Jesus Could Not Sin

By

Lee

The idea by some people is that Jesus was a potential sinner, that he had the ability to sin but just never did.  It would be helpful to read the article, "The Myth of Potential Sin", and combine the information to get a better understanding of why Jesus could not sin.

The unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God.

KJV 1 Corinthians 6:9

 9.  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?

Jesus said that he was righteous.

KJV John 7:17-18

 17.  If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

 18.  He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

God, through the prophet Isaiah, said Jesus was righteous.

KJV Isaiah 53:11

11.  He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

There are two types of people, those who are righteous and those who are not.  Jesus entered the kingdom of God and did so without going through any of the process that we must go through. Jesus is the process we must go through to enter the kingdom.  Jesus required nothing, needed nothing, to enter the kingdom of God.  All that Jesus was is what we need to become.

Jesus was, as a man, the king of the kingdom of God.

KJV John 18:37

 37.  Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

KJV Matthew 2:1-2

1.  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

 2.  Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

KJV John 1:49

 49.  Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

KJV John 12:13-15

13.  Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

 14.  And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

 15.  Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

No one who is a potential sinner can be in the kingdom of God because sin does not exist in the kingdom nor the potential for sin.  The kingdom is populated by beings who cannot sin because the seed of God remains in them and they have been born of God. 

KJV 1 John 3:9

 9.  Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Jesus, as a man, was born of God but in the flesh so he could die, give his perfect life as a sacrifice for those of us who are able to sin.  In the flesh, Jesus was the king of a kingdom where all in that kingdom are unable to sin.  God will not allow a potential sinner to have everlasting life.  If one has the potential to sin they will sin just as the first Adam did.  No other being than God, is by nature, at their creation, unable to sin except for Jesus. Unlike angels and man Jesus was created with Gods righteous character that made Jesus unable to sin.  Again, even the potential to sin will not be permitted in the kingdom of God, yet Jesus was the king of the kingdom of God as a man.  Jesus is said to be the same yesterday, today and forever.  This Godly character in Jesus, who was born of God, remained in Jesus since his conception in Mary’s womb.  That Holy thing, is what Gabriel called Jesus. Jesus was directly created by the Holy Spirit of God with no human man involved and completely filled with that Holy Spirit.  This is how Jesus was unable to sin.  Jesus was not God but did have Gods holy righteous character and was unable to be tempted by evil or sin.  God will not give the kingdom to sinners or those who have the potential to sin but only to those who faithfully endure to the end and are “one” with God and sealed by the Holy Spirit. The saints partake of the divine nature of God in that they are coming out of sin, overcoming sin. 

KJV 2 Peter 1:3-4

3.  According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

4.  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Jesus, in whom was no sin, did not need to come out of sin because “he knew no sin”.  The son of God said that he could do nothing that the Father would not do.

KJV John 5:19

19.  Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

The Father cannot sin, therefore Jesus could not sin.

The idea that Jesus had to struggle all his life so as not to sin is a lie because he had Gods nature in its fulness the brightness of Gods glory and was the express image of Gods person in that Jesus was unable to sin.  The idea that the temptation by Satan was to show us that Jesus was effected by temptation the same as we are is a lie, it was to show us the exact opposite, Jesus was unaffected by Satan’s temptations, after all he did not sin, did he.  If Jesus was just like us in the matter of temptation then how about you going up against the Devil and see how well you do.  It should be so obvious that Jesus was spiritually far above us especially if we are to be transformed to be in his image.

KJV 2 Corinthians 3:18

 18.  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

The “glory of the Lord” was the glory of God who cannot sin but all humanity falls short of this glory needing saved, Jesus was the express image and brightness of Gods glory in that he was also unable to sin.

KJV Hebrews 1:1-3

 1.  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

 2.  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

 3.  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Physically Jesus was exactly like us but spiritually he was exactly like God, he could not sin.  This is what you and I must become if we are to be in the kingdom of God.

KJV Matthew 5:48

 48.  Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

When it comes to the issue of sin, you and I must be like God and Christ, unable to sin, be perfect.

KJV Matthew 19:21

 21.  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

To have this perfection we must follow Jesus.

KJV Luke 6:40

40.  The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

Jesus is our master and everyone who is perfect will be like Jesus, and Jesus said this while he was a man on Earth.

KJV John 17:23

 23.  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Jesus was as man already one with the Father and was perfect, unable to sin. Jesus prayed to his Father that we also could be one with God and be perfect, unable to sin.

KJV Romans 12:2

2.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

KJV Ephesians 4:13

 13.  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

KJV Colossians 1:28

 28.  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

KJV 2 Timothy 3:17

17.  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

KJV Hebrews 10:14

 14.  For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

KJV Hebrews 12:23

23.  To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Our example of this perfection is Jesus the man.  Jesus was perfect, he was kingdom quality in the flesh and king of the kingdom while in the flesh.  Jesus never repented, Jesus never had to have faith in a messiah, Jesus did not need grace or imputed righteousness because of faith, Jesus did not need saved but was the savior. 

When God created Adam; the word image is below.

Strong's Ref. # 6754

Romanized  tselem

Pronounced tseh'-lem

from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol:

KJV--image, vain shew.

When God created Jesus; the phrase “express image” used in Hebrews 1:3 is below.

Strong's Greek Dictionary

Strong's Number: 5481

Transliterated: charakter

Phonetic: khar-ak-tare'

Text:  from the same as 5482; a graver (the tool or the person), i.e. (by implication) engraving (["character"], the figure stamped, i.e. an exact copy or [figuratively] representation): --express image.

Adam was a vain show, a phantom or illusion but Jesus was an exact copy. Jesus was the real McCoy.

Adam did not have the character of God but Jesus was the exact copy of Gods character. Adam became a sinner but Jesus was unable to sin because he was an exact copy of Gods character. God cannot sin neither could His son Jesus Christ.  Being unable to sin does not make you God but makes you in Gods image.  The righteous angels are unable to sin and are not God just as the saints, when in the kingdom and unable to sin, will not be God either.  Rather than look at Jesus as being as weak as me, fighting constantly to not sin, I look at Jesus as one who was unable to sin and that is what I want and what God through Jesus can give me. I do not drag the son of God down to my level but see that I must come up to his level by the example he gave.  God wants us to be like Him in that we are unable to sin and live forever with Him in love and joy. Jesus came to show us the Father by the way he lived his life, a life of perfection, righteousness and love which cannot sin.  We, by the power of Gods Holy Spirit can be transformed to be just like Jesus.  This is the gospel message.

Wisdom

By

Lee

Friday, February 17, 2012

Wisdom is a deep understanding and realization of people, things, events or situations, resulting in the ability to apply perceptions, judgments and actions in keeping with this understanding. It often requires control of one's emotional reactions (the "passions") so that universal principles, reason and knowledge prevail to determine one's actions. Wisdom is also the comprehension of what is true or right coupled with optimum judgment as to action. 

KJV James 1:5
 5.  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

This wisdom is what all the saints need and is something we do not have of ourselves but is a gift from God.  We all need to pray and ask God for wisdom.  Wisdom is true knowledge applied so as always to arrive at the proper thoughts and actions.  Having only knowledge is not enough we must also understand its use. 

KJV Jeremiah 10:23-24
 23.  O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
 24.  O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

This type of wisdom can come from iron sharpening iron.  God enables us to grow in many things, He has given us the truth of restored doctrine and the knowledge of what sin is and how to overcome sin.  In all things wisdom must be applied.  Gods love gives us knowledge.

KJV Ephesians 3:19
 19.  And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

We know that without Gods Spirit we cannot have knowledge or wisdom.

KJV Romans 11:33
 33.  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

KJV 1 Corinthians 12:8
 8.  For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

The combination of knowledge and wisdom will produce balance in our lives and as we grow in each we help sharpen one another to bring us all to the same level.  This is God and Christ working in the saints.

KJV Romans 15:14
14.  And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

We have all experienced over the years how God has given us knowledge, now we need to gain wisdom for wisdom is knowledge in action, knowledge applied in our lives, so that no matter what situation we are faced with we can be victorious.  This article is to be a companion to the article “Iron sharpens iron” in which it says:

KJV Hebrews 5:14
 14.  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

By reason of use means through trial and error by learning from our mistakes a lesson so as not to repeat the error, the sin.  God has patience with us to allow this growth forgiving our sins as we grow.  We judge a tree by its fruits and our works by their fruits to see if they are of God or not.  Just as we train our children in these things God trains us.  Just as we should be merciful with our children God is merciful to us.  God is our Father and loves us with a perfect love and while He corrects us He does so with the intent of our learning His ways and understanding His thoughts because God desires us to be His sons.  Now perhaps we can better understand why we should rejoice in the trials and temptations we endure knowing it is God working in us to bring us to Himself.  Adam ate of the tree that gave us the knowledge of good and evil but without Gods spirit we cannot control that knowledge but with His spirit need wisdom from God so that we can.  It is only natural that this process will take time, no need to worry, God created time so that we can.  With God all things are possible.

We have God and Christ and each other, a three fold cord that cannot be broken.  Fear and doubt has no place in God, Christ or the saints for who can stop His will from being done?  We love God, we love Jesus and we love one another, let us cast out fear and doubt. 

KJV Romans 8:38-39
 38.  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
 39.  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ELOHIM

By Lee

Monday, January 23, 2012

The literal language of Genesis says, “In the beginning Gods created the heavens and Earth…” It is extremely important to understand this word “Gods”.  The word translated “Gods” is the title of this paper.  It literally means, Mighty ones.  In Genesis the “mighty ones” created the heavens and Earth.  It is only later on that we discover that of these mighty ones there was only one who was “almighty”.  The actual creation of the heavens and Earth was done by the Almighty one but the Angels, the other mighty ones, had some kind of function in creation but in Genesis 1:1 this is not explained. 

Strong's Ref. # 430

Romanized  'elohiym

Pronounced el-o-heem'

plural of HSN0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:

KJV--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.

As can be seen by the Strong’s article above the way I have explained Elohim is correct.  When Jesus was born he was an Elohim in the flesh, a mighty one.

KJV Psalms 45:2-3

 2.  Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

 3.  Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.            (Referring to Jesus)

KJV Psalms 45:6-7  

6.  Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

 7.  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

 Verse 6 above is referring to Jesus, in verse 7 the almighty one or the only true God says that, “therefore mighty one your mighty one has anointed you”, this is to say, God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit far above that of other human beings.

Now the saints are to become “Elohim” through Jesus.

KJV John 10:35-36

 35.  If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

 36.  Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

The word of God in the flesh was Jesus and Jesus came to speak Gods words to those who would be saints.  These saints are called gods or Elohim, a mighty one.  In the kingdom the saints will become mighty ones or Elohim.  In the verse above Jesus says that he while in the flesh was an Elohim, a mighty one, a son of God.  In the world of the carnal unconverted, they are sons of the Devil or Satan but the saints have been called out of the world to become sons of God, Elohim.  The saints are not yet Elohim but hope to become Elohim.  For Jesus to make this claim in the flesh is to show us how different he was from us spiritually.  No wonder God told the angels to highly respect, obey, and kneel before Jesus. Always remember the lesser bows down to the higher.  Would angels, who are unable to sin, bow down to Jesus if he was a potential sinner?

Strong’s Concordance

By

Lee

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The Strong’s concordance can be used as a tool to help us understand the meaning of a Greek or Hebrew word in scripture.  One thing must always be remembered when using a concordance, it is not the inspired word of God and is in fact a very poor work that is in need of improvement.  Many use the concordance as though it is inspired and select a given meaning listed to define and interpret the meaning of scripture.  This is a common and spiritually fatal error.  Any word meaning from a concordance must fit with the text or story given in scripture.  Here is an example.

KJV John 1:1-5
 1.  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 2.  The same was in the beginning with God.
 3.  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
 4.  In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
 5.  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

The above verses use the pronoun “him” in describing the “word” of God.  Below is the Strong’s article used.

Strong's Ref. # 846

Romanized  autos
Pronounced ow-tos'
from the particle au [perhaps akin to the base of GSN0109 through the idea of a baffling wind] (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative GSN1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:

KJV--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, ([self-], the) same, ([him-, my-, thy- ])self, [your-]selves, she, that, their(-s), them([-selves]), there[-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with], they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare GSN0848.

This is total confusion.  There is no way that the above description can of itself be used to determine the meaning of the word “autos” as it needs to understood in the scripture.  You see how there are many words given by the concordance but which one will be true to the message of the scripture?

The word “it” below is the same word “autos” as was used to mean “him” in verses 1-4 of John 1:1-5.

 5.  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Here is Young’s literal version of John 1:1-5.

LIT John 1:1-5
 1.
   |1722| In
   |9999| {the}
   |0746| beginning
   |2258| was
   |3588| the
   |3056| Word,
   |2532| and
   |3588| the
   |3056| Word
   |2258| was
   |4314| with
   |3588| -
   |2316| God,
   |2532| and
   |2316| deity
   |2258| was
   |3588| the
   |3056| Word.
 2.
   |3778| This One (Why wasn’t the word used here “him”or “he”) if “him” was used in the other verses? This word “one” can also mean “it” according to Strong’s, check it for yourself.
   |2258| was
   |1722| in
   |0746| beginning
   |4314| with
   |3588| -
   |2316| God.
 3.
   |3956| All things
   |1223| through
   |0846| him            “autos”  here is the male pronoun
   |1096| existed,
   |2532| and
   |5565| without
   |0846| him             “autos” again
   |1096| existed
   |3761| not even
   |1520| one
   |3739| that
   |1096| has come to exist.
 4.
   |1722| In
   |0846| him              “autos” again
   |2222| life
   |2258| was,
   |2532| and
   |3588| the
   |2222| life
   |2258| was
   |3588| the
   |5457| light
   |0444| of men,
 5.
   |2532| and
   |3588| the
   |5457| light
   |1722| in
   |3588| the
   |4653| darkness
   |5316| shines,
   |2532| and
   |3588| the
   |4653| darkness
   |0846| it            Here the same article # 0846 is rendered “it”
   |3756| not
   |2638| did overtake.

Why would the same article #0846 be translated “him” in one case but “it” in another?  Is the word an “it” or a “him”?  If we examine the text, the story,  God spoke a word in the beginning and by that word created all things and was the life and light of men who did not comprehend the word.  This makes far more sense that trying to make a word a person by applying the male pronoun “him”.  Darkness did not comprehend “him” but “it”. A word is not literally a person but a person can speak a word, a word is an “it” but a person is a “him” or “her” according to Strong’s article #0846. 

God sent His son into the world to speak His words.

KJV John 3:34
 34.  For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

KJV John 8:47
 47.  He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

KJV John 14:10
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.

KJV John 17:8
 8.  For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

Jesus was not the word that was spoken by God in the beginning, those words were of God Himself.  Jesus was sent to repeat those words to us as a spokesman of God and in this sense only was the word made flesh.  A man of flesh, Jesus, was sent to speak the words of God, the words God spoke in the beginning.  Even the prophets of old fit this idea.  Jesus did not speak the word in the beginning, God did, but darkness did not understand the word.  Jesus was a great light that came to the darkness of this world to speak the words of his Father and God and these words were not of Jesus but of the Father.

KJV John 12:49
 49.  For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.


KJV John 7:16-17
 16.  Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
 17.  If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

KJV John 14:24
 24.  He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

Jesus came not to speak his own words but the words his Father and God spoke in the beginning. I have placed into the verses below the proper word that should have been used “it” instead of the wrong word “him”.

KJV John 1:1-5
 1.  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 2.  The same ( or it) was in the beginning with God.
 3.  All things were made by it; and without it was not any thing made that was made.
 4.  In it was life; and the life was the light of men.
 5.  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

For those who are able to see, Jesus was not God but Gods son sent to speak Gods word that God spoke in the beginning.

KJV Hebrews 1:1-2
1.  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
 2.  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

There are thousands of errors in understanding scripture because of misuse of Strong’s concordance.   I stand firm by my statement that the Strong’s concordance or any other concordance is not the inspired word of God and is in fact a very poor work of carnal minds.  Many use the concordance to establish false doctrines and teachings by putting in a word that agrees with their own ideas and thinking rather than the thought being expressed in  scripture.  Words are extremely important and we had better be sure of how we use them.

KJV Matthew 12:36-37
 36.  But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 37.  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Carnal Man is an Animal

By

Lee

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

KJV Ecclesiastes 3:18-20

 18.  I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

 19.  For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

 20.  All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

KJV Psalms 49:12

 12.  Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

KJV Psalms 49:20

 20.  Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.  ( No Holy Spirit in him)

KJV Psalms 73:22

 22.  So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Man is an animal, a nephesh, a soul, and so are all other animals.  If a cat or dog dies it is no different then if a human dies. This is how God views the deaths of souls that do not have His spirit.  If a dog dies and is dead forever or if a man dies and is dead forever it is because they did not have Gods Holy Spirit.  A dogs life is no better than the life of a man.  If the man is called and chosen by God to receive Gods Holy Spirit then this man becomes a new man, a new creation in Christ and is no  longer a part of the old creation where all men are beasts, this man is now raised to an even higher level and becomes a son of God.  If while a son of God this man blasphemes Gods Spirit he will be cast down with the beasts and his life is of no value to God at all.  Just like a dog or cat this man will become dust forever. 

Would a man who commit’s the unpardonable sin and dies forever prove that God is unable to save or that Gods love is somehow lacking?  Does the everlasting death of a beast called man take anything away from God?

KJV Job 22:3

 3.  Is it any pleasure to the almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

KJV Job 35:6-8

6.  If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

 7.  If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

 8.  Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

KJV Malachi 3:6

 6.  For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

It has absolutely no effect on God if we are righteous or evil, if we have free will or not; we can add nothing to God or take anything from God.  God has been God in eternity without man or angel and does not change.  If man lives forever or dies forever this will not effect anything about God for God remains who He is eternally.  The idea that somehow if man had free will and could choose to refuse salvation this would detract from God is a lie.  To think that if God is unable to save all would show Gods lack of love is a lie. God has been love in eternity and His creation cannot change that. 

KJV Ecclesiastes 3:14

 14.  I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Our lives as a beast is of no value to God anymore than any other beast.  We only have value to God when and if God invests His spirit in us.  It is when we have the Spirit of God that we are transformed from a beast to a man, a new man in Christ.  If we would ever betray God after this then we deserve everlasting death.

The Greek word used to describe everlasting destruction is “aionios”, and universal Salvationists say it does not mean forever.  The same Greek word is used to describe the life the saints receive in the resurrection.  If destruction is not forever then life is not either, so either we will not live forever because destruction is not forever or we will live forever because destruction is forever.

KJV 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

 8.  In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

 9.  Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Strong's Ref. # 166

Romanized  aionios

Pronounced ahee-o'-nee-os

from GSN0165; perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well):

KJV--eternal, for ever, everlasting, world (began).

KJV John 3:16

 16.  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

          (aionios)

 KJV 1 John 2:25

 25.  And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

                  (aionios)

The scripture describes unconverted people and people who are enemies of God as beasts.

KJV 2 Peter 2:12

 12.  But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

KJV Jude 1:10

 10.  But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

KJV Revelation 13:18

 18.  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

God will establish the thoughts of a righteous man who is no longer a beast. The beastly man has evil thoughts that are against the will of God and are what sin is as Jesus explains.

KJV Matthew 15:18-20

 18.  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

 19.  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

 20.  These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

The thoughts of the heart or beastly spirit of a man is what defiles him and is sin but the converted man is no longer a beast and becomes a new man in Jesus. The new man is not of this world, of this creation, but is a new creation in Christ. This new man undergoes a change in mind, spirit and thought by the power of the Holy Spirit of God; his mind is renewed and made sound with self control enabled to overcome his former sinful nature.  A beastly man, who comes to conversion, but yet refuses to yield to this this change and blasphemes the Holy Spirit is of no value to God; just as all other beasts are of no value for salvation and forever return to dust at death so will the beast man.  This takes nothing away from Gods love or power to provide salvation but is actually Gods will and plan for humanity.  This proves free will in all creatures God made angelic and human as free will is absolutely necessary for God to accomplish His will.  The everlasting death of a beastly man is no different than a cat, dog or any other animal.  Our life only has value if God is in it.

The Mind

Friday, January 6, 2012

The scriptures below contain a message.  The message is about the mind or our human spirit.  It is hoped that by reading these scriptures you will understand that the mind or human spirit is what needs salvation through Christ.

KJV Job 23:13
 13.  But he (God) is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

KJV Proverbs 21:27
 27.  The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

KJV Isaiah 26:3
 3.  Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

KJV Ezekiel 11:5
 5.  And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

KJV Matthew 22:37-38
 37.  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
 38.  This is the first and great commandment.

KJV Romans 1:28
 28.  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

KJV Romans 7:25
25.  I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.


KJV Romans 8:6-7
 6.  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
 7.  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

KJV Romans 12:2
 2.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

KJV Romans 12:16
 16.  Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

KJV Romans 15:5-6
 5.  Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
 6.  That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

KJV 1 Corinthians 1:10
10.  Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

KJV 1 Corinthians 2:16
16.  For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

KJV 2 Corinthians 3:14
 14.  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

KJV 2 Corinthians 4:4
 4.  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

KJV 2 Corinthians 11:3
3.  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

KJV 2 Corinthians 13:11
11.  Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

KJV Ephesians 2:3
 3.  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

KJV Ephesians 4:17-18
17.  This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
 18.  Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

KJV Ephesians 4:22-24
 22.  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
 23.  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
 24.  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

KJV Philippians 1:27
 27.  Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

KJV Philippians 2:2
2.  Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

KJV Philippians 2:5
 5.  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

KJV Philippians 3:14-15
 14.  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
 15.  Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16.  Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

KJV Philippians 4:7
 7.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

KJV Colossians 1:21-22
 21.  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
 22.  In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

KJV 1 Timothy 6:5
 5.  Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

KJV 2 Timothy 1:7
7.  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

KJV 2 Timothy 3:8
 8.  Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

KJV Titus 1:15
 15.  Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

KJV Hebrews 8:10
10.  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

KJV Hebrews 10:16
 16.  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

KJV James 1:8
 8.  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

KJV James 4:8
 8.  Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

KJV 1 Peter 1:13
13.  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

KJV 1 Peter 3:8-9
 8.  Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
 9.  Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

KJV 1 Peter 4:1
 1.  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

KJV 2 Peter 3:1-2
1.  This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
 2.  That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

Do you see, do you understand that the mind is the human spirit?  This is the part of us that God offers salvation too.  All of us have a mind problem, a spiritual problem, we do not think like God and Jesus because our thoughts which are sin lead to the manifestation of words and deeds that cause all the pain, suffering and death we experience.  It is like being an alcoholic; in order to conquer alcoholism you must admit you are an alcoholic.  This is true with sin, you are a sinner and just as an alcoholic cannot control alcohol sinners cannot control sin.  You cannot be a potential alcoholic, you either are an alcoholic or you are not, the same is true with sin.  You are not a potential sinner, you are a sinner.  God has the cure for this problem of sin and Jesus was the living demonstration of the cure.  Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus, a mind free of the sin problem we all have while he was a man.  Our goal as a saint is to reach the stature and fullness of Christ.  This is done by Gods Spirit in us transforming our minds to be like the mind of Jesus who had a mind like his Father. 

KJV Romans 12:2
 2.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Our minds before we come to Jesus and receive Gods Holy Spirit are described as defiled.

KJV Titus 1:15
 15.  Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

KJV Ephesians 2:3
 3.  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

The mind is your human spirit.

KJV Ephesians 4:22-24
 22.  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
 23.  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
 24.  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Jesus is the new man you must put on. Jesus was created like God, incorruptible.

KJV Galatians 3:27
 27.  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

This is a change in our nature from being sinners to being righteous and only God can make this change.  This has been Gods will for us since the beginning of creation.

KJV Genesis 1:26
 26.  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

Jesus, as the second Adam, was the fulfillment of this.  We have the hope of becoming someday what Jesus was while in the flesh and also what he is now in heaven.  Jesus first fulfilled the will of God by being the perfect human being who was in the image and likeness of God in mind spiritually but yet needed his physical body changed into a spirit body so that the mind of Jesus could live forever.  Jesus was the first to experience all the things of what is the hope of the saints.  The only explanation of how Jesus was able to have done what he did is that when God created Jesus, God created him with the character of God.  Is this hard to believe?  Isn’t God going to change the saints at the resurrection to be  unable to sin?  In order for Jesus to be the first born of many Jesus had to have the kingdom character as a man.  Jesus as a man was king of the kingdom of God.  Jesus was created with the mind we are in the process of developing, the mind of God.  The mind of God means the love of God that thinks no evil and can do no evil, I am not speaking of Gods omniscience but His love.  This is how Jesus was the image of God and how we can be the image of God through Jesus.  If God can change the saints why could God not create Jesus with the Godly nature in a man of flesh to pave the way for us to follow.  There was no righteous man because all had a defiled mind given to sin and this lead God to create a righteous man, Jesus Christ.  Jesus is the only man to ever be created this way and it is different for those of us who come after him.  The saints must have faith that God did create the only righteous man who ever lived and as a result of that faith hope for the day we can be like Jesus is now.  This is why the life of Jesus was acceptable to God as the payment for our sins.  The will of God could only be fulfilled by a man who was the image of his maker and Jesus was the image of the invisible God.

God

By

Lee

Monday, January 2, 2012

The trinity doctrine states that God is three entities in hypostatic union in one God and the three are co-eternal, co-equal in attributes and at no time are separate but each are distinct from another.

God is the object of our worship and the source of all things we have and hope for, the origin and revealer of truth concerning everything we should believe. It is absolutely necessary that we come to know God as much as it is possible, as much as God has revealed about Himself in the scriptures, otherwise all of what we believe would not be true.  God wants us to know Him.

KJV Jeremiah 9:23-24
 23.  Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
 24.  But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

Jesus knew God his Father.

KJV John 10:15
 15.  As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Jesus came to reveal the Father, to reveal what God is like.

KJV Matthew 11:27
 27.  All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

KJV John 1:18
18.  No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Do you understand and know God?  God has revealed in scripture things about Himself through the prophets, Apostles and Jesus His son.  We cannot know God in entirety but the things that are revealed about God are for us so that we can know and understand to the degree we are able.  After all if we worship God and apply Gods truth incorrectly the result is all in vain.

KJV Titus 1:15-16
 15.  Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
 16.  They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

KJV Matthew 15:8-9
 8.  This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
 9.  But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

 God, in scripture, tells us what He is like and how He is to be worshipped.  The next verses are the words of Jesus.

KJV John 4:23-24
 23.  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
 24.  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Notice there is no trinity here, the Father is God and is spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and truth.

The only worship God will accept is in spirit and in truth therefore it is absolutely required that we worship God as God instructs.  What does “in spirit”  and “in truth” mean? 

Verse 24 above says God is a spirit and all human beings have a human spirit and our worship of God is by this spiritual connection and not by any physical means.  All types of physical works that we do are unacceptable as a means of worshipping God.  The keeping of any day, abstaining from certain foods, offering sacrifices or building churches and temples are all physical things and are not of the spirit. Both Judaism and Christianity practice these things in an attempt to use physical things to worship a God who demands that our worship of Him be in spirit. True worship of God is in our human spirit connected to Gods Holy Spirit and has nothing of the physical involved.  Through this spiritual connection we can be taught what Gods truth is.

KJV John 16:13
 13.  Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

We can come to know what true life is.

KJV John 6:63
 63.  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Jesus taught us that Gods Spirit is the only way to life and truth.  People who use any physical thing to worship God do not have the spiritual connection and therefore substitute physical things in place of spiritual.  This physical type of worship is no different than that of ancient Israel and the professing Christian churches today.  Our contact with God is 100% spiritual and 0% physical. 

When we study the scripture we must not add physical ideas into the meaning of spiritual things but spirit must be used with spirit to come to the correct meaning of scripture.

KJV 1 Corinthians 2:13
13.  Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

God reveals even the meaning of deep spiritual things by His Spirit joined to our human spirit.

KJV 1 Corinthians 2:9-10
9.  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
 10.  But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

It is impossible for any of us to know spiritual things unless God reveals them to us by His Spirit to our human spirit, there is no other way.

Now let us see what scripture has to say about God.

God is omniscient, which means God knows absolutely everything.

KJV Isaiah 46:9-10
 9.  Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
 10.  Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

God is omnipotent or He has all power.

KJV Revelation 19:6
6.  And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

God is omnipresent or is not bound by time and space but fills heaven and Earth eternally.

KJV Jeremiah 23:24
 24.  Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

God is eternal with no beginning or end and has always existed.

KJV Isaiah 57:15
 15.  For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Here we see that God is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and eternal; no other being has these attributes, they are unique to God alone.  While other beings can be like God in other ways these four attributes remain eternally only Gods.  This is the 

part of Gods glory that He will not give to anyone else.

KJV Isaiah 42:8
8.  I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

The attributes of God are part of what makes God who He is and if another being had these attributes that would mean there would be other Gods and we should know this is not the case.

KJV Isaiah 43:10
10.  Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

The one true God is the only God that exists or will ever exist, there are and will be no others.

This evidence directly from scripture disproves the idea that God is a trinity.  How would it be possible to have more than one being who is almighty or omnipotent?  If you were almighty that means you alone have absolute power that no one else has and if someone else did you would no longer be the almighty.  You cannot have two or three “almighties” anymore than you can have multiple omnipresent, omniscient or eternal beings. The attributes of God are such that no one attribute can be taken away and yet still have God.  An example of this would be that if you take away Gods eternal existence, God would no longer be omnipresent, it would mean there would be a non-existent period of which there would be no knowledge or power present, it would eliminate omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence if the eternal attribute were removed. The same will hold true if any other attribute of God was lacking.  All four attributes are interdependent and must be present to confirm the reality of God. The idea that God gave up being God to become a man is totally unscriptural. The idea that Jesus became a man but yet possessed all the attributes of God is also unscriptural.  If you are God but give up everything that actually makes you God, are you still God?  If you are truly human like Jesus was but yet possess all the attributes of God how could you be in all places simultaneously, how could your body of flesh be eternal?  Jesus is called by Trinitarians, God in the flesh, and they mean by this that Jesus was actually God.  The trinity says the three are distinct but never separate so Jesus would have to have been Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the flesh. How could God become a man but still retain all of His attributes?  It is an absurd impossibility that is totally illogical and in total disagreement with scripture.  Scripture states God is eternal, has always lived and will always live, If Jesus died then how could he have been God?  If Jesus did not really die then how are you saved? 

Jesus made the following statements in scripture:

KJV John 14:28
 28.  Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Jesus says the Father is greater than he is. How can this be if the trinity doctrine says that all three never cease being God and are co-equal?

KJV John 17:3
 3.  And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Jesus says that his Father is the only true God. What about Jesus and the Holy Spirit?

KJV Mark 13:32
 32.  But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Here Jesus says he does not know the day and hour of his return, why not if he is God and knows all things?

Jesus also said many times that he had a God and that this God was his Father and our God and Father too.

KJV Matthew 27:46
 46.  And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

KJV John 20:17
 17.  Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

KJV Revelation 3:12
12.  Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

The Apostles knew Jesus was not God and that Jesus had a God who was his Father as well as our God and Father.

KJV 2 Corinthians 11:31
 31.  The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

KJV Ephesians 1:3
 3.  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

KJV 1 Peter 1:3
 3.  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

All in the early church knew Jesus was not God and that there was only one God and Father of us all including Jesus.

KJV Ephesians 4:6
 6.  One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

The prophets write about God creating Jesus.

KJV Isaiah 43:7
 7.  Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

KJV Isaiah 49:5-6
 5.  And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
 6.  And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

There is no doubt that the above scriptures of Isaiah is speaking of Jesus as are those below.

KJV Psalms 22:9-10
 9.  But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
 10.  I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou 

art my God from my mother's belly.

KJV Psalms 22:16-18
16.  For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
 17.  I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
 18.  They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

KJV Isaiah 49:1-2
1.  Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
 2.  And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a Polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

KJV Isaiah 49:5
5.  And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

If according to the trinity idea God is 3 distinct inseparable entities in an eternal co-equal union with all 3 needed to define 1 God then consider what this would mean.  We all know Jesus died and if he died all 3 must have died since all must maintain an equal status in order to meet the trinity claim.  So if Jesus died then the Father died and the Holy Spirit died.  According to the idea of the trinity, God is dead, because whatever is true of any one of the 3 is true of all 3.  If Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all dead then who would resurrect Jesus? 

KJV 1 Corinthians 15:14
14.  And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

Some teach a different type of trinity idea that says Jesus emptied himself of his divinity and became a man, if this is true and Jesus gave up being God, then Jesus was not God.  It seems that even those who believe in the trinity actually do not agree. 

Here is an interesting scripture.

KJV 1 Corinthians 11:3
 3.  But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
However, I want you to realize that Christ has authority over every man, a husband has authority over his wife, and God has authority over Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the head of Christ is God - Christ, as Mediator, has consented to assume a subordinate rank, and to recognize God the Father as superior in office. Hence, he was obedient in all things as a Son; he submitted to the arrangement required in redemption; he always recognized his subordinate rank as Mediator, and always regarded God as the supreme Ruler, even in the matter of redemption. The sense is, that Christ, throughout his entire work, regarded himself as occupying a subordinate station to the Father; and that it was proper from his example to recognize the propriety of rank and station everywhere.

People's New Testament
11:3 But I would have you know, etc. The order of rank is that Christ is the center, with the Father above and man below him; and in the family the man is first and the woman second. That is nature's order.

None of these explanations supports the idea of the trinity.  Now to a scripture that speaks of the final victory of God.

ASV 1 Corinthians 15:27-28
 27.  For, He (God) put all things in subjection under his(Jesus)feet. But when he (God) saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he (God) is excepted (not included) who did subject all things unto him (Jesus).
 28.  And when all things have been subjected unto him (Jesus), then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him (God) that did subject all things unto him (Jesus), that God may be all in all.

The verses above say that when all things are fulfilled and God has given Jesus his inheritance, that is all that God created, God puts in subjection to Jesus. God is not under the subjection of Jesus but Jesus is under Gods subjection.  In the kingdom of God, God will reign supreme with Jesus in authority under God.

Jesus was a special human being created by God in righteousness and true holiness.  Jesus, while not having the attributes of God, possessed Gods character. Jesus had the same love as God has along with mercy, compassion, kindness and joy.

Jesus was the new man God created and when we are baptized into Jesus we put on the new man, we put on Christ.

ASV Galatians 3:27
 27.  For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

ASV Ephesians 4:20-24
 20.  But ye did not so learn Christ;
 21.  if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
 22.  that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
 23.  and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
 24.  and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Jesus is the new man we put on and he was created by God.  We are the old man before we come to Jesus and put on the new man.  Gods Holy Spirit in us transforms us to become like Jesus.

KJV 2 Corinthians 3:18
 18.  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.


KJV Romans 8:29
29.  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Jesus was the first human being ever to become a glorified spirit being and this is why Jesus is called the first born of many brethren.  All the saints have the hope that at the resurrection when Jesus returns to be changed into the same image that Jesus is now. So if the saints are to become like Jesus are the saints God?

KJV 1 John 3:2
 2.  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Now to address the Holy Spirit. Who is the Holy Spirit?

The Father is the Holy Spirit.  The Father is holy and the Father is a spirit therefore the Father is the Holy Spirit.  Jesus had a Father who is the only true God and the Holy Spirit of the Father conceived Jesus in the womb of Mary.  There is no third entity of a trinity that is the Holy Spirit.  Think, that if scripture says that the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary and produced Jesus, then the Holy Spirit would be the Father of Jesus and not the entity called the Father.

KJV Luke 1:34-35
 34.  Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?  (Mary was asking how she would become pregnant without having a husband.)
 35.  And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, (Gabriel told Mary that the Holy Spirit would make her pregnant)and the power of the Highest (The Holy Spirit is the power of the Highest or of God the Father)shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

The Holy Spirit is the power of God the Father, the one and only true God and is what created Jesus in the womb of Mary.  To believe the trinity idea would mean that the entity called the Holy Spirit would have been the father of Jesus rather than the Father.

Do you see how illogical the trinity idea is and how it causes confusion?  How did the idea of the trinity come to be?  Below is an article from Wikipedia that gives the history of how Jesus became God. I have added my comments in bold red.




How Jesus Became God

First Council of Nicaea
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The First Council of Nicaea, called by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in AD 325, was the first ecumenical (from Greek oikumene, "worldwide") conference of bishops of the Christian Church.     Constantine was a pagan
 The purpose of the council (also called a synod) was to resolve disagreements in the Church of Alexandria over the nature of the Trinity. The popular presbyter Arius, for whom the Arian controversy is named, led the party which contended that if Christ is the "Son," then he had a beginning, and there was a time when he was not. Bishop Alexander of Alexandria contended for the position that Christ, the second person of the Godhead, had no beginning and was co-eternal with the Father. Athanasius, in his early twenties at the time, accompanied his bishop to the council and became recognized as a chief spokesman for the view that the Son was fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father. ( This idea proven by scripture to be incorrect)
The principle effort was to find a formula from Scripture that would express the full deity of the Son, equally with the Father. (Take note that they could not find this “formula” from scripture so they invented one in the word “homo-ousios) However, the Arians readily agreed to all such formulations, having interpreted them already to fit their own views. Finally, the Greek word homo-ousios (meaning "of the same substance, or nature, or essence") was introduced, chiefly because it was one word that could not be understood to support the Arian view. The first Nicene Creed was therefore drafted with the word homoousios and surprisingly endorsed by all but two of the 300+ attending Bishops.   (Here we must take time to ask an important question.  If Jesus was indeed God how could something so important be forgotten?  You would think that the Apostles and all those after them would have made this clear if it were true.  Did people forget Jesus was God?  That would be like forgetting George Washington was the first president of the USA.  I submit that if Jesus was God that information would not have been lost but rather taught as doctrine all along.  This fact alone casts serious doubt on the very reason to have a council to address the matter.)
The result was therefore a ruling against Arianism. The two disenting bishops, Secundus and Theonas, along with Arius, were sent into exile although the Arian controversy continued for years.
The Council of Nicaea was historically significant because it was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom. (How could this council represent all if those who took opposition to the trinity were sent into exile to silence them?)
With the creation of the Nicene Creed, a precedent was established for subsequent ecumenical councils to create a statement of belief and canons which were intended to become orthodox for all Christians. (Take careful not here, the word canons means the bible, the scripture.  These men came out with a new bible that would support the trinity idea that they had made official doctrine.  What this means is that the bible today was deliberately altered, words and phrases changed or added tosupport the idea of the trinity.)It would serve to unify the Church and provide a clear guideline over disputed matters on what it meant to be a practicing Christian, a momentous event in the history. (In truth what these men did was introduce one of the most horrific heresies that has been taught and now after 1700 years  the trinity heresy has become engrained and thought of by millions of uninformed people to be the truth when it is a lie.)
Arius
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Arius (AD 256 - 336) was an early Christian theologian of Libyan descent, born in Antioch. He was described by Epiphanius as "tall, grave, and winning" [1].
Arius taught that the Son of God was not eternal, and was subordinate to God the Father (a view known generally as Arianism). Although he attracted considerable support at the time, Arius' views were deemed heretical at the Council of Nicaea, leading to the formation of the Nicene Creed.

 
 Other councils followed that led to even more heresies added.

 
List of the first seven ecumenical councils
Only the first seven councils are summarized here as these have the most relevance to Protestant Christianity. Other subsequent councils are of particular interest only to Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
1.    First Council of Nicaea, (325); repudiated Arianism, adopted the Nicene Creed. This and all subsequent councils are not recognized by nontrinitarian groups: Arians, Unitarians, and Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.
2.    First Council of Constantinople, (381); revised the Nicene Creed into present form used in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches and prohibited any further alteration of the Creed without the assent of an Ecumenical Council.
3.    Council of Ephesus, (431); repudiated Nestorianism, proclaimed the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God, and also condemned Pelagianism.
4.    Council of Chalcedon, (451); repudiated the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism, described and delineated the two natures of Christ, human and divine; adopted the Chalcedonian Creed.
5.    Second Council of Constantinople, (553); reaffirmed decisions and doctrines explicated by previous Councils, condemned new Arian, Nestorian, and Monophysite writings.
6.    Third Council of Constantinople, (680–681); repudiated Monothelitism, affirmed that Christ had both human and Divine wills.
7.    Second Council of Nicaea, (787); restoration of the veneration of Icons and end of the first Iconoclasm
         (This means the worship of images of Jesus, dead “saints” and the virgin Mary or idol worship was restored.  Is the Catholic church the final say for you in all matters of faith?  Basically the Catholic church turned Christianity into an abomination.)

Council of Ephesus
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The Council of Ephesus was held in Ephesus, Asia Minor in 431 under Emperor Theodosius II, grandson of Theodosius the Great. Approximately 200 Bishops were present. The proceedings were conducted in a heated atmosphere of confrontation

Yea and recriminations. It was the third of the so-called Ecumenical Councils. It was chiefly concerned with the heresy of Nestorianism. 

According to the Council, Nestorianism overemphasized the human nature of Jesus at the expense of the divine. The Council denounced Patriarch Nestorius' teaching as erroneous. Nestorius taught that the Virgin Mary gave birth to a man, Jesus Christ, not God, the "Logos" ("The Word", Son of God). The Logos only dwelled in Christ, as in a Temple (Christ, therefore, was only Theophoros: The "Bearer of God".) Consequently, Virgin Mary should be called "Christotokos," Mother of Christ and not "Theotokos, "Mother of God." Hence, the name, "Christological controversies". (Nestorius was correct in what he taught.)
The Council decreed that Jesus was one person, not two separate "people": complete God and complete man, with a rational soul and body. The Virgin Mary is "Theotokos" because she gave birth not to man but to God as a man. The union of the two natures of Christ took place in such a fashion that one did not disturb the other. (I have given you scripture that proves this entire idea a lie and false)



In the end it is up to you the reader to prove all things and if your personal salvation is a treasure to you, you will not entrust it to some other man, not even me.  You need to study and prove what you believe asking God to guide you, after all God will not lie to you but men can.  I did this 18 years ago and have discovered that all the teachings of what calls itself Christianity are wrong.  This fits well with what the end of days is to be like.

KJV 1 Timothy 4:1-2
 1.  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
 2.  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

KJV 2 Timothy 3:1-5
 1.  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 2.  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 3.  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 4.  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 5.  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

KJV Jude 1:4
 4.  For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.  (Notice they are mentioned separate)

KJV Revelation 12:9
 9.  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

The trinity is just one lie, there are many more, while there is time go to God and ask Him to teach you the truth.