The Bible has the words "Jesus" and "God" in the same verse about 200 times. If the writers had even the slightest HINT that "Jesus Is God," they had plenty of opportunity to say so, but NOT ONCE did they. The doctrine of the trinity didn't start coming to life until the second century and was officially proclaimed in the fourth century by the nascent Catholic church. Any ideas that came about that Jesus is God have continued through ambiguity, pretext, guesswork, and eisegesis (making the words say what you want them to say).
One of the primary verses used to claim that Jesus considered that he was God is John 10:30: "I and my Father are one." Taking one verse out of context without study is pretext. It's been said that text without context is pretext. The dictionary says pretext is "a purpose or motive or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs." (merriam-webster.com). Intent is often cloaked in "doctrine," which the dictionary says is "something taught" or "something believed." Doctrine doesn't even have to be connected to TRUTH. "Dogma" (G1378) is another definition for doctrine and is a Greek word which the NAS concordance translates at "opinion."
Let's see who else is "one." If Jesus and God are "one," "The glory which you gave me I have given to them, that THEY MAY BE ONE, even as WE ARE ONE. I in THEM, and YOU in ME, that THEY may be made perfect in ONE." (John17:22-23) So to say that Jesus and God are the same entity is pure eisegesis, supposition, and FALSE.
Is God a liar. NO. (Num. 23:19; Titus 1:2; Heb. 6:18)
"He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is NO OTHER." (Deut. 4:39)
Was Jesus a liar?
If he was "God in the flesh," he LIED when he said, "But now you seek to kill me, a MAN that has told you the truth,..." (John 8:40 )
John the immerser called him a MAN (John 1:30 )
Peter called him a MAN (Acts 2:22)
Paul called him a MAN (Acts 13:38; 17:31; Rom. 5:15; 1 Cor. 15:21; 1 Tim. 2:5).
Did all of them LIE? They had the opportunity to call him GOD ( or "a god" ) and they DIDN'T.
Logic. Common sense. Exegesis (taking the words for what they say, not what you want them to say).
Take it personally. If YOU had lived with someone for 1-3 years and had even the slightest thought that they were "God in the flesh," wouldn't YOU SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS? WHY DIDN'T THEY?
