You have to love these attempts at "GOTCHA" challenges when someone attempts to refute the Holy Spirit of God that inspired the Holy Scriptures. There is an assumption there is only one passage of scripture that deals with the truth that Jesus is sitting at the right of the Father in heaven (Hebrews 10:12)............but, (Acts 2explains in detail that Jesus is fulfilling the prophecy of Joel in having Jesus ascend to heaven on king David's throne to set in rule of spiritual Jerusalem..aka, the kingdom of God, the church given to Jesus by the Father (Matthew 16, 28:18-20), as both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36), as prophesied in the old testament, i.e, The Law and the Prophets.
Simplicity as in Occam's Razor should be used to prohibit the warrantless pursuit of chasing rabbits down a hole that has many exists and is futile in the end, it begins with a logical fallacy and simply circles around logic and reason without success. Jesus Christ stated it best, eventually you become the blind attempting to lead the blind, "Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel." -- Matthew 23:24
The scriptures are recorded by inspiration of God...i.e, the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit of God, literally meaning, the breath of God. (2 Tim. 3:16-17). There is no private interpretation of the Holy Scriptures (2 Peter 1:20).......the scriptures self interpret regardless of translation as the context and subject matter remain intact in any verbatim translation (even if there is a single mistranslated word, the proper word becomes obvious by its surrounding content and context........its truth that God reveals not the method of delivery. Why so simple? God is not the author of confusion (1 Cor. 14:33).....that would be Satan, the god of this world's department and forte. (2 Cor. 4:4)
1. Both the O.T. and N.T. agree that God is ONE. (Deut. 6:4, Eph. 4:4-6). 2. The fact that God is one is established in the Holy Scriptures. Example: Malachi 2:10 explains, "Have we not one Father? Has not one God created us?"
3. These truthful statements make some claim that God does not consist as 3 entities with one common purpose. They claim there is no evidence in the scriptures to suggest that God has more than 1 personality.
4. This is not a truthful conclusion based upon the Holy Scriptures, regardless of how anyone attempts to cherry pick certain words and phrases away from the content and context of the whole chapter and verse..........they strain on a gnat and then swallow a camel.
5. Where is the evidence that the Messiah was predicted to come to earth and be called a Son of God and be called God at the same time? The first bit of evidence that reveals the Godhead as more than one entity is found in (Genesis 1:26-27), "Then God said, LET "US" MAKE MAN IN "OUR" IMAGE........" This one verse cannot be used alone to prove the "Multiplicity" of God......but it does exist, and it is not based upon the Royal Use of us or our........ Most importantly, the N.T agrees with Genesis 1. (John 1) states that Jesus existed as God before He came to earth to dwell among humanity, Jesus was with God and was God. (John 1:14) This suggests "Multiplicity of Personalities".
6. Thus, the concept of oneness can mean either 1 of 2 things. (A.) Either there is no plurality with God, or.......(B.) there is some plurality with the God of creation, as both testaments agree........we are created by One God, which can or cannot exist as separate but equal entities that are distinct but share a common goal such as A family is considered ONE FAMILY with different members but with a shared singular goal....or God does indeed consist of 3 family members, the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit.
7. There is evidence that God exists as 3 distinct members, The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit with a common oneness of total agreement in purpose and goal. Jesus/Messiah is referred to as The Son, Father and God at the same time in (Isaiah 9:6), speaking of the Messiah, the scripture declares that the coming Child/Messiah would be called "MIGHTY GOD". In (John 4:25), Jesus is speaking to a woman at the well......who states, "I know the Messiah is coming...." and in the next verse (vs 26), Jesus claims to be the Messiah, "I am He who speaks to you........" Again both testaments agree.........the Messiah will come in the form of a Son, and shall be God incarnate, spoken of directly as the equal to the Father. (Isaiah 9:6, John 1:14, Phil. 2:6)
8. Jesus the Son is worthy of worship. It is written in the O.T. that only God is to be worshiped as referenced by Jesus (Matt. 4:1). On numerous occasions, the scripture show that Jesus is being worshiped as God (Matthew 14:33)
9. O.T. the Messiah will be worshiped as God by Jew and gentile with the majority of Israel rejecting the Messiah
(Isa. 49:7, 53:1-3, Zech. 11:4-14)
10th and last point. Jesus the Son is equated with God (Jehovah). In the O.T scripture, the angels who stood around the throne and worshiped God. In Isaiah 6:3, its clear that Isaiah is having a vision from God with the same term for God/Jehovah used in verse 5. Forward to the N.T we find the Apostle John (John 12:38) in his gospel account referencing Isaiah 6:9-10 when he charges the Jews, "Jesus..........has done so many sings before them, and they did not believe........"
If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and swims like a duck...............its neither a gnat nor a camel.
