The holy faith of reformed samaritanism


The simple reasons why most mature believers refuse to embrace the notion of Jesus being the



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The simple reasons why most mature believers refuse to embrace the notion of Jesus being the 
Almighty God 
Beloved, without ever pretending to tarnish the merits of the noble Christian religion, let’s ask ourselves the 
following question: «How can Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) be the Supreme God, and at the same
time be “a Mediator between God and men” (1 Timothy 2:5)?». 
Does the former even make any sense? (is the King naked? Or is he rather donning invisible clothes?). Truth 
be told, Jesus was indeed a powerful messenger of God, but he definitely wasn't the Almighty. Why? Because
he admitted to be a finite and limited man of flesh and blood. On the other hand, God isn’t only Almighty, 
but also an infinite and unlimited spirit. 
And that’s why you’ll find that, while on one hand Jesus confessed God to be a Spirit, having no flesh and 
bones (“God is spirit ...”- John 4:24), on the other hand he declares himself to be a man of flesh and blood 
(“… Touch me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have”- Luke 24:39). 
Besides, Jesus went on to openly declare to have a personal God (“… But go to my brothers and tell them 
that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God”- John 20:17). 
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So, although Reformed Samaritans can appreciate the reason why [in the zeal of his religious devotion] a 
born-again Christian might love Jesus enough to wish him to be the Almighty, a mature Samaritan believer 
knows that the God of Israel expects us not to be carried away by emotions, but rather stick to the plain truth 
(“These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another...”- Zechariah 8:16), avoiding the temptation 
of flattering God with excessive titles and praises. 
Why? Because the God of the Hebrews doesn’t seek “lip service”, but rather sincere obedience. As is written:
«The Lord said: “These people approach me with their speeches to honor me with lip-service, yet their hearts
are far from me...”»- Isaiah 29:13. And even Jesus seems to agree with the fact that God isn’t interested in 
human flattery, as he is quoted saying the following: “I receive not honour from men”- John 5:41. 
Finally, we cannot possibly make Jesus equal to he heavenly Father [The God who spoke to Israel in ancient 
times] without running into the very contradiction spelled out by Jesus, when he said: 
“No man can serve two Masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the 
one, and despise the other”- Matt. 6:24. In other words, you can’t obey God the Father (הוהי), who asks you 
to hold fast unto the Law (“This book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth...”- Joshua 1:8); and at the
same time obey God the Son (Jesus), who asks you to let go of the Law (“The Law and the prophets were 
until John...”- Luke 16:16); You will either obey one, or obey the other; but, either way, you will end up 
disobeying one of them. 
Likewise, you can’t obey the Father who strongly discourages you from even dreaming with eating flesh or 
blood (“But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat… Only be sure that thou 
eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life [blood] with the flesh”- Genesis 
9:4, & Deut. 12:23); and at the same time obey the Son who strongly encourages you to dream of eating his 
flesh and blood (“… Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day”- John
6:53-54). 
And the former contradiction is the very reason why God hates all forms of Polytheism (the idea that there’s 
more than one Supreme will and God in the universe), as the latter lends itself to betrayal, deception, and all 
sort of immoral behavior. May peace and blessings be upon you all! 

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