Trinitarians often use the following scripture to “prove” that Jesus is God. Does being called “savior” mean that  Jesus is God?

“I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior” (Isaiah 43:11 NIV)

“I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Saviour but me” (Isaiah 43:11 NJB)

Trinitarians will then point out that Jesus Christ is referred to as “Savior”  many times in the New Testament, as if there are no other saviors. However, this assertion is easily debunked by the Scriptures themselves. One very good example of this scriptural proof is:

“Through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior, To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior” (Titus 1:3,4 NIV)

These verses show us very clearly that both Almighty God the Father and Jesus Christ are called “our Savior”. The reference above to “God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior” clearly shows that they are two different individuals. However, while they are both Saviors, they are not equals as Saviors. This relationship is made clear by:

“God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus” (Acts 13:23 NIV)

“To the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority” (Jude 25 NASB)

Almighty God is thus shown to be the ultimate Savior, but his saving power flows to humans through the Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Trinitarians also either ignore, or are ignorant of, the fact that some men are also called saviors in the Old Testament, using the same Hebrew word Mohshia that is used of Yahweh at Isaiah 43:11:

“When the Israelites cried out to the LORD, he raised up for them a savior, Othniel, son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, who rescued them” (Judges 3:9 NAB)

“When the Israelites cried out to the LORD, he raised up for them a savior, Ehud, son Gera, a Benjaminite who was left-handed” (Judges 3:15 NAB)

“So the LORD gave Israel a savior, and the Israelites, freed from the power of Aram, dwelt in their own tents as formerly” (2 Kings 13:5 NAB)

“Therefore you gave them into the power of their enemies, who oppressed them. But in the time of their oppression they would cry out to you, and you would hear them from heaven, And according to your great mercy give them saviors” (Nehemiah 9:27 NAB)

“Then saviors shall come to Mount Zion To judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S” (Obadiah 21 NKJV)

These scriptures clearly show that God raised up a number of saviors for Israel. Now if we use the same Trinitarian reasoning that someone called savior must be God, because God is called ‘the only savior’ at Isaiah 43:11, then these men who are called saviors must also be Almighty God. Of course, that is just as preposterous as  the Trinitarian assertion that Jesus is Almighty God, because he’s called savior.

Returning to the scripture at Isaiah 43:11, about Yahweh being Israel’s only Savior, the context in Isaiah 41-46, shows that Yahweh alone provided salvation for Israel, because “there is no other god” (Isaiah 45:14 NIV). 

We have seen from all the Biblical evidence that Jesus, the Son of God, is the one who saves us, but is not our God.