I worship Jehoshua as the Son of God part 1

The Son of God part 1 of my study

Jehoshua being the Son of God is the absolute foundation of the Church. No other foundation can be laid. Many have tried but the results always end up the same which is apostasy and spiritual decline. The early Church worshipped Jehoshua as the Son of God. They had a crystal clear understanding of who Jehoshua was in identify. There was no confusion. Over the ensuing centuries, the precious truth of One God who had a divine begotten Son was obscured and derided as heresy as the traditons and constructs of man supplanted the faith once delivered to the saints.

In this study, we will look at the scriptures and show that Jehoshua being the Son of God and understanding who He is in identity, is crucial to our salvation as individuals and our power as a Church. This beautiful truth of One God and His only begotten Son is spreading like wildfire throughout various groups of beleivers. It can't be stopped and it won't be as Jehoshua promised that the gates of hell would never prevail against His Church. He said this after afrriming Peter's confession of Him (Jehoshua) being the Son of the Living God and stating that this confession would be the rock that the Church would be built upon.

We will go through the new testament primarily and then also include some old testament scriptures to supplement them. I hope ypu enjoy and are blessed!

Matthew 3:16-17 (KJV)

16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

This is the first instance in Matthew that we see a direct reference to Jehoshua being the Son of God. It is fitting that it is in connection with His baptism. The first witness to Jehoshua being the Son of God is the Father Himself. This one verse alone should be enough to convince us of the Messiah's true identity. The Father only spoke audibly three times, twice affriming Jehoshua's Sonship. While many argue on the type of Son Jehoshua was/is, as we go along in the scriptures we will get the undeniable truth. The arguments range from an adopted Son denying pre existence, begotten Son denying pre existence, enternally generated Son always existing, metaphorical Son taking on a role but in reality Almighty God either by way of Tri theism, Binitarianism or onesness pentecostalism, a created Son pre existent or finally a begotten Son pre existent.

As I said, we will find out soon what the testimony of scripture says in regards to the type of Son Jehoshua was/is.

Matthew 4:3-4 (KJV)

3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Sadly many today are doing the same work as Satan and tempting Jehoshua about His Sonship. They refuse to believe that He is indeed the Son of God and at times even mock the idea of Jehoshua being begotten from the Father's substance. Satan knew the Messiah's true identity but thought he could put doubt in His mind. Notice though what the Messiah says in response to the tempter:

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"

We just saw in Matthew 3 what came out of the mouth of God after the Messiah's baptism:

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased"

Jehoshua is telling us that we need to go strictly by His Father's word. The word of God the Father revealed to us Jehoshua's identity by calling Him His Son. Yet many today in Christendom deny this precious truth by ascribing the Sonship of Messiah to role playing or over spiritualizing it thereby making God's word of none effect. If Jehoshua said we are to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God and God said that Jehoshua was His Son, why don't people simply just beleive it?

Enemies of the truth have corrupted the simplicity of the faith: Jude

4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

The 4th century promoters of the trinity did this very thing in denying the only Lord God meaning that the Father was the one true Master God and they also denied the Lord Jehoshua Messiah as being a distinct being from the Father.

Going back to Matthew 4, we see the devil's persistence in tempting the Messiah in regards to His Sonship. Sounds like today's trinitarian and tri theists.

Matthew 4:5-7 (KJV)

5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Satan once again tempts Jehoshua regarding His Sonship and again Jehoshua replies by going to the written word. It is the same today brethren as Satan uses the doubters of Jehoshua's literal Sonship to tempt us to discard it in favor of their false version of the Messiah. Our response is quote the word of God like our Savior did in the wilderness. When these Sonship deniers of Christendom tempt us with their false doctrine in reality they are tempting Jehovah their God who Himself said "this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased".

Matthew 4:8-11 (KJV)

8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Boy that devil sure doesn't give up does he? Here he offers the kingdoms of this world to the Messiah if the Son of God will worship him. Again, Jehoshua's response is an appeal to the word of God:

"Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve"

Messiah is making reference that only the Father is to be worshipped supremely. This is a verse that refutes the trinitarian god doctrine. Jehoshua gives the enemy of truth the word of God and the proper object of supreme worship. Just like then, today's Pastor's and evangelists are offered the material blessings and comforts of this world if they will tow the Church line and doubt the Sonship of Messiah and deny the command to worship the Lord thy God only in order to support the man made Satan inspired trinity doctrine.

Only by denying the literal Sonship of Jehoshua and confessing the trinity god can you be allowed to buy and sell in the mainstream Churches of Christendom. Satan offers ministers the kingdoms of this world if they will only doubt the Sonship of Messiah. Once a Pastor or evangelist leaves the trinity doctrine they are essentially forfeiting their buying and selling rights in the market place of Christendom. Let's be like Jehoshua and tell them the word of God says to worship Jehovah thy God alone as the one true God (John 17:3).

Matthew 8:28-29 (KJV)

28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Even the demons knew the identity of Jehoshua. Just like Satan, they knew that in identity Jehoshua was the Son of God. The devil and his demons don't address Jehoshua as "God the Son" or "Almighty God" but rather the "Son of God". Your pastors want you to believe that Jehoshua is the Almighty God rather than the Son of the Almighty God. Isn't sad that the devil and his demons have more accurate knowledge of who Jehoshua is in identity than do most of Christendom's clergy and their followers?

Matthew 11:25-27 (KJV)

25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

Jehoshua's prayer above highlights His intimate relationship with His Father. He acknowledges His Father as the creator something many SDA Trinitarians deny. In verse 26 He calls God His Father and states that no one knows Him (Jehoshua) except His Father. Right here Jehoshua is making a distinction between how the Jews viewed themselves as adopted earthly sons and How He (Jehoshua) viewed Himself as Jehovah's divine Son.

In verse 27, again Jehoshua refers to God as His Father and states that all things are delivered unto Him by the Father. This denotes inheritance as being God's true Son Jehoshua is deserving of this. Jehoshua also makes a seperation between His Sonship and the Jews in that He states that only the Father knows Him and that only He knows the Father. The blessing is that the Son reveals to us the Father if He so chooses. Brethren, thankfully the Son of God has chosen to reveal the Father to us. We know this because we have been called to salvation and the Family of God. Jehoshua is the only conduit by which the Father can be revealed to man. This again makes a definite distinction between His Sonship and everyone elses as many try to ascertain Messiah's Sonship as just metaphorical or adoptive.

Matthew 12:50 (KJV)

50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Jehoshua makes a possesive statement about  God referring to Him as "my Father". This denotes an intimacy beyond just a metaphorical or adoptive Sonship. Jehoshua's statement reveals a closeness He has with God that no one else has to that extent.

Matthew 14:31-32 (KJV)

31And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?32And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

In context, this is the Messiah walking on water and here He helps Peter out of the water.   The subject here is one of faith and it's important to receive in your spirit what this text is really saying. Jehoshua tells Peter he is of little faith and asked rhetorically why he doubted that he could walk on water. Notice the reaction of the disciples in verse 33, they came and worshipped Jehoshua confessing that truthfully He is the Son of God. This text in verse 33 shows a couple things that should awaken trinitarians. The disciples worshipped Jehoshua as the Son of God not God Almighty.

The Greek word for worship is Proskuneo and it is used here for the homage that the disciples were giving to Jehoshua. This shows that worship can be given to someone other than the Father. It also shows that worship can be given to someone other than the eternal God. One of the fallible arguments used by trinitarians is that Jehoshua must be God Almighty because He is worshipped, however the disciples did not worship Him as such but rather they worshipped Him due to being the Son of God Almighty. There is nothing written in the text that the disciples understood Jehoshua to be one part of a trinity god so there worship of Him was not as part of a trinity.

The disciples knew that Jehoshua was God's divine Son and they expressed their faith in this truth verbally. They knew that Jehoshua being the Son of God gave Him the right to be worshipped. They didn't get into a religious theological debate that only God canbe worshipped so that must mean Jehoshua is God or part of a trinity. They didn't debate the meaning of deity or co eternal or co equal, they simply worshipped Jehoshua as the Son of God. They didn't confess Jehoshua as God in the sense of being the eternal God but rather God's Son. For the disciples this was enough to render worship to Jehoshua.

Today's Christian's can learn a lot from this incident in the sea. It was Peter's lack of faith that made him sink. After Jehoshua rescued him, the disciples were convinced even more that Jehoshua was the Son of God. Perhaps a leaven of doubt entered Peter's mind about Jehoshua's Sonship and thereby he didn't think the Messiah could sustain him walking on water. Today's Christian's have far more doubt than Peter did about the identity of Jehoshua. Perhaps if they were in a similar situation they would also sink because they already doubt Jehoshua's Sonship because they have over thought the plain statements in scripture and refuse to believe that Jehoshua is indeed the begotten Son of God.

They have convinced themselves that Jehoshua was just playing a role as God's Son and is really God Almighty Himself. Their professors and Pastor's have put this doubt in their minds and they have trusted these fallible men rather than the testimony of scripture. Modern day Sonship denying Christian's would sink in the sea if their faith in Messiah's Sonship was the measuring stick. Let's be like the disciples who recoginized the true Sonship of Messiah and worship Him as the Son of God. If we have this faith in our heart we can walk on water. Let's not be "oh thou of little faith".

Matthew 15:13 (KJV)

13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

Jehoshua makes a reference to God as His heavenly Father. You get a sense from reading the text that when Jehoshua says this that there is an intimacy He has with God that no one else has. There tone of the text suggests that God is Jehoshua's heavenly Father in a way that is different from everyone else.

Matthew 16:13-20 (KJV)

13When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?14And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.15He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.20Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

The above passage of scripture is one of the most important and overlooked passages in the bible. The denominations have robbed the meaning of this passage and the implications have been devastating for the Churches of Christendom. Without a strong foundation a building will eventually crumble and remain no longer or it may not crumble but not have sufficient power to completely withstand heavy wind and earthquakes and thereby weaken.

This my friends is exactly what has happened to the Churches of Christendom. They have left the rock solid foundation of what the Church was supposed to stand on until the end of time. Let's analyze the text to see what I am talking about.

In verse 13, Jehoshua asks the disciples who men say that He (Jehoshua) is. This passage is key understanding the correct identity of Jehoshua. In fact, I believe along with the Fatjer's confession  (Matthew 3:17) it is the most rock solid evidence of Jehoshua's true identity. In verse 14, the disciples answer with various speculations of men's opinions of Jehoshua's identity.

In verse 15, Jehoshua then directs the question to the disciples of who they think He (Jehoshua) is.

Verse 16, Peter gives what is one of the most powerful statement of faith's given in the bible. This is to be the eternal statement of faith for the Church of all generations and never to be changed by any man. Let's read Peter's statement of faith concerning Jehoshua:

" Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."

This confession by Peter along with the Father's In Matthew 3:17 should be enough to settle the issue once and for all the identity of Jehoshua. Of course man in his arrogance thinks he knows better than God and through vain satanic philosophy has formed for themselves another Jesus, which is not according to the plain statements of scripture.

We know a two things about  Jehoshua's identity from the above apostolic confession:

1) He is the anointed one (Messiah) of Jehovah God.

2) He is the Son of the Living God Jehovah.

The Churches of Christendom got the first part right but even that has been confused. This is because they say that Jehoshua is Himself the Almighty God which would mean that He is the anointed one of Himself. Do you see the confusion that the trinity doctrine breeds?

The Churches have also attempted to turn Jehoshua into a double personality. On one hand, they say He took on the role of the Son and on the other hand, they say He is the Living God which in essence would mean He is the Son of Himself. Do you see how ridiculous the conclusions are that the trinity doctrine forces you to arrive at?

Today's pastors and theologians if they were alive to hear Peter's confession or if Peter was brought back to life, would tell him that technically he was wrong and that Jehoshua was really the living God. Man's heart is wicked beyond all understanding so let's instead go by what Jehoshua Himself said in verse 17 concerning Peter's confession:

" And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven."

Did you read that? Jehoshua completely affirmed Peter's statement of faith concerning His (Jehoshua's) identity. There was no rebuke, no philosophical rendering of Peter's statement, no over explanation of His statement but rather a straightforward affirmation. Jehoshua said His (possessive) Father revealed this truth to Peter. This means that Peter could have only confessed this if the Father revealed it to him by way of His Spirit. Today's Pastor's and theologians are saying the exact opposite of what Jehoshua said to Peter. Those who confess that Jehoshua is the literal Son of the Living God are being told that they are deceived by Satan. Oh how things have changed!!!

Jehoshua told Peter that his confession wasn't revealed to him by flesh and blood yet that's exactly what the trinitarians and tri theists say about us today who confess the true begotten Sonship of Messiah. We are told that we are thinking according to the flesh when we agree with Peter's statement of faith. The enemy has greatly deceived the Churches of Christendom in that they have allowed the philosophies of men to pollute their thinking and thereby cannot simply accept the plain statements of scripture. This is the poison of Catholicism and Protestantism which have interwoven pagan Greek philosophy into the purity and simplicity of the apostolic doctrine.

The truth is actually the exact opposite of what the Pastor's and theologians of Christendom say. Those of us who beleive in One true God and His literal begotten Son have been revealed this by our Heavenly Father Jehovah. Those who explain away the Sonship of Messiah by saying it was a role he took on (tri theism) or that He is also the Living God in addition to being an eternally generated Son (trinitarianism) have been revealed these lies by their own flesh and blood and not by the Heavenly Father Jehovah. Thankfully the Father is restoring in a big way the precious truth of Peter's confession in these last days as His Son is coming back for a spotless Church not one embued with man made pagan philosophy of trinitarianism and tri theism.

Let's go back to the text in Matthew 16, in verse 18 we see another powerful statement from our Messiah:

" And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

Clearly Jehoshua is not saying that the Church will be built upon Peter but rather upon Peter's confession of His (Jehoshua's) Messiahship and Sonship. There are two different Greek word's for rock used here in verse 18. In reference to Peter's name which in Greek means rock (petros) it describes "a piece of rock" (Strongs 4074) whereas in reference to the word "rock" used by Messiah "upon this rock" (petras) it means "a mass of rock" (Strongs 4073). Peter is a piece of rock, as all of us in the faith are a piece of rock that  are part of the building i.e. the Church. However, Jehoshua is a mass of rock who is the chief cornerstone of the building. He is the mass of rock made without hands taken out (begotten) from the mountain which is the Father.

Now that we have that clear, let's look at what the Messiah says concerning the Rock (Himself). Jehoshua says that He will build His Church based on the truth of Peter's statement of faith that He (Jehoshua) is the anointed one of Jehovah and the Son of Jehovah who is the living God. The Church was always supposed to build according to Jehoshua's blue print not according to the blue print of any Church Father, Catholic Pope or any Protestant reformer. The Church was always supposed to be built on the truth that Jehoshua is the Son of the Living God not a trinitarian or tri theistic version of Jesus.

There is a growing number of believers who are returning to the blue print that Jehoshua established which is the blue print founded and rooted in His true begotten Sonship. This my friends is the Church that will go through, this my friends is the ark of safety. Don't let anyone deceive you! Any denomination that is not rooted in the literal Sonship of Jehoshua is going to be overcome by the gates of hell and infact they already are.

Jehoshua clearly said that the Church that He builds and only those who believe in His literal Sonship are part of this Church, will never be overcome by the gates of hell. Now brethren, isn't that comforting? In a world of uncertainty, this is something that is better than gold and it is something we can take to the bank in a manner of speaking. They say diamonds are forever but I say Jehoshua's Church that is built on His true begotten Sonship is forever. However it's not what I say that matters but rather what Jehoshua says and He indeed did say it.

This is why brethren in these end times that we leave the false Churches of Christendom that deny Jehoshua's true begotten Sonship, because they are not built on the rock of Peter's apostolic statement of faith. Jehoshua said that the only Church that would endure to the end and not be overcome by the gates of hell is the Church built on His literal Sonship. The opposite is then true, any Church not built on the foundation of Jehoshua's literal Sonship will be overcome by the gates of hell and as said before they already are and have been for awhile. The proof is in their filthy apostasy evidenced by their acceptance of women pastors, inclusion of Sodomites into their assemblies, supporting government sponsored wars and ecumeniscism with the Catholic church and United Nations.

Jehovah's true Church stays away from all that wickedness and madness. This is because His Church is built on the solid foundation of the Sonship of Jehoshua and not a trinitarian or tri theistic god.

Let's go to verse 19 now:

" And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

The plain fact is that Jehoshua gave the right to His Church that He builds the authority to judge all matters concerning the Church. See Matthew 18 and 1 Corinthians 5 for more on this as well as read Peter's epistles.

This doesn't mean that the Church has authority to add or subtract from Jehovah's word but rather enforce it through Church discipline if needed. However, only one Church has this authority granted to them by Jehoshua and that is the Church that is rooted in the belief that He (Jehoshua) is truly the Son of the Living God in identity. The implications of this are fascinating brethren. This means that the denominations built on the trinity and tri theistic doctrines have absolutely no scriptural authority whatsoever!! This includes the Seventh day Adventist General Conference.

This is because the trinitarian and tri theists denominations deny the literal Sonship of Jehoshua. This is why I dont beleive we as non trinitarians should attend these Churches unless we get invited to present our view of the One true God and His Son. We should have our own Church fellowships. The authority granted by Messiah to the Church is strictly for the Church that wholeheartedly without explanation agrees with Peter's confession and is built on the foundation of Jehoshua's literal Sonship.

Verse 20:

" Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ."

Just as it was then it is now, Jehoshua knew that the religious leaders of that time were hard hearted and waxed cold and that they wouldn't accept the truth of His literal begotten Sonship. It's the same way today as most trinitarians and tri theists especially the Church leaders have waxed cold in their hearts to what scripture says about the begotten Son. This is why often we are careful in who we present this truth to because like the days of old, the denominatonal religious leaders of today have hardened their hearts to bible truth that Jehoshua truly is the Son of the Living God in identity.