Onegod, Part Six

PART SIX-WHO IS SPEAKING Now that we have covered the Old Testament, what does the New Testament have to say? Notice Matthew 3:13-16 that tells of Jesus Christ coming to John the Baptist to set the example of being baptized. But notice Matthew 3:17, New International Version: “And a voice from heaven said, “This is my son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’” Who else could have uttered this but the Father God? This God was in heaven on his throne at the time of John baptizing Jesus Christ. But remember Jesus Christ was “EMMANUEL-God with us. So Jesus Christ was God as a human being on the earth. Isn’t this clear enough? Even at the time Jesus Christ was on this earth there was two that were God: the Father God and Jesus Christ-EMMANUEL. Of course, Jesus Christ was no longer spirit because he was not the “Word” anymore (John 1:1). After Jesus Christ was resurrected from his grave he again became spirit (1 Cor. 15:44). And according to John 20:28 he is God. The status of the Father did not change through any of this. The Father still was and is God. Now the status of Jesus Christ as God did not change either from John 20:28 to today. If it did, the Bible does not say this at all. What happened that supposedly changed Jesus Christ from being God in John 20:28 to today? How can Jesus Christ stop being God all of the sudden? The teaching that Jesus Christ only was God is not Biblical. The last scriptures to be looked at are found in the book of Hebrews. Notice Hebrews 1:1-2, NIV: “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.” First, who is “God” that spoke through the prophets? Reading further tells us this God is the Father. But remember the prophets did not know the Father. And the Father was not the one who did the actual speaking so prevalent in

the Old Testament. So if the God in verse 1 is the Father, but did not do the actual speaking, who did? The answer is found in verse 2. The end of verse 2 says God the Father made the universe by the Son. But the one who did the actual creating and speaking had not yet become the Son. Paul is talking about who Jesus Christ was before he was the Son. And who was Jesus Christ? See: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made” (John 1:1, 3). Jesus Christ was the “Word” and was God. The Father created all things through this spirit that was God called the Word. But the Father not only did the creating through the Word, any messages he wanted to convey to his people with actual speech he also did through the Word. For instance, Exodus 20 where “God” actually speaks, this God is not the Father but the Word. Other names for this Word are “the Lord thy God” (Ex. 20:1), and “I AM” (Ex. 3:14). When looking at Hebrews 1:1 there can not be any confusion in thinking the God mentioned is the only God there is because he alone did the speaking. Hebrews 1:2 with John 1:1, 3 show this is simply not the case. So the God in Hebrews 1 who will be quoted in the rest of the verses or who is talked about is the Father. This has to be understood before going on. In verses 6-7 the Father talks about the Son and the angels. However, read carefully verse 8, New American Bible: “But of the Son he (the Father) says, ‘Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom.’” Hebrews 1:8 is not talking about the “Word.” It says exactly what it says. God the Father calls the Son, Jesus Christ, “O God.” How can the Father be God and the Son be God, but yet the teaching there is only one God be true? Hebrews 1:8 plainly reveals this teaching is in error. The Apostle Paul is quoting Psalm 45:6. But this does not change what is being said: that the Son (Heb. 1:8) is God. Read also Psalm 45:7. The God called in Psalm 45:7 “God, thy God” or Jesus Christ’s personal God, is the Father. Paul quoted this in Hebrews 1:9. Getting back to John 20:17 we see

Jesus Christ calling the Father “my God.” Again, these verses reveal there is not just one spirit called God, let alone just one spirit speaking that is God. There is two spirits called God and two spirits that each speak called God. The Father speaks very few times in the whole Bible. The Word and the Word that became Jesus Christ speak the most in the whole Bible. In the light of this, some can teach there is only one God, that even does all the speaking, but the Holy Bible teaches differently. Just teaching something only for the sake of teaching it gives no reason for any that honestly study it to believe it. The facts reveal what is to be believed. But there are no facts to support the teaching there is only one God. And there are no facts to support the teaching Jesus Christ only was God. Other scriptures to read concerning which God is speaking are Matthew 17:1-5, John 17:1-5, and 2 Peter 1:17. The next part will be the last part about two spirits that are called God. And it will deal with just that. To be able to understand there are truly two spirits called God, there has to be a distinction of the scriptures concerning this. The fact is that not every scripture talks about the same spirit being called God.