlimited.


Paul himself says in Romans 9:5 that Jesus is God Blessed


For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6


So if you, students of WLC says that Jesus is not God. This is rather a heresy.

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Three Gods but one
written by poe zar, June 19, 2009

I believe ib God ,Father ,Son and Holy Spirit are One...

Thanks to read and study the Bible more....

Poe Zar
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The false doctrine of Trinity.
written by Adrian Jumawan, June 06, 2009
The word Trinity is not even mentioned in the Bible.
Rather than describing the Holy Spirit as a distinct person or entity, the Bible most often refers to it as God's divine power(Zechariah 4:6; Micah 3:smilies/cool.gif. Jewish scholars, examining the references to it in the Old Testament Scriptures, have never defined the Holy Spirit as anything but the power of God.
In the New Testament, Paul referred to it as the spirit of power, love and sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7).
The Holy Spirit is spoken of in many ways that demonstrate that it is not a divine person. For example, it is referred to as a gift(Acts 10:45; Timothy 4:14) We are told that the Holy Spirit can be quenched. (1 Thessalonians 5:19), that it can be poured out)Acts 2:17,33), and that we are baptized with it(Mathew 3:11).
In contrast to God the Father and Jesus Christ, who are consistently compared to human beings in Their form and shape, the Holy Spirit is consistently represented, by various symbols and manifestations, in a completely different manner-such as wind(Acts 2:2), fire (verse 3), water ((John 4:14), oil (Psalm 45:7) etc.
Clearly, the Holy Spirit, from the evidence found in the Bible, is not a person in a supposed Trinity. Regrettably, the unbiblical doctrine of the Trinity obscures the scriptural teaching that God is a family (ELOHIM)-as we will see, is our ultimate destiny.
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written by Kerstin Jonsson, April 29, 2009
I have just written a comment but I also wanted to add one more thing that I myself find very important to share with other and that I also would appreciate if some would give their opinions about.The thing is different so called religions.Now there are of course some that are difficult to include.But to try to make it as simple as possible.I don't think God cares what a person call him and there are also some religions that have more than one God.I think the most important thing is to live after the ten holy commands even if some primitive people,for example in the rainforests never have heard of the bible and worships a different God or Gods and also have different name on him or them.Or like the indians before in USA.I think the most important thing is to try to follow theese ten commands which theese people often do "by nature"or "common sense" without being "sinners".I also would like to add that before when the missionaires came to Africa to learn the "primitive" people to believe in the only God,they often destroyed more than helped by saying that their gods were "evil" instead of trying to explain and also understand about their way to believe in their sort of God and also Gods.I think that if they should have tried to listen and understand their religion and way to believe they should have found out that it wasn't so big difference at all.They maybe also should have understood that thing I mentioned before,that God doesn't care what a person calls him as long as he lives after his commands.Zezzan 1959
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