Rediscovering the God of Yahushua

Most Christians have been taught that Yahushua is both “fully God and fully man” and that he is Yahuwah Almighty clothed in human flesh. Also, it is said that in addition to Yahushua, two other individuals are fully God: the Father and another person called the Holy Spirit. All three of these persons, it is claimed, are co-equal; no one is greater than the other. Yet, while all three are divine, they are not three deities. Instead, they are said to mysteriously share the same single essence: an inexplicable “three-in-one” being.

Theologians, both ancient and modern, have claimed that this mysterious “Doctrine of the Trinity” is the core of the Christian faith. While churches today disagree on many details of this doctrine, and most admit that it is ultimately impossible to understand, it is often claimed to be necessary for salvation.

But what if Yahushua himself never taught these things? What if the Bible teaches something completely different?

Could it be possible that the real message of the New Testament has been radically misinterpreted, and those misinterpretations have been passed on to the next generation? What if the claims of Yahushua have been so badly misunderstood, and Church tradition so heavily influenced by ancient, pagan philosophers, that the original faith of Yahushua and his disciples has gone unrecognized by many believers today? What if the “Doctrine of the Trinity” isn’t Biblical after all?

Would you want to know?

Countless Christian scholars have long recognized that the Trinity doctrine is not in the Bible. Surprisingly, most of these scholars are Trinitarians! While a handful of passages have been used to “prove” the Trinity from the Scriptures, theologians have admitted that none of these examples teach the doctrine but are only suggestions, hints, or inferences that have been pieced together to support a thesis. Of course, people can make the Bible say just about anything if they try hard enough. But we believe the Bible is evident on a number of essential points, precisely, on who the one true God is. After all, wouldn’t you think such a fundamental truth would need to be communicated in the Bible? How could something like that only be suggested or hinted at as tradition says?

Contrary to tradition, the Bible teaches that Yahuwah is only one, the Father. This single individual is the God and Father of our Lord Yahushua Christ. Yahushua is, therefore, not the one true God himself, but is his only-begotten human son.

Today, this view is often called Unitarianism, or the belief that Yahuwah is one person, or a “certain self.” Various Christian groups throughout Church history have held this biblical position. The belief that only the Father is Yahuwah also represents the classic monotheism that the Jews have practiced for thousands of years. Moses, David, Elijah believed that Yahuwah was simply one. The Bible shows us that this was also the religion of the first-century Jew, Yahushua of Nazareth.

" Father... you [are] the only true God." - John 17:1a, 3

In prayer, Yahushua calls the Father “the only true God” (Jn 17:3). In fact, Yahushua says that he himself has a God many times (Rev 3:2, 12, Mk 15:34). Even after being raised from the dead, he tells Mary that Yahuwah is “my Father and your Father, my God and your God” (Jn 21:17). He teaches the woman at the well that “the true worshippers shall worship the Father,” and that those who do this are “worshipping Yahuwah in spirit and truth” (Jn 4:23, 24). Incredibly, Yahushua also agrees with a Jew in a public debate that “our God” is only “one.” (Mk 12:28ff). For Yahushua, that one is the Father alone. “It is my Father,” he explains to the Jews, “of whom you say ‘He is our God.’ (Jn 8:54).

So, what are we to make of all of this? Why does Church tradition say that Yahuwah is 'three different persons in one essence' when Yahushua never did? We see that even Yahushua’s original disciples agreed with their master on who Yahuwah is: “For us there is only one God, the Father” (1 Cor 8:6). Even after Yahushua ascended to heaven, the Apostles continued to give praise to “the God and Father of our Lord Yahushua Christ” (1 Pet 1:3, Eph 1:3, Rom 15:6, Col 1:3). Why is it that most Christians today don’t speak this way? Why do so many groups say that the Father, Yahushua, and yet another mysterious person called the Holy Spirit are all the true God, when Yahushua said that “the only true God” is the Father? (Jn 17:3)

Unbeknownst to some, millions of Christians throughout history have rejected the Doctrine of the Trinity as unscriptural. Today, more and more devoted believers are bravely confronting the many problems that arise when one compares the doctrine with the Bible and with Church history. Any encyclopedia will inform you that, historically speaking, the formal doctrine of “One God in three persons” did not arrive on the scene until the fourth century AD. That’s three hundred years after Yahushua.

While some claim the Trinity was the faith of Yahushua and his apostles, history proves that the doctrine was the product of centuries of slow, post-biblical development. While in the Bible, the Apostles speak about Yahuwah, Yahushua, and the Holy Spirit; they don’t talk about them like later Catholic theologians do. They certainly don’t say they are a Trinity, a triple-person God, much less that you have to believe in the idea to be saved. Many people in the New Testament believed in Yahushua as Christ were baptized, and were saved without ever being told that God is a Trinity. Thousands were saved upon believing that "Yahushua of Nazareth was a man accredited by Yahuwah to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which Yahuwah did among you through him" (Acts 2:22).

Surprisingly, we also don’t find anyone in the Early Church debating about the controversial principles of the doctrine, though they argued about so many other less central matters. Later, Trinitarians, however, have argued with Jews and non-Trinitarian Christians about the doctrine constantly. Isn’t it strange that the original Jewish Christians of the New Testament did not discuss what is supposed to have been the core of their faith? Could it simply be because they’d never heard of the Doctrine of the Trinity?

" [I am] a man who has told you the truth that I heard from Yahuwah."- John 8:40

If we pay careful attention to the Bible, and if we are educated about the errors made by well-meaning theologians, we begin to see the truth: While Yahushua often claims to be “the Christ, the Son of God,” (Matt 16:16-17) he never claims he somehow is the one God himself. While his enemies often misunderstand him or try to put words in his mouth to accuse him, he never clearly says he is God. When his opponents accuse him of this, he even corrects them: “I said ‘I am the Son of Yahuwah.’” (Jn 10:36). Instead of claiming to be Yahuwah, we find that Yahushua is a good, law-abiding Jew who follows the commandment to worship the one God with all his heart, the Father, the God of his ancestors. Yahushua consistently describes himself as Yahuwah’s Son, his appointed servant, and the one to whom Yahuwah has given all authority to work and speak in his name. He even describes himself as “a man” who was only preaching “the truth I heard from Yahuwah” (Jn 8:40). With Yahuwah’s help, the man Yahushua lived a sinless life and became the perfect sacrifice for our sins, the only way to get to the Father. Because of his obedience, Yahuwah raised Yahushua from the dead and made him Lord of everything, even higher than the angels. The only thing now higher than Christ is Yahuwah himself (1 Cor 15:27-28). These simple truths, while in the Bible, have long been neglected and obscured by the most popular ideas of mainstream Christianity.

History, like the Bible, is also quite clear on many things. That early Christianity was heavily influenced by the teachings of pagan philosophers like Plato is undeniable. The records prove that many ancient Catholic theologians who developed the Trinity drew from Greek sources in their formulations, causing Christians to blur the lines between the Yahuwah, the Father, and the Lord Messiah, Yahushua. Eventually, these ideas resulted in the official three-in-one Yahuwah. We argue that this was the same intermingling of philosophy and Christianity that the Apostle Paul strongly warned us about before he died (Col 2:8, Acts 20:29-31, 1 Tim 4:1, 2 Tim 4:3-4).

Despite all of this, Christians today are in a unique position. We have access to better manuscripts, Bible-study tools, and a wealth of scholarship that can help the modern disciple of Christ recognize the errors of tradition and ultimately recover the faith in the New Testament. With Yahuwah’s help, you can join the thousands of Christians whose lives are now being changed through this rediscovery of the faith of Yahushua Christ.

It's time to act boldly. What is at stake is nothing less than the truth about Yahuwah. What have you got to lose by thoroughly investigating the matter? The Bible can stand up to scrutiny. Our doctrine should, too. Contrary to tradition, the Bible doesn’t tell us that you must believe in the Trinity doctrine to be saved. It doesn’t explain anything about the doctrine at all. But it does tell us that the Lord Yahushua expects us to “worship Yahuwah in spirit and truth” to worship Yahuwah for who he truly is. A Lutheran theologian once said:

"God is the God of truth! The love of truth, submission to the force of truth, the surrender of traditional views which will not stand the test of truth, is a sacred duty, an element of the fear of God."- Franz Julius Delitzch (1813-1890)

We pray that the Father, the God of Yahushua, will bless you as you seek him with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength.

This is a non-WLC article. Source: http://theGodofJesus.com/articles/rediscovering-the-god-of-jesus

We have taken out from the original article all pagan names and titles of the Father and Son, and have replaced them with the original given names. Furthermore, we have restored in the Scriptures quoted the names of the Father and Son, as they were originally written by the inspired authors of the Bible. -WLC Team