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One God One Faith One Baptism- My Journey To, Through and Out of Orthodoxy
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Saturday, August 30, 2025
Ancient Video Of Emperor Constantine Discovered!
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Challenging The Crickets To Chirp!
It seems there were thousands of JTO readers posting comments around the sexual crimes of priests and the coverup by the Orthodox hierarchy. The JTO Admin even weathered a hacker who swamped JTO with hundreds of fake comments which came in waves. One hacker even posed as the JTO Editor to comment. So much interest - both sincere and nefarious!
JTO has been challenging readers to look at the origins and scriptural validity of the Trinity Doctrine. JTO has provided many proof texts and references in numerous posts for discussion. ...and the response?
CRICKETS!
With the exception of one who said I was a dishonest snake oil salesman. Not really a sound doctrinal argument for the Trinity.
The Trinity doctrine was a late innovation to the church. It was not taught or believed in the first three centuries of the church... so why would you believe it?
Yeshua said: And this is life in the age to come, that they know you, the only true God, AND Jesus Christ whom you have sent. John 17:3
“the only true God.” This is similar to John 5:44 and is one of the many places that give good evidence that Jesus Christ is not God. When Jesus prayed and called God “the only true God,” he was simply acknowledging a truth that was clearly stated in the Old Testament: For example, Nehemiah 9:6-7 says, “You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you. You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram” (cf. Ps. 86:10; Isa. 37:16; 43:11; 45:5). Yahweh is the Father and “the God,” the “only true God” that Jesus recognized and prayed to. The Trinity, the doctrine that “God” is both three and one at the same time is mysterious, incomprehensible, and unbiblical. It is never described in the Bible and attempts to come close to explaining it have to use language that is not in the Bible. For example, that Jesus is said to be both “100% human and 100% God” is both unbiblical and self-contradictory. Also, the Trinity doctrine says there are three “persons” in the one God, but then Trinitarians are quick to state that “persons” does not actually mean “persons” in the ordinary sense, but then they cannot exactly define “person” in the Trinitarian sense. That is because a “person” is an individual, but the “persons” in the Trinity are not individuals in the ordinary sense, but are part of “the one God,” so they are persons but not persons at the same time. Trinitarians say that God is “one what and three whos,” but that is, as stated above, both incomprehensible and unbiblical. When we read the Bible, God always speaks of Himself as one being. He uses “I” and “me” and “my,” and never refers to Himself as an “essence” or “nature.” The same is true of Jesus. John 17:3 is clear, succinct, and understandable: God is “the only true God,” and He “sent” His Son, Jesus Christ, who is a human being (1 Tim. 2:5). [For more information on Jesus not being God in the flesh, see Appendix 6: “Jesus is the Son of God, Not God the Son.” Also, see Appendix 7: “What is the Holy Spirit?”] (REV Commentary)
Trinitarians: How many gods do you see?
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Since Jesus Is "Worshipped" He must Be God. Right? Right??
In the Bible, Jesus Christ Was Worshipped as the Son of God, Messiah, King of Israel, and Lord Made by Yahweh—not as Yahweh Himself or as Almighty God. Let’s carefully see the context of each passage where Jesus was “worshipped” (proskuneo / shachah). The Bible makes it clear what people confessed when they bowed before Him:
Worshipped as Son of God
• Matthew 14:32–33 (NLT)
“When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped. Then the disciples worshiped Him. ‘You really are the Son of God!’ they exclaimed.”
• John 9:35–38 (NLT)
“When Jesus heard what had happened, He found the man and asked, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ The man answered, ‘Who is He, sir? I want to believe in Him.’ ‘You have seen Him,’ Jesus said, ‘and He is speaking to you!’ ‘Yes, Lord, I believe!’ the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.”

• Matthew 28:8–9 (NLT)
“The women ran quickly from the tomb… And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.”
The angel had just said in v.7: “He has risen from the dead… He is going ahead of you to Galilee.”
“While He was blessing them, He left them and was taken up to heaven. So they worshiped Him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.”

• John 1:49 (NLT)
“Then Nathanael exclaimed, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!’”
• Matthew 2:11 (NLT)
“They entered the house and saw the child with His mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.”

• John 20:28–29 (NLT)
“‘My Lord and my God!’ Thomas exclaimed. Then Jesus told him, ‘You believe because you have seen Me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing Me.’”
But just before this, Jesus had said:

So Thomas recognized Jesus as his Lord (Adoni, exalted Master), because Yahweh had made Him Lord and Messiah.
• Acts 2:36 (NLT)
“So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah!”

Every time Jesus was worshipped in the Bible, it was in recognition of His God-given role as:
• the Son of God
• the Messiah (Christ)
• the King of Israel
• the Lord whom Yahweh made
Never once was He worshipped as Yahweh Himself or as Almighty God. True worship (latreia) belongs only to Yahweh our Heavenly Father (John 4:23–24; Matthew 4:10).
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Jesus Is Subject to The Father
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
How and When was the Trinity Revealed?
Monday, August 11, 2025
Creeping Creeds
Here’s the visual timeline showing the shift — from the simple apostolic faith, to the Apostles’ Creed, to the Nicene Creed, and finally to the fully formalized Trinity doctrine with later pagan symbols added…
Friday, August 08, 2025
The Mystery of Snake Oil
Thursday, August 07, 2025
No Scripture Necessary - Just Believe Us
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The Trinity Doctrine Is Unbiblical |
"Out of their own hero's mouth, it's admitted conjecture not stated in Scripture, and they've been demanding you believe their conjecture for 1700 years." Sean Griffin