IF ANYONE TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT JESUS IS NOT GOD

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Whom do men say that I am? That was the question Jesus posed. (Matthew 16: 13) To this
day, people are debating this very same question. Some say He was a myth, others say He was
just one of many prophets. Others acknowledge Him as the Son of God, perhaps even the
Messiah, but refuse to acknowledge Jesus as God the Father manifest in the flesh. The following
are just a few objections that I have received, and some short answers. For a more complete
understanding, I recommend my studies entitled If I Had One Hour To Tell You About One
God, Withstanding The Winds, and The Power of God.

OBJECTION # 1: A man cannot become a god, so how and when did Jesus become God?

Answer: This is true, but God can become a man.

OBJECTION # 2: Numbers 23: 19 says that God is not a man that he could lie So there you
have it: Jesus could not have been God, since he was a man.

Answer: It is true that God is not a man: God is a Spirit (John 4: 24), but that Spirit manifested
Himself in flesh. Jesus was the manifestation, or the personification, of the invisible Spirit of
God. (1 Tim. 3: 16; Col. 1: 15) This is why He was called Immanuel, which being interpreted
was God with us. (Matt 1: 23)

OBJECTION # 3: 1 Timothy 2: 5 calls Jesus a man merely a mediator between God and
men.

Answer: This falls right in line with Monotheism the belief in One God. There is ONE GOD,
Period. Not two or three equal persons, not God the Son nor God the Holy Spirit. Just
plain and simply One God and one mediator between God and men. The man Christ Jesus was
the human body that was given as a ransom for our sins. The man Christ Jesus was unlike any
other man born on the face of the earth: He had no biological father. His Father literally was the
Holy Spirit of God. (Luke 1: 35) That is why this man could silence the winds with His voice,
heal the sick with His command, and open blind eyes with His touch. He was no ordinary man.
He was God in human flesh.

OBJECTION # 4: The bible says there is one God, and one Lord. This separates God from Jesus.

Answer: Again, this is still perfectly in line with Oneness teaching. Since The LORD our God is
one LORD (Deut: 6: 4), and since Jesus is given the title of Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 2: 11;
Acts 9: 5; Acts 2: 36) in the New Testament, then this is further proof that Jesus is the
personification of the One God of the bible. God and Lord are not indicative of separate
persons, but synonymous of the same: John 20: 28 --"Thomas answered and said to Him, "My
Lord and my God!"
OBJECTION # 5: God cannot die: yet Jesus died. So Jesus cannot be God.

Answer: You are correct in that God never died, for God is a Spirit. (John 4: 24) The fleshly
body of Jesus (the Son) is what died on the cross. Yet the bible still called the blood that was
shed Gods own blood. (Acts 20: 28) and furthermore tells us that God laid down His life for
us. (1 John 3: 16) How could this be, unless God was manifest in the flesh? (1 Tim. 3: 16)

OBJECTION # 6: Jesus claimed that God was His father. This makes him the Son and nothing
else.

Answer: You do not understand what that proclamation meant to the Jewish nation: John 5: 18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but
said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. (See also Philippians 2: 5 8)

OBJECTION # 7: The bible says that Jesus was the Son of God, it does not state that He was
both the Father AND the Son.

Answer: This is probably the greatest mystery of all time; however the revelation is quite simple,
and can be answered best when preceded with the following questions:
If Jesus is the Shepherd (John 10: 11), how can He also be the Lamb? (John 1: 29)
If Jesus is the King (Revelation 19: 16), how can He also be the servant? (Philippians 2: 7)
If Jesus is the root of David, how can He also be his offspring? (Revelation 22: 16)
Most would agree that the answer to these questions is this: Jesus is both God and man; both
Divine and human. This also explains how Jesus can be both the Father and the Son. The Father
is the Spirit, or deity of Christ, and the Son is the flesh, or humanity of Christ. The birth of Christ
fulfilled the prophecy that the Son would not only be called the Mighty God, but would in fact be
called the Everlasting Father:
Isaiah 9: 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon
his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, THE
EVERLASTING FATHER, The Prince of Peace.

OBJECTION # 8: Jesus never came out and proclaimed, I am God, or I am God manifest in
flesh.

Answer: He actually DID say it - for those who have ears to hear. I offer 7 examples:
Example # 1: John 14: 7 11 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and
from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the
Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet
hast thou not known me, Philip? HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER;
and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and
the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me:
or else believe me for the very works' sake.
This sums up what we have been saying all along: The Father (Spirit) was manifest in the flesh
(Son), therefore the only way to see the Father was to behold the Son. The Spirit dwelled in the
body; the Father dwelt in the Son. God was in Christ: His purpose was to reconcile the world to
Himself.
(2 Corinthians 5: 19)

Example # 2: Jesus said I and my Father are one. Even the Pharisees knew what He meant, for
they took up stones and wanted to kill Him - for making himself God. (John 10: 30 33)

Example # 3: In John 8, Jesus proclaimed Himself to be the I Am. Again, the Pharisees wanted
to stone Him for blasphemy, for they knew exactly what He was claiming - Only God could ever
be called the I AM. (Exodus 3: 14; John 8: 58, 59) Do you know why the Pharisees understood
Jesus claim to be God? Because they knew the scriptures, and they knew of the prophecies
concerning the Messiah they just refused to believe that this lowly servant born in a manger
could be their King. (See John 8: 24 27)

Example # 4: John 12: 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. Jesus. No further
explanation needed on that one.

Example # 5: Only God can forgive sins (Isaiah 43: 25), yet Jesus forgave sins. (Mark 2: 5 7)

Example # 6: Only God can be worshipped (Luke 4: 8), yet Jesus was worshipped while He was
here on earth. (See Matthew 2: 2, 11; Matt. 14: 33; Matthew 28: 9; John 9: 35 38; Hebrews 1:
6)

Example # 7: In the Old Testament, God the Father proclaimed Himself to be the first and the
last, and the only God. Is. 44: 6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord
of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. (See also Is. 41:4; 48:
12)

Interestingly enough, in Revelation, Jesus makes this same statement, and then proclaims to be
God: Revelation 21: 5 7 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is
done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of
the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; AND I
WILL BE HIS GOD, and he shall be my son.
Still do not believe that Jesus is the one speaking here?
(See Rev. 1: 17, 18 ; 22: 13, 16)

Finally, the ENTIRE BIBLE is the inspired word of God (2 Timothy 3: 16; 2 Peter 1: 21).
Therefore, if the bible declares Jesus to be God, then it is equivalent as God Himself saying it. I
do not have to only look for quotes from Jesus, I just have to see it proclaimed in the
scriptures.

John 1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS
GOD.
John 1: 10 He was in the world, AND THE WORLD WAS MADE BY HIM, and the world
knew him not.
John 1: 14 And THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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.
Colossians 2: 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Colossians 2: 9 (NASB) "For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form."

The next time anyone tries to tell you that Jesus is not God, share this amazing truth with them,
and pray that God will give them the revelation of The Almighty God in Jesus Christ.

Excerpt from "Reasoning With My Trinitarian Friends". For more info on all studies and other
apostolic articles visit www.backontrackbiblestudies.com

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