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The Scriptures teach that Jesus is the supernaturally conceived, virgin-born, sinless, human Son of God; Savior, redeemer, Messiah, fore-ordained ruler of this planet for the coming 1000 years, and the only way to God, who never claimed to be “God.”

Click to edit Master title style Jesus denied being God (Matt. 19:17) Jesus denied being God (Matt. 19:17)

Matthew 19:17(KJV) 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Matthew 19:17(KJV) 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Click to edit Master title style Jesus denied making himself equal with God with these words, “I said I am the Son of God” (John 10:36) Jesus denied making himself equal with God with these words, “I said I am the Son of God” (John 10:36)

John 10:36 (NASB) 36 do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? John 10:36 (NASB) 36 do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

Click to edit Master title style Jesus said plainly that the Father is “the only true God” (John 17:3). Jesus said plainly that the Father is “the only true God” (John 17:3).

John 17:3 (NASB) 3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3 (NASB) 3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Click to edit Master title style Jesus said, “my Father is greater than I” (John 14:28),

John 14:28 (NASB) 28 You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. John 14:28 (NASB) 28 You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

Click to edit Master title style Jesus said, only the Father knows the day and hour of my return (Mark 13:32), Jesus said, only the Father knows the day and hour of my return (Mark 13:32),

Mark 13:32 (NASB) 32 But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. Mark 13:32 (NASB) 32 But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Click to edit Master title style Jesus said, my Father will decide who sits on my right hand and on my left in my own kingdom, that “is not mine to give” (Matt. 20:23). Jesus said, my Father will decide who sits on my right hand and on my left in my own kingdom, that “is not mine to give” (Matt. 20:23).

Matthew 20:23 (NASB) 23 He said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.” Matthew 20:23 (NASB) 23 He said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

Click to edit Master title style Jesus claimed the Father as his God just as the Father is our God (Matt. 27:46; John 20:17; Rev. 3:12). Jesus claimed the Father as his God just as the Father is our God (Matt. 27:46; John 20:17; Rev. 3:12).

Revelation 3:12 (NASB) 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. Revelation 3:12 (NASB) 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

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Click to edit Master title style The Influence of A Pagan Named Plato

There is not one verse of Scripture that says that God is “three” of anything! Not “three co-equal, co-eternal persons,” “one God in three persons,” “three persons of one essence” or “three manifestations of one God.” The terms “Trinity,” “Triune,” “Blessed Trinity,” “Holy Trinity,” “God the Son,” “God the Holy Spirit,” “God incarnate,” “God in flesh,” “two natures,” and “the Deity of Christ” are not biblical terminology.

Their use is a sure ticket to a misunderstanding of who God is, and the serious error of robbing our Father of His glory as the one and only Most High God! Their use is a sure ticket to a misunderstanding of who God is, and the serious error of robbing our Father of His glory as the one and only Most High God!

How did Christianity fall into this mistaken view of God? The shocking answer to that question is, we followed a blind guide, the pagan philosopher Plato. How did Christianity fall into this mistaken view of God? The shocking answer to that question is, we followed a blind guide, the pagan philosopher Plato.

It is an indisputable fact of history that Plato was teaching a doctrine of the Trinity in his Academy in Athens, Greece, 375 years before the birth of Jesus Messiah.The ancient Greeks even had a city named Hagia Triada (Holy Trinity).

Click to edit Master title style The very educated apostle Paul knew how insidious this Greek philosophy is and warned against it strongly in Colossians 2:8.

So how did Christianity fall into this mistaken view of God? The shocking answer to that question is, we followed a blind guide, the pagan philosopher Plato. So how did Christianity fall into this mistaken view of God? The shocking answer to that question is, we followed a blind guide, the pagan philosopher Plato.

Colossians 2:8 “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8 “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”

According to the noted 20 th century historian Will Durant, Plato had a weird fascination with triangles and the numeral three. According to the noted 20 th century historian Will Durant, Plato had a weird fascination with triangles and the numeral three.

Trinitarian scholar Millard Erickson says in his work, God In Three Persons: “We have observed that the specific meta-physical vehicle used to express the classical doctrine of the Trinity as originally formulated was a Greek metaphysics.... Trinitarian scholar Millard Erickson says in his work, God In Three Persons: “We have observed that the specific meta-physical vehicle used to express the classical doctrine of the Trinity as originally formulated was a Greek metaphysics....

While it is customary to assume that the major philosophical influence on the Greek [church] fathers was Plato and the Stoics, Durant believes the influence of Aristotle should not be overlooked” (p. 211, 259). While it is customary to assume that the major philosophical influence on the Greek [church] fathers was Plato and the Stoics, Durant believes the influence of Aristotle should not be overlooked” (p. 211, 259).

Paul also knew that after his departure the church would be devastated by false teaching. He gave the following serious warning to the elders of the church at Ephesus (and us): Paul also knew that after his departure the church would be devastated by false teaching. He gave the following serious warning to the elders of the church at Ephesus (and us):

“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears” (Acts 20:29-31). “For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears” (Acts 20:29-31).

Click to edit Master title style Proof That I John 5:7 Is a Later Insertion.