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A Lexicon

Trinity Problems

Verses for the Trinitarian to Explain

462 entries · 452 passages · 20 problems

The Trinitarian routinely hands the non-Trinitarian a short list of proof texts and asks for an explanation. This lexicon reverses the exchange. It gathers the passages a three-person God cannot account for without strain, special pleading, or a creed written centuries after the apostles.

The verses are grouped under twenty problems in four parts: the One God, the Father; the Son; the Spirit and the Throne; and the Old Testament witness. The Old Testament witness is kept to direct statements only, Yahuah speaking of Himself and plain promises of the Messiah to come, so that no entry rests on a disputed reading. Each problem opens with a paragraph stating it. Under every verse, the issue it raises for the Trinity is set out on its own line.

The list can be read by part, by problem, or as one running index in Bible order. A reference can be found by typing it in the search box.

Scripture is quoted from the KJV with the names restored. Yahuah stands only where the New Testament quotes an Old Testament verse bearing the Name. Where kurios (G2962) refers to Yahushua, it is rendered “Master,” its plain sense, the same word Sarah used of Abraham (1 Peter 3:6). Quotations are kept to the phrase that carries the point; each verse should be read in its place.

462 entries

Part One

The One God, the Father

Who God is. These problems show that Yahushua and the apostles knew one God, the God of Israel, spoke of Him in the singular, and named the Son beside Him as a second — never as part of Him.

Problem 1

It Denies the Belief of Yahushua

The problemYahushua named the God of Israel, the God the Jews worshiped, as His own God and Father, and He counted Himself among those who worship Him. Explain how He could be mistaken about who that God is, or how the God of Israel became three persons without Yahushua ever saying so.
  1. No. 1

    John 8:54

    “It is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God.”

    The issueThe Father of Yahushua is the same God the Jews already called their God.

  2. No. 2

    John 4:22

    “Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.”

    The issueYahushua places Himself among the worshipers, not among the worshiped.

  3. No. 3

    John 4:23

    The true worshipers “shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth.”

    The issueThe object of true worship is named, and it is the Father.

  4. No. 4

    Mark 12:29

    Yahushua answers the greatest commandment with the Shema: “Hear, O Israel; Yahuah our God is one Yahuah.”

    The issueHe says “our God.”

  5. No. 5

    Mark 12:32

    The scribe replies, “there is one God; and there is none other but he.”

    The issueOne, and “he.”

  6. No. 6

    Mark 12:34

    Yahushua says the man who confessed one God with no other beside Him answered “discreetly” and was “not far from the kingdom of God.”

    The issueNo correction is offered.

  7. No. 7

    Matthew 22:37

    “Thou shalt love Yahuah thy God with all thy heart.”

    The issueThe God of the Shema, unchanged.

  8. No. 8

    Matthew 4:10

    “Thou shalt worship Yahuah thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”

    The issueHim only — one person.

  9. No. 9

    Luke 4:8

    The same answer to the tempter: worship Yahuah thy God, “and him only shalt thou serve.”

    The issueServing “him only” leaves no room to serve a second and third person as God.

  10. No. 10

    Matthew 4:7

    “Thou shalt not tempt Yahuah thy God.”

    The issueYahushua quotes Deuteronomy as a man under that God.

  11. No. 11

    Matthew 22:32

    “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

    The issueYahushua identifies God as the God of the fathers.

  12. No. 12

    Mark 12:26

    The God who spoke from the bush is “the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

    The issueThe God of the fathers is one person, named in the singular three times over.

  13. No. 13

    Luke 20:37

    Moses at the bush called Yahuah “the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

    The issueYahushua builds the resurrection on the God of the fathers, never on a triune God.

  14. No. 14

    John 5:44

    Yahushua speaks of “the honour that cometh from God only.”

    The issueGod alone — not a shared Godhead.

  15. No. 15

    Acts 3:13

    “The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Yahushua.”

    The issueThe God of the fathers is one, and He has a Son.

  16. No. 16

    Acts 5:30

    “The God of our fathers raised up Yahushua.”

    The issueThe God of Israel acts on the Son; the Son is not that God.

  17. No. 17

    Acts 22:14

    “The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest... see that Just One.”

    The issueTwo distinct figures: the God of the fathers and the Just One.

  18. No. 18

    Acts 24:14

    Paul, after his conversion: “so worship I the God of my fathers.”

    The issueHe did not change Gods.

  19. No. 19

    Luke 1:68

    “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people.”

    The issueThe redeemer is the God of Israel — “he.”

  20. No. 20

    Luke 1:32

    “The Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David.”

    The issueThe giver and the receiver are two.

  21. No. 21

    Matthew 15:31

    The crowds who saw Yahushua’s miracles “glorified the God of Israel.”

    The issueThey credited the miracles to the God of Israel, not to the man performing them.

  22. No. 22

    Acts 13:17

    “The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers.”

    The issuePaul preaches the same God Israel always knew.

Problem 2

It Worships a Different God Than Yahushua Worships

The problemYahushua calls the Father “my God” before His death, on the cross, after His resurrection, and after His ascension. If Yahushua is God, explain who His God is, and why the eternal God would have a God.
  1. No. 23

    John 20:17

    After the resurrection: “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”

    The issueHis God and the disciples’ God are the same God.

  2. No. 24

    Matthew 27:46

    On the tree, before death: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

    The issueGod does not forsake God; a man forsaken cries out to his God.

  3. No. 25

    Mark 15:34

    The same cry recorded by Mark: “My God, my God.”

    The issueIf the one crying is God, the cry is to Himself, and the words lose all meaning.

  4. No. 26

    Revelation 3:12

    “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God.”

    The issueAfter the ascension Yahushua says “my God” four times in this one verse — the temple, the name, the city, and the heaven of His God.

  5. No. 27

    Revelation 1:6

    He “hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father.”

    The issueThe risen Son has a God and Father.

  6. No. 28

    Romans 15:6

    “Glorify God, even the Father of our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThe God to be glorified is the Father of Messiah, not Messiah Himself.

  7. No. 29

    2 Corinthians 1:3

    “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueGod is defined here as the Father of Messiah — one person, with a Son.

  8. No. 30

    2 Corinthians 11:31

    “The God and Father of our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueMessiah has a God and a Father, and they are the same one.

  9. No. 31

    Ephesians 1:3

    “Blessed be the God and Father of our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issuePaul blesses the God of Messiah, which places Messiah under Him.

  10. No. 32

    Ephesians 1:17

    “The God of our Master Yahushua Messiah, the Father of glory.”

    The issueWritten after the ascension; the glorified Son still has a God.

  11. No. 33

    Colossians 1:3

    “We give thanks to God and the Father of our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThanks are given to the God and Father of Messiah — never to Messiah as that God.

  12. No. 34

    1 Peter 1:3

    “Blessed be the God and Father of our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issuePeter repeats Paul’s formula word for word: Messiah has a God.

  13. No. 35

    Hebrews 1:9

    “God, even thy God, hath anointed thee.”

    The issueThe Son is anointed by His God.

  14. No. 36

    Hebrews 10:7

    “Lo, I come... to do thy will, O God.”

    The issueThe Son addresses God as another.

  15. No. 37

    Hebrews 5:7

    He offered prayers “with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death.”

    The issueThe one who saves Him from death is not Himself.

  16. No. 38

    1 Corinthians 11:3

    “The head of Messiah is God.”

    The issueMessiah has a head.

  17. No. 39

    1 Corinthians 3:23

    “Ye are Messiah’s; and Messiah is God’s.”

    The issueMessiah belongs to God as believers belong to Messiah.

  18. No. 40

    John 14:1

    “Ye believe in God, believe also in me.”

    The issueTwo objects of belief, not one.

Problem 3

God Is Never Called “They”

The problemScripture speaks of God with I, me, he, him, and his — thousands of times, singular every time. If “He” is a Trinity, then the Trinity is the Father of Yahushua, and there are four. Explain who the “He” is in each of these verses, and how a three-person “He” can have a Son without making a fourth.
  1. No. 41

    Ephesians 1:3

    “The God and Father of our Master Yahushua Messiah, who hath blessed us.”

    The issueIf this God is the Trinity, the Trinity is Yahushua’s Father — now there are four.

  2. No. 42

    Ephesians 1:4

    “He hath chosen us in him.”

    The issueHe and him — two, not three in one.

  3. No. 43

    Ephesians 1:5

    “Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Yahushua Messiah to himself.”

    The issueBy the Son, to Himself.

  4. No. 44

    1 Thessalonians 1:9

    They “turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.”

    The issueThe “living and true God” is set apart from the Son who is awaited in the next verse.

  5. No. 45

    1 Thessalonians 1:10

    “And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead.”

    The issueIf “His” is the Trinity, the Trinity had a Son — four again.

  6. No. 46

    John 3:16

    “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.”

    The issueHe gave His Son.

  7. No. 47

    John 3:17

    “God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world.”

    The issueThe sender and the sent are two; God sends, and the Son is sent.

  8. No. 48

    Galatians 4:4

    “God sent forth his Son, made of a woman.”

    The issueGod sends His Son born of a woman — the Son is not the God who sends Him.

  9. No. 49

    Galatians 4:6

    “God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts.”

    The issueThe Spirit belongs to the Son — sent by God.

  10. No. 50

    Romans 8:3

    “God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.”

    The issueGod sends His own Son; the one sending is not the one sent.

  11. No. 51

    Romans 8:32

    “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all.”

    The issueGod gave up His Son — He did not give up Himself.

  12. No. 52

    1 John 4:9

    “God sent his only begotten Son into the world.”

    The issueGod’s love is shown by sending another, His Son, not by sending Himself.

  13. No. 53

    1 John 4:10

    He “loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

    The issueThe one who loves and sends is God; the propitiation is His Son.

  14. No. 54

    1 John 4:14

    “The Father sent the Son.”

    The issueThe Father sends; the Son is sent.

  15. No. 55

    1 John 5:9

    “This is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.”

    The issueGod testifies about His Son, and a witness does not testify about himself.

  16. No. 56

    1 John 5:11

    “God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”

    The issueEternal life is given by God and placed in His Son — giver and holder are two.

  17. No. 57

    Hebrews 1:2

    God “hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things.”

    The issueThe Son is appointed heir by God, and God is no one’s heir.

  18. No. 58

    Acts 17:24

    “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth.”

    The issueThe Creator is “he,” one Lord of heaven and earth.

  19. No. 59

    Acts 17:31

    “He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained.”

    The issueHe — and the man He ordained.

  20. No. 60

    Romans 4:21

    “What he had promised, he was able also to perform.”

    The issueAbraham trusted one God who promised and performed — “he,” every time.

  21. No. 61

    Matthew 19:4

    Yahushua: “he which made them at the beginning made them male and female.”

    The issueThe Creator is “he.”

  22. No. 62

    Mark 10:6

    “From the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.”

    The issueYahushua answers Genesis 1:26-27 with a singular God.

  23. No. 63

    Acts 4:24

    They prayed, “Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth.”

    The issueThe assembly prays to one God as Creator, and in verse 27 names Yahushua as His servant child.

  24. No. 64

    Acts 4:27

    “Thy holy child Yahushua, whom thou hast anointed.”

    The issueThou — and Thy child.

  25. No. 65

    Acts 4:30

    Signs done “by the name of thy holy child Yahushua.”

    The issueThe child belongs to the God being prayed to; the child is not that God.

  26. No. 66

    Revelation 4:11

    “Thou art worthy, O Lord... for thou hast created all things.”

    The issueThou — one on the throne.

Problem 4

It Contradicts the Teaching of Yahushua and the Apostles

The problemYahushua and the apostles name two — the one God, the Father, and the Lord Yahushua Messiah — and leave the Holy Spirit out of the count every time. If eternal life is knowing the only true God and the one He sent, and the only true God is a Trinity, then add the Son and there are four. Explain the count.
  1. No. 67

    John 17:3

    “Life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Yahushua Messiah, whom thou hast sent.”

    The issueThe Father is the only true God; the Son is the one sent. If “thee” is a Trinity, add Yahushua and there are four.

  2. No. 68

    1 Corinthians 8:4

    “There is none other God but one.”

    The issuePaul’s count of God is one, with no division into persons.

  3. No. 69

    1 Corinthians 8:6

    “To us there is but one God, the Father... and one Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueOne God, identified as the Father — once again four if the one God is three.

  4. No. 70

    Ephesians 4:4-6

    One Spirit, one Master, “one God and Father of all, who is above all.”

    The issueOnly the Father is called God.

  5. No. 71

    1 Timothy 2:5

    “There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Messiah Yahushua.”

    The issueThe mediator stands between God and men; he cannot be one of the parties.

  6. No. 72

    Romans 1:7

    Grace and peace “from God our Father, and the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueTwo named; the Spirit is never greeted.

  7. No. 73

    1 Corinthians 1:3

    “From God our Father, and from the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueTwo sources of favor are named; the Spirit is absent again.

  8. No. 74

    2 Corinthians 1:2

    “From God our Father, and from the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThe same two, word for word — no third person greeted.

  9. No. 75

    Galatians 1:3

    “From God the Father, and from our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueGod is the Father; the Son is named separately as Master.

  10. No. 76

    Ephesians 1:2

    “From God our Father, and from the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueTwo named, and the Spirit left out of every opening greeting.

  11. No. 77

    Philippians 1:2

    “From God our Father, and from the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueA third co-equal person would not be dropped from every letter.

  12. No. 78

    Colossians 1:2

    “From God our Father and the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueGod our Father, and our Master — two, not three.

  13. No. 79

    1 Thessalonians 1:1

    “In God the Father and in the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThe assembly is “in” two, the Father and the Son.

  14. No. 80

    2 Thessalonians 1:2

    “From God our Father and the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issuePaul’s greeting never changes: the Father and the Son.

  15. No. 81

    1 Timothy 1:2

    “From God our Father and Yahushua Messiah our Master.”

    The issueGod our Father — and, distinct from Him, Yahushua our Master.

  16. No. 82

    2 Timothy 1:2

    “From God the Father and Messiah Yahushua our Master.”

    The issueThe Father is called God; the Son is called Master.

  17. No. 83

    Titus 1:4

    “From God the Father and the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThe same pair in every letter Paul wrote.

  18. No. 84

    Philemon 1:3

    “From God our Father and the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueEven a short personal letter names only the Father and the Son.

  19. No. 85

    2 John 1:3

    “From God the Father, and from the Master Yahushua Messiah, the Son of the Father.”

    The issueGod the Father — and the Son of that Father.

  20. No. 86

    James 1:1

    “James, a servant of God and of the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueJames serves God and serves Messiah — two masters he names separately.

  21. No. 87

    2 Peter 1:2

    “Through the knowledge of God, and of Yahushua our Master.”

    The issueKnowledge of God and knowledge of Yahushua are two, joined by “and.”

  22. No. 88

    Jude 1:1

    “Sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueSanctified by the Father, kept in the Son — the Spirit is not named.

  23. No. 89

    1 John 1:3

    “Our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueFellowship with two; none with a third.

  24. No. 90

    1 John 2:22

    The antichrist is the one who “denieth the Father and the Son.”

    The issueTwo — the Spirit is not named.

  25. No. 91

    1 John 2:23

    “Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father.”

    The issueHolding the Father depends on holding the Son — two, named in relation to each other.

  26. No. 92

    2 John 1:9

    He that abides in the doctrine of Messiah “hath both the Father and the Son.”

    The issueBoth — a word for two.

  27. No. 93

    John 14:23

    “My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”

    The issue“We” is the Father and the Son — two.

  28. No. 94

    John 8:17-18

    “The testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.”

    The issueTwo witnesses. If they are one being, the witness fails.

  29. No. 95

    John 5:23

    “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.”

    The issueHonor is given to two; the Spirit is never honored this way.

  30. No. 96

    1 Thessalonians 3:11

    “Now God himself and our Father, and our Master Yahushua Messiah, direct our way.”

    The issuePaul prays to God the Father and the Master Yahushua as two.

  31. No. 97

    2 Thessalonians 2:16

    “Now our Master Yahushua Messiah himself, and God, even our Father.”

    The issueThe order is reversed, but the count is the same: two.

  32. No. 98

    Colossians 3:17

    “Giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

    The issueThanks go to God through the Son.

  33. No. 99

    Ephesians 5:20

    “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThanks go to the Father, in the name of the Son — the Son is the channel, not the destination.

  34. No. 100

    Ephesians 5:5

    “Inheritance in the kingdom of Messiah and of God.”

    The issueOne kingdom, belonging to Messiah and to God — two named owners.

  35. No. 101

    1 Timothy 5:21

    “I charge thee before God, and the Master Yahushua Messiah, and the elect angels.”

    The issuePaul lists God, the Master, and the angels — and leaves out the Holy Spirit.

  36. No. 102

    2 Timothy 4:1

    “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Master Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThe charge is made before two witnesses, not three.

  37. No. 103

    1 Timothy 6:13

    “In the sight of God... and before Messiah Yahushua.”

    The issueGod and Messiah stand as two before whom Timothy is charged.

  38. No. 104

    John 14:6

    “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

    The issueThe Son is the way to God, not God Himself.

  39. No. 105

    John 13:3

    Yahushua knew “that he was come from God, and went to God.”

    The issueHe came from God and returned to God — He did not come from Himself.

Problem 5

The Trinity Is Never Mentioned — and Never Corrected

The problemThe first generation of believers were Jews who held to one God, the God of the Shema. Yahushua spent His whole ministry revealing truth and correcting error, yet He never once corrected their belief in one God who is one person. Show the verse where He did.
  1. No. 106

    John 18:37

    “To this end was I born... that I should bear witness unto the truth.”

    The issueHis whole life was revealing truth, yet no Trinity is revealed.

  2. No. 107

    John 16:13

    The Spirit of truth “shall guide you into all truth.”

    The issueNo apostle was ever guided into a triune God.

  3. No. 108

    John 16:12

    “I have yet many things to say unto you.”

    The issueMany things — and not one of them is a Trinity.

  4. No. 109

    John 15:15

    “All things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”

    The issueAll things made known; a three-person God is not among them.

  5. No. 110

    John 17:6

    “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me.”

    The issueOne name of one Father was manifested.

  6. No. 111

    John 17:26

    “I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it.”

    The issueThe name declared is the Father’s name — one name, never a shared triune name.

  7. No. 112

    Acts 20:27

    “I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.”

    The issuePaul declared all the counsel of God and never declared a Trinity.

  8. No. 113

    Matthew 5:17

    “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets.”

    The issueThe Shema stands in the Law untouched.

  9. No. 114

    Mark 7:7

    “In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”

    The issueHe corrected human doctrine freely — but never the doctrine of one God.

  10. No. 115

    Matthew 23:9

    “One is your Father, which is in heaven.”

    The issueYahushua confirms one Father, not one essence in three.

  11. No. 116

    Acts 17:23

    “Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.”

    The issuePaul declares “him,” and goes on to name the man God ordained (Acts 17:31).

  12. No. 117

    Galatians 3:20

    “But God is one.”

    The issueWritten to Gentile believers, with no qualification.

  13. No. 118

    James 2:19

    “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well.”

    The issueJames commends the Shema as it stands.

  14. No. 119

    Romans 3:30

    “Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.”

    The issueOne God justifies both Jew and Gentile; Paul gives no hint that the one is three.

  15. No. 120

    Hebrews 1:1

    “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.”

    The issueThe same God who spoke to the fathers speaks now by His Son — the fathers never knew Him as three.

Part Two

The Son

Who Yahushua is. These problems show the Son as Scripture presents Him: begotten, sent, given everything He has, subject to His Father, tempted, praying, and truly dead and raised by God.

Problem 6

Who Is Actually Yahushua’s Father?

The problemMatthew says the child was conceived of the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit is a separate person of the Godhead, then the Holy Spirit is the Father of Yahushua, and the Father is not. Explain why Yahushua never once calls the Holy Spirit His Father.
  1. No. 121

    Matthew 1:18

    Mary “was found with child of the Holy Spirit.”

    The issueIf the Spirit is a separate person, that person is the Father of the child.

  2. No. 122

    Matthew 1:20

    “That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.”

    The issueThe angel names the source of the conception, and it is not called a person.

  3. No. 123

    Luke 1:35

    “The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”

    The issueThe Holy Spirit is set in parallel with “the power of the Highest” — the Father’s own power, not a third person.

  4. No. 124

    Luke 1:32

    “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.”

    The issueSon of the Highest — not son of the Spirit.

  5. No. 125

    Hebrews 1:5

    “I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son.”

    The issueThe Father names Himself the Father.

  6. No. 126

    Acts 13:33

    God raised Yahushua, as written, “Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.”

    The issueThe one who begets is God the Father.

  7. No. 127

    John 8:42

    “I proceeded forth and came from God.”

    The issueHe came from God — not from the Spirit as a separate person.

  8. No. 128

    John 16:28

    “I came forth from the Father.”

    The issueThe Son came out from the Father, which places the Father as His source, not His equal.

  9. No. 129

    Luke 2:49

    At twelve years old: “I must be about my Father’s business.”

    The issueHis Father, never the Spirit.

  10. No. 130

    John 10:30

    “I and my Father are one.”

    The issueHe names the Father as the one He is one with — not the Spirit — and in John 17:22 He prays that the disciples be one in the same way.

Problem 7

It Denies the Sonship of Yahushua

The problemThe confession Scripture requires is that Yahushua is the Son of God. Scripture never once calls Him “God the Son,” and never calls Him the “eternal Son.” Explain why the creeds replaced the confession the apostles demanded with one they never wrote.
  1. No. 131

    1 John 5:10

    “He that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.”

    The issueThe record God gave is about His Son, and the Son is not the God who gave it.

  2. No. 132

    1 John 4:15

    “Whosoever shall confess that Yahushua is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him.”

    The issueThe confession is Son of God — not God the Son.

  3. No. 133

    1 John 5:5

    “He that believeth that Yahushua is the Son of God.”

    The issueOvercoming belief is that Yahushua is the Son of God, nothing more.

  4. No. 134

    1 John 5:20

    “The Son of God is come... that we may know him that is true.”

    The issueThe Son came to make the true God known — Himself distinct from Him.

  5. No. 135

    John 3:18

    “He hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

    The issueCondemnation comes from not believing in the Son, not from rejecting a creed.

  6. No. 136

    John 3:36

    “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.”

    The issueLife comes through believing on the Son — the Son, not the Godhead.

  7. No. 137

    John 20:31

    “These are written, that ye might believe that Yahushua is the Messiah, the Son of God.”

    The issueThe stated purpose of the whole gospel.

  8. No. 138

    John 5:18

    The Jews accused Him because He “said also that God was his Father.”

    The issueHis claim was Sonship.

  9. No. 139

    John 10:36

    “Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified... Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?”

    The issueAccused of claiming deity, He answers that He claimed to be the Son.

  10. No. 140

    John 1:34

    “I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.”

    The issueJohn the Baptizer bore record of a Son, not of God Himself come down.

  11. No. 141

    John 1:49

    Nathanael: “Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.”

    The issueNathanael confesses Son and King — the titles of Psalm 2, not deity.

  12. No. 142

    John 11:27

    Martha: “I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God.”

    The issueMartha’s confession is the apostolic one, and Yahushua accepts it as complete.

  13. No. 143

    Matthew 3:17

    “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

    The issueThe Father speaks of His Son.

  14. No. 144

    Matthew 17:5

    “This is my beloved Son... hear ye him.”

    The issueThe Father speaks from heaven about another — His Son.

  15. No. 145

    Mark 1:11

    “Thou art my beloved Son.”

    The issueA voice from heaven addresses the Son; the speaker and the one addressed are two.

  16. No. 146

    Luke 3:22

    “Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”

    The issueThe Father is pleased in the Son, which is a relationship between two.

  17. No. 147

    Matthew 16:16-17

    Peter: “Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

    The issueYahushua calls this revealed by “my Father which is in heaven.”

  18. No. 148

    Matthew 14:33

    “Of a truth thou art the Son of God.”

    The issueThe disciples’ worship-confession is Son of God, not God.

  19. No. 149

    Matthew 26:63-64

    “Tell us whether thou be the Messiah, the Son of God.” Yahushua: “Thou hast said.”

    The issueThe charge was claiming to be the Son of God, and that is all He affirmed.

  20. No. 150

    Mark 14:61-62

    “Art thou the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?” Yahushua: “I am.”

    The issueThe high priest asked about Sonship, and Sonship is what Yahushua confirmed.

  21. No. 151

    Matthew 27:54

    The centurion: “Truly this was the Son of God.”

    The issueThe witness at the tree saw a Son of God, not God dying.

  22. No. 152

    Mark 1:1

    “The beginning of the gospel of Yahushua Messiah, the Son of God.”

    The issueMark opens by naming who Yahushua is: Messiah, the Son of God.

  23. No. 153

    Luke 8:28

    “Yahushua, thou Son of God most high.”

    The issueEven the demons confess Son, not God the Son.

  24. No. 154

    Luke 4:41

    Devils cried, “Thou art Messiah the Son of God.”

    The issueThe spirit world names Him Son, and Yahushua silences them because they knew He was Messiah.

  25. No. 155

    Acts 8:37

    “I believe that Yahushua Messiah is the Son of God.”

    The issueThe baptismal confession.

  26. No. 156

    Acts 9:20

    Paul “preached Messiah in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.”

    The issuePaul’s first preaching was Sonship, not deity.

  27. No. 157

    Acts 5:42

    “They ceased not to teach and preach Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThe daily message was that Yahushua is the Messiah — the anointed one, not the anointer.

  28. No. 158

    Romans 1:3-4

    “Declared to be the Son of God with power... by the resurrection from the dead.”

    The issueHe was declared Son by the resurrection, which God performed.

  29. No. 159

    2 Corinthians 1:19

    “The Son of God, Yahushua Messiah, who was preached among you.”

    The issueThe preached Son is the same one confessed everywhere — never God the Son.

  30. No. 160

    Hebrews 4:14

    “Yahushua the Son of God.”

    The issueThe great High Priest is the Son of God, and a high priest ministers to God.

  31. No. 161

    Hebrews 5:5

    “Messiah glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son.”

    The issueMessiah did not glorify Himself; another made Him High Priest.

  32. No. 162

    Revelation 2:18

    “These things saith the Son of God.”

    The issueEven risen and glorified, He identifies Himself as Son, not as God.

  33. No. 163

    Matthew 11:27

    “No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.”

    The issueTwo who know each other — the Spirit is not in the circle.

  34. No. 164

    John 5:19

    “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do.”

    The issueThe Son can do nothing of himself; God is never dependent.

  35. No. 165

    John 5:26

    “As the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.”

    The issueLife given — not life eternally possessed.

Problem 8

The Man Messiah Yahushua

The problemThe apostles preached Yahushua as a man — a man approved of God, the man God ordained, the one man through whom the gift came, the mediator who is a man. Explain why the apostles never once preached a God-man.
  1. No. 166

    1 Timothy 2:5

    “The man Messiah Yahushua.”

    The issueThe mediator is named a man, written after the ascension.

  2. No. 167

    Acts 2:22

    “Yahushua of Nazareth, a man approved of God.”

    The issuePeter introduces Him as a man God approved, not as God.

  3. No. 168

    Acts 17:31

    “That man whom he hath ordained.”

    The issueThe judge of the world is a man, ordained by God.

  4. No. 169

    Romans 5:15

    “The gift by grace, which is by one man, Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThe gift comes through one man, as sin came through one man.

  5. No. 170

    Romans 5:19

    “By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”

    The issueThe obedience of one man answers the disobedience of one man.

  6. No. 171

    1 Corinthians 15:21

    “By man came also the resurrection of the dead.”

    The issueResurrection comes by a man, as death came by a man.

  7. No. 172

    1 Corinthians 15:47

    “The second man is the Master from heaven.”

    The issueThe second man — Paul calls Him a man even in His heavenly role.

  8. No. 173

    John 8:40

    “Now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth.”

    The issueYahushua calls Himself a man.

  9. No. 174

    John 10:33

    The Jews accused Him: “thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”

    The issueHe answered by calling Himself the Son of God (John 10:36), not God.

  10. No. 175

    Acts 3:22

    “A prophet shall Yahuah your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me.”

    The issuePeter applies Moses’ prophecy: a prophet raised up from the brethren.

  11. No. 176

    Acts 7:37

    “A prophet shall Yahuah your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me.”

    The issueStephen, full of the Spirit, preaches the same promise Moses gave: a prophet raised from among the brethren.

  12. No. 177

    Luke 24:19

    “A prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people.”

    The issueThose who followed Him called Him a prophet before God.

  13. No. 178

    John 6:14

    “This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.”

    The issueThe crowd recognized the Prophet Moses promised.

  14. No. 179

    Luke 7:16

    “A great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.”

    The issueThe prophet is the visit; God is the visitor.

  15. No. 180

    Matthew 21:11

    “This is Yahushua the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.”

    The issueThe city knew Him as the prophet of Nazareth.

  16. No. 181

    Hebrews 3:1

    “The Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Messiah Yahushua.”

    The issueOne sent, and one who ministers to God.

  17. No. 182

    Hebrews 5:1

    “Every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God.”

    The issueA high priest is taken from among men — and Yahushua is that high priest.

  18. No. 183

    Hebrews 2:17

    “A merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God.”

    The issueHis priesthood is toward God, so He is not the God He serves.

  19. No. 184

    Hebrews 7:28

    The oath “maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.”

    The issueThe oath makes the Son priest; God is not made a priest by an oath.

Problem 9

The Son Receives Everything From the Father

The problemGod owns all things and receives from no one. Yet the Son receives His power, authority, life, words, works, glory, throne, name, and lordship from the Father. Explain how a co-equal God is given what He already owns.
  1. No. 185

    Matthew 28:18

    “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”

    The issuePower given is power not previously held; God is never given power.

  2. No. 186

    Matthew 11:27

    “All things are delivered unto me of my Father.”

    The issueDelivered to Him by the Father — the Father is the owner.

  3. No. 187

    John 3:35

    “The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.”

    The issueThe Father places all things in the Son’s hand; they were the Father’s first.

  4. No. 188

    John 5:22

    “The Father... hath committed all judgment unto the Son.”

    The issueJudgment is committed to the Son by another.

  5. No. 189

    John 5:27

    He “hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.”

    The issueAuthority is given to Him because He is the Son of man — a man.

  6. No. 190

    John 5:30

    “I can of mine own self do nothing.”

    The issueGod can do all things of Himself; the Son says He cannot.

  7. No. 191

    John 5:36

    “The works which the Father hath given me to finish.”

    The issueThe works are given to the Son to finish — assigned by the Father.

  8. No. 192

    John 6:38

    “I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.”

    The issueTwo wills, and the Son submits His to the one who sent Him.

  9. No. 193

    John 6:57

    “As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father.”

    The issueThe Son lives by the Father; God lives by no one.

  10. No. 194

    John 7:16

    “My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.”

    The issueThe teaching belongs to the Father, not to the Son.

  11. No. 195

    John 8:28

    “I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.”

    The issueGod is not taught.

  12. No. 196

    John 8:29

    “I do always those things that please him.”

    The issuePleasing another is the posture of a servant, not of the one being pleased.

  13. No. 197

    John 10:18

    “This commandment have I received of my Father.”

    The issueEven the laying down of His life was a commandment received from the Father.

  14. No. 198

    John 12:49

    “The Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say.”

    The issueThe Father commands the Son even in what He says.

  15. No. 199

    John 14:10

    “The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”

    The issueThe Father in Him does the works — the Son credits another.

  16. No. 200

    John 14:24

    “The word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.”

    The issueThe words belong to the Father; the Son only carries them.

  17. No. 201

    John 14:31

    “As the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.”

    The issueThe Son acts on the Father’s commandment, as a servant does.

  18. No. 202

    John 15:10

    “I have kept my Father’s commandments.”

    The issueGod does not keep commandments given to Him by another.

  19. No. 203

    John 17:2

    “Thou hast given him power over all flesh.”

    The issuePower over all flesh is given to the Son by the Father.

  20. No. 204

    John 17:4

    “I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.”

    The issueThe work was given to Him to do — He did not set it Himself.

  21. No. 205

    John 17:7

    “All things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.”

    The issueEverything the Son has came from the Father.

  22. No. 206

    John 17:8

    “I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me.”

    The issueEven the words were given to Him first.

  23. No. 207

    John 17:22

    “The glory which thou gavest me I have given them.”

    The issueThe Son gives the disciples the same glory He was given, which makes it a received glory.

  24. No. 208

    John 17:24

    “My glory, which thou hast given me.”

    The issueHis glory is called a gift from the Father.

  25. No. 209

    Luke 22:29

    “I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me.”

    The issueThe kingdom was appointed to the Son by the Father.

  26. No. 210

    Acts 2:36

    “God hath made that same Yahushua, whom ye have crucified, both Master and Messiah.”

    The issueMade Master — by God.

  27. No. 211

    Acts 10:38

    “God anointed Yahushua of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power... for God was with him.”

    The issueGod was with him — not God was him.

  28. No. 212

    Acts 2:22

    “A man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him.”

    The issueGod did the miracles through the man.

  29. No. 213

    Acts 5:31

    “Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince.”

    The issueGod exalted Him; God is never exalted by another.

  30. No. 214

    Philippians 2:9

    “God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.”

    The issueThe name above every name was given to Him by God.

  31. No. 215

    Philippians 2:11

    Every tongue confesses Him Master “to the glory of God the Father.”

    The issueConfessing Yahushua as Master ends in glory to the Father, not to a Trinity.

  32. No. 216

    Ephesians 1:22

    God “gave him to be the head over all things to the church.”

    The issueGod gave Him headship over the assembly; it was given, not native.

  33. No. 217

    Hebrews 1:4

    “He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name.”

    The issueGod inherits from no one.

  34. No. 218

    Hebrews 3:2

    “Who was faithful to him that appointed him.”

    The issueHe was appointed and was faithful to the one who appointed Him.

  35. No. 219

    Revelation 1:1

    “The Revelation of Yahushua Messiah, which God gave unto him.”

    The issueEven the Revelation was given to the Son by God.

  36. No. 220

    Revelation 2:27

    “Even as I received of my Father.”

    The issueThe risen Son still speaks of what He received from His Father.

  37. No. 221

    Revelation 3:21

    “I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”

    The issueHis Father’s throne.

  38. No. 222

    Colossians 1:19

    “It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.”

    The issueThe fullness was the Father’s pleasure to place in Him.

  39. No. 223

    Matthew 9:8

    The crowds “glorified God, which had given such power unto men.”

    The issueThe crowds saw a man given power by God — not God Himself.

Problem 10

The Father Is Greater

The problemThe creed says the three persons are co-equal. Yahushua says the Father is greater than He is, greater than all, and His own head. Explain which one is telling the truth.
  1. No. 224

    John 14:28

    “My Father is greater than I.”

    The issueThe Father is greater, which cannot be said of co-equals.

  2. No. 225

    John 10:29

    “My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all.”

    The issueThe Father is greater than all, and the Son is included in “all.”

  3. No. 226

    John 13:16

    “Neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.”

    The issueThe Son is the one sent.

  4. No. 227

    1 Corinthians 15:24

    He shall have “delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father.”

    The issueThe Son hands the kingdom back to the God who gave it.

  5. No. 228

    1 Corinthians 15:27

    “It is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.”

    The issueThe Father alone is excepted.

  6. No. 229

    1 Corinthians 15:28

    “Then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him.”

    The issueSubject — forever, after all things are finished.

  7. No. 230

    Matthew 20:23

    To sit on His right hand and left “is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.”

    The issueSome things are not the Son’s to give — they belong to the Father alone.

  8. No. 231

    Mark 10:40

    “Is not mine to give.”

    The issueMark records the same limit on the Son’s authority.

  9. No. 232

    Matthew 26:39

    “Not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

    The issueTwo wills.

  10. No. 233

    Luke 22:42

    “Not my will, but thine, be done.”

    The issueTwo wills, and one yields to the other.

  11. No. 234

    Matthew 26:42

    “O my Father... thy will be done.”

    The issueThe Son submits His will to the Father’s a second time.

  12. No. 235

    John 4:34

    “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me.”

    The issueThe Son’s food is doing another’s will.

  13. No. 236

    John 5:30

    “I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”

    The issueThe Son seeks another’s will, not His own.

  14. No. 237

    Mark 10:18

    “Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.”

    The issueYahushua separates Himself from the one who alone is good.

  15. No. 238

    Matthew 19:17

    “There is none good but one, that is, God.”

    The issueYahushua distinguishes Himself from the one God who alone is good.

  16. No. 239

    Luke 18:19

    “None is good, save one, that is, God.”

    The issueThe same answer in Luke: one God, and Yahushua not claiming to be Him.

  17. No. 240

    Hebrews 5:8

    “Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.”

    The issueGod does not learn obedience.

Problem 11

The Son Does Not Know What the Father Knows

The problemGod knows all things. Yahushua said there was a day and hour He did not know, and that only the Father knew it. Explain how one person of an all-knowing Godhead can be ignorant of what another person knows.
  1. No. 241

    Mark 13:32

    “Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”

    The issueThe Son does not know the day; an all-knowing God cannot be ignorant.

  2. No. 242

    Matthew 24:36

    “Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”

    The issueThe Father only — which excludes the Son and excludes any third person.

  3. No. 243

    Acts 1:7

    “The times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.”

    The issueEven after the resurrection, the times stay in the Father’s power alone.

  4. No. 244

    Luke 2:52

    “Yahushua increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”

    The issueOmniscience does not increase.

  5. No. 245

    Luke 2:40

    “The child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.”

    The issueGrowing and being filled describe a man, not the eternal God.

  6. No. 246

    Hebrews 5:9

    “Being made perfect.”

    The issueGod is not made perfect.

  7. No. 247

    Hebrews 2:10

    “To make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.”

    The issueGod made Him perfect through suffering; God needs no perfecting.

  8. No. 248

    John 8:26

    “I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.”

    The issueThe Son speaks what He heard from another.

  9. No. 249

    John 8:40

    “A man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God.”

    The issueHe received the truth from God and passed it on, as a prophet does.

Problem 12

God Cannot Be Tempted, Seen, Wearied, or Made a Man

The problemScripture sets out what God cannot be — tempted, seen, tired, or a man — and then says plainly that Yahushua was each of these. Explain how both can be true of the same God.
  1. No. 250

    James 1:13

    “God cannot be tempted with evil.”

    The issueIf God cannot be tempted and Yahushua was, then Yahushua is not God.

  2. No. 251

    Hebrews 4:15

    He “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

    The issueTempted in every way — the opposite of James 1:13’s God.

  3. No. 252

    Matthew 4:1

    “Then was Yahushua led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”

    The issueThe tempter tested Him, which is not possible with God.

  4. No. 253

    Hebrews 2:18

    “He himself hath suffered being tempted.”

    The issueHe suffered being tempted; God cannot.

  5. No. 254

    Hebrews 2:17

    “It behoved him to be made like unto his brethren.”

    The issueMade like His brethren in all things — brethren of men, not of God.

  6. No. 255

    Hebrews 2:14

    “He also himself likewise took part of the same.”

    The issueHe took part of flesh and blood — the nature of the children, which God does not take on by nature.

  7. No. 256

    John 1:18

    “No man hath seen God at any time.”

    The issueYet thousands saw Yahushua.

  8. No. 257

    1 John 4:12

    “No man hath seen God at any time.”

    The issueJohn says no man has seen God, though he himself saw and touched Yahushua.

  9. No. 258

    1 John 1:1

    “That which we have seen with our eyes... and our hands have handled.”

    The issueThe Son was seen and handled.

  10. No. 259

    Colossians 1:15

    “Who is the image of the invisible God.”

    The issueThe image is seen; the God it images is invisible.

  11. No. 260

    John 6:46

    “Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God.”

    The issueNo man has seen the Father — the Father is God, and He is not the Son.

  12. No. 261

    John 4:6

    “Yahushua therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well.”

    The issueGod never wearies (Isaiah 40:28); the Son did.

  13. No. 262

    Matthew 4:2

    “He was afterward an hungred.”

    The issueHunger belongs to flesh, not to God.

  14. No. 263

    John 19:28

    “I thirst.”

    The issueThirst on the tree is the need of a man.

  15. No. 264

    Mark 4:38

    “He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow.”

    The issueGod never sleeps (Psalm 121:4); the Son slept.

  16. No. 265

    John 11:35

    “Yahushua wept.”

    The issueTears are the grief of a man.

  17. No. 266

    Matthew 26:38

    “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.”

    The issueSorrow unto death belongs to one who can die.

Problem 13

Yahushua Prayed to the Father

The problemGod does not pray. Yahushua prayed to the Father all night, in the garden, on the tree, and by name. Explain to whom God prays, and why the second person never prays to the third.
  1. No. 267

    Luke 6:12

    “He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”

    The issueAll night in prayer to God — the Son is not the one He prays to.

  2. No. 268

    Matthew 14:23

    “He went up into a mountain apart to pray.”

    The issueHe went apart to pray, as a man does.

  3. No. 269

    Mark 1:35

    “Rising up a great while before day, he went out... and there prayed.”

    The issueBefore dawn, He sought His God in prayer.

  4. No. 270

    Luke 5:16

    “He withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.”

    The issuePrayer was His habit; God has no one to pray to.

  5. No. 271

    Luke 9:18

    “As he was alone praying.”

    The issueAlone in prayer — and the one He prayed to was not Himself.

  6. No. 272

    Luke 9:29

    “As he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered.”

    The issueHis transfiguration came while praying to another.

  7. No. 273

    Luke 3:21

    “Yahushua also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened.”

    The issueHeaven opened while He prayed, and the Father spoke from it.

  8. No. 274

    Luke 22:41

    “He... kneeled down, and prayed.”

    The issueHe knelt before His God.

  9. No. 275

    Luke 22:44

    “Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly.”

    The issueAgony in prayer is the cry of a man to God.

  10. No. 276

    Matthew 26:44

    “Prayed the third time, saying the same words.”

    The issueThree times He asked, and three times He submitted.

  11. No. 277

    John 11:41-42

    “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always.”

    The issueHe thanks the Father for hearing Him, and God does not thank God.

  12. No. 278

    John 12:27-28

    “Father, save me from this hour... Father, glorify thy name.”

    The issueThe Father answers from heaven.

  13. No. 279

    John 17:1

    “Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee.”

    The issueHe asks the Father to glorify Him — glory He does not take for Himself.

  14. No. 280

    John 17:5

    “O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self.”

    The issueHe asks for glory from another, alongside that other.

  15. No. 281

    John 14:16

    “I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter.”

    The issueThe Son prays to the Father for the Comforter; He does not pray to the Spirit.

  16. No. 282

    Luke 22:32

    “But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.”

    The issueHe prays for Peter, to His God.

  17. No. 283

    Luke 23:34

    “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”

    The issueHe asks the Father to forgive.

  18. No. 284

    Matthew 11:25

    “I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth.”

    The issueHe calls the Father Lord of heaven and earth.

  19. No. 285

    Matthew 6:9

    He taught the disciples to pray, “Our Father which art in heaven.”

    The issueNever “our Triune God.”

  20. No. 286

    Matthew 26:53

    “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?”

    The issueThe Son would pray to the Father for help; God needs no help.

Problem 14

Yahushua Never Actually Died — No Sacrifice

The problemScripture says God alone has immortality and cannot die. If Yahushua is fully God, then God did not die, and the death was only partial — one part of the Trinity died, while the rest lived on. Explain how a death that never touched God is a real sacrifice, and who raised Him if He was the one who died.
  1. No. 287

    1 Timothy 6:16

    God is the one “who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto.”

    The issueOnly God has immortality, so the one who died cannot be that God.

  2. No. 288

    1 Timothy 1:17

    “The King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God.”

    The issueThe only wise God is immortal; the Son died.

  3. No. 289

    Romans 1:23

    “The glory of the uncorruptible God.”

    The issueGod cannot see corruption or death.

  4. No. 290

    Romans 5:8

    “While we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us.”

    The issueMessiah truly died, which the immortal God cannot do.

  5. No. 291

    Romans 5:10

    “We were reconciled to God by the death of his Son.”

    The issueReconciled to God by the death of another — the Son.

  6. No. 292

    1 Corinthians 15:3

    “Messiah died for our sins according to the scriptures.”

    The issueThe heart of the gospel is a real death, not the death of half a person.

  7. No. 293

    Romans 6:9-10

    “Death hath no more dominion over him... he died unto sin once.”

    The issueDeath had dominion over Him — it cannot have dominion over God.

  8. No. 294

    Revelation 1:18

    “I am he that liveth, and was dead.”

    The issueHe was dead — a statement that can never be made of God.

  9. No. 295

    Revelation 2:8

    “Which was dead, and is alive.”

    The issueDead, then alive: a history the immortal God never had.

  10. No. 296

    Philippians 2:8

    “He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”

    The issueObedience to the point of death belongs to a servant, not to the one obeyed.

  11. No. 297

    Hebrews 2:9

    He was made lower than the angels “for the suffering of death... that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”

    The issueHe was made lower to taste death; God is not made lower than His angels.

  12. No. 298

    Matthew 12:40

    “Three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

    The issueThree days in the earth is a real death, not an appearance of one.

  13. No. 299

    Acts 2:24

    “Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death.”

    The issueGod loosed Him from death, so He was held by it — God never is.

  14. No. 300

    Acts 2:32

    “This Yahushua hath God raised up.”

    The issueGod is the raiser; Yahushua is the one raised.

  15. No. 301

    Acts 3:15

    “Killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead.”

    The issueMen killed Him; God raised Him — two different actors.

  16. No. 302

    Acts 4:10

    “Whom God raised from the dead.”

    The issuePeter names God as the one who raised Yahushua, never Yahushua raising Himself.

  17. No. 303

    Acts 10:40

    “Him God raised up the third day.”

    The issueGod raised Him; a dead man cannot raise himself, and God does not die.

  18. No. 304

    Acts 13:30

    “But God raised him from the dead.”

    The issuePaul’s preaching uses the same formula as Peter’s: God raised him.

  19. No. 305

    Acts 13:37

    “He, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.”

    The issueThe one raised is “he”; the raiser is God.

  20. No. 306

    Galatians 1:1

    “God the Father, who raised him from the dead.”

    The issueOne raiser — the Father.

  21. No. 307

    Romans 10:9

    “Believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead.”

    The issueThe confession required is that God raised Him — not that He raised Himself.

  22. No. 308

    Romans 4:24

    “Him that raised up Yahushua our Master from the dead.”

    The issueThe God believed in is the one who raised Yahushua, which makes them two.

  23. No. 309

    Romans 8:11

    “The Spirit of him that raised up Yahushua from the dead.”

    The issueThe Spirit belongs to the one who raised Him — the Father.

  24. No. 310

    1 Corinthians 6:14

    “God hath both raised up the Master, and will also raise up us.”

    The issueGod raises the Master and will raise believers the same way.

  25. No. 311

    1 Corinthians 15:15

    “We have testified of God that he raised up Messiah.”

    The issueThe apostles’ testimony is about what God did to Messiah.

  26. No. 312

    Ephesians 1:20

    “He raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand.”

    The issueGod raised Him and seated Him beside Himself — two persons, one throne-side.

  27. No. 313

    Colossians 2:12

    “The faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.”

    The issueThe raising is called the work of God, done on Messiah.

  28. No. 314

    1 Thessalonians 4:14

    “If we believe that Yahushua died and rose again.”

    The issueHe died.

  29. No. 315

    Hebrews 13:20

    “The God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Master Yahushua.”

    The issueThe God of peace brought the Master back from the dead — two.

  30. No. 316

    1 Peter 1:21

    “God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory.”

    The issueGod raised Him and gave Him glory — He did not already own it.

  31. No. 317

    1 Peter 3:18

    “Being put to death in the flesh.”

    The issuePut to death — a passive verb, something done to Him.

  32. No. 318

    Luke 23:46

    “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.”

    The issueThe dying Son entrusts His spirit to another.

  33. No. 319

    Romans 14:9

    “To this end Messiah both died, and rose, and revived.”

    The issueHe died and revived; God neither dies nor revives.

  34. No. 320

    Revelation 5:9

    “Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood.”

    The issueSlain — and redeemed us to God, not to Himself.

Part Three

The Spirit and the Throne

Where the third person should be and is not. These problems show the Spirit as the Father’s own power and Messiah’s own presence — never named, worshiped, or seated — and every throne scene in heaven holding two.

Problem 15

It Reduces the Work of Yahushua

The problemThe Trinity hands the indwelling, the comforting, and the interceding over to a third person, leaving Yahushua with the job “just to pay a debt.” Yet Scripture says Messiah is our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, that the last Adam became a quickening spirit, and that the hope of glory is Messiah in you. Explain who is actually living in the believer.
  1. No. 321

    1 Corinthians 1:30

    Messiah Yahushua “is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.”

    The issueMore than a debt payment.

  2. No. 322

    John 14:16-18

    Another Comforter is promised — then Yahushua says who it is: “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

    The issueThe promised Comforter turns out to be Yahushua Himself, returning in spirit.

  3. No. 323

    1 John 2:1

    “We have an advocate with the Father, Yahushua Messiah the righteous.”

    The issueAdvocate is parakletos (G3875), the same word translated Comforter in John 14:16. The Comforter is named, and it is Yahushua.

  4. No. 324

    1 Corinthians 15:45

    “The last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”

    The issueThe spirit that gives life is the risen Messiah, not a separate third person.

  5. No. 325

    2 Corinthians 3:17

    “Now the Master is that Spirit.”

    The issuePaul identifies the Spirit with the risen Master, not with another person.

  6. No. 326

    2 Corinthians 3:18

    Changed “even as by the Spirit of the Master.”

    The issueThe Spirit belongs to the Master and is not a separate Master.

  7. No. 327

    Colossians 1:27

    “Messiah in you, the hope of glory.”

    The issueThe indwelling hope is Messiah Himself, not a third person in His place.

  8. No. 328

    1 John 5:11-13

    Eternal life “is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life.”

    The issueEternal life is only in the Son, given by God.

  9. No. 329

    Romans 8:9

    “If any man have not the Spirit of Messiah, he is none of his.”

    The issueThe Spirit in the believer is called the Spirit of Messiah — His own presence.

  10. No. 330

    Romans 8:10

    “And if Messiah be in you.”

    The issueVerse 9’s Spirit of Messiah is verse 10’s Messiah in you.

  11. No. 331

    Galatians 2:20

    “Messiah liveth in me.”

    The issuePaul says Messiah lives in him, not a third person standing in for Messiah.

  12. No. 332

    Philippians 1:19

    “The supply of the Spirit of Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueThe Spirit supplied is Yahushua’s own spirit.

  13. No. 333

    1 Peter 1:11

    “The Spirit of Messiah which was in them.”

    The issueThe Spirit in the prophets is called the Spirit of Messiah.

  14. No. 334

    Ephesians 3:17

    “That Messiah may dwell in your hearts by faith.”

    The issueMessiah Himself dwells in the heart by belief.

  15. No. 335

    2 Corinthians 13:5

    “Know ye not your own selves, how that Yahushua Messiah is in you?”

    The issueThe test of a believer is whether Messiah is in him — not a third person.

  16. No. 336

    Colossians 3:11

    “Messiah is all, and in all.”

    The issueMessiah fills all; no room is left for a separate indwelling person.

  17. No. 337

    John 15:4

    “Abide in me, and I in you.”

    The issueYahushua promises to abide in the believer Himself.

  18. No. 338

    Revelation 3:20

    “I will come in to him, and will sup with him.”

    The issueThe risen Messiah enters the believer personally — He sends no substitute.

  19. No. 339

    Matthew 28:20

    “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”

    The issueYahushua promises His own presence, not the presence of a stand-in.

  20. No. 340

    Matthew 18:20

    “There am I in the midst of them.”

    The issueYahushua is the one present among the gathered — not a third person.

  21. No. 341

    Romans 8:34

    Messiah “is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”

    The issueOne intercessor at the right hand — the one mediator of 1 Timothy 2:5.

  22. No. 342

    Romans 8:26

    “The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us.”

    The issueVerse 26 and verse 34 describe one intercessor — 1 Timothy 2:5 allows only one mediator.

  23. No. 343

    Hebrews 7:25

    “He ever liveth to make intercession for them.”

    The issueOne living intercessor — the role the Trinity hands to the Spirit belongs to the Son.

  24. No. 344

    John 16:7

    “If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.”

    The issueThe Comforter comes when Yahushua is glorified, because it is His own presence returning.

  25. No. 345

    John 7:39

    “The Holy Spirit was not yet given; because that Yahushua was not yet glorified.”

    The issueA co-eternal third person does not wait on the glorifying of the Son.

  26. No. 346

    John 20:22

    “He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit.”

    The issueGiven as breath from Yahushua Himself.

  27. No. 347

    Acts 2:33

    Having “received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath shed forth this.”

    The issueThis — poured out — not a person.

  28. No. 348

    Ephesians 4:8

    “When he ascended up on high... he gave gifts unto men.”

    The issueThe gifts the Trinity assigns to the third person are given by the ascended Son.

  29. No. 349

    John 6:63

    “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”

    The issueThe spirit that gives life is carried in the Son’s own words.

Problem 16

The Holy Spirit Is Never Named, Worshiped, or Prayed To

The problemA co-equal third person would be worshiped, prayed to, greeted, and given a name. The Holy Spirit is none of these. Scripture calls it God’s own spirit, poured out, given, shed forth — and the KJV calls it “itself.” Explain why the third person is never once worshiped.
  1. No. 350

    Matthew 28:19

    “Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”

    The issue“Name” is singular, and every baptism the apostles performed was in the name of Yahushua alone (Acts 2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:5).

  2. No. 351

    Acts 2:38

    “Be baptized every one of you in the name of Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issuePeter fulfilled Matthew 28:19 in one name — Yahushua’s.

  3. No. 352

    Acts 8:16

    “Only they were baptized in the name of the Master Yahushua.”

    The issueSamaria was baptized in one name only.

  4. No. 353

    Acts 10:48

    “Baptized in the name of the Master.”

    The issueCornelius’ household was baptized in the Master’s name.

  5. No. 354

    Acts 19:5

    “Baptized in the name of the Master Yahushua.”

    The issueEphesus, the same — one name, not three titles.

  6. No. 355

    1 Corinthians 2:11

    “What man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”

    The issueGod’s Spirit is to God what a man’s spirit is to a man — himself, not another person.

  7. No. 356

    Romans 8:16

    “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit.”

    The issueThe KJV translators wrote “itself,” not “himself.”

  8. No. 357

    Acts 2:17

    “I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh.”

    The issuePoured out, and “my” Spirit.

  9. No. 358

    Acts 2:18

    “I will pour out in those days of my Spirit.”

    The issueA portion of God’s Spirit is poured out — a person cannot be portioned.

  10. No. 359

    Acts 10:45

    “On the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

    The issueThe Spirit is called a gift that is poured, not a person who comes.

  11. No. 360

    Titus 3:6

    “Which he shed on us abundantly through Yahushua Messiah.”

    The issueShed abundantly, like water — the language of substance, not of a person.

  12. No. 361

    Luke 24:49

    “Until ye be endued with power from on high.”

    The issueThe promised Spirit is called power from on high.

  13. No. 362

    Acts 1:8

    “Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you.”

    The issueThe Spirit’s coming is the arrival of power.

  14. No. 363

    Luke 11:13

    “How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”

    The issueThe Spirit is given by the Father, and the asking goes to the Father.

  15. No. 364

    1 Thessalonians 4:8

    “God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.”

    The issueHis.

  16. No. 365

    1 John 4:13

    “He hath given us of his Spirit.”

    The issueOf His Spirit — a portion.

  17. No. 366

    Acts 5:32

    “The Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.”

    The issueGod gives the Spirit as His own gift.

  18. No. 367

    Matthew 10:20

    “It is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.”

    The issueIt is the Father’s own Spirit speaking — the Father Himself.

  19. No. 368

    Matthew 12:28

    “If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God.”

    The issueLuke 11:20 calls the same thing “the finger of God.” The Spirit of God is God’s own power at work.

  20. No. 369

    Luke 11:20

    “If I with the finger of God cast out devils.”

    The issueThe Spirit of God is the finger of God — His own power.

  21. No. 370

    John 4:24

    “God is a Spirit.”

    The issueGod is spirit; He does not have a separate spirit-person.

  22. No. 371

    Philippians 3:3

    “Which worship God in the spirit.”

    The issueWorship goes to God, in spirit — never to the Spirit.

Problem 17

Two at the Right Hand — Never Three

The problemEvery scene of heaven shows the Son at the right hand of God — one seated on the throne, and one beside Him. No third person ever sits, stands, or is seen. Explain where the Holy Spirit is in every vision of heaven.
  1. No. 372

    Mark 16:19

    “He was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.”

    The issueSeated at God’s right hand — beside God, not as God.

  2. No. 373

    Acts 7:55

    Stephen, “full of the Holy Spirit... saw the glory of God, and Yahushua standing on the right hand of God.”

    The issueFull of the Spirit, he sees two — not three.

  3. No. 374

    Acts 7:56

    “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”

    The issueThe Son of man stands beside God, and no third figure appears.

  4. No. 375

    Acts 2:34-35

    “Yahuah said unto my Master, Sit thou on my right hand.”

    The issueTwo figures: Yahuah, and the master He seats at His right hand.

  5. No. 376

    Romans 8:34

    “Who is even at the right hand of God.”

    The issueAt the right hand of God, interceding to Him.

  6. No. 377

    Colossians 3:1

    “Where Messiah sitteth on the right hand of God.”

    The issuePaul places Messiah beside God, not within Him.

  7. No. 378

    Hebrews 1:3

    He “sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

    The issueHe sat down beside the Majesty — the Majesty is someone else.

  8. No. 379

    Hebrews 1:13

    “To which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand.”

    The issueGod invites the Son to sit at His right hand; no third is invited.

  9. No. 380

    Hebrews 8:1

    “Set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.”

    The issueThe throne belongs to the Majesty; the High Priest sits at its right hand.

  10. No. 381

    Hebrews 10:12

    “Sat down on the right hand of God.”

    The issueThe offering finished, He sat down beside God.

  11. No. 382

    Hebrews 12:2

    “Is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

    The issueThe throne is God’s; Yahushua is set at its right hand.

  12. No. 383

    1 Peter 3:22

    “Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God.”

    The issueGone into heaven to God’s right hand — two, with angels subject to Him.

  13. No. 384

    Matthew 26:64

    “Sitting on the right hand of power.”

    The issue“Power” is a reverent name for God, and the Son sits beside it.

  14. No. 385

    Luke 22:69

    “Sit on the right hand of the power of God.”

    The issueThe power of God — and the Son of man seated at its right hand.

  15. No. 386

    Revelation 5:7

    “He came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.”

    The issueThe Lamb takes the book from the one on the throne.

  16. No. 387

    Revelation 5:13

    “Unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.”

    The issueAll creation praises two: the one on the throne, and the Lamb.

  17. No. 388

    Revelation 6:16

    “The face of him that sitteth on the throne, and... the wrath of the Lamb.”

    The issueTwo are feared on that day; the Spirit is not named.

  18. No. 389

    Revelation 7:10

    “Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.”

    The issueSalvation is ascribed to God on the throne and to the Lamb — two.

  19. No. 390

    Revelation 14:4

    “The firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.”

    The issueFirstfruits to God and to the Lamb, and to no third.

  20. No. 391

    Revelation 11:15

    “The kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Messiah.”

    The issueThe kingdom belongs to God and to His Messiah — His, not co-equal.

  21. No. 392

    Revelation 12:10

    “The kingdom of our God, and the power of his Messiah.”

    The issueMessiah is “his” — belonging to God.

  22. No. 393

    Revelation 20:6

    “Priests of God and of Messiah.”

    The issuePriests serve God and Messiah, and no third.

  23. No. 394

    Revelation 21:22

    “The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.”

    The issueThe temple of the new city is God and the Lamb — no third person.

  24. No. 395

    Revelation 22:1

    “The throne of God and of the Lamb.”

    The issueOne throne, two named on it, no third.

  25. No. 396

    Revelation 22:3

    “The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it.”

    The issueIn the eternal state the count is still two.

Part Four

The Old Testament Witness

What Israel was told. Kept to direct statements only: Yahuah speaking of Himself, and plain promises of the Messiah to come, so that no entry rests on a disputed reading.

Problem 18

Yahuah Alone, and Beside Him No Other

The problemThe Old Testament is kept to direct statements: Yahuah speaking of Himself, and plain words about the Messiah who was to come. Thirty-nine books, and the God of Israel speaks as “I,” “me,” and “none beside me” every time. Explain why Israel was never told God is three.
  1. No. 397

    Deuteronomy 6:4

    “Hear, O Israel: Yahuah our God is one Yahuah.”

    The issueThe foundational confession of Israel: one Yahuah.

  2. No. 398

    Deuteronomy 4:35

    “Yahuah he is God; there is none else beside him.”

    The issueNone else beside Him — no second or third.

  3. No. 399

    Deuteronomy 4:39

    “Yahuah he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.”

    The issueHeaven and earth hold one God and none else.

  4. No. 400

    Deuteronomy 32:39

    “I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me.”

    The issueNo god with Him — not even a co-equal one.

  5. No. 401

    Deuteronomy 32:12

    “So Yahuah alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.”

    The issueYahuah alone led Israel, with no partner.

  6. No. 402

    Exodus 20:3

    “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

    The issueThe first commandment allows one God before Israel’s face.

  7. No. 403

    Isaiah 42:8

    “I am Yahuah: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another.”

    The issueHis glory is given to no other, so no other shares deity with Him.

  8. No. 404

    Isaiah 43:10

    “I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.”

    The issueNo God formed before or after Him — no second God begotten as God.

  9. No. 405

    Isaiah 43:11

    “I, even I, am Yahuah; and beside me there is no saviour.”

    The issueBeside Him there is no saviour — Yahuah alone saves.

  10. No. 406

    Isaiah 44:6

    “I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”

    The issueFirst and last, with no God beside Him.

  11. No. 407

    Isaiah 44:8

    “Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.”

    The issueYahuah Himself knows of no other God.

  12. No. 408

    Isaiah 44:24

    “I am Yahuah that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself.”

    The issueAlone, by Himself — no partner at creation.

  13. No. 409

    Isaiah 45:5

    “I am Yahuah, and there is none else, there is no God beside me.”

    The issueNo God beside Him — the plainest possible denial of a plurality.

  14. No. 410

    Isaiah 45:6

    “There is none beside me. I am Yahuah, and there is none else.”

    The issueSaid twice in one verse: none else.

  15. No. 411

    Isaiah 45:12

    “I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens.”

    The issueCreation is by His own hands — “I,” not “we.”

  16. No. 412

    Isaiah 45:18

    “I am Yahuah; and there is none else.”

    The issueThe Creator declares Himself alone.

  17. No. 413

    Isaiah 45:21

    “There is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.”

    The issueA just God and Saviour — and none beside Him.

  18. No. 414

    Isaiah 45:22

    “For I am God, and there is none else.”

    The issueEvery end of the earth is to look to one God.

  19. No. 415

    Isaiah 46:9

    “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.”

    The issueNone like Him, so none equal to Him.

  20. No. 416

    Isaiah 37:16

    “Thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.”

    The issueHezekiah prays to God “alone.”

  21. No. 417

    Isaiah 37:20

    “That all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Yahuah, even thou only.”

    The issueThe goal is that all nations know Yahuah alone is God.

  22. No. 418

    2 Kings 19:15

    “Thou art the God, even thou alone.”

    The issueThe same prayer recorded in Kings: God alone.

  23. No. 419

    2 Kings 19:19

    “That all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Yahuah God, even thou only.”

    The issueYahuah “only” — the word excludes any co-equal.

  24. No. 420

    1 Kings 8:60

    “That all the people of the earth may know that Yahuah is God, and that there is none else.”

    The issueSolomon’s dedication prayer ends on one God, none else.

  25. No. 421

    2 Samuel 7:22

    “There is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee.”

    The issueDavid confesses no God beside Him.

  26. No. 422

    1 Chronicles 17:20

    “There is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee.”

    The issueThe same confession in Chronicles.

  27. No. 423

    Nehemiah 9:6

    “Thou, even thou, art Yahuah alone; thou hast made heaven.”

    The issueYahuah alone made heaven.

  28. No. 424

    Psalm 83:18

    “Thou, whose name alone is Yahuah, art the most high over all the earth.”

    The issueHis name alone is Yahuah — one name, one God.

  29. No. 425

    Psalm 86:10

    “Thou art God alone.”

    The issueGod alone.

  30. No. 426

    Psalm 18:31

    “Who is God save Yahuah?”

    The issueThere is no God except Yahuah.

  31. No. 427

    Hosea 13:4

    “Thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.”

    The issueNo god but Him, and no saviour beside Him.

  32. No. 428

    Joel 2:27

    “I am Yahuah your God, and none else.”

    The issueYahuah your God, and none else.

  33. No. 429

    Zechariah 14:9

    “In that day shall there be one Yahuah, and his name one.”

    The issueAt the end, one Yahuah and one name — not three.

  34. No. 430

    Malachi 2:10

    “Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?”

    The issueOne Father and one God — the same one.

  35. No. 431

    Genesis 1:27

    “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him.”

    The issueThe verse after “let us make” answers it: his image, he created.

  36. No. 432

    Genesis 2:7

    “Yahuah God formed man of the dust of the ground.”

    The issueOne former.

Problem 19

God Is Not a Man

The problemYahuah declares He is not a man and does not tire, sleep, or die. The New Testament calls Yahushua a man who tired, slept, and died. Explain how both describe the same God.
  1. No. 433

    Numbers 23:19

    “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man.”

    The issueGod is not a man; the New Testament calls Yahushua a man.

  2. No. 434

    Hosea 11:9

    “For I am God, and not man.”

    The issueGod declares Himself not man — the line the Trinity erases.

  3. No. 435

    1 Samuel 15:29

    “He is not a man, that he should repent.”

    The issueGod and man are set as opposites.

  4. No. 436

    Isaiah 40:28

    “The everlasting God, Yahuah... fainteth not, neither is weary.”

    The issueGod does not grow weary; Yahushua did (John 4:6).

  5. No. 437

    Psalm 121:4

    “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.”

    The issueGod does not sleep; Yahushua slept in the boat (Mark 4:38).

  6. No. 438

    Psalm 90:2

    “From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”

    The issueNo beginning and no death.

  7. No. 439

    Exodus 33:20

    “There shall no man see me, and live.”

    The issueNo man can see God and live; thousands saw Yahushua and lived.

  8. No. 440

    Malachi 3:6

    “I am Yahuah, I change not.”

    The issueGod does not become something He was not.

Problem 20

The Messiah Promised Is a Man Under Yahuah

The problemEvery Old Testament promise of the Messiah presents Him as a man raised up by Yahuah — a prophet from among the brethren, a servant upheld, a Son begotten, a king anointed by His God. Not one promise presents a second person already within God. Explain where Israel was told the Messiah would be Yahuah Himself.
  1. No. 441

    Deuteronomy 18:15

    “Yahuah thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me.”

    The issueThe Messiah is promised as a prophet from among the brethren — a man.

  2. No. 442

    Deuteronomy 18:18

    “I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth.”

    The issueThe words are Yahuah’s, placed in the prophet’s mouth — exactly as John 12:49 says.

  3. No. 443

    2 Samuel 7:14

    “I will be his father, and he shall be my son.”

    The issueFather and son — a relationship of two, promised to David’s line.

  4. No. 444

    Psalm 2:7

    “Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.”

    The issueBegotten on a day — not eternally.

  5. No. 445

    Psalm 2:2

    “Against Yahuah, and against his anointed.”

    The issueYahuah and His anointed — two.

  6. No. 446

    Psalm 45:7

    “God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”

    The issueThe anointed has a God and has fellows.

  7. No. 447

    Psalm 110:1

    “Yahuah said unto my Master, Sit thou at my right hand.”

    The issueThe second title is adoni (H113), a title used of human masters and never of Yahuah.

  8. No. 448

    Psalm 89:26

    “He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God.”

    The issueThe promised king calls Yahuah “my God.”

  9. No. 449

    Psalm 89:27

    “I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.”

    The issueMade firstborn — appointed.

  10. No. 450

    Isaiah 42:1

    “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him.”

    The issueUpheld, chosen, and given the spirit — quoted of Yahushua in Matthew 12:18.

  11. No. 451

    Isaiah 11:1

    “There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse.”

    The issueThe Messiah grows from Jesse’s line — a man of David’s house.

  12. No. 452

    Isaiah 11:2

    “The spirit of Yahuah shall rest upon him.”

    The issueThe spirit of Yahuah rests upon Him, given from outside Himself.

  13. No. 453

    Isaiah 11:3

    “And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of Yahuah.”

    The issueGod does not fear God.

  14. No. 454

    Isaiah 61:1

    “The Spirit of the Lord Yahuah is upon me; because Yahuah hath anointed me.”

    The issueQuoted by Yahushua of Himself in Luke 4:18.

  15. No. 455

    Isaiah 53:10

    “Yet it pleased Yahuah to bruise him.”

    The issueOne bruises; one is bruised.

  16. No. 456

    Isaiah 49:5

    “Yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of Yahuah, and my God shall be my strength.”

    The issueThe Servant has a God who is His strength.

  17. No. 457

    Micah 5:4

    “He shall stand and feed in the strength of Yahuah, in the majesty of the name of Yahuah his God.”

    The issueThe ruler from Bethlehem has a God.

  18. No. 458

    Jeremiah 23:5

    “I will raise unto David a righteous Branch.”

    The issueYahuah raises up the Branch — the Branch does not raise itself.

  19. No. 459

    Zechariah 6:12

    “Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH.”

    The issueThe man.

  20. No. 460

    Daniel 7:13

    “One like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days.”

    The issueTwo in heaven — no third.

  21. No. 461

    Daniel 7:14

    “And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom.”

    The issueGiven.

  22. No. 462

    Isaiah 42:6

    “I Yahuah have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand.”

    The issueYahuah holds the Servant’s hand — two, not one.

Their Three Verses, Answered

Three verses are raised against every list like this one. Each is answered by the verses standing beside it.

John 1:1 — “The Word was God”

The Word is God’s own word, belonging to Him the way a man’s word belongs to the man. It was “with God” and it was God’s: His expression, His plan, His speech. It is not a second person standing beside Him. The Old Testament speaks the same way: “By the word of Yahuah were the heavens made” (Psalm 33:6). In verse 14 that word “was made flesh,” and the flesh it became is the Son. The Father’s word took on a body; the Father did not become two.

Hebrews 1:8 — “Unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God”

The mix-up is “he saith.” The Greek is pros, and one verse earlier the KJV renders the same construction “of the angels he saith” (Hebrews 1:7). Read the same way, verse 8 is said of the Son, and the words come from Psalm 45:6, a wedding song for a king of David’s line. The next verse settles it: “God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows” (Hebrews 1:9). The one spoken of has a God over Him, is anointed by that God, and has fellows.

John 20:28 — “My Master and my God”

Thomas saw the Father revealed through the Son. Yahushua had already told the disciples, “he that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9). Three verses before Thomas speaks, Yahushua names His own God: “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God” (John 20:17). Three verses after, John gives the purpose of the whole book: “that ye might believe that Yahushua is the Messiah, the Son of God” (John 20:31).

The Count

462 entries and 452 distinct passages stand in this lexicon, and the list is not exhausted. Every one of them names God as one, names the Father as that God, and names Yahushua as His Son, His sent one, His anointed man. Not one names a third person seated, greeted, prayed to, or worshiped.

The record ends where it began. In the last chapter of Scripture there is one throne, and it is “the throne of God and of the Lamb” (Revelation 22:1, 3). Two are named on it; the servants serve Him and see His face (Revelation 22:4). At the end of all things the third person is nowhere on the throne, and the Trinitarian must explain why.