Jesus and His God

Connected with the idea that Jesus is Jehovah (Yahweh) is the assumption that Jesus is the Creator. (By " the Creator " is meant the title often given to God -- the Supreme Being -- as being the Source of creation.) Scriptures often cited as proof that Jesus is the Creator are John 1:3; Colossians 1:16,17, and sometimes Hebrews 1:3,10,11. The claim is that these verses prove that Jesus is "the Creator", and hence that Jesus is Jehovah, the Supreme Being, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Exodus 3:15; Acts 3:13) Additionally, Isaiah 44:24 is often cited as proof that Jehovah was alone at creation; thus, if Jesus was at creation, Jesus must have been Jehovah.  Actually, there is nothing in any of the above verses that identifies Jesus as the Creator -- the source of creation. The word “creator” is never used of Jesus in the Bible. The thought that Jesus is "the Creator" has to be imagined, assumed, added to, and read into the scriptures. Jesus himself...

Matthew 1:23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us." -- World English . See, the virgin will become pregnant, and they will name Him Immanuel , which is translated "God is with us." -- Matthew 1:23,  Holman Christian Standard Bible  version  The above scripture is often quoted by trinitarians without any explanation as to how this verse  is supposed to mean that Jesus is God or a person of "God".  This verse is often referred to as saying " Jesus is God with us ." Actually, Matthew 1:23 does not say "Jesus is God with us", nor is any such thought found anywhere in the Bible. There is definitely nothing in Matthew 1:23 that says that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is three persons, and that Jesus is a person of Jehovah. Rather it says that they -- those who believe in him -- will call the one whom Jehovah an...