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@BrotherDThomas
Oh this is so much fun!!!
Why are you throwing in the Nicene Creed that contradicts the Trinity Doctrine?! The Creed states with specificity that Jesus is ONLY THE SON of our serial killer Hebrew God Yahweh! "We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father," like the following passage agrees with when Jesus stated: “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46). Get it? Obviously Jesus isn't talking to Himself as the Hebrew God Yahweh in the this passage, so therefore the Nicene Creed and the Matthew 27:46 shows Jesus to be only the Son of Yahweh!
Is that a serious question? LOL! The creed is a statement of the Christian Doctrine of the Trinity. If you do not understand this - then there is NO point in discussing anything.
This now turns our understanding of Jesus being Yahweh God upside down! Another passage precluding that Jesus is only the Son of Yahweh: “The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees the Father doing, because whatever the Father does, the Son does also.” (John 5:19) In this passage Jesus declares that he is following a pattern laid down by Yahweh the Father. He is expressing obedience to Yahweh the Father. If Jesus was Yahweh the Father, he wouldn’t be stating this verse in the first place to Himself!
Again, wow! Jesus is not the Father. I have said that on numerous occasions. This verse confirms what I have been saying. Yes, it contradicts you - because you wanted Jesus to be the Trinity and the same as the Father. Jesus is not the Father. Thanks for confirming it.
Yet in another passage showing Jesus is ONLY the Son of our Hebrew God Yahweh: “By myself, I can do nothing: I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who has sent me.” (John 5:30) Jesus says, "by myself", I can do nothing. This blatantly indicates that Jesus is relying upon his own relationship separately with Yahweh where He is not trying to “please himself” but rather is seeking to “please the one who sent Him” which is the separate Father! Therefore, Jesus is not Yahweh the Father in this passage!!!!
Oh dear, is the truth dawning on you or are you setting me up for the sake of your own agenda? LOL!
Now, as if the above passages aren't damaging enough in showing Jesus is NOT God, then we have this one to add: “The Father is greater than I.” (John 14:28) This is another strong statement by Jesus showing that makes a distinction between Himself and Yahweh God, whereas Jesus is now NOT Yahweh in a Triune Doctrine in this passage, but only the son!
Sorry. Don't go further than the text. They demonstrate that Jesus is not the Father. They don't demonstrate that Jesus is not God. Remember the Triune God is not just the Father, but the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. One God - three persons. The Father is God. But so is the Son. To make a distinction between the two is legitimate because the bible does - but to jump in logic and say therefore Jesus is not God, not true.
Again, how can Jesus be God when He states this: “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the Son, but the Father only. “ (Matthew 24:36) Here Jesus makes a distinction between what he knows and what the Father knows, of which if Jesus was the Father God of the Trinity, he would already know!
Because Jesus was stating this in his capacity as human. As fully man, he had emptied himself of his divine attributes as it were. He became a man fully so that he was able to represent man as a man and not as God. Hence his earlier statements relying on the Father. Each of the miracles we see Jesus do - is not because he is God. But rather that as a man he relied upon the Spirit of God. When Christians attempt to use any of Jesus' miracles as proof of his divinity, they are incorrect and not understanding the doctrine of Jesus, fully human. This is why the apostles were able to do miracles as well - not because they were divine - but because God the Holy Spirit worked in them. It is why Jesus said, I of myself can do nothing. Jesus was fully GOD, no question about that. But his walk on earth was as fully human - and this really is the amazing part of the story.
There is always someone that ruins the party, and in this case, YOU TRADESECRET ruin our faith in Jesus being Yahweh God incarnate by bringing forth the Nicene Creed! The hard part now is the fact that if you still want to believe Jesus is our God, then these passages herein CONTRADICT this alleged fact, therefore, how can we base our Christian faith upon CONTRADICTIONS?! Remember this adage? Where there are contradictions, there're falsehoods, where there're falsehoods, there are LIES!
I am sorry your party has been ruined - but I am pleased that you will stop with the lies about Jesus being Trinity. Jesus is God and nothing you have quoted has changed that and none of your comments argued the point - so nothing has changed from my perspective. From your perspective - hopefully you can move on from saying Jesus is a murderous psychopath and are able to distinguish between the Father and the Son and will inform your discussions from now on.