There is but one GOD -- JESUS -- who manifested Himself as the Almighty GOD (our Creator), Son (Christ our Savior), and Holy Ghost (the Holy Spirit). These titles (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) refer to three of GOD's offices, roles, or relationship to humanity; they do not indicate the personification of three separate gods.
1 Timothy 3:16 "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
1 John 5:7 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."
John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
1 Corinthians 8:6 "But to us there is but one GOD, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one LORD JESUS CHRIST, by whom are all things, and we by Him."
Mark 12:32 "... for there is one GOD; and there is none other but He:"
John 10:30 "My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one."
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Greetings Edna
ReplyDeleteThere is indeed but ONE GOD.
However He is NOT Jesus!
But rather, his Father,
the GOD & Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[2 Cor 11.31, Eph 1.3, Col 1.3, 1 Pet 1.3]
Jesus Christ is the Son of the ONE GOD,
the Son of the Father.
[2 John 3]
Jesus affirmed that the Father is the only true GOD in John 17.3
1 Cor 8.6 shows a clear distinction between the ONE GOD, the Father and the ONE Lord, Jesus the Messiah;
seeing that the ONE GOD, the Father, has made Jesus of Nazareth, the one Lord!
i.e. Acts 2.36, Phil 2.11.
Therefore:
(Phil 2:11) And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
In Mark 12.32 Jesus affirms the Shema, Deut. 6:4. It ought to be obvious from that passage in Mark, that the scribe didn't think Jesus was the ONE GOD of the Shema, and neither did Jesus!
John 1.1 is about GOD's word.
John 10.30 - Jesus and his Father are one, just as his disciples are "one" -
see John 17.11,21-22 - the same kind of oneness.
There are "translation issues" with 1 John 5.7 & 1 Tim 3.16.
Therefore on the subject of Jesus being the ONE GOD,
I recommend this video:
The Human Jesus
Take a couple of hours to watch it; and prayerfully it will aid you in your quest for truth.
Yours In Messiah
Adam Pastor