Many people in Christendom believe that Jesus Christ is our Almighty God who deserves to be worshipped.
By quoting the Holy Scriptures, let us hear Jesus himself explaining to us who he is, whether he deserves to be worshipped, where he came from and his relationship with his Father, Jehovah God.
When Jesus was baptized, immediately, Satan tempted him by offering the Kingdoms of the world to him if Jesus would only worship Satan. However, Jesus told Satan, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service (Mat.4:6-10).
Rev. 4:11 says ” “You are worthy, Jehovah our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power because you created all things, and because of your will they came into existence and were created.”.
Christ acknowledged that God is the Creator, saying, “Did you not read in the Scriptures that in the beginning God created man and a woman (Mat.19:4)
As to Christ’s origin, God created him, as shown in Col.1:15: “ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”
In short, Jehovah first created Jesus, and then Jesus became God’s master worker, helping God in making other things in the universe, including man and a woman; remember, in creating them, God was talking to someone, saying, let’s us make man in our image and likeness.”
Jesus recognized that his Father was his God; when Jesus was talking to Mary, Jesus said unto her…” I am ascending to my Father, your Father and to my God, your God (John 20:17)
Let us see what Jesus was to his disciples; consider this account in Matthew 16:13-17:
“13 When he had come into the region of Caes·a·reʹa Phi·lipʹpi, Jesus asked his disciples: “Who are men saying the Son of man is?” 14 They said: “Some say John the Baptist, others E·liʹjah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them: “You, though, who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 In response, Jesus said to him: “Happy you are, Simon son of Joʹnah, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but my Father in the heavens did.”.
The account in Prov. 8:22-31 shows how Jehovah created Jesus: “22 Jehovah produced me as the beginning of his way, The earliest of his achievements of long ago.23 From ancient times, I was installed, From the start, from times earlier than the earth.24 When there were no deep waters, I was brought forth, When there were no springs overflowing with water.25 Before the mountains were set in place, Before the hills, I was brought forth,26 When he had not yet made the earth and its fields Or the first clods of earth’s soil.27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there; When he marked out the horizon on the surface of the waters,28 When he established the clouds above When he founded the fountains of the deep,29 When he set a decree for the sea That its waters should not pass beyond his order, When he established the foundations of the earth,30 Then I was beside him as a master worker I was the one he was especially fond of day by day; I rejoiced before him all the time; 31 I rejoiced over his habitable earth, And I was especially fond of the sons of men.”.
So, Jesus’ Father, Jehovah God revealed to Jesus’ disciples that He is the Son of the living God.
Do you still remember when Jesus was baptized, God acknowledged Jesus. as his Son, “While he was still speaking, look! a bright cloud overshadowed them, and look! a voice out of the cloud said: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved. Listen to him.”
Jesus is the Son of God because Jesus himself admitted that he received life from his Father, “For as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself (John 5:26).
Jesus admitted that he had been sent to the world by his Father, “Then as he was teaching in the temple, Jesus called out: “You know me and you know where I am from. And I have not come of my own initiative, but the One who sent me is real, and you do not know him.”(John 7:28)
Today, we are living in the last days, and all the signs of the last days are visible in our eyes.
In Luke. 21:10-11 says, “.10 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be great earthquakes, and in one place after another food shortages and pestilences, and there will be fearful sights and from heaven great signs.”.
Maybe you have heard the word Armageddon. That is the time when Christ will return to earth to get rid of this earth of wickedness, violence, suffering, and even death.
When Jesus arrives invisibly with his angels, he will judge mankind, and in 2 Thes 1:6-9 says, “6 This takes into account that it is righteous on God’s part to repay tribulation to those who make tribulation for you. 7 But you who suffer tribulation will be given relief along with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels 8 in a flaming fire, as he brings vengeance on those who do not know God and those who do not obey the good news about our Lord Jesus. 9 These very ones will undergo the judicial punishment of everlasting destruction from before the Lord and from the glory of his strength.”
Ruling as King, Jesus will transform the earth into a paradise where there will be no more sickness and suffering; he will even eliminate death forever and resurrect the dead so that they can enjoy life in that earthly Paradise. (John 5:28-29). (Rev 21:4)
We must keep on studying God’s Word, the Bible and learn about Jehovah and his Son, Jesus Christ, because that means everlasting life–John 17:3 says, “3. This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”.
At one time, someone asked me, ‘Is it in the Bible when Jesus said “I and my Father are One”? Well, it is indeed in the Bible, but I asked him in return, “they are One in what, in person?”
I asked that question because, before that verse, Jesus told his apostles that they may be one, even as we are one. Those are twelve apostles —they could not be in one person. In short, Jesus meant that his apostles should be united, always in agreement with each other, having the same line of thought.
The. Trinity teaching is not in the. Bible, in Deut 6:4-5, says, “4 ”Listen, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.5 You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your strength.”
Let’s see what the secular authorities say on the origin of the Trinity doctrine.
“The New Encyclopædia Britannica says: “Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord’ (Deut. 6:4) … The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. … By the end of the 4th century . . . the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since–(1976), Micropædia, Vol. X, p. 126.”.