Is Jesus God himself because he came from the Father and has the same nature?
We know that God’s nature is divine.
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
We also know that there is only one God and He is the Father. God is a HE, not THEM as the doctrine of the Trinity suggests. Let me explain.
Let’s look at this from a different perspective. Adam was the first man right? But did you know that the word for ‘man’ in Genesis is ‘adam’?
Technically speaking then, Eve is ‘adam’ but not ‘Adam’. It is written that God created man (adam) male and female. This means she is part of mankind, but is not Adam who was the first man. There is only one Adam. Well there are actually two now because Jesus became the new / second / final Adam.
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
Back to divine nature now. Does having divine nature make you God? The answer is no if you look at the next scripture.
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Notice how we who are born from God have his nature, but we are obviously not God and never will be. Jesus said the following:
“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent,”
Jesus acknowledges here indirectly that he is not the one true God. But we do know for sure that he is the son of that one true God though. Notice how he said that this truth is eternal life. It seems imperative then that we believe what he says if those words were eternal life. Further he said the following:
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
So if we listen to Jesus, then we believe that he is the son of the one true God and not the one true God himself.
