Jesus and His God

Was There a Triune God at Jesus' Baptism?

Matthew 3:1-3

Nothing here says that Jesus is Jehovah for whom the people were being told to prepare the way. John the Baptist was the one foretold to deliver this message to the children of Israel, which he did by preaching repentance to Jehovah. See our study: The Sent Messenger and the Message

Matthew 3:16,17

Matthew 4:7,10

Jesus was not saying that he is Jehovah, the God of Israel. He certainly wasn't saying that he is Jehovah, the God of Satan.

Did Jesus Claim that He Was the Covenant God of Satan?
Jesus Received Worship

Matthew 12:25

Many like to imagine and assume that because Jesus knew their thoughts that this means that Jesus is God Almighty. There is nothing, however, in the scriptures that says that God cannot give to his son the ability to know what others are thinking, not unless God's son is God Almighty. Isaiah 11:1-3 indicates that Jesus has this special ability because of Jehovah's spirit being upon him. In the context, Jesus speaks of doing works by means of the Spirit of his God. -- Matthew 12:28.

Matthew 14:33

Nothing in this scripture says that those in the boat thought that they were bowing before the Almighty Jehovah. Those in the boat bowed before Jesus, not as being God (the Supreme Being), but as the son of God, the one whom God anointed and sent. -- Isaiah 61:1,2; John 8:42; 17:1,3; Galatians 4:6; 1 John 4:9,10.

See our studies:
The Worship Given to Jesus

Matthew 18:20

Many read into Jesus' words recorded in this scripture that Jesus was claiming to be omnipresent, present everywhere, an attribute attributed only to God Almighty. Thus, it is claimed that Jesus is God Almighty. God has certainly exalted Jesus to a bodily glory that surely includes the ability to be present in more than one place. **** scriptures need to be added. Such would be needed for Jesus to do the work God has given him to do. Nothing in this means that we need to imagine and assume that Jesus is God Almighty.

Matthew 21:9
{Matthew 21:9} The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of Jehovah! Hosanna in the highest!" -- RLIV.

Nothing in this verse says that the people thought Jesus was Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. These people recognized Jesus as being the one who was to come in the name of Jehovah; they were not claiming that Jesus was Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. -- Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Psalm 118:26.

Jesus did indeed come in the name of his God and Father (Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3); he did not come in his own name. -- John 5:43.

Matthew 22:43-45

It is claimed that here David calls Jesus "God". (Who Says Jesus Christ Is God?) David certainly does not call Jesus "God". The word "God" does not even appear in these verses. David's "Lord" (Jesus) is distinguished from being Jehovah, since David's Lord sits at the right hand of Jehovah.
See:
The Lord of David
Did David Claim the Messiah is Jehovah?

Matthew 23:34

Matthew 23:34 - Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them will you kill and crucify; and some of them will you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city. -- World English.

There is definitely nothing in the verse wherein Jesus presents himself as being the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jesus could be referring to himself in his prehuman condition as being the Word of his God, or he could be quoting his God.

In verse 39, instead of claiming to be Jehovah, he refers to himself as the one coming in the name of Jehovah. -- Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Psalm 118:26; Isaiah 61:1,2.

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Matthew 23:37

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

Again, we do find anything stated in which Jesus claims to be Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Matthew 24:36

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Matthew 27:18

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Matthew 27:46

Matthew 28:9

Nothing in this verse identifies Jesus as being the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The scripture does not say that the disciples thought that they were bowing before God Almighty, but rather that they were bowing before the son of Jehovah of Hosts, to whom Jehovah of Hosts gives the throne of David. -- Isaiah 9:6,7; Luke 1:32.

See our studies:
The Worship Given to Jesus

Matthew 28:18

See our study: All Power

Matthew 28:19

Mark 2:5-11

Links to Studies Related to John 1:1

Luke 1:17

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Luke 1:35

See our study: Did Gabriel Reveal a Triune God?

Luke 1:37

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Luke 2:11

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Luke 6:8

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John 1:1

John 1:1 does not identify the Logos as being the "one God" of 1 Corinthians 8:6, but rather it identifies the Logos as having been with the "one God" of 1 Corinthians 8:6, as verified by John 17:1,3,5. Common sense should tell us that the Greek word often transliterated as THEOS is not being used of the Logos in the same sense as the "one God, of whom are all." The problem is that most trinitarians like to ignore the Biblical usage of "god" as applied to others than the Supreme Being or false gods, at least when it comes to any application of such to Jesus.

John 1:3

Links to Studies Related to John 1:3

John 1:10-12

John 1:14

He who was THEOS (mighty one) of John 1:1 was made flesh; he was no longer with the mighty celestial, spiritual glory that he had before he became flesh. He now had only the terrestrial bodily glory of flesh, a glory that is a little lower than that of the angels. -- 1 Corinthians 15:39-41; Hebrews 2:9; 5:7.

Was Jesus Preaching Trinity?

John 2:24,25

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John 3:16, 17

Only one person is being presented as being "God" and Jesus is being depicted as having been sent by that that one person. -- John 3:17,34; 4:34; 17:1,3.

God Gave His Son

John 4:24

Jesus here speaks, not of himself as being "God", but rather he speaks of his Father as God. Only one person is presented as being "God".
God is a Spirit
Ananias Lied to God, Not to Men

John 5:17,18
The Jewish Leaders' "Cause" to Kill Jesus

John 5:23

Jesus did not say that one should honor him as being God Almighty, but that one should honor him because his God and Father had given him the authority to judge and raise the dead, etc. Similar usage: Luke 6:36; John 13:34.
Related Studies

John 5:17,18

The Jewish Leaders' "Cause" to Kill Jesus

Unpacking John 5:18

Were the Jews Right?

The Real Reason the Jews Sought to Kill Jesus

John 5:19

One would really have to twist Jesus' words around to make them mean the opposite of what he was saying in order to "see" in this verse that Jesus was calling himself "God". In reality, he was denying that he was the "only true God" (John 17:1,3), the "one God" of whom are all. -- 1 Corinthians 8:6.

See our study: The Jewish Leaders' "Cause" to Kill Jesus

John 5:20

There is definitely nothing in this verse in which Jesus calls himself "God", or equal to God. Jesus here attributes his God and Father (Ephesians 1:3) as being the source of the works that Jesus does. -- Micah 5:4.

John 5:21

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John 5:22

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John 5:23

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John 5:24

John 5:25

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John 5:26

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John 6:28,29

See the study: Believe in Him Whom God Has Sent

John 6:35

See the study: The "I am" Statements of Jesus

John 6:38

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John 6:63

See the study: "Was Jesus Claiming that God's Spirit is a Person of God?"

John 8:44 - Like God a Satanic lie?

John 8:24

See the study: The "I am" Statements of Jesus

John 8:58,59

John 9:35-38

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John 10:28,29

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John 10:30-39

John 14:5-11
Seeing the Father in Jesus

Hath Seen the Father

Immanuel Means "God is With Us"

The Father in His Son

John 14:13,14
Jesus as an Object of Prayer

John 14:16
The Comforter - Is It a Person?

John 14:23

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John 14:26
The Comforter - Is It a Person?

John 15:26

John 17:3

Jesus' Glory Before the World Existed

John 17:5

Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed. -- World English

"Your" and "you" is the only true God of John 17:3. Jesus does not say that he was God Almighty, nor does he say that he had a glory that was equal to the only true God.

Here, Jesus asks to receive the glory that he once had when he was with the only true God before the world existed. I have no reason to think otherwise.

Jesus evidently did not have this glory at the time that he said this prayer, else why would he ask his God and Father for this glory? And since he speaks of this as a glory that he once had before the world of mankind was made, then he was asking for a glory that he once had to be given to him again.

Jesus is Not Most High

Does God Share His Glory as Most High With Jesus?

John 17:11

See the study: God's Angel Before Israel

John 20:17

John 20:28

There is definitely no indication that Thomas thought that the body of flesh and bones standing before him was God Almighty.
See our studies:
Did Thomas Refer to Jesus as the Supreme Being?

Was Thomas Wrong?
The God of Me

John 20:31

John 21:17

cts 2:16-21

See our study: Did Peter Apply God’s Holy Name To Jesus?

Acts 2:22

See our study: Jesus of Nazareth and God

Acts 3:15

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Acts 4:12

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Acts 10:34-36

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Acts 13:2

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Acts 17:29 - "Godhead" (King James Version) in this verse refers to only one person, and Jesus is distinguished from this "Godhead" in Acts 17:31. See our study, "Godhead" in the King James Version.

Acts 20:28

Some ancient manuscripts do not have the word "God" in this verse, but rather "Lord", which could mean that "Lord" was changed to "God" by copyists. Regardless, common sense, as well as scripture, tells us that God is a spirit being and that his bodily substance has no blood. Thus, scripturally, we should conclude that the blood is that which is from God, as given to His Son. It was the "one God" of 1 Corinthians 8:6 who prepared the body of His Son (Hebrews 10:10), so that His Son carried God's own blood. Thus, some translations read similar to this:

Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son. — New Revised Standard Version.

See our study: Whose Blood?

Romans 1:20 -- There is definitely nothing in this scripture that presents the God of Abraham as being more than one person, or three persons, or that Jesus is a person of Jehovah. See our study, "Godhead" in the King James Version.

Romans 5:8

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Romans 6:23

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Romans 8:10

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Romans 9:5

See:
God , Who is Over All

Romans 10:9

Only one person is being spoken of here as "God". Jesus is not spoken of as "God", but rather Jesus is the one whom "God" raised from the dead.

Romans 14:10,11

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1 Corinthians 8:6

Jesus is definitely not called "God" in this verse. Indeed, he is definitely shown not to be the "one God" of/from whom are all, since Jesus is declared to be the "one Lord" through whom are all. If he is the "one God" of/from whom are all, then he cannot be the "one Lord" through whom are all, and vice versa.

1 Corinthians 10:4

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1 Corinthians 10:13

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2 Corinthians 5:17-19

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2 Corinthians 4:3-5

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2 Corinthians 5:21

Only one person is presented being God in this verse. That one person is the One who prepared a body for Jesus to offer for sin. -- Hebrews 10:5,10,12.

2 Corinthians 13:14

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Galatians 2:20

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Ephesians 3:20

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Ephesians 4:7,8

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Philippians 2:5-11

This is similar to "image of God". "God" refers to only one person, and Jesus was, before he became flesh, with the "external appearance," or likeness, of His God, having a spiritual bodily glory and might similar to that of his God and Father. In the verses following, this is contrasted with days of his flesh (Hebrews 5:7), when he has the external appearance of being a man with sinful flesh, as though subjected in servitude under a bondage of corruption, as mankind descended from Adam who are condemned in Adam, and under the bondage of corruption.
Related Studies

Philippians 3:20,21

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Colossians 1:15
We do not find Jesus referred to as "God", but rather we find that Jesus is in this verse referred to as the "image of the invisible" and the firstborn of God's creatures. "God" is presented as being one person, and Jesus is the image of that one person. Nothing here says that his being an image of the one person who is God means that Jesus is a person of the "one God" of whom he is the image. Actually, common sense should tell us that this distinguishes Jesus from being "God" of whom he is the image. Again, one has to ignore what is actually there in favor of creating many assumptions so as to force the idea that Jesus is God Almighty or that he is a person of the "one God" into the verse.

Related Studies

Colossians 1:16,17

Colossians 1:27

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Colossians 2:8-10
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1 Timothy 1:16,17
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1 Timothy 2:3,4

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1 Timothy 2:5,6

Only the God and Father of Jesus (Ephesians 1:3) is identified as being "God" in these verses. Jesus is identified as the man who gave himself as a ransom for all.
Related Studies

1 Timothy 3:16

This is one of the scriptures that has several different readings in the ancient manuscripts. Regardless, none of the variants present Jesus as being the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and definitely not as being a person of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The trinitarian ideas have to be added beyond what is written, and read into what is written.

1 Timothy 6:14-16

See our study: "Without Spot"

Titus 1:3

See our study: Besides Jehovah, There is No Savior

Titus 2:10

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Titus 2:13

This scripture could be rendered in English in different ways, depending on how the translator thinks it should be rendered; some appear to call Jesus "God" here, while others do not. There is definitely nothing in any translation that I know of that identifies Jesus as being the "one God" of 1 Corinthians, or that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is more than one person, or that Jesus is a person of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. More than likely, "the great God" is being applied to Jesus' God, not to Jesus. Jesus is, of course, our Great Mighty One or our Great Strength in the exalted position that God has given to Jesus. This does not make him God Almighty, since in all that God has made subject to Jesus (Ephesians 1:3,17-23), the Most High is excluded. -- 1 Corinthians 15:27.

Hebrews 1:1-3

Nothing here presents Jesus as being "God". "God" here refers to only one person in Hebrews 1:1, and Jesus is distinguished from being that "God" in verses 2 and 3.

Is Jesus the Creator?
Psalm 102-25-27 and Hebrews 1:10-12

Hebrews 1:6

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Hebrews 1:8,9
We do find the word THEOS may be applied to both Jesus and his God in these verses. Some claim that THEOS is not applied to Jesus in Hebrews 1:8. Assuming that THEOS is applied to the Jesus, the default reasoning should be that the Father was not referring to His Son as being "God" who spoke through the prophets (Hebrews 1:1,2), the "one God" of whom are all (1 Corinthians 8:6), the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Acts 3:13) Again, one has to ignore Biblical usage of the words often translated as GOD so as to make it appear that the Supreme Being of Hebrews 1:1 was speaking of another Supreme Being, who are both the same one Supreme Being. One has to imagine and assume that the scripture says a lot of things it does not say in order to force the trinitarian assumptions into what is said. See our studies:
The Hebraic Usage of the Titles for "God"
What Does Hebrews 1 Say about "God"?
Why Is Jesus Called Elohim and Theos?
True God Vs. False God = False Dichotomy

Hebrews 1:10-12

See our studies:
Does Jehovah Speak to Jehovah?

Hebrews 1:13

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Hebrews 12:2

"God" does not refer to Jesus, but Jesus now sits as the right hand of his God in heaven.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Remains the Same

James 2:19

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1 Peter 2:24

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2 Peter 1:1

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1 John 1:1-3

That Which Was From the Beginning

1 John 3:16

The King James Version adds the words "of God" into this verse, which has given many the thought that God Almighty laid down his life for us. Most translations do add "of God" to what John wrote, nor should they. The love of God was surely made known through the offering of his Son for us. Nothing in this means that we need to imagine and assume that it was Almighty God Himself who laid down his life for us, etc., and thus add all the many assumptions necessary to force the triune God dogma in what is stated. See our study: Did God Almighty Lay Down His Life For Us?

1 John 5:11

That Which Was From the Beginning

1 John 5:20

Common sense tells us that it is "him who is true" -- not the Son of "him who is true" -- who is being identified as "the true God." Common sense would not seek to think beyond what is written so as to imagine and assume that John was speaking of a triune God who is three persons and that Jesus is a person of that triune God. See our study: This is the True God

Jude 1:25

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Revelation 1:1

"God" in this verse is not Jesus, but God is identified as One from whom Jesus receives the revelation. Jesus is nowhere in the verse presented as being "God". Revelation 1:1 speaks of Jesus' God who gives the revelation to Jesus. God is presented as only one person, and Jesus is distinguished from being "God" who gives the revelation to Jesus. See the Study: God, Who Was, Is, and Is to Come

Revelation 1:4
Alpha and Omega, The First and the Last

Russell on "He Who Was, Is, and Is to Come"

Who Is, Was, To Come - Jesus?

Revelation 1:7-9

Alpha and Omega, The First and the Last

Is Jehovah or Jesus Being Quoted?
Russell on "He Who Was, Is, and Is to Come"

The God of Jesus Speaks
God, Who Was, Is, and Is To Come
The Unipersonal God Speaks

Who Is, Was, To Come - Jesus?

Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last
The First and Last

Revelation 1:17,18

The First and the Last Was Dead

Revelation 1:10
Alpha and Omega, The First and the Last

Revelation 1:11
Alpha and Omega, The First and the Last

Revelation 2:1

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Revelation 2:8

Alpha and Omega, The First and the Last

The First and Last

Jesus Received Worship
The First and the Last Was Dead

Revelation 2:9

Revelation 2:23
He Who Searches Hearts
Jesus' Ability to Read Hearts

Revelation 2:26,27

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Revelation 3:9

Jesus' Beginning
Is Jesus the Beginning, Ruler or Beginner of Creation?

Revelation 3:14
Did Jesus Have a Beginning?

Revelation 3:20

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Revelation 4:8
Is Jehovah or Jesus Being Quoted?

Russell on "He Who Was, Is, and Is to Come"

Revelation 4:11

Revelation 5:1
Russell on "He Who Was, Is, and Is to Come"

Revelation 5:8,9

Revelation 5:11,12

Does Jesus' Holiness Mean that He is Jehovah?

Revelation 7:10

In Revelation 7:10, "God" is presented as being only one person, and the Lamb is distinguished from being that one person. "God" is the one person identified as He who is, was and is to come who sits on the throne (Revelation 1:4,8; 4:2-10; 5:1,6,7,11,13; 6:16; 7:9-11,15,17; 8:3; 12:5,18; 14:3,5; 16:17; 19:4,5; 20:11; 21:5; 22:1,3), while Jesus is identified as being the slain lamb who receives the book from Him who is sitting on the throne.

Jesus, however, is also pictured as sitting on the throne with his God. (Revelation 1:6; 3:12,21) We have no reason to think that Jesus' sitting on the throne of his God means that Jesus is God any more than Solomon's being said to sit "on the throne of Jehovah" (1 Chronicles 29:23, American Standard Version) would mean that Solomon is Jehovah.

Jehovah sent many saviors who acted in his name and with his power and authority. Additionally, in the kingdom age, we read that "And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's." (Obadiah 1:21) Such saviors were/will not be “besides (apart from)” (Isaiah 43:11) Jehovah, since they were sent by Jehovah, and thus Jehovah was working through, by means of, these servants whom he sent.

Likewise, we read concerning Jesus, "God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him." (1 John 4:9) "God ... sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins." (1 John 4:10) "God was, by means of Christ. reconciling the world to himself." (2 Corinthians 5:19) This agrees with what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 8:6, that all is of God, through Jesus.

Revelation 15:4

Revelation 17:14
Lord of Lords and King of Kings

Revelation 19:16
Lord of Lords and King of Kings

God, Who Sits on the Throne

Revelation 20:12
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Revelation 21:1-8
Alpha and Omega, The First and the Last

Revelation 22:3

His Servants - Is This Proof That Jesus is Jehovah?