Is Jesus God? Part 11: General Questions & Helpful Diagram

General Questions:

1.     If Jesus is God, why didn’t God say plainly in His Word that Jesus was God the Son? Why does He give all male believers the same title as Jesus, the son of God?

God’s intent is never to confuse or distort truth. Given that “God the Son” is not written in the Bible, Jesus is probably not God the Son. As the Son of God, Jesus opened the way for all believers to become exactly like Jesus one day, conformed to his image. One way God reveals this in His Word is by the title every male believer receives when they become a Christian: “son of God”.

2.     If Jesus is God, why are there so many apparent contradictions about who God is (He does not change, He is not tempted, He is not a man, etc.) and who the man Jesus is? Why isn’t he omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent without the Father’s and the Holy Spirit’s help?

God never contradicts Himself or who He reveals Himself to be in Scripture. There are so many contradictions because the Trinity Doctrine is false and not of God.

3.     What does creation reveal about who God is regarding the doctrine of the Trinity?

Romans 1:20-21 says, “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” While this is referring to people who do not follow Christ, these verses clearly show that creation reveals who God is. Therefore, I think that is a helpful lens to consider when interpreting the Bible. So: is Jesus God or not? God’s world is rational: math and science in particular. 2 + 2 is 4; never 5. How can Jesus be 100% God and 100% man? Nowhere in creation is something 100% something and 100% something else. How can Jesus be all powerful but not, all knowing but not, omnipresent but not etc.? Is that rational? How can God be one but in 3 persons? If God is revealed in creation, why can no one find something that reflects the Trinity, 3 persons in one? Didn’t God say in Genesis 1-2 that His image is TWO people, male and female in a marriage relationship?

God’s creation points away from, not toward, the doctrine of the Trinity. This should be another warning sign that something is off regarding the Trinity doctrine, as God is reflected in and through His creation.

Helpful Diagram Comparing God and Jesus:

The diagram below clearly shows that Jesus is not God. 22 things set them completely apart, and they share only 1 thing in common that no other believers will, ultimately, share: their roles and titles of Lord, King, Shepherd, Savior, etc. In these roles and titles, however, God is always greater than Jesus, as God is the one who gave Jesus his roles. Jesus is God’s representative on earth.

This diagram only shows the differences and similarities between God and Jesus and not those between Jesus and Christians, a study of which is also telling regarding Jesus’ deity. Jesus, when the Church’s eternal state is considered, will be way more like Christians than he is like God. I consider this in the "Images of the Invisible God" section: 3: Diagram Comparing Jesus and Christians . The most major difference between Jesus and Christians is, I think, is his sinlessness and role as our Savior and Lord. This is, of course, no small difference, and certainly sets him apart from us. This is part of what has fueled the conversation over who Jesus is over history: if he’s not like us, who is he if he is not God?

Nevertheless, I hope so far it has become clear that while Jesus is not like us in many ways, at least in the in-between state of Christian sanctification, he is also decidedly not God. That much, I think, Scripture does show, though history, our own biases, the mental gymnastics that is Trinitarian theology, and the fact that we are in a spiritual battle make it difficult to accept and see. The plainest, simplest reading of Scripture is that Jesus is not God. As Jesus said, we must become like children to see the kingdom of God (Matthew 18:3). Children question the Trinity doctrine because they do not think it makes sense. For example, I know of children who have asked, “How can Jesus be God if he prays to God?” Maybe we should listen more to children. I think any child who read my diagram below would conclude that Jesus is not God. How could he be? God and Jesus are completely different in 22 ways, and there are no Bible verses that state these differences will ever change.

Only God	God and Jesus	Only Jesus
1.     God is Spirit (John 4:24) and not a man (Numbers 23:19, Hosea 11:9). 2.         God cannot be tempted (James 1:13). 3.      God knows everything (1 John 3:20). 4.God does not worship anyone or anything. He is the one worshipped and considers Himself as the one to be worshipped (the entire Bible testifies to this). He says He is the only God (Isaiah 44:6). 5.      God does not change (Matthew 5:48). 6.      God has always been perfect (Matthew 5:8-9).  7.      God is not in the service of anyone or anything, rather, He is the one creation should serve (the whole Bible testifies to this). 8.         God is omnipotent and does not need any help or anointing from another source and does not need anything (Acts 17:24-25, 29-31). 9.      God is the Creator of the world (Acts 17:24-25, 1 Timothy 6:16). 10.  God does not fear anything or anyone as He is God (the whole Bible testifies to this). 11.  No Bible verse says God died for the sins of the world. God is not the Lamb who died for the world. 12.  God will reign forever over His kingdom and will be “all in all” (1 Corinthians 15:28). He is never subject to anyone or anything. 13.  God does not have a god (the entire Bible testifies to this). God is invisible and no one has ever seen Him or can see Him (1 Timothy 6:16). 15.  God has one will: His, and that is distinct from Jesus’ (Luke 22:42). 16.  God’s inheritance is His people (Ephesians 1:16-19). 17.  God is the greatest being in the universe (the whole Bible testifies to this). 18.  God belongs to no one as He is the Creator, and there is no one that is His “head” as He is God. 19.  God inherently has the role of Judge as He is God. 20.  God does not need to be granted life by anyone else as He is the source of life. 21.  God is everywhere at all times. (example, Psalm 139) 22. God was always Lord.	A. God raised Jesus from the dead and Jesus was involved in that as well. B. Both God and Jesus are sinless. C. God and Jesus have some of the same titles: Shepherd, Redeemer, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, First and Last, Savior, Lord D. Both God and Jesus judge the world. E. Both God and Jesus are praised, exalted, and “worshipped”, depending on your definition of “worship” (again, Jesus is not worshipped as God) F. Both God and Jesus are spiritually present with believers. G. Both God and Jesus forgive sins. Of the above points A-G, only C is completely unique to God and Jesus alone as all believers either do, can, or will: A, raise the dead (for example, Elisha did in the Old Testament, 2 King 4:32-37, and Jesus said his followers would do greater works than him, John 14:12); B, will be sinless for eternity; D, will judge the world with Christ (1 Corinthians 6:2); E, will be glorified, Romans 8:29-30 (so, exalted and praised in some way – though yes, not exactly like Jesus but one of the Greek words for “worship”, “proskuneo”, is also used by Jesus referring to believers in Revelation); F, can be with each other in spirit, like Paul was (Colossians 2:5); and G, can forgive sins, as Jesus gave the disciples ability to do (John 20:23).	Jesus is not a spirit (Luke 24:38-43) and is a man (Acts 2:22, John 8:40).   Jesus was tempted (Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13, Hebrews 2:17-18). 3.    Jesus does not know everything. For example, he does not know when he is coming back (Matthew 24:26). 4.      Jesus worships God and considers himself a worshipper (John 4:21-24) with all who worship the God of the Bible. 5.      Jesus changed. He learned obedience through what he suffered and was made perfect (Hebrews 5:8-9). He increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man (Luke 2:52). 6.      Jesus needed to be made perfect (Hebrews 5:8-9). 7.      Jesus is in the service of God (Hebrews 2:17-18). 8.         Jesus, just like every Christian, needed to be anointed by God to do the works that he did, and he was able to do this specifically because God was with him (Luke 4:18-19, Acts 10:38-43). The Trinity Doctrine states that Jesus was co-eternal and one with the Holy Spirit, so why would he need to be anointed with the Holy Spirit if he was already one with that Spirit? Jesus can do nothing of his own accord but needs the Father (John 5:19) and the Father who dwells in Jesus does Jesus’ works (John 14:10-11). 9.      Jesus is a created being. For example, he is the “beginning of God’s creation” (Revelation 3:14). The beginning of something is necessarily part of it. For example, the beginning of a field is part of that field. Jesus must be a part of God’s creation. He is also the “firstborn” of all creation (Colossians 1:15). While this could and has been interpreted differently, one meaning is that Jesus is literally the firstborn of God’s creation and that he had a beginning, addressed more in the next section. 10.  Jesus fears God, as he is anointed with the Spirit of the fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:1-5). 11.  Jesus, a man, died for the sins of the world in complete obedience to God as the world’s mediator and is the Lamb of God (Romans 5:15-17, 1 Timothy 2:5). 12.  Jesus will hand over the kingdom to God the Father at the end of time and will be made subject to God (1 Corinthians 15:20-28). 13.  Jesus has a God – God the Father, and this God is the same God that his followers have (John 20:17, Ephesians 4:4-6, Matthew 27:46, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 1:5-6, Micah 5:4, John 17:3, John 5:44-45). Jesus calls his God the “only God” (John 17:3, John 5:44). Jesus is never called the “only God”. 14.  Jesus is the “image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15) and is visible. Further, an image of something is not that thing. 15.  Jesus’ will is distinct from the Father’s will (Luke 22:42), and nothing in Scripture states, most notably Jesus himself, that Jesus has two wills, one human and one divine. 16.  Christ, with his followers, is an heir of God. How can he inherit himself, if he is God (Romans 8:17)? It is nonsensical that he would inherit himself or that he would inherit the Father as, according to the Trinity doctrine, they are one. 17.  The Father is greater than Jesus (John 14:28). 18.  Jesus belongs to God (1 Corinthians 3:23) and God is his head (1 Corinthians 11:3). 19.  Jesus needed to be given the role of judge by God (John 5:16-32). 20.  Jesus was granted life by God (John 5:16-32).  21.  Jesus is only in one place at a time. 22.  Jesus had to be made Lord by God. (Acts 2:36)