by Chuck LaMattina of Grace Ministry International.
10. Many Trinitarians believe that Jesus is God and that he was the Creator of all things in the beginning and they use Colossians 1:15-18 as proof. But what do these verses really teach? Here they are.
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.”
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9. It is only reasonable to assume that after stating that the angel Gabriel knew nothing of a pre-existing Son of God who incarnated into a human being, that someone would come along and ask, “Well, what about Philippians 2:5-11?” Here are the verses from the New King James version of the Bible.
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8. Here is what the angel Gabriel said to Joseph about Jesus Christ:
“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
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7. The self revelation, in the Old Testament, that only Yahweh (who is one person) is God.
“To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD [Yahweh] Himself is God; there is none other beside Him.” (Deuteronomy 4:35)
“Now see that I, even I, am He, and there is no God beside Me.”
(Deuteronomy 32:39)
“O LORD [Yahweh] of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are
God, You alone . . .” (Isaiah 37:16)
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6. It was God, the Father of Jesus Christ, who was the source of all the good works and miracles that Jesus did.
“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” John 14:10
“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know—“ Acts 2:22
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5.Psalm 110:1, is quoted two times in the New Testament in association with the Lord Jesus Christ. The first time it is quoted it is in Matthew 22:41-45:
“While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: 44
‘ The LORD said to my Lord,
“ Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”’?
45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.”
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4.The Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles Paul, Peter and John identify the Father as the only true God.
“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” The Lord Jesus Christ in John 17:3
“Jesus said to her, ‘Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” The Lord Jesus Christ in John 20:17
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3. John 1:1-3
Many trinitarians will argue that the first three verses of the gospel of John provide strong proof that Jesus is God. A footnote on John 1:1, in The MacArthur Study Bible (New King James Version) states,
“Before the universe began, the Second Person of the Trinity always existed . . . Because of John’s theme that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, the Second Person of the Trinity, he did not include a genealogy as Matthew and Luke did.”
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2.The Jewish people never imagined that the Messiah would be God. Moses declared, “The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear.” (Deuteronomy 18:15)
And God did not contradict Moses, He said, “I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.” (v. 18)
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1. In this study I am listing twenty biblical reasons why the doctrine of the Trinity is unbiblical. Here is number one: the old covenant understanding that God is one person. The great creed of Israel was “Here, O Israel, the LORD [Yahweh] our God is one.” (Deuteronomy 6:4).
Indeed the Bible also states, “To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD [Yahweh] Himself is God; there is none other beside Him.” (Deuteronomy 4:35) and “I am the LORD [Yahweh], and there is no other; There is no God besides Me.” (Isaiah 45:5). Yahweh, is the personal name of God and Yahweh is only one person.
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