Jesus must be God.

COUNTERING THE REBUTTAL ABOUT MARK 10:17-18I provided a verse that clearly showed that Jesus is not God;"As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, ‘Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? ’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. ’" Mark 10:17-18 The language here is very clear, and requires no commentary, but my opponent does just that when trying to explain away a verse that very clearly destroys his contention. Here is my opponents remarks below, I will leave you, the reader, to decide if this explanation (without one shred of evidence to support it) is enough to counter my argument;"I like this reference. It shows the humility of God. First we should notice that Jesus never says one way or the other. He simply is found asking a question; a question that suggests that if the disciples are calling Him "Good" then Jesus must be God. Jesus is asserting the fact that He is God by asking this question. So, in the stand of the resolution, this supports my case of Jesus being God. Therefore, this verse alone could not conclude the debate because Jesus is not saying He is not God. " As you can see, my opponent takes the meaning of the verse and completely reverses its meaning, but he offers no source to support his idea, he simply states it. What my opponent has done is drawn a conclusion beforehand and is now trying to make everything fit that conclusion, but it is like trying to fit a square into a circle. Answering John 17:21How does my opponent answer the charge that If John 10:30, wherein Jesus is made to say "I and my Father are one", means that Jesus and God are one in the same, then he must read John 17:21 in the strict literal sense also, which would place the disciples in the Godhead also. This conclusion is inescapable. I provide the verse for the readers examination;“ that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be one in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. . ” Countering proof with opinionsIn many places my opponent has tried to counter my evidence with evangelizing, not with evidence. Here is one example;"This passage is very simple when you take into account that Jesus was limited by humanity, that is, human nature. As I have said before, Jesus was limited by becoming Man. Therefore, in this state, Jesus would not access His ability to know all in this sense. "Where is the evidence? What source is my opponent using? Does my opponent wish that I should think that he is a credible source? Credible sources are written by authors respected in their fields of study. Responsible, credible authors will cite their sources so that you can check the accuracy of and support for what they've written. Unless my opponent is a Biblical scholar I think that he should provide his evidence and leave the commentary alone, and let the reader decide how the verses should be interpreted. For this reason I have chosen not to answer any of my opponents arguments that do not provide evidence to support them. More Biblical evidence that Jesus is not GodJames 1:13 King James Version (KJV) "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. "So God cannot be temptedMatthew 4:1-11 King James Version (KJV) Matthew 4:1:"Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. "But Jesus was tempted. God does not have a God. .. .. but Jesus did have a God. God is the ultimate judge and refuge for all, and He does not call upon nor pray to any others. But Jesus acknowledged that there was one whom he worshipped and to whom he prayed when he said, "l ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. " St. John 20:17. He is also reported to have cried out while on the cross, "My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me? " Matt 27:46. If Jesus were God, then couldn't this be read, "Myself, myself why hast thou forsaken me? " Is that logical? When Jesus prayed the Lord's prayer (Luke 11:2-4), was he praying to himself? That Jesus, of his own admission and by his own actions, acknowledged, worshipped, and prayed to another being as God is clear proof that Jesus himself is not God. Origin of the Trinity "The word ‘trinity’ was not coined until Tertullian, more than 100 years after Christ’s death, and the key words (meaning substance) from the Nicene debate, homousis and ousis, are not biblical, but from Stoic thought. Nowhere in the Bible is the Trinity mentioned. According to Pelikan, ‘One of the most widely accepted conclusions of the 19th century history of dogma was the thesis that the dogma of the Trinity was not an explicit doctrine of the New Testament, still less of the Old Testament, but had evolved from New Testament times to the 4th century. (Historical Theology134)"'(. http://www.heraldmag.org...) "Long before the founding of Christianity the idea of a triune god or a god-in-three persons was a common belief in ancient religions. Although many of these religions had many minor deities, they distinctly acknowledged that there was one supreme God who consisted of three persons or essences. The Babylonians used an equilateral triangle to represent this three-in-one god, now the symbol of the modern three-in-one believers. " "The Hindu trinity was made up of the gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The Greek triad was composed of Zeus, Athena and Apollo. These three were said by the pagans to 'agree in one. ' One of the largest pagan temples built by the Romans was constructed at Ballbek (situated in present day Lebanon) to their trinity of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. In Babylon the planet Venus was revered as special and was worshipped as a trinity consisting of Venus, the moon and the sun. This triad became the Babylonian holy trinity in the fourteenth century before Christ. " "Although other religions for thousands of years before Christ was born worshipped a triune god, the trinity was not a part of Christian dogma and formal documents of the first three centuries after Christ. " "That there was no formal, established doctrine of the trinity until the fourth century is a fully documented historical fact. " "Clearly, historians of church dogma and systematic theologians agree that the idea of a Christian trinity was not a part of the first century church. The twelve apostles never subscribed to it or received revelation about it. So how then did a trinitarian doctrine come about? It gradually evolved and gained momentum in late first, second and third centuries as pagans, who had converted to Christianity, brought to Christianity some of their pagan beliefs and practices. " (. http://www.christadelphia.org...). ConclusionI have proved both scriptural and historical evidence to show that Jesus was not and is not God. I have limited my commentary and in its place used evidence by scholars and verses from the Bible itself. I await my opponents rebuttal.