There are multiple verses in the New Testament in which Jesus declares that he is not God.
Jesus Calls God “My God”
One example of this is that Jesus calls God “my God” in several verses. If Jesus was God, he would not be calling himself “my God” because this would imply that God himself has a God whom He worships.
In fact, Jesus himself, during crucifixion, asks: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” If Jesus truly was God, then why would God ask if He has forsaken His own self?
- Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ (John 20:17)
- The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God… (Revelation 3:12)
- About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46)
Jesus Says God Is Greater Than Himself
If Jesus were God, then would God be greater than Jesus, instead of equal to Jesus?
Moreover, Jesus says that not even he knows when the world will end, only God. If Jesus was God, would he not know the day and the hour of the end of the world just like God?
If Jesus were truly God, he would not say that God is greater than him and that he does nothing without God’s authority, and he would know when the world will end.
- “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.” (John 14:28)
- So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. (John 8:28)
- But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. (Mark 13:32)
Jesus instructs a man not to call him good, because God alone is good. That means Jesus is not God, but is a being that is less than God.
- “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.” (Mark 10:18)
- If Jesus was God, and God alone is good, then Jesus would have no problem with this person calling him good.
Bible Verses That Say Jesus is God
Here is a list of verses that indicate Jesus is God, and is worshipped:
- The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
- Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28)
- While we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, (Titus 2:13)
- Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?” (John 14:9)
- Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” (Matthew 14:33)
- Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” (Matthew 28:18)
Doctrine of Hypostatic Union
Many verses in the Bible indicate Jesus is not God, and many verses in the Bible indicate Jesus is God.
Therefore, to resolve this theological conflict in the Bible about the real nature of Jesus, the Council of Chalcedon in Rome during 451 AD came up with the doctrine of “hypostatic union”.
In short, hypostatic union states that Jesus is both “100% God” and “100% human” at the same time.
However, this concept of Jesus being 100% God and 100% man at the same time is a logical contradiction in itself.
If we examine the three qualities that God possesses, but humans lack, we find that God is:
- Immortal
- All-Knowing
- All-Powerful
But if we example the qualities of humans, we find that they are:
- Mortal
- Limited in knowledge
- Weak
As you can see, the traits that are exclusive God are the exact opposite of the traits that define humanity, such that both character traits cannot logically exist at the same time.
One cannot be both mortal and immortal at the same time, that is a logical contradiction. One cannot be both all-knowing and with limited knowledge at the same time either. One cannot be both all-powerful and weak at the same time.
- Therefore, one cannot be both fully human and fully God at the same time. Jesus must either be one or the other.
Jesus can’t be a demigod (partially God, partially human) either, because worshipping demigods is not allowed in Christianity.
This is why God in the Quran warns Christians many times to reject the Trinity doctrine. Christians are permitted in the Quran to continue following what God revealed in the Gospel (Injeel in Arabic), but they must reject the Trinity.
- [5:47] And let the People of the Injeel judge by what God has revealed in it. And whoever does not judge by what God has revealed, then those are the deviant.
- [4:171] O People of the Book, do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not say about God except the truth. Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, was only the messenger of God, and His word which He cast towards Mary, as well as a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers, and do not say, “Three.” Desist, it is better for you. God is only one God. The sublimity of Him, that He should have a son! For Him is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. And God is sufficient as a Trustee.
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