CRUCIFYING JESUS AFRESH

EXPOSING THE FALSE

ACCUSERS OF CHRIST
By Watchman Dean.
August 13, 2014
THE MOST CLASSIC "OUT OF CONTEXT"
QUOTE IN CHRISTENDOM
Christians (trinitarians and oneness) often use erses ta!en
com"#ete#y out of conte$t to su""ort their teaching that
%esus is &od'(an. (A## &od and A## (an). )o other scri"ture
demonstrates this than the one * am a+out to sho, you. -he
+ac!ground of this scri"ture is that %esus dec#ares he and the
.ather are one. -he corru"t "riests then "ic! u" stones to
stone him. %esus then as!s /*0e done many good ,or!s
among you, ,hich one are you stoning me for/ and they
re"#ied /... +ecause you +eing a man, ma!e yourse#f &od./
John 10:
30 I and my Fath! a! on"
31 Thn th J#$ too% &' $ton$ a(a)n to $ton
h)m"
3* J$&$ an$#!d thm+ ,any (ood #o!%$
ha- I $h#d yo& .!om my Fath!/ .o! #h)0h
o. tho$ #o!%$ do y $ton m1
33 Th J#$ an$#!d h)m+ $ay)n(+ Fo! a (ood
#o!% # $ton th not/ 2&t .o! 23a$'hmy/
and 20a&$ that tho&+ 2)n( a man+ ma%$t
thy$3. God"
1o, trinitarians use the /authority/ and the /e$"ertise/ of
these 2harisees ,ho ,ere /utter#y corru"t/ as their
/eidence/ and /"roof/ that %esus c#aimed to +e &3D
4*(156.7 -hese corru"t "riests ,hom %esus ca##ed /sna!es,/
and /i"ers/ and /chi#dren of he##./ -he trinitarians +o, to
-45*8 e$"ertise and testimony of the matter. -his is actua##y
A66 * shou#d hae to "oint out to ma!e you see ho, W5A9 is
their argument, +ut it gets ,ea!er.
-rinitarians use Christ0s ,ords /* and the .ather are one/
continua##y as eidence he c#aimed to B5 &3D (:ah,eh &od
himse#f). -hey +ase this on the fact that the corru"t "riests
tried to stone him and said /you ma!e yourse#f &od./ -hus,
they conc#ude, to say /* and the father are one/ is to dec#are
that you are in fact &od 4*(156.. :et it ,as not that %esus
said /* am one/ ,ith &od that the corru"t "riests ,ere using
as an e$cuse to stone him, +ut that %esus said &od ,as his
.A-4587 *f they didn0t continua##y ta!e these erses
com"#ete#y out of conte$t they cou#dn0t deceie "eo"#e into
thin!ing the corru"t "riests sought to !i## %esus +ecause he
said he ,as /one ,ith the .ather./ .or the erses direct#y
B5.385 and direct#y A.-58 these erses ma!e it c#ear;
John 10
*4 ,y Fath!+ #h)0h (a- thm m+ )$ (!at!
than a33/ and no man )$ a23 to '3&0% thm o&t
o. my Fath!5$ hand"
and
John 10
36 J$&$ an$#!d thm+ I$ )t not #!)ttn )n
yo&! 3a#+ I $a)d+ Y a! (od$1
37 I. h 0a33d thm (od$+ &nto #hom th #o!d
o. God 0am+ and th $0!)'t&! 0annot 2
2!o%n/
38 Say y o. h)m+ #hom th Fath! hath
$an0t)9d+ and $nt )nto th #o!3d+ Tho&
23a$'hm$t/ 20a&$ I $a)d+ I am th Son o.
God1
According to Christ himse#f, the corru"t "riests ,ere
accusing him of +#as"hemy, not +ecause he said he ,as
/one/ ,ith the .ather, +ut +ecause he said that &od ,as his
.A-458. 4e said he ,as /the son of &od./ (not &od himse#f).
*f saying you are /one/ ,ith the .ather means you are
c#aiming to B5 &3D, then W5 A85 &3D 4*(156. too, for
Christ "rayed to the .ather in %ohn 1< and as!ed that his
disci"#es ,ou#d +e /one/ ,ith the .ather een as he is /one/
,ith the .ather.
John 1::
11 And no# I am no mo! )n th #o!3d+ 2&t
th$ a! )n th #o!3d+ and I 0om to th"
Ho3y Fath!+ %' th!o&(h th)n o#n nam
tho$ #hom tho& ha$t ()-n m+ that thy may
2 on+ a$ # a!"
-he corru"t "riests ,ho sought to !i## %esus !ne, that you
cou#d +e /one/ ,ith &od and not B5 &3D. -hey a#so !ne,
that a## ,ho are faithfu# and o+edient to &od are the 13)1
3. &3D. -his ,as right in their o,n traditions and
teachings.
THE FALSE CHARGES
1o, the =uestion remains, ,hy ,ou#d they see! to stone
Christ for saying this>
-he ans,er is far more sim"#e than you0e "ro+a+#y eer
heard.
-he fact is, the corru"t "riests had )3 A?-438*-: to stone
%esus. -hey ,ere under 8oman occu"ation and ru#e and on#y
a 83(A) A?-438*-: cou#d e$ecute someone7 We !no, this
+ecause ,hen they @na##y ca"tured him at night in
&ethsemane, they ,ent through a red ta"e nightmare,
shutt#ing him +ac! and forth +et,een 2i#ate and 4erod,
trying to get one of them to a""roe the e$ecution of %esus7
1o, ,hen they "ic!ed u" stones it ,as #arge#y 1:(B36*C, it
,as a B6?... -hey ,ere ma!ing a dec#aration that they no,
had #ega# grounds to hae him e$ecuted. %esus as!ed them
,hat those grounds might +e and they said /+ecause you
ca##ed yourse#f the 1on of &od./ :ou see, "eo"#e, 8omans
#ied under &ree! tradition. *n &ree! tradition a /son of a
&od/ is /e=ua#/ ,ith &od. A#so, under that current 8oman
administration 3)6: -45 5(25838 cou#d +e dec#ared a /son
of &od/ or /a &od./
-he corru"t "riests !ne, this, and ,ere announcing that
they intended to ?15 Christ0s c#aim as the 1on of &od as a
65&A6*-: ,ith ,hich to charge him ,ith 4*&4 -85A13)
A&A*)1- -45 5(25838 of 83(5 and thus incite the 8omans
to crucify him.
And in fact, that is "recise#y ,hat they did. .or ,hen 2i#ate
tried to re#ease %esus, they to#d him /your no friend of 8ome,
this man dec#ares himse#f to +e our 9*)& and ,e hae no
9ing +ut Caesar./
John 14:
1* And .!om thn0.o!th P)3at $o&(ht to
!3a$ h)m: 2&t th J#$ 0!)d o&t+ $ay)n(+ I.
tho& 3t th)$ man (o+ tho& a!t not Ca$a!5$
.!)nd: #ho$o-! ma%th h)m$3. a %)n(
$'a%th a(a)n$t Ca$a!"
-he corru"t %e,s ,ere using the &8559 tradition and
the 8oman ru#e of #a, (that on#y a Caesar cou#d +e
dec#ared a &od'(an) to conict Christ in a 8oman
court of #a, (since they had no authority to !i## him).
John 1;:
*4 P)3at thn #nt o&t &nto thm+ and $a)d+
<hat a00&$at)on 2!)n( y a(a)n$t th)$ man1
30 Thy an$#!d and $a)d &nto h)m+ I. h
#! not a ma3.a0to!+ # #o&3d not ha-
d3)-!d h)m &' &nto th"
31 Thn $a)d P)3at &nto thm+ Ta% y h)m+
and =&d( h)m a00o!d)n( to yo&! 3a#" Th J#$
th!.o! $a)d &nto h)m+ It )$ not 3a#.&3 .o! &$
to '&t any man to dath:
3* That th $ay)n( o. J$&$ m)(ht 2 .&3933d+
#h)0h h $'a%+ $)(n).y)n( #hat dath h
$ho&3d d)"
33 Thn P)3at nt!d )nto th =&d(mnt ha33
a(a)n+ and 0a33d J$&$+ and $a)d &nto h)m+ A!t
tho& th >)n( o. th J#$1
36 J$&$ an$#!d h)m+ Say$t tho& th)$ th)n(
o. thy$3.+ o! d)d oth!$ t33 )t th o. m1
CHRIST ?I? NOT @IOLATE THE LA< OF
GO?
When Christ said /* am the son of &od/ and ,hen he said /*
and the .ather are one/ and ,hen he said /&od is my
.ather,/ he ,as not io#ating A): 6AW that ,ou#d Austify
!i##ing him under the -orah. -his is one of the +iggest
arguments that orthodo$ %e,s use to sho, that the story of
%esus does )3- ADD ?2. -he trinitarian argument that
ma!ing these statements is tantamount to c#aiming to +e
&od (under %e,ish tradition) is com"#ete#y .A6157 *t0s a tota#
6*5. -hat is ,hy * ca## the trinity teaching /the trinity
dece"tion./
-rinitarians are 6:*)&. Christ0s ,ords ,ere not a dec#aration
that he ,as &od, neither ,ere they +#as"hemy under %e,ish
tradition. Christ ,ords, ho,eer, W585 +#as"hemy and ,ere
i##ega# under 83(A) 6AW and -8AD*-*3) and that ,as the
3)6: #a, that mattered if they ,anted to !i## %esus.
Christ ,as )3- accused under %5W*14 6AW, he ,as accused
and u#timate#y condemned under 83(A) 6AW, for he
dec#ared himse#f /son of &od/ a distinction that ,as #ega##y
3)6: resered for 8oman em"erors7
Ca##ing onese#f &od is +#as"hemy under %e,ish #a, +ut %esus
did not do that, trinitarians 6*5.
Christ neer said in in those "assages /* am &od 4*(156../
*f he had, he ,ou#d hae +een gui#ty, for the %e,ish #a, does
not a##o, for a man to ca## himse#f &od. Which is the
&85A-51- eidence ,e hae that &od did not come do,n to
earth and +ecome a man and that he neer had A):
*)-5)-*3) of doing so. *f &od intended to +ecome a (A)
some day and then to ,a#! around *srae# dec#aring that he is
&od, &od ,ou#d most certain#y hae "roided for that in the
#a,. &od ,ou#d not hae "ut himse#f in the "recarious
"osition of io#ating his 3W) 6AW some day +y +ecoming a
man and then dec#aring that he is in fact &3D7
-he trinitarians therefore are fa#se#y accusing Christ of
ca##ing himse#f &od and they are a#so fa#se#y accusing &3D
4*(156. of io#ating his 3W) 6AW (+y +ecoming a man and
then +#as"heming himse#f).
THEY CON@ICT AN? CRUCIFY HI, AGAIN
-he ery fact that the -8*)*-A8*A)1 ?15 this fa#se
accusation +y the corru"t %e,s and these trum"ed u"
io#ations of 83(A) #a, as their 2833. that %esus c#aimed
to +e &od means they are 1*D*)& ,ith the corru"t "riests
and C3)B*C-*)& %51?1 a## oer again under 83(A) 6AW.
-hey are C8?C*.:*)& 4*( A66 3B58 A&A*) using the 1A(5
6AW and the 1A(5 -5C4)*CA6*-: as did the corru"t "riests
,ho cruci@ed him the @rst time. -hat he c#aimed to +e a
&od'(an and the /Caesar of the %e,s./
-he A"ost#es 1AW this teaching coming and denounced it
com"#ete#y7
H2!#$ 8:
8 I. thy $ha33 .a33 a#ay+ to !n# thm a(a)n
&nto !'ntan0/ $)n( thy 0!&0).y to
thm$3-$ th Son o. God a.!$h+ and '&t h)m
to an o'n $ham"
When the trinitarians =uote the corru"t %e,s ,ho sought to
!i## %esus as their /authority/ and their /"roof/ that %esus
c#aimed to +e &od, they are siding ,ith the corru"t "riests
on this matter. -he corru"t "riests ,ere .A615 ACC?1581
and so are the trinitarians. But trinitarians go one ste"
further than the corru"t "riests did, accusing %esus of
+#as"hemy under %5W*14 6AW ,hen the corru"t "riests ,ere
on#y using 8oman #a,. -his ma!es them .A8 W3815 the
fa#se accusers than ,ere the corru"t %e,s.
Shalom
Watchman Dean.