Jesus Has a God

Did you know that Jesus himself has a God, a Supreme Being, who is Supreme over him?

(Scriptures from the American Standard Version unless stated otherwise.)

Micah 5:4 - And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

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

Mark 15:34 - And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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

Romans 15:6 - that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.

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

Ephesians 1:17 - that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

Colossians 1:3 - We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.

1 Peter 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Revelation 3:2 - Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.

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

Prophetically, Jesus is depicted as referring to the Lord Jehovah as "our God" in Isaiah 61:1,2. He includes himself in "our". He does something similar when he includes himself as a member of the children of Israel and speaks of Jehovah as being the God of the children of Israel. -- Matthew 4:7,10; Luke 4:8,12.

One states, however, that we assume unitarianism. There is not much to assume, since no scripture at any time ever presents any idea that Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is more than one person, etc. The real assumer is the trinitarian, who keeps creating assumption after assumption in order to have their doctrine appear to be supported by scripture.  There is no scriptural reason at all to imagine and assume that the "one God of whom are all" is more than one person. Indeed, he is presented as being only one person in 1 Corinthians 8:6. We have no scriptural reason at all to imagine, assume, add to, and read into, the scriptures that Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is more than one person. The default scriptural reasoning is that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is only one person, not to imagine, assume, add to, and read into, the scriptures that he is more than one person.

From Genesis to Revelation, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:14,15), is presented as only one person who raised up the prophet like Moses from among the sons of Israel, and who raised that prophet from death. (Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Acts 3:13-26; Hebrews 1:1,2) The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is not even once presented as being more than one person at all anywhere in the Bible.

Nowhere in the Bible is Jesus presented as being the "one God of whom are all." (1 Corinthians 8:6) Only the God and Father of Jesus is ever presented as being the "one God of whom are all."

Jehovah, the God and Father of Jesus (Ephesians 1:3), is the only one who is the source of all (1 Corinthians 8:6), and hence the only one person who is the Supreme Being, Jehovah is He who anointed and sent Jesus (Isaiah 61:1; John 17:1,3), prepared a body of flesh for Jesus (Hebrews 10:5), and made Jesus a little lower than the angels so that Jesus could offer that body of flesh with its blood to Jehovah his God for our sins. -- Matthew 26:26-28; Luke 22:19; Romans 3:25; Colossians 1:14; Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 2:9; 9:14; 10:10; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18; 1 John 1:7; Revelation 1:5.

Yes, the default reasoning is that Jesus is not Jehovah, in whose strength and name he stands and feeds the sheep who his God, Jehovah, has given to him. -- Ezekiel 34:2-24; Micah 5:4; John 10:11-17,29; 17:1,3,6,9; Ephesians 1:3.

Blessed be the one person who spoke to and through his prophets of old, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus. -- Hebrews 1:1,2.

It is claimed that if we "do not embrace the Trinity this place [sic] is you outside of the Christian church."

Believing the son of the one person who is the God and Father of Jesus died for our sins, and that the one person who is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, raised Jesus from death, even though the trinitarian sectarian leadership may proclaim that those who believe are not part of their created sectarian church, it definitely does not mean that our Lord and Savior and his God does not recognize us as enrolled in heaven as a member of HIS church. -- Acts 3:13-26; Romans 10:9; 14:4; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Hebrews 12:23.

More to be added later, God willing.

Acts 7:55-59 - Stephen Saw God's Glory

Acts 7:55 - But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Acts 7:56 - and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
Acts 7:57 - But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
Acts 7:58 - They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 7:59 -They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"  - World English.

It is sometimes claimed that in these verses, the alleged three persons of the alleged Trinity are seen.

 One states:

All three persons of the Trinity are present in this narrative, although God mainly functions as a reference point for Jesus. Jesus is shown as having divine standing, the ability to receive souls and forgive sins. The Holy Spirit reveals divine visions to those who are faithful.

The real truth is that throughout Acts 7, the word "God" refers to only one person. He is not presented as being three persons, nor is Jesus presented as being his God, Jehovah. No scripture presents Jesus' God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Isaiah 61:1,2; Micah 5:4; Acts 3:13-26; Ephesians 1:3), as being more than one person, nor does any scripture present Jesus as being his God, Jehovah.

The scripture does not say that Stephen actually saw God, since no man can see God (John 1:18; 1 John 4:12), but he did, evidently by means of a vision or some other form of revelation, see the glory of God. 

Since Jesus is nowhere in the Bible depicted as being the "one God" of whom are all, and since Paul distinguishes Jesus from the "one God" of whom are all by telling us that Jesus is the "one Lord" through whom are all,  (1 Corinthians 8:6) the default reasoning should be that Jesus is not Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who is the "one God" of whom are all.

Jesus receives authority to forgive sins from his God, Jehovah. -- Micah 5:4; Matthew 9:8.

Jesus receives his divine standing in heaven from his God, Jehovah. -- Micah 5:4; Psalm 110:1; Acts 2:33; 5:31; Ephesians 1:3,17-23; Philippians 2:9-11.

Indeed, all that Jesus says and does is not of himself, but is from his God, Jehovah. The one person who is God in Acts 7:55 performs His work through Jesus. -- Isaiah 11:2,3; 61:1,2; Micah 5:4; Acts 17:22-30; 1 Corinthians 8:6, As Jesus said, "I can of myself do nothing." -- John 5:30.

Jesus' God is the source of life to us, but the only way we can be reconciled to Jesus' God is through Jesus and his sacrificial death. -- John 14:6; Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18; Colossians 1:21,22.

As the instrument of his God, Jesus has given to us the words of life from his God and Father. -- Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Isaiah 61:1,2; Micah 5:4; John 1:18; 3:34; 5:19; 6:63; 7:16,28; 8:26,42; 12:44-50; 14:10,24; 17:2,3,6; Acts 3:13-26; 1 John 5:20.

As with all scriptures often presented to support the triune God concept, that concept has to be added to and read into what is actually stated in acts 7:55-59.

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Revelation 10:6 - He Who Created

Is Jesus presented in Revelation 10:5 as being the Creator?

Revelation 10:5 - The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,
Revelation 10:6 - and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it.

Revelation 10:6 is sometimes presented as proof that Jesus is the Creator and that Jesus is God Almighty.

Actually, Jesus is not mentioned anywhere in Revelation 10. It should be obvious, however, that He by whom the angel swears is not Jesus, but rather it is the God and Father of Jesus. -- Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3.

What some appear to think, however, is that the voice from heaven spoken of in Revelation 10:4 is the voice of Jesus (Revelation 1:17-19) and then they would associate the One by whom the angel swears to be Jesus, the voice from heaven. There are two suppositions required for this claim: 1) One would have to assume that "the voice" of Revelation 10:4 is Jesus of Revelation 1:17-19, and 2) one would have to assume the angel is referring back to that "voice" as being the One "who lives forever and ever" of verse 6. Jesus, of course, now that he has been raised from the dead, dies no more, and thus he does live forever. 

Some, however, claim that the "strong angel" of Revelation 10:1-7 is Jesus. If this is so, then Jesus was swearing by someone who is not himself. Obviously, that one by whom he would be swearing is Jehovah, his God (Isaiah 61:1,2; Micah 5:4), the One spoken of in Nehemiah 9:6 and Psalm 148:1-7.

What do not find in anywhere in Revelation 10 (or anywhere else in the Bible) is the idea that God is more than one person. Nor do we find any idea that Jesus is his own God and Father, as some claim. Such ideas have to be added to and read into what is stated. Since Jehovah is depicted as being the God of Jesus (Isaiah 61:1,2; Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3), and since Jesus is not the "one God" of whom are all (1 Corinthians 8:6), the default reasoning should be that Jesus is not his God, Jehovah.

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