Jesus Never Taught He Was Part of a Holy Trinity

When I was growing up and considering the religious teachings I was receiving certain concepts always bothered me.  These concepts just did not make sense to me even in my early teenage mind. One of the biggest was the concept of a loving God that would send one of his creations to hell for eternity. The love of God was said to be unconditional but then there were conditions that needed to be met in order to get to this magical place called heaven. You know the place I’m talking about; where the streets are paved with gold.

Jesus never taught this concept

As I got older and started to really search for the meaning of my existence and my place in the universe and my relationship to others and God I started to question more concepts and contradictions I was taught. Now mind you I was already considered rebellious simply by questioning the concepts and by implication the Holy word of God. In my culture, to question God is forbidden. It may as well be the eleventh commandment.  As matter of fact I can faintly remember it being stenciled in on the Zerox copy of the stone tablets we had at my church.

One of those concepts that I started to question once I really studied the bible was the Holy Trinity. When I read the words of Christ I could never find a place where he stated that he was more than human. He stated many times that he was the son of God, the son of man, I am in the father, the father is in me, I am one with the father, but never stated that he was part of a Holy Trinity.

The reason I even started to question was when reading the scripture Jesus seemed to be stating that he was a man. He was stating that he was no more special than any other human. Even with his great abilities at some point we would do greater things than he. The concept of the trinity says that Jesus is equal with God (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same).

Let’s take a look at this concept. Most people accept the concept of the Holy Trinity and do not question it because it is “the word of God” that comes from the bible. However, the trinity is not a biblical concept and never was. It was not conceptualized anywhere in the Old Testament or in the New Testament.

Here is an excerpt from an article from the web site Friends of the Nazarene. It is Christian web site that really analyzes biblical teachings. For me it is a balanced and research based site that has great commentary on the bible and many Christian teachings. The concept of the Trinity being one of those teachings that is out right false and misleading.

Here is part of the article, “Is God One or Three”:

It seems strange indeed that if Jesus were part of a Trinitarian deity — he would surely know this — and miss his opportunity in John 8:17, 18. It is probably fair to state that a real Trinitarian would not have included only two in this case but would have conjured up a 1 John 5:7.

Jesus has another opportunity when he quotes the Shema of Deuteronomy 6:4 in Mark 12:29: “Jesus answered, ‘The first is “Hear, O Israel, the Lord is one.”’” Understanding what Jesus meant, the Jewish scribe says: “You are right, Teacher, you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other.’” To which Jesus says the man is “not far from the Kingdom of God.” (Mk 12:29-34 RSV) Jesus could have easily given the Trinitarian explanation of the Hebrewechadh or the Greek heis as indicating three persons. Rather, the Nazarene praises the scribe for his conclusion: “(God) is One, and besides Him there is no other.” Something which could not be said if God were Three.

This opportunity to involve three in a formula occurs also at Matthew 11:27: “No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.” (RSV) Why would the Son omit the Third Person of the Holy Trinity? For surely — if the Trinity be true — the Spirit would know the Father and the Son also. It would have been easy to say: “No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son, and the Holy Spirit knows both the Son and the Father as He is known by them.”

Paul also makes it plain that “God is One” ignoring any opportunity to explain the Mystery of the Trinity. Twice in the contexts of others — with the opportunity to form some triune plurality — Paul stress “God is One.” First in Galatians 3:20: “Now there is no mediator where only one person is concerned, but The God is only one [ho de theos heis estin].” Paul does this again at 1 Timothy 2:5: “For there is one God [heis gar theos]; there is also one mediator between God and humankind.” Just as there is only “one mediator” and not some plural mediator, there is only one God.

In the very context of the plurality of “gods” Paul speaks of only one God: “There is no God except one. … Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.” (1 Corinthians 8:4, 6 RSV) Something pops right off the page: the missing Holy Spirit. With full opportunity and a mastery of language, Paul misses the chance to declare: “To us God is three: the Father, the Lord Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.” It is a simple sentence. Why would God Himself miss this opportunity to inspire Paul to declare a triune Godhead?

This article asks many logical and pertinent questions about the teaching of the Trinity. The FACT is this; Jesus never made the claims of the Trinity as has been taught by Christianity. It is a false teaching of megalithic proportions. It is a tale that millions have died when not proclaiming Christ as the savior and the true God. When one reads the words of The Christ, master teacher, they tell of a man with extraordinary abilities but no different than any other man or woman.

Even the words of Paul, whose teachings truly are what modern Christianity is based on, do not speak of the Trinity. It is a fictitious concept. Any careful examination of the bible will lead you to same conclusion.

When we hold on to the religious fairy tales we continue a history that has shut human kind out of the ability to find its own path to spiritual knowledge. The words of the Christ teach a path to finding your own way. Each path is unique. But each path can allow for the oneness of humanity and bring us together rather than push us apart. Religious dogma prescribes one path that all must except to be worthy of entrance into heaven. What Christ taught was a path to self empowerment.

Christ was teaching us to go inside ourselves to find our strength and salvation (Luke 17:20-21). Not wait for some savior to swoop down and rescue the world. The Christ said we will do greater things than he (John 14:12). Can we be greater than God? I think not! However, God is in all of us. We are all sons and daughters of God, Just as Christ said.

You are powerful beyond belief! Step outside the dogma and investigate for yourself. To not know who you truly are allows the perception of being separate from God and his creation. It does not make you more Holy. To have faith does not mean one cannot question concepts and teachings. To keep faith in the face of facts that tell you different is being delusional. Knowing the truth will set you free. The world must come together, not continue on a path of destruction. Look around at the countries that are at war. They are all aligned along religious beliefs. Christians, Muslims and Jews all killing each other in the name of their God. How sad is that?

Are you brave enough to investigate?

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