DID YOU NOTICE ABOVE:
Genesis 1:26 (ASV)
[SUP]26 [/SUP]And God said, Let us make man in our image, after "our" likeness: . . .
I know those who Deny the Holy Trinity, will be quick to say, "He was referring to Himself and the angels."
Now let's see if that theory about the angels holds any water Biblically.
Exodus 8:10 (ASV)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God.
Deuteronomy 33:26 (NKJV)
[SUP]26 [/SUP] "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on the clouds.
2 Samuel 7:21-22 (HCSB)
[SUP]21 [/SUP] Because of Your word and according to Your will, You have revealed all these great things to Your servant.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] This is why You are great, Lord GOD. There is no onelike You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms.
These Three bare witness that the phrase "our likeness" DOES NOT REFER TO ANGELS AT ALL, IT REFERS ONLY TO GOD.
Also we know that "our likeness" does NOT refer to HIS DEITY.
Isaiah 43:10-11 (HCSB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] “You are My witnesses”— ⌊this is⌋ the LORD’s declaration— “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. No god was formed before Me, and there will be none after Me.
[SUP]11 [/SUP] I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Acts 4:11-12 (HCSB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] This ⌊Jesus⌋ is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it.”
Titus 1:4 (NASB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Deuteronomy 4:35 (HCSB)
[SUP]35 [/SUP] You were shown ⌊these things⌋ so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
Jeremiah 2:11 (HCSB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] Has a nation ⌊ever⌋ exchanged its gods? (But they were not gods!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
Hebrews 1:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, "AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM."
Matthew 4:10 (NASB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] Then Jesus *said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"
Hebrews 1:8 (NASB)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] But of the Son He says, "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.
HENCE the singular GOD is made up of three parts.
Matthew 28:19 (HCSB)
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name {singular} of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
We are not deity and we are not like God in any way, except that we are triune beings, three parts (body, soul, and spirit) that make up a single whole being, JUST LIKE GOD.
Genesis 1:26 (ASV)
[SUP]26 [/SUP]And God said, Let us make man in our image, after "our" likeness: . . .
I know those who Deny the Holy Trinity, will be quick to say, "He was referring to Himself and the angels."
Now let's see if that theory about the angels holds any water Biblically.
Exodus 8:10 (ASV)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God.
Deuteronomy 33:26 (NKJV)
[SUP]26 [/SUP] "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on the clouds.
2 Samuel 7:21-22 (HCSB)
[SUP]21 [/SUP] Because of Your word and according to Your will, You have revealed all these great things to Your servant.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] This is why You are great, Lord GOD. There is no onelike You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms.
These Three bare witness that the phrase "our likeness" DOES NOT REFER TO ANGELS AT ALL, IT REFERS ONLY TO GOD.
Also we know that "our likeness" does NOT refer to HIS DEITY.
Isaiah 43:10-11 (HCSB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] “You are My witnesses”— ⌊this is⌋ the LORD’s declaration— “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. No god was formed before Me, and there will be none after Me.
[SUP]11 [/SUP] I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Acts 4:11-12 (HCSB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] This ⌊Jesus⌋ is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it.”
Titus 1:4 (NASB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Deuteronomy 4:35 (HCSB)
[SUP]35 [/SUP] You were shown ⌊these things⌋ so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
Jeremiah 2:11 (HCSB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] Has a nation ⌊ever⌋ exchanged its gods? (But they were not gods!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
Hebrews 1:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, "AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM."
Matthew 4:10 (NASB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] Then Jesus *said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"
Hebrews 1:8 (NASB)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] But of the Son He says, "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.
HENCE the singular GOD is made up of three parts.
Matthew 28:19 (HCSB)
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name {singular} of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
We are not deity and we are not like God in any way, except that we are triune beings, three parts (body, soul, and spirit) that make up a single whole being, JUST LIKE GOD.
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