Jesus and His God

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you [plural] entirely; and may your [plural] spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ . -- New American Standard Version (words in brackets supplied by us). 1 Thessalonians 5:23, along with Genesis 1:26,27, is often presented by trinitarians as an alleged proof of their trinity dogma. Evidently, the thought is that man is presented as a trinity in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and that since man is God’s image (Genesis 1:26,27), then God also is a trinity. VERY (ONE) BUT THE GOD OF THE PEACE MAY SANCTIFY 0846 1161 3588 2316 3588 1515 0037 0846_99 humas holoteleis kai holokleeron humwn to YOU COMPLETELY WHOLE, AND WHOLE IN (EVERY) PART OF YOU THE 4771_7 3651 2532 3648 4771_5 3588 pneuma kai hee psuchee kai to swma amemptws en SPIRIT AND THE SOUL AND THE BODY BLAMELESSLY IN 4151 2532 3588 5590 2532 3588 4983 0274 1722 tee parousia tou kuriou heemwn ieesou christou THE PRESENCE OF ...

Trinitarians, especially, approach the scriptures with the assumption that all their trinitarian formulations are true, and most often appear to assume that the trinitarian assumptions are the default. They appear to reason that because they can think up many assumptions beyond what is written, and add to those assumptions to what is written, that what they imagine and assume is actually fact, and thus the default reasoning. Indeed, it appears that they do not even consciously realize that they are adding so many assumptions to the scriptures and reading those assumptions into the scriptures. The "oneness" believers often do similarly, with their claims that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all three one person. We believe, however, that the Bible itself sets what the default reasoning should be. Let us examine a few scriptures. Psalms 2:2 - The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anoint...

1 John 3:16 - By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. -- World English Bible version. Many, reading the King James Version of the above scripture, have claimed this verse says that God himself laid down his life for us. No, it was not God who laid down his life for us. The KJV   translators added the words "of God" to the verse. Most translations do not add the words "of God" to the verse: http://biblehub.com/text/1_john/3-16.htm Albert Barnes stated regarding this: The words “of God” are not in the original, and should not have been introduced into the translation, though they are found in the Latin Vulgate, and in the Genevan versions, and in one manuscript. They would naturally convey the idea that “God” laid down his life for us; or that God himself, in his divine nature, suffered. But this idea is not expressed in this passage as it is in the original, and of course no argument can ...