Is Jesus God ? The Bible Says, '' No'' Part 5

Is Jesus God ? The Bible Says, '' No''
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Part 5
Did Paul believe that Jesus God?
Many people use Paul's writings as proof that Jesus is
God. But this is not fair to Paul, because Paul clearly
believed that Jesus is not God.
In his first letter to Timothy, Paul wrote: "I charge you in
the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, to
keep these instructions ..." (ch. 5, v. 21).
It is clear from this that the title God applies not to Christ
Jesus, but to someone else. In the following chapter, he
again differentiates between God and Jesus when he says:
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"In the sight of God who gives life to everything, and of
Christ Jesus ..." (ch. 6, v. 13).
Paul then went on to speak of "the second appearance of
our Lord Jesus Christ which God will bring about in his
own time (ch. 6 vv. 14-15).
Again, the title God is deliberately turned away from
Jesus.
Incidentally, many people think that when Jesus is called
"Lord"
in the Bible that means "God". But in the Bible this title
means master or teacher, and it can be used for addressing
humans (see I Peter ch. 3, v. 6).
What is more important, however, it to notice what Paul
says next, for this will demolish any supposition that Paul
took Jesus for God. What he says about God in the
following passage clearly shows that Jesus is not God.
Paul says: "God the blessed and only Ruler, the King of
kings and the Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and
who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen
or can " (I Timothy ch. 6, vv. 15-16).
Paul says that God alone is immortal. Immortal means he
does not die. Check any dictionary. Now, anyone who
believes that Jesus died cannot believe that Jesus is God.
Such a belief would contradict what Paul said here.
Furthermore, to say that God died is a blasphemy against
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God. Who would run the world if God died? Paul
believed that God does not die.
Paul also said in that passage that God dwells in
unapproachable light - that no one has seen God or can see
him. Paul knew that many thousands of people had seen
Jesus. Yet Paul can say that no one has seen God because
Paul was sure that Jesus is not God.
This is why Paul went about teaching not that Jesus was
God, but that he was God's Messiah (see Acts 9:22; 18:5)
When he was in Athens, Paul spoke ofGod as "the God
who made the world and everything in it," then he
identified Jesus as "the man whom God appointedl1 (Acts
17:24-31).
Clearly, for Paul, Jesus was not God, and he would be
shocked to see his writings used for proving the opposite
of what he believed.
Paul even testified in court saying: "I admit that I worship
the God of our fathers .' .11 (Acts 24:14).
And Jesus is the Servant of that God, for we read in Acts,
"The God of our fathers has glorified his servant Jesusl1
(ch. 3, v. 13).
For Paul, the Father alone is God. Paul said that there is
"one God and Father of all l1 (Ephesians ch. 4, v. 6). Paul
said again, "For us there is but one God. the Father ... and
one Lord, Jesus Christ" (I Corinthians 8:6).
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Paul's letter to the Philippians ch. 2, vv. 6-11 is often
quoted as proof that Jesus is God. But the very passage
shows that Jesus is not God. This passage has to agree
with Isaiah 45:22-24 where God (Yahweh) said that every
knee should bow to Yahweh, and every tongue should
confess that righteousness and strength are in Yahweh
alone. Paul was aware ofthis passage, for he quoted it in
Romans 14: 11. Knowing this, Paul declared, "I kneel
before the Father" (Ephesians 3:14).
The letter to the Hebrews ( ch. 1, v. 6) says that the angels
of God should worship the Son. But this passage depends
on Deuteronomy, ch. 32, v. 43, in the Septuagint version
of the Old Testament. This phrase cannot be found in the
Old Testament used by Christians today, and the
Septuagint version is no longer considered valid by
Christians. However, even the Septuagint version, does
not say worship the Son. It says let the Angels of God
worship God (Yahweh).
The Bible insists that Yahweh alone is to be worshipped.
In Deuteronomy ch .6, v. 13, we read, "Worship Yahweh
your God and serve him only."
Jesus, on him be peace, believed in this, for he also
stressed it in Luke ch. 4, v. 8. And Jesus too fell on his
face and worshipped God (see Matthew 26:39).
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Paul knew that Jesus worshipped God (see Hebrews 5:7),
and Paul taught that Jesus will remain forever subservient
to God (see I Corinthians, ch. 15, v. 28)

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[Newfie4christ22]

oh yeah and also John's gospel chapter 1 where it says "in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the WAS God. and down in vrs.14 it said "the word was made flesh and dwelt among us". so if the word was God and the wore became flesh that means God became flesh. i don't know of anyone more qualified to be called God in flesh then YESHUA. how bout you try reading the ENTIRE Bible and not the parts you want to believe to make a doctrine that suits you

[Newfie4christ22]

read Titus 2:13 Paul calls Jesus God he said "while we wait for the blessed hope-the glorious appearing of our great GOD and saviour,Jesus Christ

[TheProjectLazarus]

Jesus’ claim about Himself

John 8:58-59: "‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus answered, ‘before Abraham was born, I am!’ At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.”

This is a powerful double claim from Jesus: first, that He pre-existed His human birth and was actually alive and present (as God) before Abraham; second, that His title was “I am” -- which was the same title used for Jehovah God in Exodus 3:14. He really is God!

[necroticossuary]

Any Christian worth his salt would point out the obvious distinction between God the Father and God the Son. The person who compiled this rubbish seems to be willfully ignorant of the bulk of Christian scholarship and theology from the last 2000 years, and is also a silly pedant.