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There is only One Person Who Is A True God

CherubRam

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There is only One God

Trinitarianism has never been a belief in Judaism. Trinitarianism was introduced into Christianity by Gnostic Pagans.
There is only one person who is the only true God, and that is Yahwah.

Joshua 22:22
“The One Mighty God, Yahwah! The One Mighty God, Yahwah! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to Yahwah, do not spare us this day.

Psalm 50:1
The One Mighty God, Yahwah, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets.

Malachi 2:10
Do we not all have one Father ? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?

Malachi 2:15
Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

Romans 3:30
since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

1 Corinthians 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Messiah Yahshua, for whom all things came and through whom we live.

Ephesians 4:6
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Messiah Yahshua,…

James 2:19
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
 
There is not one verse in the entire Bible that clearly or directly states that God is only one person, an absolute unity, and many verses that imply otherwise.

All the verses you have given are verses about monotheism only, not the nature of God.
 
The Greatest Commandment

Mark 12:28-32

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: Yahwah our God, Yahwah is one. 30 Love Yahwah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.
 
The Greatest Commandment

Mark 12:28-32

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: Yahwah our God, Yahwah is one. 30 Love Yahwah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.
Yes, statements of monotheism, nothing more.
 
There is not one verse in the entire Bible that clearly or directly states that God is only one person, an absolute unity, and many verses that imply otherwise.

All the verses you have given are verses about monotheism only, not the nature of God.


Only Yahwah is God


Exodus 20:3.
"You shall have no other [gods / elohiyms] before me.

Elohiym means "God of beings," except when referring to other gods; then elohiym means "god-s of beings."


Deuteronomy 4:35.
You were shown these things so that you might know that [the LORD / Yahwah] is [God / Elohiym]; besides Him there is no other.


Deuteronomy 4:39.
Acknowledge and take to heart this day that [the LORD / Yahwah] is [God / Elohiym] in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.


Deuteronomy 5:7.
"You shall have no other [gods / elohiyms] before me.


Deuteronomy 6:4.
Hear, O Israel: [The Lord / Yahwah] our [God / Elohiym], [the LORD / Yahwah] is [one / only.]


1 Kings 8:60.
So that all the peoples of the earth may know that [the LORD /Yahwah] is [God / Elohiym] and that there is no other.


Isaiah 42:8.
"I am [the LORD / Yahwah]; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to idols.


Isaiah 43:10.
"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD (Yahwah), "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no [god / God] (el / El) was formed, nor will there be one after me.


Isaiah 44:8.
Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any [Eloah / God above] besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."

If there is no other Rock, then Peter is not the foundation of the congregation that Yahshua was speaking of. There are many places in scripture where Yahwah is called the Rock. The disciples would have been well aware of that fact.

Matthew 16:18. 18
And I tell you that you are Peter, [and / but] on [this / that] Rock I will build...



Isaiah 45:5.
I am [the LORD / Yahwah], and there is no other; apart from me there is no [God / Elohiym].
6. so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting men may know there is none besides me. I am [the LORD / Yahwah], and there is no other.


Isaiah 45:14.

This is what [the LORD / Yahwah] says: "The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans— they will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you, coming over to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you, saying, 'Surely [God / El] is with you, and there is no other; there is no other [god / God (Elohiym).' "


Isaiah 45:18.
For this is what [the LORD / Yahwah] says: He who created the heavens, He is [God / Elohiym]; He who fashioned and made the earth, He founded it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: He says: "I am [the LORD / Yahwah], and there is no other.

Since Yahwah created the world to be inhabited and not empty, that means there will be people living on Earth during the reign of Christ.


Isaiah 45:22.
"Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am [God / El], and there is no other.


Isaiah 46:9.
Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am [God / El], and there is no other; I am [God / Elohiym], and there is none like me.


Joel 2:27.
Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am [the LORD / Yahwah] your [God / Elohiym], and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed.


The Greatest Commandment


Mark 12:28.

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus (Yahshua) had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"

29"The most important one," answered Jesus (Yahshua), "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, [the Lord / Yahwah] our [God / Elohiym], [the Lord / Yahwah] is [one (only).


Mark 12:32. "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that [God / Yahwah],is [one (only) and there is no other but Him.


John 14:28. "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you love me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.


Yahshua says the Father is greater than him. That would mean that they are not equally the same.

The correct spelling and pronouncing of God's name as Yahwah, is based on the fact that the Proto-Semitic did not use the letter “e” as a vowel. Yahwah is the trans-literal into English.

The Only True God

2 Chronicles 15:3
For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.

Isaiah 65:16
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

Jeremiah 10:10
But [the Lord / Yahwah] is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.



Yahshua said this about God.

John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and [Jesus / Yahshua] Christ, whom you have sent.

1 Thessalonians 1:9
for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
 


Only Yahwah is God
Of course, I'm not saying otherwise.

Exodus 20:3.
"You shall have no other [gods / elohiyms] before me.

Elohiym means "God of beings," except when referring to other gods; then elohiym means "god-s of beings."


Deuteronomy 4:35.
You were shown these things so that you might know that [the LORD / Yahwah] is [God / Elohiym]; besides Him there is no other.


...


Deuteronomy 6:4.
Hear, O Israel: [The Lord / Yahwah] our [God / Elohiym], [the LORD / Yahwah] is [one / only.]


...


Isaiah 42:8.
"I am [the LORD / Yahwah]; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to idols.


Isaiah 43:10.
"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD (Yahwah), "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no [god / God] (el / El) was formed, nor will there be one after me.


Isaiah 44:8.
Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any [Eloah / God above] besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."

If there is no other Rock, then Peter is not the foundation of the congregation that Yahshua was speaking of. There are many places in scripture where Yahwah is called the Rock. The disciples would have been well aware of that fact.

Matthew 16:18. 18
And I tell you that you are Peter, [and / but] on [this / that] Rock I will build...



Isaiah 45:5.
I am [the LORD / Yahwah], and there is no other; apart from me there is no [God / Elohiym].
6. so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting men may know there is none besides me. I am [the LORD / Yahwah], and there is no other.


...


Joel 2:27.
Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am [the LORD / Yahwah] your [God / Elohiym], and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed.
All verses are supporting monotheism only and are in no way proof that God is an absolute unity.

The Greatest Commandment


Mark 12:28.

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus (Yahshua) had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"

29"The most important one," answered Jesus (Yahshua), "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, [the Lord / Yahwah] our [God / Elohiym], [the Lord / Yahwah] is [one (only).


Mark 12:32. "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that [God / Yahwah],is [one (only) and there is no other but Him.
Yes, again, these verses only support monotheism and state nothing about the nature of God.

John 14:28. "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you love me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.


Yahshua says the Father is greater than him. That would mean that they are not equally the same.
"Difference in function does not indicate inferiority of nature" (James R. White). As God in human flesh, the Son humbled himself and took on the form of a servant, to live in obedience to the Father for the salvation of humans and the redemption of creation (Phil 2:5-8). To use this verse as a proof-text to suggest that Jesus cannot be God, is to divorce it from its immediate context, the greater context of John, and the greater context of the rest of the Bible.

Let's look at the verse more closely. Does "greater" mean that the Father is a greater or higher being than Jesus? If it does, then the words are meaningless. Why should have the disciples rejoiced if that was the case? If Jesus was going back to where he came from, to the position he had prior to becoming human, that would be reason to rejoice. Why? Because he was going back to his position of glory with the Father, as the Son and being equal to him.

Look at the claims of Jesus:

Joh 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

Joh 5:17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
Joh 5:18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

Joh 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Joh 6:62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? (ESV)

Joh 8:23 He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
Joh 8:24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

(Note also that Jesus is here claiming to be the I Am, and that believing that he is is necessary for salvation.)

Joh 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Joh 16:27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
Joh 16:28 I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
Joh 16:29 His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!
Joh 16:30 Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.” (ESV)

Joh 10:30 I and the Father are one.”
Joh 10:31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
Joh 10:32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”
Joh 10:33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”

Not only does Jesus claim equality with God, he says he came from heaven and into the world, which is exactly what John says in John 1:1-14.

Here it is interesting to note that you quoted Isa 42:8:

Isa 42:8 I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. (ESV)

And then looking at what Jesus said:

Joh 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Joh 17:4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
Joh 17:5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
...
Joh 17:24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. (ESV)

Yahweh doesn't give his glory with any other, yet Jesus says he shared the Father's glory before creation (again supporting John 1:1-3).

The correct spelling and pronouncing of God's name as Yahwah, is based on the fact that the Proto-Semitic did not use the letter “e” as a vowel. Yahwah is the trans-literal into English.
Which is not relevant to anything and doesn't really matter when it's a transliteration.

The Only True God

2 Chronicles 15:3
For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.

Isaiah 65:16
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

Jeremiah 10:10
But [the Lord / Yahwah] is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
Right, but again, these are only verses about monotheism, nothing more.

Yahshua said this about God.

John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and [Jesus / Yahshua] Christ, whom you have sent.

1 Thessalonians 1:9
for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
Again, context matters, including that Jesus was the Son of God in human flesh. You are pitting Scripture against Scripture rather than trying to make sense of two things--the humanity of Jesus and the deity of Jesus.

No Trinitarian denies that there is only one God or that Jesus was truly man, but there are a number of other things that Jesus says that we need to take into account, as I have shown above.
 
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