In our series about what is stated concerning Jesus in the various books of the New Testament, this article will be examining the Gospel of Luke. Is the Trinity doctrine in the Book of Luke?
Luke 1:31 – “Name him Jesus,” (not God)
Luke 1:32 – “called the Son of the Most High, the Lord God will give him the throne of David” – The greater gives to the lesser. He will be called, not God, but “the Son of the Most High” who is “the Lord God.”
Luke 1:35 – “The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God” (NAB) (not God). The holy Spirit is “the power” of God, not a person. The angel once again emphasizes the fact that the child will be called “the Son of God,” not God. If the holy Spirit was a person, Jesus would have been ‘the Son of the holy Spirit.’ Without the holy Spirit being a person, it can’t be God, so there is no Trinity in Luke.
Luke 2:11 – “the Savior, the Messiah, the Lord has been born,” (not God).
Luke 2:25-26 – “It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not see death until he had seen the Messiah of the Lord” (NAB), (not God). God uses the holy Spirit to accomplish his work, but it is not a person.
Luke 2:30 – “=&0=& – (God’s salvation, not Jesus’ salvation)
Luke 2:32 – he is a light to reveal God to the nations, (not himself)
Luke 2:40 – “The favor of God was upon him” (ESV). God’s favor was on him (Jesus), which means that Jesus is someone other than God. Without Jesus being God, there is no Trinity in Luke.
Luke 2:49 – “I must be in my Father’s house” – Father-Son relationship
Luke 2:52 –“Jesus grew in favor with God” – he’s not God
Luke 3:6 – “all people will see the salvation sent from God” – sent from, but not, God
Luke 4:16-21 – “the Spirit of the Lord is upon me” – (God’s Spirit on Jesus) – “the scripture you’ve heard has been fulfilled today.” Jesus read from Isaiah 61:1, which reads, “The spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me for Yahweh has anointed me” (NJB). Rather than being referred to as a person, the holy Spirit is referred to as “the spirit of the Lord Yahweh.” Without the holy Spirit being God, there is no Trinity in Luke.
Luke 4:34 – “you’re the Holy One of God” – but not God
Luke 4:41 – “you are the Son of God” – but not God
Luke 4:43 – “that’s why I was sent” – from God. The greater sends the lesser.
Luke 5:20-24 – “Your sins are forgiven . . . Who but God alone can forgive sins? . . . that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . .” (NAB) – who gave him this authority? – God the Father did!
Luke 6:5 – “the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath” – “Son of Man” – not God
Luke 6:12 – prayed to God all night – not to himself
Luke 6:22 – you follow the Son of Man, not God
Luke 7:16 – the crowd praised God, saying “A mighty prophet has risen among us and God has visited his people” – A mighty prophet; Jesus represented God
Luke 7:23 – “God blesses those who do not turn away from me.” – blessings from God, not Jesus.
Luke 7:34 – “Son of Man,” not God
Luke 8:21 – “those who hear God’s Word and obey” – not my word
Luke 8:28 – “Jesus, Son of the Most High God” – “Son of,” but not God
Luke 9:20 – “You are the Messiah sent from God” – makes them separate. The greater sends the lesser. Without equality, there is no Trinity in Luke.
Luke 9:22 – “Son of Man must suffer” – not God the Son
Luke 9:26 – “the Son of Man will be ashamed” not God the Son
Luke 9:35 – “This is my Son, the Chosen One” – “my Son,” not me, not “God the Son”, which an unscriptural expression.
Luke 9:44 – “the Son of Man is going to be betrayed” – not God the Son
Luke 9:48 – “Welcomes my Father who sent me” – sent by his Father, who is separate
Luke 10:21 – “Jesus, filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit said: ‘O Father, thank you, Father it pleased you.” – Not praying to himself, nor to any Trinity.
Luke 10:22 – “My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Father but the Son, no one truly knows the Son but the Father” – ‘entrusted to me,’ indicating his Father has greater power – knowing each other indicates different people.
Luke 10:27 – “Love the Lord your God with…” – Love God foremost, not Jesus
Luke 11:2 – “this is how you should pray: Father , may your name be kept holy” – His Father is prayed to, showing “the Father is greater than” Jesus (John 14:28); and therefore separate and distinct
Luke 11:13 – “if you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him?” (NAB). – Notice, it is the heavenly Father gives the holy Spirit, not the Son of God, Jesus Christ, showing the Father is superior.
Luke 11:30 – “What happens to the Son of Man will be a sign that he was sent by God” (NLT)– Jesus was send by God, so was obviously not God
Luke 12:5 – “Fear God” (NLT) – not God the Son
Luke 12:10 – “Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes the holy Spirit will not be forgiven” – The Trinity doctrine claims the three, God, Jesus and the holy Spirit, are equal, but this scripture clearly shows that God the Father is greater. How? The holy Spirit represents God the Father, therefore he is higher than Jesus.
Luke 17:22-26, 30 – “Son of Man,” – Luke 18:8, 31; Luke 19:10 – Not God the Son
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