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The Word of God teaches that there is but one God, the
Father, who is one in essence and person. There is only one
person who is God. It teaches that Jesus is not God but the
Son of God. He is divine but not deity. Jesus is the most highly
exalted person in the universe next to God. Christ eternally
will be subject to His Father, the one supreme God. The Holy
Spirit is the impersonal power of God through which He
performs His works.
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The unity of God is not compound. One God means one
person. This one person is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus insisted that He and His Father are not identical. He and
His Father are separate in personality, essence, and being. He
declared that He and His Father constitute two separate
witnesses. "It is also written in your law, that the testimony of
two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the
Father that sent me beareth witness of me" (John 8:17, 18).
3. Jesus Is the Son of God. Jesus is not God Himself nor part of
a triune God because He is the Son of God. He cannot be both
God and the Son of God. The Father and the Son are neither
equal nor identical. The Father lived before the Son. The Son
received His life from the Father. The Father is greater than
the Son. Jesus was begotten of His Father and born of Mary.
He is the Son of the living God. The New Testament abounds
with scriptures stating that Jesus is the Son of God.
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John 20:17 To my God and your God
Revelation My God, my God, my God,
3:12 my God
My God, my God, why hast
Matthew 27:46
thou
My God, my God, why hast
Mark 15:34
thou
My God, my God, why hast
Psalm 22:1
thou
2 Corinthians The God and Father of our
11:31 Lord
The God and Father of our
Ephesians 1:3
Lord
The God of our Lord Jesus
Ephesians 1:17
Christ
The God and Father of our
1 Peter 1:3
Lord
God, even thy God, hath
Hebrews 1:8, 9
anointed
God, thy God hath
Psalm 45:6, 7
anointed thee
Unto his God (R.S.V.,
Revelation 1:6
Diaglott)
2 Corinthians God of our Lord Jesus
1:3 (R.S.V.)
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Matthew O my Father, if it be
26:39, 42 possible
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subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may
be all in all." (1 Cor. 15:24-28.)
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beginning of the world." His knowledge is infinite, eternal,
and complete. Jesus, on the other hand, was not omniscient.
Jesus "increased in wisdom" (Luke 2:52). If Jesus were God
with infinite knowledge, how could He have increased in
wisdom?
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5:19 himself
John Of mine own self do
5:30 nothing
John,
I do nothing of myself
8:28
John
He doeth the works
14:10
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(Luke 24:46). Jesus died (John 19:33; 1 Cor. 15:3). God cannot
die; Jesus died. Jesus is not God.
Jesus became immortal when God raised Him from the grave.
Jesus received immortality from God. Jesus can never die
again. (Rom. 6:9.) When Jesus comes, all true believers will be
made immortal like Him. (1 Cor. 15:52, 53; Phil. 3:20, 21.)
The fact that Jesus has been exalted by the Father shows that
the Father is greater than Jesus. The fact that Jesus receives
divine positions and works from God shows that Jesus is
inferior to God. Today, Jesus has been exalted to the highest
position in the universe second only to God Himself.
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His Invisible Presence. Although Jesus is in heaven, He is able
to be everywhere present with His followers. He said, "Lo, I
am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" (Matt.
28:20). Jesus is able to do this through God's power, the
Spirit. Jesus received this power from God. (John 15:26; Acts
2:33.)
The second argument also has been considered. The fact that
Jesus exercised or will exercise certain divine authority and
perform divine works (King, Judge, etc.) does not indicate
that Jesus is God. On the contrary, we notice that Jesus
received all these positions and works from God, showing that
Jesus is inferior to God.
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1:15 invisible God
2 Corinthians Christ, who is the
4:4 image of God
Express image of his
Hebrews 1:3
person
He that seeth me seeth
John 12:45
him
Seen me hath seen the
John 14:9
Father
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(The Racovian Catechism. Section III, Chapter 1.)
The fact that the word "God" is used in the secondary sense
as a representative of God in Hebrews 1:8 is shown by the
next verse. In Hebrews 1:9 the one true supreme God is
described as the Son's God. "Thou hast loved righteousness,
and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."
(Hebrews 1:8, 9 is a quotation of Psalm 45:6, 7.)
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