Is God A Trinity PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

Who Was Jesus? 29Most editions of the King James Version of the Biblenote that these verses refer to the one who later becameJesus Christ. But even more accurate proof is found in theNew Testament.In his first epistle, the Apostle Peter writes:"Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but untothem which be disobedient, the stone which the buildersdisallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and astone of stumbling and a rock of offence, even to themwhich stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereuntoalso they were appointed" (I Pet. 2:6-8).The very same prophecy is alluded to in Luke 2:34.There can be no denying the fact that Jesus Christ was theGod of the Old Testament, the Stone over which manypeople stumbled.The religious leaders of the time simply could notunderstand how Jesus could have been God. Yet the OldTestament which they had copied for centuries is filledwith prophecies about Him. Truly they were blinded,and most remain so to this day, as the Apostle Paulexplained in the ninth through the eleventh chapters ofhis epistle to the Romans.While Jesus Christ, the God of the Old Testament,was on earth as a human being, there was only one God­Being - the Father - left in heaven. And we find thatJesus prayed to His Father in heaven:"And now, 0 Father, glorify thou me with thine ownself with the glory which I had with thee before the worldwas" (John 17:5).The Jews and the Arians found it hard to believe thatGod could become man. Yet, the New Testament explainsthat it did indeed happen. One of the members of theGodhead became a man that we might have the opportunityto become God.The Apostle Paul explained this concept in his epistleto the Philippians. The Amplified Bible makes the passage