The Logos was “with God” “in the beginning”. It was the Logos who became flesh, not God. There are so many reasons why Jesus cannot be Almighty God, it’s hard to know where to start....
Jesus was sent as our redeemer, correct?
What is a redeemer? And how did Jesus get the job?
A redeemer in Israel was one who paid a set price to get someone out of debt. In our case, the price was too high and no human born of Adam had the means to pay it. (All were sinners) So God provided the means....the perfect life of his firstborn son. So how does Jesus becoming a human get us out of this debt that Adam created for us by his disobedience?
Jesus had to become Adam’s equal.....a sinless man, to offer his sinless life for the life that Adam took away from us. (1 Corinthians 15:45) In order to become a human, meant taking on mortal flesh. Only a mortal being could do that, because an immortal cannot die. So if Jesus was God, then mere humans can kill God.....and that is not possible if he was truly a God/man. He had to be 100% human to die and pay for our redemption. The price was set, and all that was required was that the redeemer had to be sinless.....not that he had to be God. That would have been an overpayment of ridiculous proportions.
If Jesus was God that would be the equivalent of a kidnapper demanding a ransom of $50,000 and then being payed $50,000 quadrillion instead. Like using 50,000 cans of bug spray to kill one mosquito.
I honestly cannot fathom why Christendom insists that Jesus had to be God in order to redeem mankind. It is a blasphemous doctrine that breaks the First Commandment. (Exodus 20:3)
Who did Jesus say was “the only true God”?
“And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.” (John 17:3 NLT) He did not include himself there.
Who did the apostles recognise as their God?
1 Corinthians 8:5-6...
“There may be so-called gods both in heaven and on earth, and some people actually worship many gods and many lords. But for us, There is one God, the Father, by whom all things were created, and for whom we live. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were created, and through whom we live.” (NLT)
Two separate individuals....and no third person is mentioned in either of those scriptures.
Jesus never once said that he was God incarnate.
The logos was part of God and was God until stripping down all of the former glory being born into a body. When Jesus reunited with His Father Jesus becomes the Lord God Almighty. Jesus was also named immanuel which means God with us or then at that time. And when you have Been given the spirit of Christ in your heart God is with you too.
Jesus did indeed consent to the stripping down of his glorious spirit body to become a human “Son of God”, like Adam was when he was first created. (Luke 3:38) But he was God’s only begotten Son from his creation. (Revelation 3:14) He completed his mission successfully and returned to his God and Father in heaven.....but reading Revelation, written long after Jesus’ ascension to heaven, how is it possible that he still calls his Father “my God”?
Revelation 3:12...
“All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name.” (NLT)
Jesus has a God even in heaven....does one part of God worship his equal self?
I’ll leave you to think about that.....
Take it for what it worth, I could be wrong also.
I hope you too will take what the Bible says...for what it’s worth....
Thank you for your kind manner.....discussion is so much nicer than argument....
