Is Jesus Trustworthy?

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” Ephesians 1:3 (NKJV) In the precious and beautiful name of Jesus, greetings. It is no secret that John’s gospel is a good place to start reading the Bible, for first time believers in Christ Jesus. I would suggest reading John 20:17 first. It is a fact that falsehoods are taught as true today by those who are suggesting one should read John’s gospel first. To be more specific the Anthanasian Creed’s way of salvation, where it has “the Son is God” supplanting everything Jesus accomplished in the first century. That creed is clear, declaring, unless one believes “the Son is God” one “cannot be saved.” “The Son is God” only came to exist with the Anthanasian Creed, not because there is Biblical support for it. Yet, to this very day, this false method of salvation has a following. Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.” John 20:17 (NKJV) In John 20:17, where Jesus said “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God” in John 20:17, it shows “the Son is God” is meaningless. It is safe to say, because the Bible tells me so, that Jesus ascended to His God and Father. Thus, making it pointless to not only attempt to link Jesus to the Anthanasian Creed’s “the Son is God,” but to teach God having to die on a cross. Is Jesus trustworthy? You better believe He is. Therefore, for those of us saved according to the Scriptures, Jesus’s “brethren,” Jesus’s God and Father and “your” God and Father, are the same. This holds true for first time believers in Christ Jesus today, and for those of us having been following Jesus for an exceedingly long time. There is no need to give reference to “the Son is God,” unless showing it to be false. God bless. In His Care… Jim