Jesus Christ: Who Is He?
View of Others In Their Belief Of Jesus
This article conflicts with both the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses and the main stream interpretation of Christendom. Rather then
| Traditional View - The trinity doctrine that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the one God, but three persons. Jesus Christ Had both the nature and divinity to be called both man and God, resulting in Jesus Christ as always being God Almighty. All creation is subject to him. Jehovah's Witnesses - Jesus Christ, the son of God, formerly known as, and now again, Michael the Arch Angel, was created and exalted as King, yet never attains the position and authority of God. All creation, including Jesus Christ, is subject to the father, Jehovah. This Web Page (original location at author's site, not CAIC site-wide) - Jesus Christ, the "only begotten" son of God, was "produced" and "born" from God and "brought forth" out of him, making him completely seperate, yet a divine being and a part of God, as his reflection of glory and the exact representation of his very being." And after "empting himself" of his divinity, becoming equal to Adam, and "learning obedience", he provided a perfect "ransom sacrifice", and was exalted to the "superior position" of God Almighty, with the title, name, honor, glory and worship that goes along with it. All creation is subject to Jesus Christ alone, who in turn is subject to the father, Jehovah. This is not far from the Nicene Creed and the Trinity, for Jesus Christ is NOT simply "the greatest man whoever lived," but a part of Almighty God and further, he was appointed as such. |
Is this a salvation issue? Does it mean life or death? Many religious persons will say yes, judging and condemning all those who do not agree with their interpretation on this. However, I find this is absolutely Not a salvation issue. The only requirement for everlasting life is for persons to "exercise faith in Christ." What is exercising faith in Christ? It is performing acts of love and kindness to fellow neighbors, which has the same value and equals the same thing as believing and having the knowledge that Christ is the messiah, our "chief agent and savior" and that "no one goes to the father except through him." It is showing of "works" of love and mercy, not the "works" of sacrifice, which include the sacrifices of teaching and enforcing the beliefs of unclear doctrinal knowledge, such as the trinity, hellfire, 1914 and many other interpretations of men. God wants "mercy, not sacrifice", for "love is the laws fulfillment" and "love is the perfect bond of union", not the unclear doctrines. And Jesus deciples would only be recognized by "this love among themselves", not the unclear doctrinal knowledge. For "the love of Christ surpasses knowledge. (John 14:6; Acts 5:31; James 2:26; Galatians 2:15,16; Eph 3:19; Heb 13:14-15)
Acknowledging ourselves as sinners and confessing Jesus as the Christ and our personal savior is certainly a requirement. Howerver, confession is not necessarily having or confessing the academic knowledge of Christ, as so many churches teach. Only by showing "works of mercy, not sacrifice", love of neighbor, each and every day, on a continual basis, can an individual be confessing Christ as their savior. "The love of Christ surpasses (academic) knowledge." "For whenever people of the nations that do not have the law (of Christ), do by nature the things of the law, these people although not having law, are a law to themselves. The are the very ones who demonstrate the matter of the law to be written in their hearts , while their conscience is bearing witness with them and , between their own thoughts, they are being accused or even excused." This applies both to the Mosaic law and the law of Christ.
So those persons who are truly showing "love of neighbor", and "do by nature the things of the law of Christ" and do not have any knowledge of the scriptures or profess a different religion " are demonstrating the law of Christ to be written on their hearts and are being excused." In reality it is these persons who are confessing and exercising faith in Christ. "For he that loves his fellow man has fullfilled the law." For he that knows love knows God, for "God is love." (Romans 2:14-15, 28-29; 13:8; Math 9:13, Romans 13:10, Colossians 3:14, John 13:34,35; Eph 3:19 1 John 4:18-21; 1 John 4:1-3))
I would also venture to say that any Christian denomination that goes as far as to say that one who does not believe that Jesus is God or in the trinity, does not have everlasting life, is putting sacrifice ahead of mercy. This would also hold true if they enforce the other view of Jesus being the son only and not following that reaps death. To view that persons will not obtain everlasting life because of their individual interpretations on this, is putting sacrifice ahead of mercy and is going against the very teachings of Christ. Christians should not "judge each other" or "look down on your brothers", instead each individual person "will all stand before the judgment seat of God" "So then each of us will render an account of himself to God." We are to follow Christ words to "stop judging that you may not be judged, for with what judgment you are judging, you will be judged" ..... "Hypocrite! first extract the rafter from your own eye and then you will see clearly how to extract the straw from your brother's eye." Christians are to put mercy ahead of sacrifice. "For mercy exhalts triumphantly over judgment." (James 2:13) (Matthew 9:13, Romans 14:10-12, Matthew 7:1-5)
This way of thinking, this judging of others based on doctrinal knowledge, sacrifice, ritual observances and organizational requirements. is ignoring love and mercy, which is fulfilling the role of "Babylon the great", not the Watchtower's teaching that "Babylon the great" is any religion whose doctrinal knowledge stems from pagan or babylonish teachings. Rather, "Babylon the great" is any religion that puts works of sacrifice, ritual observances and organizational requirements and doctrinal knowledge ahead of love and mercy. This is "Babylon the great." For "God takes delight in loving kindness rather then whole burnt offerings." Even putting the knowledge of "faith in Christ" ahead of love and mercy can be labeled as a "worker of lawlessness", for as Jesus stated, many would believe in him and would do works of sacrifice in his name, yet they would fail to perform works of love and mercy, which is the "will of God", and for this he rejected them as "workers of lawlessness." "For he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot be loving God, whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him, that the one who loves God should be loving his brother also." (1 John 4:20:21, Rev 17:1-6 18:4-8, Hosea 6:6, Matthew 7:21-23)