Sermon Tone Analysis

Is the Trinity Implied in the Bible?

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There is One True God

How many is God?

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In regard to Deut 6:4 "one" means that Jehovah is a single person, a single being, a single entity.

Not a complex Unity, or a Tri-unity this speaks of him in all aspects as a 1 and never any other number not ever a 3.

This verse in no way teaches a Trinity of Persons.

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Read Isa 43:10-11 who is the servant in this Text?

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The Servant in Isaiah 43:10 is Christ so this verse is not advantageous to the Trinity Doctrine because Christ himself is said to testify that before the Uncreated God was there never a God like YHWH createdequal in rank, in eternal existence, equal as the first cause.

There are others called God but no GOD is like YHWH Uncreated.

Yes there is no other GOD created and no other God uncreated none exists none besides the one Uncreated Person The Only True God the Father of All.

Notice that the witnesses are plural indicating a group of witnesses.

And then the continuation of the verse indicates a singular servant.

It could be assumed that collectively the witnesses are referred to as the servant but then it would be servants plural rather than servant singular.

This servant is the Messiah the suffering servant well known in the book of Isaiah.

As we will see in the following verses the servant is the Messiah.

Jesus is the Servant of the YHWH

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According to Matt 12:1721 who is the chosen servant?

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How does the verse change due to Jesus being the Servant in the verse and not God Almighty?

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How would Jesus testify that someone else is the only God?

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So this shows That Jesus is the servant of God and Thus is the Servant who bares witness that There is no other God but the Father and Maker of all.

This is not a text of trinitarianism but a text showing how fundamentally Jesus is not GOD Almighty himself nor part of him.

This scripture is fullilled in John 17:3

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By Jesus's own definition of who God is to him, Jesus refers to someone else as "you the only true God" this explicit explanation by Jesus excludes himself about his definition of who the only true God is.

Therefore Isaiah 43:10 and the words of Jesus here explain not trinitarianism but an Arian view that the Only true God is someone other than Jesus.

Although Jesus is called God in different places by Jesus his own admission he is not the one true God.

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Why would Jesus eternally exclude himself from the identity of who the "Only True God" is?

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Is there Any other true God besides the Unbegotten God?

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As with the other verse of Isaiah 43:10 because of Jesus's admission that he is not the one true God.

This verse can only be talking about the only true God and that would be the father according to Jesus.

There is no other God besides the uncreated God.

And the uncreated God testifies that there is none other besides him.

In the context here it is not talking about how many are called God but who is truly God Almighty.

There is no other true God but one, if there were a Trinity God this could not be said, because there would be to others besides the speaker.

If Jesus were the one speaking here he would have to testify that the Father and the Holy Spirit are also God besides him and literally beside him.

As we ponder on this verse we must eventually come to the realization that unless your a modalist this is not the Trinity Speaking.

In Arianism this is very easy to explain because the only true God is one person and that is the father of Jesus.

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Should a Trinity God mention his triune nature here and the fact that he was one if he was so?

Why? or Why not?

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Is it ever proper to call God the Father begotten?

Why or why not?

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If God is immortal how could he also die?

Would that be just a false death if no one really died?

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If God is invisible why is Jesus Visible?

Here we see a very beautiful verse about the only God.

Because it says the word "only" here shows that there is only one that can be spoken for, the rest of the characteristics of this God is described also.

The most important of these in regard to the topic of the only God is the word invisible.

The uncreated always existent God is invisible and that means that he cannot be seen.

John 1:18 explains that no one has ever seen God at any time.

That means that at any time someone is said to have encountered God or the God had appeared to them that it was not God.

But that it was the only born God who was revealing him.

Now as we said about the verses above that there is only one God and that there was none created before or after him, We must understand that the Bible still uses the term God for other beings.

So in order to have balance because we acknowledge that the Bible uses the word God for other beings and they are all created beings we must assume that the Scripture is referring to who is truly God and that there is not a created/begotten being at the same rank and authority as the uncreated God.

So because Jesus is visible and is also said to be the image of God.

The only true God is the one that is eternal that is has always existed and did not come into existence like a said of Jesus.

This only God is immortal and incapable of dying this also excludes Jesus from being the only God.

This God according to this verse is invisible and cannot be seen Jesus by virtue of him being the image of God must be able to be seen and therefore must not be the true God.

And also to be noted is that to be the image of God inherently means that you are not the original but the image of the original, that again distances Jesus from being the only true God.

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If you are a negotiator can you be one of the 2 parties negotiated?

wouldnt that just be direct conversation with no negotiator?

Here we see the number one being used for God previously we saw the verse that said only God, and the quote from Jesus calling the father the only true God.

Here we see one God as a numerical whole one.

One of the deepest things that we can learn about this verse is that God can exist as one whole without Jesus in this verse.

Jesus is described as someone else other than the one God and it also uses the term mediator.

What's striking about using the word mediator is that it is describing Jesus as not the one God but a Negotiator who is trying to work for the best interests of two different parties.

Jesus is being explained in a very explicit way how he is not the one God and he is not the men who need salvation but is a negotiator between these two parties.

It is very clear according to this verse the Christology of the apostle Paul that Christ is not part of the one God like trinitarianism would say but is a negotiator between the one God and sinful man.

So although this verse does describe only one God it is not including Jesus as part of who that one God is.

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Believing that God is one something even the demons understand.

God has not allowed the demons nor the devil a way of salvation.

Although they know the truth that God is one and as another devil said that Jesus is the holy one of God they understand that Jesus is not God Almighty but the holy one from God.

But we are not going to be taking the testimony of demons, but I do point out one thing no matter what the demon does with his knowledge of who God is and who his son is none of that will bring him to salvation.

The salvation through Jesus is only applicable to humans.

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Who does this verse call the One God the Father or Jesus?

This last verse on the topic of the one true God, the concept that is at the heart of the Trinitarian theology.