JOHN 1:1

THE WORD WAS GOD

There has been much confusion and controversy among believers as to what this verse in John chapter one, verse one actually means.

Now the purpose of this study is NOT to be DOGMATIC with WHICH interpretation of this verse is the exact precise meaning, because there are several interpretations which can be gleamed.

However, the purpose or the intent of this study is to inspire and encourage you, the reader, to ponder and deeply consider what I have to say in order for you to arrive at the TRUTH of God's word and not hold to that which only SEEMS to be true to you, as I did for many years, based on the reasoning of, “this is the way that I have always been taught, so therefore it MUST be true", because this is simply not always the case.

Please do not ever come to think that you are ABOVE ever being able to be deceived, for this is a lie from the enemy to deceive you already. Each and every one of us is capable of being deceived by false doctrine. And it may be that what you have been TAUGHT is in fact a deception of the enemy that is keeping you from walking in the full potential that God has intended for you to walk.

And it is this FULL potential that I am desiring for us all to walk in before our Lord God Almighty and his Son Jesus. I will explain why false doctrine hinders us from walking in our full potential that Almighty God himself desires for us further on in this study of God's word on John 1:1, but let me ask you five questions before we actually begin this study in God's word that require very simple YES or NO answers.

#1. Do you believe in the non trinitarian DOCTRINE of ONENESS, sometimes called Modalism, which states that Almighty God manifests himself as the Father, as being the Son, and as being the Holy Spirit, but all three are ONE and the SAME BEING?

YES______________ or NO______________

#2. Do you believe that Jesus IS God THE FATHER?

YES______________ or NO______________

#3. Do you believe in the “DOCTRINE” of the TRINITY, which states that God exists in three different and distinct persons or beings, but yet there is only ONE God. And these three persons are: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. And that these three different and distinct persons are CO-EQUAL, which means that they are EQUAL in every way where none are less than or greater than the other. And that these three different and distinct persons are CO-ETERNAL, which means that each person is SELF EXISTING and each person existed ETERNALLY in that each person has no beginning nor has no ending?

YES______________ or NO______________

#4. Do you believe that Jesus IS THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God?

YES______________ or NO______________

#5. Do you have DOUBTS about BOTH of these DOCTRINES mentioned above, the doctrine of ONENESS or Modalism, and the doctrine of the TRINITY?

YES______________ or NO_______________

Now then, let us begin this study by reading John 1:1 and then I will ask you five more questions about what you, the reader, have come to believe at this point in your life before you continue reading this study.

John 1:1 from the King James Version K.J.V., which says,

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Now I want to ask you five very simple questions and I will do my best to ask these questions in such a way that you need only to reply with a simple YES or NO answer.

#6. Do you believe that the phrase here in this verse “...the Word WAS God.”means that the Word IS God?

YES____________ or NO____________

#7. If you believe that the Word IS God, then do you believe this means that the Word IS God, in that, the Word IS ONE and the SAME BEING as Almighty God?

YES____________ or NO_____________

#8. Do you believe that Jesus IS the Word?

YES____________ or NO_____________

#9. Do you believe that Jesus IS THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God?

YES____________ or NO_____________

#10. Do you believe that Jesus IS THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God, as in, Jesus IS ONE and the SAME BEING as THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God?

YES____________ or NO______________

Now if you have answered YES to any one of these 10 questions, then I want you to know that you have come to the right place. You are here either because you want to learn MORE about the particular doctrine that you have come to believe so that you can DEFEND your belief, OR you are here because you are have DOUBTS or questions about what you have been taught.

  OR if you answered YES to question #5. Do you have DOUBTS about BOTH of these DOCTRINES, the doctrine of ONENESS or Modalism, and the doctrine of the TRINITY?, then again you too have come to the right place as well.

This study was written for you, ALL of you, but especially for those of you, who is STRUGGLING with these man made “DOCTRINES” that CONTRADICT the WHOLE word of Almighty God.

You see, my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, the TRUTH of the matter is that BOTH of these man made “DOCTRINES” are not ENTIRELY SOUND BIBLICAL teachings whether as yet you realize it or not.

When ever I come across a CONTROVERSIAL subject or topic in the Church, then I go to the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, to search out the TRUTH for MYSELF. Often I find that a LITTLE from BOTH sides of the argument are TRUE, but NEITHER side is 100% BIBLICAL. Quite often the TRUTH is somewhere right down the middle.

So then, what I do myself is that I keep what is BIBLICAL SOUND teaching and then I REJECT the rest as being FALSE teaching. Now this sounds like the BIBLICAL way to ME, and the way that it should be, but these “DOGMATIC DOCTRINES” of these different denominations will not tolerate anyone speaking CONTRARY to what is written in their STATEMENTS of faith. They say that you can have your own opinion, but when you try to share your opinion you are asked not to share your opinion anymore in the church.

Here is one of the points that I want to make. When I was in the world BEFORE someone shared their FAITH with me I had my OWN opinion and belief about God. And when someone came to share their belief to me that DIFFERED from what I believed, then I would simply tell them you believe what you want to believe and I will believe the way I want to believe. But is this TRULY the right spirit to have?

  You see, this one girl who I would someday marry, kept telling me, “You are WRONG Mark!”, and it was this absolute assurance that she had in her beliefs that caused me to take a second look at what I had come to believe. Now if she would have said to me, "let us agree to disagree", then most likely I would NOT be a Christian today, because I was DECEIVED by the enemy and I was not believing the TRUTH at that time in my life.

You see I was raised in the Catholic faith and long story made short I walked away from the church, because of “DOCTRINE”. It all started when my family went camping with another family and when the week ended the other family asked me if I would like to stay another week with them. Well of course I said YES!, but my mother spoke up and said NO and that I could NOT miss church on Sunday. This other family even said that they would take me to church on Sunday, but my mom still said NO. When I questioned her as to why, she told me that I could not just go to ANY church, but rather I had to go to a Catholic church. I then asked why I could not just MISS this ONE Sunday and go camping. That is when the law came down and I should be very ashamed for even thinking such a thing.

This one incident put a seed of bitterness in me toward God. I could not understand WHY I could not miss church even ONE Sunday to go camping. It is not like camping is a SIN. I found out later from my mom that to WILLING miss church on Sunday was a MORTAL SIN in the “DOCTRINE” of the Catholic church. And a MORTAL sin will send you straight to hell if you did not repent and do penance.

Anyway by the time I was ready to graduate High school I was not only NOT going to church, but I had also came to believe that that was NO God. And all because of man made “DOCTRINES” that were dogmatically taught never to be questioned.

I have seen over and over how these DOGMATIC DOCTRINES of men have driven people AWAY from God and have also seen how they have even kept some from coming TO God.

My own brother-in-law once told me that he had no problem believing in God, but that he could NOT comprehend this teaching of three different distinct persons in one God and yet not three different Gods, but rather just one God. The three is one and the one in three trinity doctrine.  I felt helpless to help him because I myself could not understand this confusing doctrine either. I could only tell him what others told me, It is one of those MYSTERIES of God that we may never know or fully understand and we just have to ACCEPT it by FAITH.”

Well this explanation was not good enough for him to come to God and then one day I found that it was no longer good enough for me either to the point that I came to even deny that God existed. I STRUGGLED with this doctrine of the trinity and others dogmatic teachings of the church seemingly all ALONE, because I did not know anyone who had doubts about what they were being taught. No one ever told me to go to the word of God and search it out for myself. You see, at that time in my life the Catholic church did not promote read the Bible for yourself.

So then it is for this very reason of people who are STRUGGLING with these “DOCTRINES”of men that I write these studies in God's word. I myself have found PEACE and a true understanding of the one true and only ALMIGHTY God of the Bible.

Now the reason that I asked you those 10 questions at the beginning is so that you can see on paper that if you answered YES to question #6. Do you believe that the phrase here in this verse “...the Word WAS God.”means that the Word IS God?

YES____________ or NO____________ , then you must follow through and answer the next question, and then the next question and so on, until you either said YES that you believe that Jesus is the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God or you said YES that you believe that Jesus is the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God, in that, Jesus is ONE and the SAME BEING as the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God.

Well if you believe EITHER of these things, then you believe that Jesus IS the FATHER whether you realize it or not.

Let me state this another way. If you believe that the phrase “...the Word WAS God.”here in this verse in John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH God, and the Word WAS God.”means that the Word IS God, IN THAT, you believe that JESUS IS GOD. And you believe that Jesus IS GOD, IN THAT you believe that Jesus IS THE ALMIGHTY God, then ACCORDING to the word of TRUTH , the Holy Bible, you are saying the you believe that Jesus IS THE FATHER whether you realize that you are saying this or not.

In other words, if you say that you believe that Jesus IS THE ALMIGHTY God, then ACCORDING to the word of TRUTH, the WHOLE word of God, then you are in fact saying that Jesus IS the FATHER, whether you realize that you are saying this or not, because the Bible clearly teaches us that Almighty God is the FATHER. So then, if you say that you believe in the man made "DOCTRINE" of the trinity, AND you say that you believe that John 1:1 is saying that Jesus is THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God, then you are CONTRADICTING yourself, because to say the John 1:1 means that JESUS is the one true and only Almighty God CONTRADICTS the “DOCTRINE” of the TRINITY, because to say that Jesus is the one true and only Almighty God is to say that Jesus IS the FATHER whether you realize it or not, because the BIBLE, the word of TRUTH clearly and plainly states that God is the FATHER.

So then once again, if you say that you believe the “DOCTRINE”of the trinity, and you ALSO say that you believe that Jesus IS the ALMIGHTY God, then you are CONTRADICTING yourself whether you realize it or not.

You may be thinking HOW am I contradicting myself? Well ACCORDING to the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, the very WORD of Almighty God himself CLEARLY, PLAINLY and in SIMPLICITY states that to US who believe there is ONE GOD, THE FATHER, AND one LORD Jesus Christ.

Please read 1 Corinthians 8:6, which clearly and plainly teaches us that the FATHER alone is THE Almighty God, and that Jesus is the one LORD.

“But to US there is but ONE GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we in him; AND one LORD Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”

So then, to ME, I CLEARLY see TWO different and DISTINCT persons in this verse of scripture. I see the ONE GOD, who is described as being THE FATHER, AND I see ONE LORD who we are plainly told is JESUS CHRIST. TWO different persons, but yet we are CLEARLY and PLAINLY told that the ONE GOD is THE FATHER and the one LORD is Jesus Christ.

So then, HOW do we reconcile or get this verse to AGREE with other verses like John 1:1 that SEEMS to be saying that JESUS IS GOD? Please notice that I said John 1:1 SEEMS to be saying that Jesus IS GOD and NOT that John 1:1 is ACTUALLY saying the JESUS is God. You see, it is the INTERPRETATION of John 1:1 and some other verses that are MADE to say that Jesus IS God. And then it is ASSUMED that since the word of TRUTH teaches that there is but ONE God and Jesus IS God, then Jesus MUST without fail BE THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God.

So then, if you draw these conclusions that Jesus IS God and therefore must be the one true and ONLY ALMIGHTY God based on INCORRECT INTERPRETATIONS and FALSE ASSUMPTIONS, then in truth you are actually saying that you believe the Jesus IS THE FATHER whether you realize it or not. And if you say that Jesus IS THE FATHER, whether you realize it or not, then you CANNOT continue to say that you believe in the “DOCTRINE” of the trinity. In other words, if you say that you believe that Jesus IS THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God, then in essence you are truly saying that you believe in the ONENESS DOCTRINE which teaches that Jesus IS THE FATHER, which definitely CONTRADICTS the clear word of God that teaches us that we must have BOTH the Father AND the SON in order to have eternal life.

However, if John 1:1 is CORRECTLY interpreted as it is written in the ORIGINAL Greek language, then you will CLEARLY see that there is NO article with the SECOND Greek word “THEOS” as there is with the FIRST Greek word “THEOS”.

Let me explain what I mean for those of you that may be hearing this for the first time. Suppose I have TWO pencils, but they are DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT pencils, in that one pencil has a #1 lead in it, and the other pencil has a #2 lead in it. BOTH of them are PENCILS, but yet they are TWO DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT pencils, in that they are not one and the SAME pencil. Now if I ask you to please hand me THE pencil that has the #1 lead in it, then I am asking specifically for THE pencil with the #1 lead in it. But if I ask you to hand me A pencil, then either pencil would be correct.

In other words, if John 1:1 were CORRECTLY translated as it is CLEARLY stated in the Greek with the article on the FIRST word ONLY, then it would read as follows.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH THE GOD, and the Word WAS God.”

Now some will say that I ADDED the word “THE”, but the truth of the matters is that the translator LEFT OUT this DEFINITE article “THE”, because they thought it made better sense to them.

Let us take a look at what the original Greek actually looks like and actually translates word for word.

John 1:1 in the original Greek is as follows:
en arch hn o logoV kai o logoV hn proV ton qeon
kai qeoV hn o logoV

John 1:1 in the original Greek translated word for word is as follows:

"In beginning was THE word and THE word was with THE god and god was THE word."

Please notice that there is NO definite article "THE" before the word "BEGINNING" so therefore this verse does not mean THE beginning, as in before all other beginnings, but rather that this was "A" beginning of many different beginnings.  Also please notice that the definite article "THE" does in fact appear before "LOGOS" which is translated and THE Word. And that the definite article "THE" appears ONLY before the FIRST Greek word "THEOS" which defines the SECOND Greek word "THEOS" to be a DIFFERENT "THEOS" and from the first "THEOS". In other words, there are TWO different "THEOS" be spoken of in John 1:1. Yes BOTH are "THEOS", but only ONE is THE THEOS or THE GOD and the other "THEOS" is "A" theos or "a" god.

Here is the original word for word LITERAL translation from Greek to English where each corresponding Greek word is above the English translation.

en arch hn o logoV kai o logoV hn

In beginning was THE logos and THE logos was

proV ton qeon kai qeoV hn o logoV

with THE god and god was THE logos

Please notice that no one has ever had a PROBLEM with the translators ADDING he definite article THE between the words In and beginning when they translated the Greek to the English “In THE beginning...” EVEN when the definite article “THE” is NOT even IN the ORIGINAL text.

But when some one tries to CORRECTLY translated John 1:1 by simply putting the definite article “THE” in the English translation when it IS in fact IN the ORIGINAL text, then they get ACCUSED of adding to the word of God or changing the word of God.

No I am NOT adding to nor am I changing the word of God, but rather I am just showing you, the reader and seeker of the TRUTH, what the ORIGINAL Greek text ACTUALLY says, when it is literally translated word for word.

Also again please notice that there is NO definite article “THE” before the Greek word “THEOS” in the phrase “...and the Word was God.”

This is WHY some translators CORRECTLY argue that since there is NO definite article “THE” before God was the Word, then the writer is IMPLYING that this is a LESSOR god and NOT THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God. Therefore some translators will ADD the indefinite article “a” and their more correct translation will read as follows:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH GOD, and the Word was a God.”

In opposition to this more correct translation others argue that even if there is NO definite article you just cannot ASSUME that the writer intended for there to be an INDEFINITE article which would then leave NO DOUBT that this Greek word “THEOS” is NOT THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God.

So then, let us NOT ASSUME ANYTHING, but RATHER let us COMPARE scripture with scripture and see what the word of TRUTH itself CLEARLY and PLAINLY teaches us when we closely consider the WHOLE word of Almighty God. In other words, what does the rest of God's word have to say about this second Greek word "THEOS"in John 1:1? Does the rest of God's word AGREE that this second "THEOS" in John 1:1 is "A" god, as in, a "THEOS" that is under and subject to THE "THEOS", the one true and ONLY ALMIGHTY God seeing that there can be only ONE God who is THE ALMIGHTY God.

Please read Hebrews 1:8,9, which is ALMIGHTY God the FATHER HIMSELF speaking these words to his SON Jesus.

“But unto the Son HE (where the word HE is referring to THE Almighty God, the FATHER speaking TO his SON Jesus) says, Your throne, O God (or Your throne O “THEOS”, which can be translated as God OR god), is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom.

9. You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God (referring to THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God THE FATHER still yet speaking to his SON Jesus), EVEN YOUR God, has ANOINTED you with the oil of gladness above you fellows.”

Can you not see my dear brothers and sister in our Lord Jesus the CHRIST, the ANOINTED one OF Almighty God the Father, is a god who is UNDER and SUBJECT to HIS God and Father THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God.

Therefore it is NOT making an ASSUMPTION any longing to put both the definite and indefinite articles in the English translation of John 1:1, because the WHOLE word of God CLEARLY and PLAINLY shows us that Jesus is “A” god who is UNDER and who is SUBJECT to HIS God and Father who ALONE is THE ALMIGHTY God. Please remember what I Corinthians 8:6 clearly and plainly teaches us that to US, speaking of true born again believer, there is but ONE GOD or there is but one ALMIGHTY and most HIGH God who ALONE is the FATHER, AND to us their is also ONE LORD, who is Jesus the CHRIST, the ANOINT ONE of Almighty God.

Here is 1 Corinthians 8:6 again.

“But to US there is but ONE GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we in him; AND one LORD Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”

So then, with the true understanding that the whole word of God clearly teaches us that the FATHER alone is the one true and ONLY Almighty God AND that Jesus his Son is the ONE Lord, then here is John 1:1 the way it should be translated.

“In a beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH THE GOD, and the Word was a God.”

Let's continue this study is God's word by looking at this verse John 1:1 out of context of where it is found first. This is the way those that teach the deity of Jesus and the doctrine of the trinity do, they take it out of the context from where it is found and focus upon this verse alone and apart from the rest of God's word. This means that they do not consider the verses of scripture immediately around the verse in question, both before and after it. And I might add that it also means the the rest God's word is not considered or taken into account to see if there are any contradictions to the WHOLE word of God. I am deliberately taking it out of context to illustrate to you that this verse can be INTERPRETED in ANOTHER way rather than DEMANDING that it means Jesus is FULLY God in the flesh and therefore EQUAL to Almighty God in EVERY way where neither is greater than or less than the other. Or to dogmatically demand that the phrase "the word was God" means that Jesus IS THE ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God. You see, there are OTHER ways that other Greek scholars have translated this verse other than to dogmatically mean that Jesus is THE one true an ONLY ALMIGHTY God.

Here is the verse from John 1:1 taken from the King James Version, which is the version of the Bible that I personally choose to read from for myself, because I feel that the King James translation of the word of God has fewer errors than any other translation of the scriptures as a whole. No translation is without errors. Now I am not saying that the scriptures themselves contain error in their original language, but rather the TRANSLATION of the Holy scriptures contain errors and every translation has its' errors. 

John 1:1 from the K.J.V.,

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Again there are some that teach that this verse is saying that Jesus IS THE Almighty God in the flesh. And their reasoning is this; they say, “this verse plainly says that the Word, which we know is Jesus, because verse 14 says that the Word was made flesh, and we know that the FLESH is speaking of Jesus. So therefore since the FLESH IS Jesus, and the Word IS the FLESH, then the word IS JESUS. So the, if Jesus is the Word and the Word was God, then Jesus IS Almighty God in the flesh. And since there is only ONE God, then Jesus must be the one true and only Almighty God, case closed, end of discussion.

But is this truly what the WHOLE word of Almighty God teaches us? I this truly good sound logical reasoning? Now granted this seems to be a logical deduction. Especially when one focuses on this ONE verse ALONE or with a few other verses APART from the context from which they are found. As well as NOT taking into account the rest of God's word to see if their interpretation contradicts the REST of God's word. You see, one has to step back, closely examine the verse in question by reading the verses around the verse that they are trying to understand and, and then take into account the WHOLE word of God to see if what they come to understand contradicts any other part of God's word. This is the ONLY way we are able to come to the knowledge of the TRUTH.

So then, if you take a closer look at this verse in John 1:1, which is seemingly the most widely used verse that is utilized to teach the doctrine of the deity of Jesus and the doctrine of the trinity, you will find that there are other ways to interpret this verse as well.

For example those that teach the DOCTRINE of "oneness" or Modalism say that this verse means that Jesus IS Almighty God the Father and Almighty God the Father IS Jesus, and that the FATHER and the SON are the ONE and the SAME being or entity and there is no difference between them. In other words, the oneness doctrine teaches that Jesus is just another manifestation of Almighty God the Father in another form, and they base their reasoning on that God cannot stop being God.

However, the DOCTRINE of the trinity clearly teaches the Jesus is NOT Almighty God the Father and that Almighty God the Father is NOT his Son Jesus. 

So then, which teaching is the TRUTH? Is the doctrine of ONENESS the truth? Or is the doctrine of the trinity the truth? Perhaps NEITHER of these doctrines is the TRUTH.

Perhaps there is yet a THIRD interpretation of John 1:1 and the other scriptures that seem to being saying that Jesus IS God?

Now for those of you who are not familiar with what the doctrine of the trinity teaches or what the doctrine of the deity of Jesus actually states, then I will briefly state them for you.

The doctrine of the trinity basically states that there is but one God in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit and these three persons of the trinity are co-equal and co-eternal. Co-equal means that each person of the trinity is EQUAL in ever respect to substance, power and authority to each other. That is God the Son is EQUAL to Almighty God the Father and is also EQUAL to the Holy Spirit and none is less than or more than the other in any way. And co-eternal means that each of the three persons of the trinity is without beginning or end and have always eternally existed, which means that none were created, born, or brought forth. In other words, ACCORDING to the "DOCTRINE" of the trinity Almighty God the Father, Jesus, or God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit have always been IMMORTAL and have always existed for all eternity. In other words, all three persons of the trinity has always existed and are equal in every way where none is less than nor greater than the other.

The doctrine of the deity of Jesus basically states that Jesus is Almighty God in the flesh and that Jesus is FULLY God and fully man at the same time and that Jesus is ONE with the Father, as in, one and the SAME. In other words, Jesus IS God, as in, Jesus IS the one true and only Almighty God, but yet Jesus is NOT the FATHER. That is to say that Jesus is EQUAL to the Father in every way, but that Jesus is not one and the same being as the FATHER. Jesus is Almighty God incarnate, which means that Jesus is Almighty God becoming a human being, but still yet remaining FULLY Almighty God while being made flesh. Thus the statement Jesus is FULLY God and FULLY man at the same time, a MYSTERY, which we may never fully comprehend with our mind, but non the less we must believe with our hearts by faith.

And the doctrine of ONENESS basically states that Jesus is Almighty God the FATHER, as is, they are ONE and the SAME BEING. In other words, God simple manifests himself in the form of the human Jesus,

So then,  the question is, "Are these "DOCTRINES" or the trinity and deity of Jesus, and the doctrine of oneness the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God?" Does the WHOLE word of God in fact teach that Jesus IS Almighty God in the WAY that these "DOCTRINES" of the trinity and the deity of Jesus teach or the one doctrine? Does the whole word of God teach any of these doctrines of man?

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word WAS God.”

Notice that I have emphasized the word “WAS”, which is no different than what those that teach the DOCTRINE of the trinity have done by saying, “Notice that the Bible says that the Word WAS God, so therefore the Word, who we know is Jesus, and Almighty God are ONE and the SAME. For you see, since we know that Jesus IS the Word, then therefore Jesus is Almighty God, because the Bible plainly says that the Word WAS God."

Now no matter how logical this deduction may sound on the surface the INTERPRETATION of this verse in John 1:1 that says, “the Word WAS God” CANNOT possible and accurately mean that Jesus IS Almighty God, as in ONE and the SAME being as Almighty God and EQUAL with the Father in every way as the "DOCTRINE" of the trinity plainly states, because it CONTRADICTS so many other clear passages of scripture. This INTERPRETATION that JESUS is the SAME being as ALMIGHTY God EVEN contradicts their OWN doctrine, which states that Jesus is NOT the Father.

Let me explain to what I mean by this. You see, by their saying in the "DOCTRINE"of the trinity that Jesus IS ALMIGHTY God, then this contradicts their OWN "doctrine", because the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible clearly states that the one true and only ALMIGHTY God is the FATHER. Also to DEMAND that Jesus IS God and EQUAL with Almighty God in EVERY WAY is to say that Almighty God, the Father, is NOT GREATER than his Son Jesus, which also CONTRADICTS the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible.

You see, the Bible PLAINLY teaches us that the ONE TRUE God is Almighty God, the FATHER. Please read 1 Corinthians 8:6 which again clearly identifies the ONE God as being the FATHER and the one Lord and being Jesus Christ or Jesus the ANOINTED ONE of Almighty God the FATHER. The word "CHRIST" means both Messiah and the ANOINTED one of Almighty God.

"But to US there is but ONE God, the FATHER, of whom are all things, and we in him; and ONE Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."

If one were to open their eyes and look, then they would see that the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, CLEARLY and PLAINLY says that the ONE God that we as Christians BELIEVE in is the FATHER. And that the ONE LORD we as Christians believe in is our Lord Jesus the CHRIST, the one whom Almighty God has chosen and ANOINTED to be our savior.

Now let us go back to John 1:1 and open our eyes and take a CLOSER look at what this verse is ACTUALLY saying.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word WAS God.”

Please notice that this verse is saying that the WORD WAS God. And NOT that JESUS WAS God. There is a big difference. If the INTERPRETATION of the WORD or "logos" WAS God is to mean that the "logos" or WORD IS THE God or THE 'theos",as in, the WORD itself IS THE ALMIGHTY God. And you INTERPRET this to mean that since the Word was made flesh is speaking of Jesus, therefore JESUS IS THE ALMIGHTY God, then you would in reality be saying that Jesus IS THE Almighty God, the FATHER, which is what the "oneness" doctrine teaches and this interpretation definitely CONTRADICTS the rest of God's word. In other words, if you truly believe that John 1:1 teaches that Jesus is THE one true and ONLY ALMIGHTY God then your belief would better support the ONENESS doctrine more so than the doctrine of the trinity, because the rest of God's word clearly teaches us that the one true and only ALMIGHTY god is the FATHER alone.

However the whole word of God also teaches us that Jesus is NOT the FATHER so then, let us look at this verse in an entirely different perspective or angle of view, which supports a BIBLICAL TRINITY, but NOT the man made "DOCTRINE" of the trinity as so many in the main stream church widely and DOGMATICALLY teach.

You see, to ME, there is a BIG difference between believing the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, that CLEARLY and PLAINLY teaches us a DISTINCTION between Almighty God the Father and his Son Jesus and what the "DOCTRINE" of the trinity falsely teaches us that the Father and Jesus are ONE in that they are the SAME and EQUAL to each other in EVERY way where neither is GREATER than nor less than the other.

Now I believe in Almighty God, the Father and I believe in Jesus, the Son of Almighty God the Father. And I also believe in the Holy Spirit of Almighty God the Father. I believe in these THREE DISTINCT persons are ONE, in that, they AGREE as ONE, or that they work together as one. I also believe that the Bible clearly teaches us that Jesus is God. However the clear plain and simple word of God does NOT teach us that Jesus is THE ALMIGHTY God. Again there is a BIG difference, which I explain in depth in the study "OUR GOD IS ONE" and "THERE IS BUT ONE GOD".

But for now let us examine this other interpretation by taking a close look at what the word “WAS” means. The dictionary defines the word “WAS” to be the first and third person singular PAST indicative mood of the word “be”. In other words, the Word WAS at one time in the PAST BOTH WITH God, AND also the Word WAS God at one time in the PAST, or in the BEGINNING. This is what the word “WAS” means, the PAST TENSE of the word "BE".

Please understand that I am not DOGMATICALLY saying that this is exactly what this verse means or how I personally believe that this verse should be interpreted. I just want to make you aware that this verse can be interpreted to mean something other than what those that teach the "DOCTRINES" of the trinity and the ONENESS DOCTRINE dogmatically SAY and DEMAND that it means. To ME, and to others as well, there are already too many DOGMATIC doctrines of men in the church that are causing division in the body of Christ. I offer these studies for those who are struggling to believe these man made "DOCTRINES" that to US seem to CONTRADICT the WHOLE word of God.

With that being said let us take a closer look at the WHOLE word of God to PROVE whether or not this teaching that states that "Jesus IS THE Almighty God in the flesh, where Jesus is FULLY God and fully man at the SAME time and EQUAL to Almighty God the Father in EVERY way" is the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God, OR whether this "DOCTRINE" of the trinity is a deceiving lie from the enemy? You see, the DOCTRINE of the trinity is either one or the other, that is to say, it is either the truth or it is a FALSE DOCTRINE. And if it is PROVEN by the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, that Jesus is NOT THE ALMIGHTY God, then the "DOCTRINE" of the trinity is PROVEN to be a FALSE DOCTRINE and therefore must be REJECTED and FALSE TEACHING.

Please be patient and keep in mind that we have not yet placed this verse back into the CONTEXT of were it is found to see which DEDUCTION or reasoning is correct.

First let us skip down to verse 14 of John chapter one, just as those who teach the doctrine of the trinity also do to make their deduction which states, “The Bible says that the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us here in verse 14. And it is certainly obvious that this verse is referring to Jesus. Therefore since the Word WAS God, and the Word was MADE FLESH is speaking about Jesus, then Jesus IS Almighty God in the FLESH, being FULLY God and fully man at the SAME time”.

Here is what John 1:14 says,

“And the Word was MADE flesh, and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only BEGOTTEN of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

Those that teach the doctrine of the trinity SAY that since the Word was God and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us is speaking of Jesus, then Jesus is ALMIGHTY God in the flesh. And therefore FULLY man and yet still FULLY God at the SAME, because how can God stop or cease from being God? Again, a SEEMLY logical deduction, but is this INTERPRETATION CORRECT?

Let us read John 1:14 again,

“And the WORD was MADE FLESH, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory AS OF the only BEGOTTEN of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

Notice that I have again emphasized some words in this verse to get you to come to the knowledge of the TRUTH. At this point I am only going to focus on the word “MADE”. The Word was MADE flesh and dwelt among us. So what does the word “MADE” mean? In the original language the word that is translated as “MADE” is the Greek word “ginomai”, which means MADE, but also means to be, to become, to come into existence, be born.

So then, the Word that WAS WITH Almighty God at some point in the PAST and, then Almighty God sent forth his Word, which was WITH him in the beginning, into the earth and THEN the Word, which Almighty God SENT into the Earth by his angel Gabriel to the virgin Mary then BECAME FLESH.

So then, WHAT  does the simple, plain anc clear word of God say? "And the Word was MADE flesh or the Word BECAME flesh"? In other words, the Word was with God in the beginning and then God spoke forth his Word, and the spoke word of God came into existence in the form of FLESH. That is to say, the Word BECAME or was MADE into EXACTLY what the Bible says it BECAME or was MADE. The Word was MADE or the Word BECAME FLESH and dwelt among us. The WORD came into being or came into EXISTENCE as a human being BORN of a woman. In other words, the Word WAS God, WHEN the Word WAS WITH God in the beginning, but THEN Almighty God SENT his Word into the world, at which time the Word was then was MADE into a human being in the womb of Mary or the Word BECAME FLESH and dwelt among us. In other word's the Word CHANGED it's form and BECAME something ELSE. Jesus IS the MANIFESTATION of God's WORD. The Word came INTO EXISTENCE as a human being where it never existed before. In other words, the Word did NOT always pre-exist AS the HUMAN JESUS or even as the SON of Almighty God from eternity past. The human Jesus AS the SON of Almighty God came into existence at a specific time in history. Please read the study "DID JESUS HAVE A BEGINNING?" for a deeper understanding of what I mean by this.

Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, that Almighty God sent his WORD by his angel Gabriel to a virgin, whose name was Mary, and the angel spoke God's WORD to Mary and said, you shall conceive in your womb and bring forth or bring INTO EXISTENCE a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. At first Mary could not comprehend how this could be seeing she was a virgin, but then AGREED with the WORD of God that the angel spoke unto her and said, be it unto me ACCORDING to your WORD that you have SPOKEN unto me. That is to say, the WORD which Almighty God sent by way of his messenger, the angel Gabriel, to speak in God's behalf to Mary his WORD.

So again for now, let us continue with John 1:1 by keeping it in the ENTIRE context from which it is found WITHOUT skipping over several verses to get to verse 14. Please read John 1:1 all the way through John 1:14 which says,

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,

2. The SAME (referring to the Word) was in the beginning with God.

3. All things were made by him (or by the spoken Word of Almighty God. In other words, it is Almighty God who IS the actual creator of all things and Almighty God CHOSE as the MEANS by which all things are created to be his spoken "logos" or the SPOKEN WORD of Almighty God himself); and without him was not anything made that was made.

4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5. And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

7. The SAME (again referring to the Word and NOT to John as it appears on the surface. And again I am not dogmatically demanding that the word "the SAME" must without fail refer back to the Word and therefore cannot possible be referring to John the Baptist. But rather in the light of the whole word of God, to ME, the word, the SAME better fits when it is referring to the Word as opposed to John. However, I do see that it can be interpreted both ways. You may not agree and that is fine. I am only using this an yet another illustration that Jesus is not the one true and only Almighty God who alone is the Father by showing you that Jesus while being a light is not THE LIGHT and giver of light into the world. Please remember that the SUBJECT of this whole context of scripture is the WORD and not John the Baptist. This is one of the reasons why I keep the word "the SAME to refer to the Word all the way through this passage of scripture. So then the SAME, the Word) came for a WITNESS of the LIGHT,(Almighty God the Father) that all men through him (referring to the SAME, the WITNESS, the WORD, the WORD that was MADE flesh and was GIVEN the name Jesus, through HIM all men) might believe ( might believe in Almighty God the Father, the TRUE Light, which Jesus came to reveal to mankind)

8. He (the SAME, the WITNESS, the Word) was NOT the LIGHT,(speaking of the LIGHT being Almighty God the Father) but was sent to bear WITNESS of that LIGHT. (In other words, Jesus came to show us the Father. Remember that in Revelation Jesus is called the faithful and true WITNESS)

9. That (or that LIGHT which Jesus came to bear WITNESS of ) was the TRUE LIGHT, (In other words, Jesus came to show us the TRUE LIGHT, which is the ONLY TRUE God, Almighty God, the FATHER) which lights every man that comes into the world.

10. He (the SAME, the WITNESS, the Word,) was in the world, and the world was made by him,(or through him) and the world knew him not.

11. But as many as received him,(referring to Jesus and NOT John) to them gave he ( again referring to the SAME, the Word, the WITNESS and NOT John the Baptist gave he to them that received him) power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (referring to the name of Jesus and NOT John the Baptist)

12. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

 Now by skipping verse 6 for just a moment which says, "There was a man sent from God whose name was John", in can be seen that the SAME refers to the Word and NOT to John. You see, the very next word the “SAME” refers to the Word and NOT to John as you will soon see. So let us begin the entire passage of scripture with verse seven with the understanding that the “SAME” is talking about the Word and NOT John as it first appears on the surface by starting out with verse 6.

      “6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John."

“1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,

2. The SAME (referring to the Word) was in the beginning with God.

3. All things were made by him (or by the spoken Word of Almighty God); and without him (speaking of Almighty God, the Father) was not anything made that was made.

4. In him (in Almighty God the Father) was life; and the life was the light of men. (because Almighty God the Father IS light and GAVE the light and LIFE to all)

5. And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

7. The SAME (or the Word) came for a witness, to bear witness of the LIGHT (Almighty God the Father), that all men through him (the witness or the Word, the SAME) might believe (might believe in the FATHER).

8. HE (the SAME, the witness, the Word and NOT John the baptist) was NOT the LIGHT, (referring to Almighty God the Father), BUT was sent to bear witness of that LIGHT. (Jesus came to show us the Father to be the TRUE LIGHT and the TRUE God)

9. That (or which) was the true LIGHT,(again speaking of Almighty God the Father being the TRUE LIGHT) which lights every man that comes into the world.

10. He (the same, the word, the witness, speaking of Jesus and NOT John the baptist) was in the world, and the world was made by him (or through the WORD as the means BY WHICH Almighty God made the world), and the world knew him not.

11. He (the same, the word, the witness, speaking of Jesus and NOT John the baptist) came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12. But as many as received him, to them (all who BELIEVE) he (the SAME, the Word and NOT John) gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:(the name of Jesus)

13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14. And the Word (the SAME) was made flesh (and became the witness, which was NOT the TRUE LIGHT, but the WITNESS that was SENT to bear witness of the TRUE LIGHT which is the Father, Almighty God, the only true God. And the WORD that was MADE flesh, or came into EXISTENCE as a HUMAN BEING and was GIVEN the name Jesus AFTER the Word was MADE flesh), and dwelt among us (as the Son of man), (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only BEGOTTEN of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, that the SUBJECT of this whole passage of scripture is the WORD that was with God in the beginning and then was SENT by Almighty God to be MADE flesh and dwell among us to SHOW us the FATHER the SOURCE of all LIGHT.

Now some may say that the word "SAME"in verse 7 is referring to John the Baptist and NOT Jesus, and say that I am twisting the text to make it fit what I believe. However, if one follows the word "SAME" all the way through the entire CONTEXT this word "SAME in every other instance refers to the Word and NOT to John the Baptist. All the verses that follow also refer to Jesus and NOT John the baptist.

Now again I am not going to DOGMATICALLY demanding that the word "SAME" in verse 7 must without fail refer to the Word and NOT to John the Baptist that it appears to refer to on the surface. I can read this text and see how verse 7 can easily be understood to refer to John the Baptist in verse 6. My main point is that Jesus is NOT the LIGHT, as in, referring to the TRUE LIGHT, which is speaking of Almighty God the FATHER. Yes, Jesus is "A" light sent into the world to bear witness of the TRUE LIGHT, and so are we called a light in the word of God. But this does NOT mean that WE or Jesus is the TRUE LIGHT, as in, the source of all light, but rather that we only bear witness of the true light.

You see, when John 1:1 is kept in the CONTEXT of where it is found, then it is IMPOSSIBLE for this verse to mean that Jesus IS THE ALMIGHTY God, because the Word was SENT BY Almighty God the Father for a WITNESS to bear witness of the LIGHT, the TRUE LIGHT, which is Almighty God the Father. In other words, Jesus did not come to bear witness of HIMSELF, but rather Jesus came to bear witness of Almighty God the Father. Then the very next verse PLAINLY says that this WITNESS which all men through him might believe IN the TRUE LIGHT was NOT the TRUE LIGHT. And then the very next verse says that this LIGHT, which was REVEALED to us by this WITNESS that ALL MEN THROUGH this WITNESS might believe in the TRUE LIGHT, which we know to be Almighty God the FATHER. To ME this is very clear and this passage of scripture is PLAINLY teaching us that Jesus is NOT the TRUE LIGHT, but was "A" light that was SENT into the world to bear WITNESS of the TRUE LIGHT so that ALL MEN who RECEIVED his WITNESS might become the sons of Almighty God, the God and Father of this WITNESS, speaking of JESUS. For you see, it is NOT through the WITNESS of John the Baptist that ALL MEN shall RECEIVE this TRUE LIGHT. But rather it is through the WITNESS of Jesus, the Son of God, that all men shall believe in the one true and only Almighty God the Father.

For FURTHER evidence to support what I am saying please read the word of God in 1 John 1:5 that teaches us that GOD is LIGHT. So with the same kind of logic as used by those that teach the DOCTRINE of the trinity, I propose to you, the reader; since ALMIGHTY GOD is LIGHT, and the witness, the same, the Word, Jesus is NOT the LIGHT, then Jesus is NOT THE ALMIGHTY God. But rather Jesus is God's SON, which Almighty God the Father SENT to bears witness of the LIGHT, the TRUE LIGHT, which is Almighty God the Father. Jesus came to show us the one TRUE God Almighty God the Father. Please read John 17:3 which says,

"And this is life eternal, that they might know YOU (speaking of Almighty God the FATHER) the THE ONLY TRUE God, AND Jesus Christ, whom YOU have SENT."

Now again I believe the Jesus IS God, but I do NOT believe that Jesus is THE ALMIGHTY God as the man made "DOCTRINES" of ONENESS and the TRINITY teach.

You see, the difference between what the "DOCTRINE" of the trinity teaches and what I am teaching is that this deduction of mine does NOT CONTRADICT the word of God in any way. Yes the Bible does say that Jesus is the light of the world, but it ALSO says that WE are the light, but we are NOT the TRUE LIGHT just as Jesus is NOT the TRUE LIGHT, as in, Jesus is NOT THE ALMIGHTY God, who ALONE is the FATHER and the SOURCE of all light. Please read 1 Timothy 6:13-16, which clearly teaches us that Almighty God the Father, who ONLY has IMMORTALITY from all eternity past dwells in the LIGHT which no mortal man can approach or has ever seen nor can ever see.

"I give you charge in the sight of God, who quickens all things (speaking of Almighty God the Father who is the giver of all LIFE), AND before (or AND in the sight of) Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

14. That you keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

15. Which in his times he shall show (referring to the first and second comings of Jesus that Jesus will SHOW), who is the blessed and ONLY Potentate (or sovereign ruler over all), the King of kings , and Lord of lords;

16. Who ONLY has immortality, dwelling in the LIGHT which no man can approach unto; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen."

You see Jesus, the Son of Almighty God the Father did NOT possess IMMORTALITY like Almighty God the FATHER, UNTIL the day that he was GIVE this eternal LIFE to have within himself even as the Father has this immortal life within himself. Please read John 5:26,27 which clearly teaches us that Jesus did NOT ALWAYS possess LIFE within himself, but rather Jesus was GIVEN this immortal life BY his God and Father the one true an only Almighty God whom Jesus came to SHOW us at the ONLY Potentate or sovereign ruler over ALL including over his Son Jesus.

"For AS (or in the same way that) the Father HAS life in himself; (or who ALONE has IMMORTALITY) so has he GIVEN to the Son to HAVE life in himself;

27. And has GIVEN him authority to execute judgment also, BECAUSE he is the Son of MAN."

Please read the study "JESUS THE SON OF MAN" which explains why it was important for Jesus to be a MAN. But for now we just read a moment ago in John 17:3 that to have ETERNAL LIFE we are to KNOW Almighty God the FATHER as the ONLY TRUE God, AND we are to KNOW his SON Jesus whom Almighty God SENT into the world to be our passover LAMB.

The word of God CLEARLY teaches us that we must have BOTH the Father AND the SON in order to be abiding in the doctrine of CHRIST. Please read 2 John verses 5 through 11 which says,

       "And now I BESEECH, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

6. And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

7. For many DECEIVERS are entered into the world, who confess NOT that Jesus Christ is come in the FLESH. This is a DECEIVER and an antichrist. (so the do the "DOCTRINES"of oneness and the trinity TRULY teach that JESUS, the ANOINTED one of Almighty God TRULY came in the FLESH? They SAY that the do, but YET they ALSO say that Jesus is FULLY ALMIGHTY God. Whenever I teach people about HOW to live free from sin I hear from those who teach the doctrine of the trinity that ONLY JESUS can live WITHOUT sin. And WHY do they say this? Because they BELIEVE that Jesus is ALMIGHTY God and ONLY GOD can live WITHOUT sin in their minds because of WHAT they have been TAUGHT.)

8. Look to yourselves, that we LOSE NOT those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.(speaking of ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come)

9. Whosoever transgresses (or SINS), and abides NOT in the DOCTRINE of Christ, has NOT God. He that ABIDES in the DOCTRINE of Christ, he has BOTH the Father AND the Son.

10. If there come ANY unto you, and bring NOT THIS DOCTRINE, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

11. For he that bids him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds."

I think it wise that we should understand WHAT this DOCTRINE of CHRIST is lest we do not receive our full reward of eternal life in the world to come. Remember that the word "CHRIST means not only that Jesus is our Messiah but ALSO that Jesus is ANOINTED with the Holy Spirit of Almighty God the Father.

Acts 2:38 teaches us that Jesus did all the mighty works of healing that he did THROUGH the ANOINTING or the infilling of the Holy Spirit of Almighty God the Father that dwelt IN Jesus.

      "How God (speaking of Almighty God the Father) ANOINTED Jesus of Nazareth WITH the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; FOR (or BECAUSE) God was WITH him."

You see, Jesus did NOT do the mighty works the he did BECAUSE Jesus IS THE ALMIGHTY God in the FLESH, but rather because the Holy Spirit OF Almighty God the Father was WITH his Son Jesus. It was the Holy Spirit of Almighty God DWELLING IN the MAN Jesus that did these mighty works of healing.

And in the SAME WAY this is HOW Jesus as a MAN, a HUMAN BEING in the FLESH just like you and me lived his live WITHOUT SIN. Please read Hebrews 9:14 which says,

      "How much more shall the blood of Christ, WHO (speaking of Jesus the CHRIST or Jesus the ANOINTED one of the Holy Spirit of Almighty God, WHO) THROUGH the eternal Spirit offered himself WITHOUT spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

In other words, I am teaching that the WORD which was WITH Almighty God in the beginning was MADE or BECAME 100% FLESH. The Word WAS Almighty God when the Word was WITH God, but then Almighty God SENT forth his WORD into the world and WORD then BECAME FLESH or was MANIFESTED into a HUMAN BEING. Then Almighty God the Father sent his Holy Spirit to DWELL IN this human being that was given the name Jesus to EMPOWER his Son Jesus to live his WITHOUT SIN and DO the works that his God and Father sent him to do. Then when Jesus did all that Almighty God the Father sent him to do Jesus became OBEDIENT unto death even death on the cross and BECAUSE of his Son's OBEDIENCE Almighty God then HIGHLY EXALTED his Son and GAVE him a NAME that is ABOVE every name so that the angels and mankind will bow their knee to the NAME of Jesus TO the GLORY of Almighty God the FATHER. Please read Philippians 2:5-11 from the New International Version.

"Your attitude should be the SAME as that of Christ Jesus:

6. Who, being in very NATURE God, did NOT consider EQAULITY with God something to be grasped,

7. BUT made himself NOTHING, taking the VERY NATURE of a servant, being MADE IN HUMAN likeness.

8. And being found in appearance as a MAN, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!

9.THEREFORE (or for this very REASON of becoming obedient to die on the cross) God (Almighty God the Father) EXALTED him to the highest place and GAVE him the name that is above every name,

10.  That at the NAME of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11.  And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the FATHER."

Jesus came to bring GLORY to his God and Father. Jesus came to bear WITNESS of the TRUE LIGHT, but Jesus is NOT that LIGHT, speaking of the TRUE LIGHT, just as we are "A" light bearing witness of Almighty God the Father, and we are NOT the TRUE LIGHT. In other words, Almighty God the FATHER is the ONLY TRUE LIGHT, which no mortal man can approach and which no mortal man has ever seen nor can see. Jesus is NOT that true light, because mortal men have SEEN Jesus. But rather Jesus came to bear WITNESS of the TRUE LIGHT, which is Almighty God the FATHER, the ONLY TRUE GOD. Jesus is NOT THE ALMIGHTY God, who alone is the FATHER, but rather Jesus the Son of Almighty God the Father who was sent BY his God and Father to bear witness for the TRUE LIGHT, the Father.

Let us continue this study in God's word by reading 1 John 1:5 which says,

“This then is the MESSAGE which we have heard of HIM (the WITNESS, the Word, Jesus the Son of God), and declare unto you, that God (speaking of Almighty God, the FATHER) is LIGHT, and in him is no darkness at all.”

Let us look at some other translations of John 1:1 keeping in mind that the Greek word that is translated as God  is “theos”  which may ALSO be translated as “god” with a SMALL letter “g” which would indicate “a” god of LESSER authority, which I believe to be the true meaning of this verse that has been so misunderstood for so long. The Old testament equivalent of the Greek word "theos" is the Hebrew word "elohim" which means God or god and also means mighty one, or one who is great in power. No one really knows what the word "God" truly means, but in defining God almost always there is attributed to God as being a Mighty one with great power or ALL power. Hence the term ALMIGHTY God. Keep this in mind, whenever you see the word God from now on please KNOW that this word "God" comes from a word in the original language that can mean God, god or mighty one. With that being said, let us continue this study in God's word.

John 1:1 from the New English Bible says,

“When all things began, the Word already was. The Word dwelt WITH God and what God was, the Word was.”

In other words, what God SPOKE...was, or more precisely, what God spoke...was... in that, WHAT Almighty God SPOKE came into being just the way God said it would be through his spoken WORD. Look at Genesis chapter one and verse three which says,

“And God SAID (or God spoke forth his word), Let there be light: and there was light.”

The “Word” in the Greek is the word “logos” which indicates the SPOKEN as well as the written word. So then, as I said earlier, the Bible says that the Word or “logos” was with God and NOT that “Jesus” was with God necessarily in a bodily form as yet, but only in God's THOUGHTS and DESIRES.

Can you not see that Jesus then grew and learned as every man does. He worked. He slept. He ate. He was tempted in all points like as we are tempted. He lived in a PHYSICAL body just like we do. He felt pain. He felt sorry. He wept. He rejoiced. He was concerned. He had compassion. All the emotions we go through, Jesus went through. Yet he did not sin. WHY or HOW was he able to do live his life WITHOUT giving into temptation, seeing he was a MAN just like you and I?

This is this WHOLE point of the "WHY?" of this study, is to bring you, the reader, to seeing the TRUTH of God's word that Jesus was a MAN, FULLY MAN in every way, just like you and I, and who was WITHOUT any special advantage as being Almighty God in the flesh or even the Son of God in the flesh when he lived his life without giving into temptations, the SAME temptations that you and I go through. Can you not see that Jesus is the WAY. Jesus came to show us the WAY. Jesus was our EXAMPLE to follow. The WAY Jesus lived his life is the ONLY WAY to the Father.

So how did he do it? The WHOLE word of God teaches us that Jesus lived his live without sin and did the miracles that he did THROUGH the ANOINTING of the Holy Spirit of Almighty God his God and Father. And this SAME Holy Spirit is made available to EVERY believer, so that we may also follow his example, the WAY that he set for us to FOLLOW, which is to live our lives without sin.

Can you not see that these FALSE teachings, such as the doctrine of the trinity and the doctrine of the deity of Jesus, and the doctrine of oneness hold back the body of believers from living their FULL potential that God intended for them to live.

The word of God plainly teaches that Jesus is the Son of God and that the Word was MADE flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus stripped himself of every advantage and BECAME a man just like you and I are. For a deeper understanding of this TRUTH please read “JESUS THE SON OF MAN”.

God was WITH Jesus in the form of the Holy Spirit. The Bible clearly shows us that Almighty God the Father ANOINTED his SON Jesus with the Holy Spirit and that it was THROUGH the Holy Spirit that Jesus lived his live without sin and did the miracles that he did. In you would like to know more on the subject that will empower you to ALSO walk as Jesus walked, then read “JESUS THE CHRIST” and "THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER".

Thanks for reading, And may the Holy Spirit of the living and only true God lead you into all TRUTH. May God bless you richly as you seek to know him more.

Yours in Christ Jesus,

Now and forever,

Mark.

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