Jesus Is Not A Fake Or A Liar

While listening to the local “Christian” radio station, I heard, “If you do not believe in the deity of Christ Jesus, that Jesus is God, you are lost and you’re not going to heaven.” The speaker then went on to say this about Jesus, “If He’s not God then He’s a fake. A liar.” In 325-AD the doctrine of the trinity that says [unless one believes “the Son is God” one cannot be saved], created a [false] narrative. God’s plan of salvation points us to what Jesus accomplished in the first century, as laid out for us in the Bible. The doctrine of the trinity steers us away from it. At some point one would have to allow themselves the time to investigate the matter, especially if claiming to love Jesus’ teachings. I often hear that John’s gospel is the best place for one to start reading the Bible. For the new believer in Christ Jesus that is, in my opinion, I would say it’s a great place to start. I’m going to move ahead to John 20:17, at this time. As one who loves Jesus, I find it most helpful. 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) I know [exactly] where I stand with Jesus. Jesus’ God and Father and my God and Father being one and the same (John 20:17), keeps me from [ever] trusting man’s understanding of the Scriptures where “the Son is God” is found. I’ll not move from my position on this matter because Jesus’ teachings in the first century, as laid out for us in the Bible, are trustworthy as is. You won’t find Jesus saying something in one place in the Bible, this case in John 20:17, only to contradict Himself concerning the matter in another place. If all we had was John’s gospel today, no one could say they didn’t know enough about God’s plan of salvation, specifically, that which one must believe in order to be saved according to the Scriptures. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (NKJV) The issue here is that John 3:16 tells us that all we need to believe to be saved is that Jesus is God’s only begotten Son, and the speaker adamantly says you must believe Jesus is God or you will be “lost and not going to heaven.” I’m not calling anyone a “liar” here, but for me I’m putting my trust in John 3:16. Jesus is [not] a “fake” or a “liar.” He is simply, the Son of God.