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A summary of the One God Report podcast, "What about John 1:1?" Ever since I came to understand from the Bible that God (Yehovah, YHVH) is one, and that Jesus is God’s human Messiah (Christ) whom God raised from the dead, people say to me: “What about John 1:1?”. For my friends who believe in the “deity of Christ”, John 1:1 is biblical evidence that Jesus is God. But is it? In this podcast we begin to take a look at the Gospel of John and see that the Trinitarian or "deity of Christ" interpretation of John 1:1 is found wanting. We show four "broader view" observations about the Gospel of John to see there is something wrong with the Trinitarian interpretation: 1.  The purpose for writing The author of the Gospel of John tells us the purpose he wrote his book, or at least why he recorded the signs that Jesus did. “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are recorded so that you might bel...

 To hear this podcast audio teaching part 1, click here . For part 2, click here . For deity of Christ believers, “the Word became flesh” is the most concise statement in all of the Bible that “God took on flesh”. To deity of Christ believers, John 1:1 combined with John 1:14 is the #1 evidence that “God became man”.   We need to ask deity of Christ believers who appeal to John 1:1 and John 1:14, “So you believe that God became flesh ?” Do you think that “God is flesh?” Ask yourself if this statement really sounds biblical and if you really believe it: “My god is flesh”. Go ahead, say it yourself and ask yourself if you really believe “my God is flesh”   The Bible says that the “the blood is the life” of flesh (Deut. 12:23, Lev. 17:11). So if blood is the life of flesh, is the life of God in his blood?   I think the question “Is God flesh?” may help deity of Christ believers begin to see that John 1:14 doesn’t mean what they think it means. Let’s not de...