Jesus is not God

I thank you for your organized and professional response. I can feel the excitement from this debate!You stated " My opponent says that the Greek word for one is 'heis' and 'hice', and he contends that it means one in essence. The problem that he has in making this claim is that he will have to agree that when Jesus says that he, God, and the disciples are all one (John 17:-21-23), it must mean in essence, because the Greek word 'heis' is used in that instance also.Is my opponent willing to concede that there is in fact fifteen co equals in the Godhead? Using his argument that 'heis' means one in essence makes this conclusion inescapable. "The answer to this is very simple. Yes. But does that mean Jesus is in the Disciples? No. This is a prayer Jesus is making for the Father to grant the Holy Spirit to become a part of the Disciples. Jesus is praying that they will truly believe. You also stated that the word trinity is never found in the Bible. Your right! But the trinity dogma is presented heavily throughout the entire Bible.You also made the following statement: "1. There being only one God, it is impossible that Jesus could be God; if the Father is God and Jesus is also God, then there are two Gods. "But to us there is but one God, the Father" (1 Cor. 8:6). 'God the Father' is therefore the only God. It is therefore impossible that there can be a separate being called 'God the Son', as the false doctrine of the trinity states. The Old Testament likewise portrays Yahweh, the one God, as the Father (Isa. 63:16; 64:8)."Please note that you only used the first part of 1 Corinthians 8:6. The entire verse is as follows:But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. As you can see the verse, again, is illustrating that Jesus and God are separate but at the same time, the same. God the Father, Jesus the Son/Lord, and the Holy Spirit. Again you are not using the full verse. Isaiah 63:16 says "Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting." This verse is showing us that the Lord (Jesus) is the same as the Father (God). Isaiah 64:8 says the same thing.For your second point "2. In addition to this one God, there is the mediator, the man Christ Jesus - "...and one mediator...". That word "and" indicates a difference between Christ and God." You have no singular evidence to back this up. So I will move on to point three:You stated in point three: "3. Christ being the "mediator" means that he is a go-between. A mediator between sinful man and sinless God (from the Christian worldview) cannot be sinless God Himself; it had to be a sinless man, of sinful human nature. "The man Christ Jesus" leaves us in no doubt as to the correctness of this explanation. Even though he was writing after the ascension of Jesus, Paul does not speak of "the God Christ Jesus".Several times we are reminded that "God is not a man" (Num. 23:19; Hos. 11:9); yet Christ was clearly "the son of man", as he is often called in the New Testament, "the man Christ Jesus". He was "the Son of the Highest" (Luke 1:32). God being "The Highest" indicates that only He has ultimate highness; Jesus being "the Son of the Highest" shows that he cannot have been God Himself in person. The very language of Father and Son which is used about God and Jesus, makes it obvious that they are not the same. While a son may have certain similarities to his father, he cannot be one and the same person, nor be as old as his father."Jesus is portrayed differently in each of the gospels. Matthew portrays Jesus as a king. Mark portrays Jesus as a servant. Luke portrays Jesus as the Son of Man. And John portrays Jesus as the Son of God. All of these are true. Jesus was Man and God, and Servant and King.You finished up with these last closing remarks: "In line with this, there are a number of obvious differences between God and Jesus, which clearly show that Jesus was not God himself:"1. God cannot be tempted" (James 1:13). Christ "was in all points tempted like as we are" (Heb. 4:15).2. God cannot die - He is immortal by nature (Ps. 90:2; 1 Tim. 6:16). Christ died for three days (Mt.12: 40; 16:21).3. God cannot be seen by men (1 Tim. 6:16; Ex. 33:20). Men saw Jesus and handled him (1 John 1:1 emphasizes this). For all of these reasons Jesus is very obviously NOT GOD."This should clear things up: Jesus was God; He came to earth and became man, limiting himself; after becoming the "ultimate man"; He ascended into heaven where He is still God.If you can accept that Jesus is God, there is nothing in the Bible that wont make sense. I look forward to your response.