Jesus and His God

Galatians 3:20 - Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one. Some evidently see in this verse that God is being said to be the mediator, and that, since Jesus is the mediator, they evidently are reading into the scripture that Jesus is God. The context here shows that this is related to God's promise to Abraham for a seed. -- Galatians 3:14,18,19; Genesis 12:2,3; 22:18. Actually, "God" here is presented as being only one person, the same one person who is the "one God" in 1 Corinthians 8:6. "God" in Galatians 3:20 is the same one person who is the "only true God" in John 17:1,3. It is the same one person who is the "the Lord Jehovah" of Isaiah 61:1, ELOHIM of Isaiah 61:1 and Micah 5:4, who anointed and sent the Messiah.  God is one, and he bound only himself to the promises of that covenant, thus he is the only party bound in the covenant of promise that God concluded with Abraham and his seed. God gave the promise u...

1 Timothy 2:5 - For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Timothy 2:6 - Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. -- King James Version. 1 Timothy 2:5 heis gar theos heis kai mesitees theou kai anthrwpwn ONE FOR GOD, ONE ALSO MEDIATOR OF GOD AND OF MEN 1520 1063 2316 1520 2532 3316 2316 2532 0444 anthrwpos christos ieesous MAN CHRIST JESUS, 0444 5547 2424 1 Timothy 2:6 ho dous heauton antilutron huper THE (ONE) HAVING GIVEN HIMSELF CORRESPONDING RANSOM OVER 3588 1325 1438 0487 5228\ pantwn to marturion kairois idiois ALL (ONES), THE WITNESS TO APPOINTED TIMES OWN; 3956 3588 3142 2540 2398 -- Westcott & Hort Interlinear. Our trinitarian neighbors often claim that in order to be mediator,  Jesus had to be God (meaning the Most High Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob). The reasoning appears to be associated with the latter part of 1 Timothy 2:6 which continues on into verse 6, identifying Jesus as the one wh...