Jason Ritchze

@HarlanJake2003 @CertainSpeaks The Greek word proskyneo can mean “worship” but it can also mean “pay homage” or “bow down.” See Matthew 18:26. Phil 2:9-11 says that God exalted Jesus so that “at the name of Jesus every knee should bow..to the glory of God the Father.” The ultimate glory goes to God the Father.

Jesus receives worship from his disciples in the New Testament… Matthew 14 and 28, Luke 24. The wisemen worshiped him, the Canaanite woman worshiped him, the blind man worshiped him, the women at the tomb worshiped him. There is no dilemma, Jesus clearly accepts the worship due to God alone. Jesus is God.

The "Trinitarian Dilemma" is that Jesus only worshiped one person as his God and taught his followers to do the same.

@BereanHouse @Piecemaker2121 The point I am making is that "only-begotten god" ≠ "God the Son."

@JasonRitchze @Piecemaker2121 You're making 2 separate arguments. The word son is derrived from monogenēs not theos.

Are there any Jehovah's Witnesses on the internet? I honestly can't say I've seen a single comment or post ever from any of them, only a few from the ones who've left

@BereanHouse @Piecemaker2121 Since the Word is not "ho theos" but rather "theos", he is the "only begotten god." The Greek in John 1:18 does not say "God the Son". The Greek distinguishes between "God" and "god".

@JasonRitchze @Piecemaker2121 You are looking at the wrong part of the verse, brother. θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε ▶️μονογενὴς θεὸς ◀️ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο μονογενὴς θεὸς monogenēs theos the only begotten God

@BereanHouse @Piecemaker2121 John 1:1 differentiates between "ho theos" and "theos" (“God” and “god”). Same in John 1:18. "No one has seen God (ho theos) at any time," so the Word is not "ho theos." "God the only son" is an interpretive rendering and not the literal rendering.

@JasonRitchze @Piecemaker2121 John 1:18 No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. In the greek monogenēs theos the only begotten God.

@BereanHouse @Piecemaker2121 Like when they make the "Son of God", which is a term used numerous times in the Bible, into "God the Son", which is a term that is never used in the Bible?

@Piecemaker2121 The internet's been bad for many of these groups who reinvent Christ in their preferences.

@Piecemaker2121 @EricCMeadows Hi. JW here.

@EricCMeadows You would think with all the times they're mentioned in passing in religious discussions they'd pop up somewhere

@darknytPB @anvilofyahweh Psalm 110:1 shows that Jesus is not Yahweh. In English this verse would read “Yahweh said to my Lord.” In Acts 2:34-36, Peter quotes Psalm 110:1 and explains that God is the one speaking to Jesus Christ.

If I understand you correctly, how do you flesh out metaphysical equivalence as the meaning of that text? I guess I don’t see it as an either/or since unity of purpose, especially in that context, still equates to ontological equivalence. The effort of heretics to push the unity of purpose still results in the same conclusion: Jesus is Yahweh.

Dear Christian, If someone claims Jesus's statement "I and my Father are one" (Jn 10:30) is merely about oneness of purpose, you can be assured that person is ignorant of good exegetical methodology.

@anvilofyahweh In John 17:22, Jesus prayed to God saying, "I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one." Obviously, Jesus did not mean that his followers were of the same essence or substance.

@AiG William Wilson's OT Word Studies says the following re: the Hebrew word “yohm”: "A day; it is frequently put for time in general, or for a long time; a whole period under consideration . . . Day is also put for a particular season or time when any extraordinary event happens.”

The Hebrew language and context used in Genesis 1 can only mean literal 24-hour days.

@TheExBeliever The Greek word “onoma” in Matthew 28:19 is often translated as “name,” but it also means “authority.” It would be like saying that an officer acted “in the name of God, the Queen, and the Commonwealth.” He acted under their authority.

It says, “In the name of…” What is the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? Who’s up for the challenge? Comment below

@Lorenzo16218021 @KR3Wmatic The Miller-Urey experiment relied on artificial laboratory conditions and only produced basic amino acids, which are just building blocks of proteins. It completely failed to show that a self-replicating cell could emerge from non-living matter.

@JasonRitchze @KR3Wmatic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2… here, it is actually been documented more than 70 years ago.

Atheists, how can you prove to me that God doesn't exist? Are you smarter than 6 billion believers?

@darwintojesus Here's a question: In Acts 7, while being stoned, Stephen looked up to heaven and saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. If Jesus is God, how can he be standing at God’s right hand?

Even as an atheist I knew this much was obvious.

@DLoTheTechPro @CertainSpeaks If someone says an action is taken "in the NAME of the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court," does that prove they are all one single entity?

@CertainSpeaks "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the NAME of the FATHER and of the SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT" - Jesus

You can never know the true Jesus while being a Trinitarian.

@xcnikahd @DonnaKueny66473 @CertainSpeaks One of the earliest translations of John was into the Sahidic Coptic language in the 3rd century. In Coptic, both definite and indefinite articles closely match English. This Coptic translation uses an indefinite article in John 1:1, literally reading, “a god was the Word."

@JasonRitchze @DonnaKueny66473 @CertainSpeaks No this is inaccurate. The 3rd clause is saying “the Word is God” by nature, which is qualitative. The equivalent is “Jesus is Man”

The very first Christians were all Unitarians who viewed Jesus as the literal Son of God.

@DonnaKueny66473 @CertainSpeaks If John wanted to say that the Word is God, he could have written “ho logos en ho theos.” But he didn’t. He made a distinction between ho theos and theos. The lack of the definite article describes a quality of the Word. The Word is like God, divine, “a god” but not God.

@CertainSpeaks John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,and the Word was God.

@hndrxx007 @CertainSpeaks The Greek word "arkhe" in Rev 3:14 means “beginning”. Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon lists “beginning” as its first meaning. John uses various forms of "arkhe" more than 20 times, and they always have the meaning of “beginning,” not “beginner”, “origin” or "source".

@CertainSpeaks Rev 3:14 is like saying Steve Jobs is the beginning of the iPhone. Steve Jobs is the source of the iPhone. Jesus is the source of all creation. And continue reading John 6:57 verse lol living is not how your saying it.

Jesus cannot be God or part of a Trinity because Jesus was created: "I live because of the Father" -Jn 6:57 "The beginning of the creation by God" -Rev 3:14 — Jesus Christ

@nevlak_ @CertainSpeaks The Greek text of John 1:18 does not literally contain the phrase "who is himself God." That's a biased rendering from the NIV. The most reliable and oldest Greek manuscripts use the phrase monogenēs theos, literally rendered as "only-begotten god" or "the only-begotten God".

@CertainSpeaks John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

@Apologetics941 The only offer of godhood ever recorded in the Bible was the empty promise by Satan the Devil in the garden of Eden. Genesis 3:5: "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."

Mormons don't believe they get their own planet! That's true. They believe that they get to create their own planet like God and then populate it with Spirit babies that they make with their wife (or wives). Totally Christians though. Because they say so!

@BurningFalse @GuntarioDotCom @CertainSpeaks I appreciate the conversation but name-calling undermines your argument. It never helps your case.

@JasonRitchze @GuntarioDotCom @CertainSpeaks i just showed you fool. did you not comprehend what you were just shown? of course you did. but you are choosing to ignore it because it destroys your twisted view of Scripture. i just showed you Jesus is God who is at the right hand of God. open your eyes bud.

The Trinity is not required to be a Christian. Infact, all true Christians reject the Trinity.