John 1:1-14
Jesus is the word, the word made flesh. From John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God."
There is only
one God, it is impossible that Jesus could be God; if the Father is God and Jesus is also God, then there are two Gods. ???????
"But to us there is but
one God, the Father" (1 Cor. 8:6). 'God the Father' is therefore the only God. It is impossible for there to be a separate being called 'God the Son', it has only ever been recorded as in OT times Yahweh, the one God, as the Father (Isa. 63:16; 64:8)
Also note the one mediator, the
man Christ Jesus - "...
and one mediator...". That word
"and" indicates a difference between Christ and God. Christ being the "mediator" means that he is a go-between. A mediator between
sinful man and sinless God cannot be sinless God Himself; it had to be a
sinless man, of sinful human nature. As per my discussion with Ducky we established this lesson very clealry so..."The
man Christ Jesus" leaves us in no doubt as to the correctness of this explanation. Keeping in mind when this was written Jesus was in Heaven sitting at HIs right side, But Paul does not speak of
"the God Christ Jesus".
You may like to consider also we are often reminded that "God is not a man" (Num 23:19; Hos. 11:9) and yet Christ was clearly
"the son of man", as he is often called in the New Testament,
"the man Christ Jesus". He was
"the Son of the Highest" (Luke 1:32). God being "
The Highest" indicates that only He has ultimate highness; Jesus being "the
Son of the Highest" shows that he cannot have been God Himself in person.
The very language of Father and Son which is used about God and Jesus, makes it obvious that they are not the same. Whilst a son may have certain similarities to his father, he cannot be one and the same person, nor be as old as his father.
So in the natural also in the Spiritual.
Alethos