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If Jesus and the Father are co-equal, then why Jesus always shows that he is inferior to the Father ??
■ he said he was not all-knowing, but the father is [Matthew 24:36]
■ he said that he and the Father had different wills - [Matthew 26:39, John 5:30]
■ he sat at the right hand of "God" [Mark 16:19 and Luke 22:69]
■ he was a prophet of God - [Luke 7:16, 13:33, 24:19 and John 4:19]
■ he gave thanks to the father - Luke 10:21, John 6:11 and 11:41-42
■ he said his witness on its own was not true, but the Father's is true [John 5:32]
■ he said his words were not his, but the father's [John 7:16, 12:49, 14:24, 17:14]
■ he said he did not come of himself, but the father sent him [John 8:42]
■ he said the Father is greater than all - [John 10:29]
■ he followed commands of the father [John 14:31 and 15:10]
The fact is that Jesus always introduced the Father as the only true God. He never preached about a triune God. Niether did he introduced himself is God, but he always introduced himself as the one sent by the Father, thus distinguishing Himself from God
'And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.' (John. 17:1-3)
Paul himself said:
“Yet for us there is but one God, the Father; from whom all things came and for whom we live.” (I Cor. 8:6)
The doctrine that the Father alone is the true God was the belief of Jesus, the prophets of Israel and the Jews, they did not believed or even heard about any trinities;
"Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, WHOM YOU CLAIM IS OUR GOD, is the one who glorifies me." [John 8:54]
'For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!... Do you thus requite the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?' (Dt. 32:3,6)
The God of the Israelites is the Father, they never recognized any other God but him:
“But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.” (Is. 63:16)
“Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us?” (Mal. 2:10)
The Encyclopedia Americana says, "Christianity derived from Judaism and Judaism was strictly Unitarian [believing that God is one person]. The road which led from Jerusalem to Nicea was scarcely a straight one. Fourth century Trinitarianism did not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God; it was on the contrary, a deviation from this teaching.
Even the New Catholic Encyclopedia states: "the formulation 'one God in three Persons' was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to the title 'the Trinitarian dogma'. Among the Apostolic Father, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective."
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■ he said he was not all-knowing, but the father is [Matthew 24:36]
■ he said that he and the Father had different wills - [Matthew 26:39, John 5:30]
■ he sat at the right hand of "God" [Mark 16:19 and Luke 22:69]
■ he was a prophet of God - [Luke 7:16, 13:33, 24:19 and John 4:19]
■ he gave thanks to the father - Luke 10:21, John 6:11 and 11:41-42
■ he said his witness on its own was not true, but the Father's is true [John 5:32]
■ he said his words were not his, but the father's [John 7:16, 12:49, 14:24, 17:14]
■ he said he did not come of himself, but the father sent him [John 8:42]
■ he said the Father is greater than all - [John 10:29]
■ he followed commands of the father [John 14:31 and 15:10]
The fact is that Jesus always introduced the Father as the only true God. He never preached about a triune God. Niether did he introduced himself is God, but he always introduced himself as the one sent by the Father, thus distinguishing Himself from God
'And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.' (John. 17:1-3)
Paul himself said:
“Yet for us there is but one God, the Father; from whom all things came and for whom we live.” (I Cor. 8:6)
The doctrine that the Father alone is the true God was the belief of Jesus, the prophets of Israel and the Jews, they did not believed or even heard about any trinities;
"Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, WHOM YOU CLAIM IS OUR GOD, is the one who glorifies me." [John 8:54]
'For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!... Do you thus requite the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?' (Dt. 32:3,6)
The God of the Israelites is the Father, they never recognized any other God but him:
“But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.” (Is. 63:16)
“Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us?” (Mal. 2:10)
The Encyclopedia Americana says, "Christianity derived from Judaism and Judaism was strictly Unitarian [believing that God is one person]. The road which led from Jerusalem to Nicea was scarcely a straight one. Fourth century Trinitarianism did not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God; it was on the contrary, a deviation from this teaching.
Even the New Catholic Encyclopedia states: "the formulation 'one God in three Persons' was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to the title 'the Trinitarian dogma'. Among the Apostolic Father, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective."
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