But by saying that Jesus is not the only true God, nor Lord God, you are taking the Unitarian position!
We both agree that there is only ONE God, and if Jesus Christ is not God in any way, then what is he? And what is the Holy Spirit if not God's Spirit?
I'm not trying to put words into your mouth, I'm simply trying to follow through the logic of your position.
As I said before, when I pray, I pray to my Father in heaven. I do so because I have the Spirit of Christ within me, and that enables me to claim the rights of a son. When I pray, I pray to my Father in heaven, in the name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Christ is head [in heaven] of the spiritual body [on earth] to which I belong, and he resides at the right hand of my Father in heaven [as one].
[But by saying that Jesus is not the only true God, nor Lord God, you are taking the Unitarian position!]
Absolutely!! Why would anyone say the Jesus is God, when scripture tells us that there is only one God and there are no other Gods beside that God......
I
saiah 45 "I am the LORD, and there is none else,
there is no God beside me:"
"For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited:
I am the LORD; and there is none else."
So did Isaiah say to himself, that's wrong!! There are God's beside our God, and that is God the Son and God the Holy Spirit!! I dont think he did. I dont think he told people that it is a "mystery", like the Trinitarians do today. Isaiah and everyone else fully understand who their God was. They also knew that there would be a
"coming" Messiah, not one that was already here..... That was pre-existing somewhere else. Nobody was ever told that. But, ... that's the false doctrines of today!!
[We both agree that there is only ONE God, and if Jesus Christ is not God in any way, then what is he? And what is the Holy Spirit if not God's Spirit?]
Then what is he?...... Dont you mean,
who is he? Why would you say "what" is he..... Scripture tells us that he was born a man. Like us, except God was his father. But still a man, same nature as us (Heb 2). The Messiah had to be like us. If he was a God, it wouldnt have worked in any way. Just because God was his father, doesnt automactically make him a God. God's spirit created a mortal living being in Mary. Not a God... but a man.
It was critical in God's plan of Redemption that whoever was going to redeem Mankind from sin and death, also shared our nature. But why? So the answer is simple.......
It was through a
"man" that sin was first conceived and came into the world. Sin had to be condemned by a "man", in the very place in which it first took hold. So it was that in being "
born of a woman" that '
he... himself... likewise...
took part of the same". He was sent "i
n the likeness of sinful flesh" and was "
tempted in all points as we are" but never sinned.
Sin was conceieved in the flesh. It had to be condemned in the flesh by the righteous posserssor of that flesh, as a basis for our reconciliation to God.
There was only one way that this could happen. Not only was he born of a woman, but he was also the Son of God. He was his Father's son and had to battle daily with the same battle between flesh and the spirit, but it was the spirit that overcame!!! But how? How was that possible? "
God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself". (2 Cor 5)
The Messiah had to be like us to "
overcome" sin. He was tempted in all ways just like us. If Jesus was God or
a God, then what would be the point of this?
Plus, the Holy Spirit IS God's spirit. Look what happened to Mary. Jesus was conceived by the HS. If the HS was a really person, they the HS would be his father.