On the Cross Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why haft thou forsaken me?” Who is Jesus’ God? What does the bible reveal about the God of Jesus? Who is God? The bible began with this assumption, “In the beginning God.” That Bible writer then proceeded to treat this assumption as if it is a fact, and he wrote his narratives on the foundation of that assumption: “God created the heavens and the earth.” With that said, we may now proceed to answer the question, who is God? This seem to be a very generic question that can lead in an exhausting and unending discussion since they are many gods and many lords. So let me be more specific. Who is the God of the Hebrew nation and by extension the God of Jesus? The first book of the Bible introduced the God of the Hebrews as the creator so let’s begin there. God is creator. The writer of the book of Hebrews confirmed that and added to it.
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Hebrews 1:1,2
According to Hebrews 1:1,2, God is Creator, but he created the world through His son. Yes, God has a Son. It gets better, Paul in Ephesians 3: 9 (b) identifies the Son of God: “… which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ”. Do you see that? God created all things by or through his son Jesus Christ. So, when Jesus cried out, “my God, my God, why has thou forsaken me,” he was crying out to his father. this is not the only time Jesus referred to his father as “my God”. In Rev. 3:12 he is recorded as saying, “The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name”.
Who is Jesus’s God? Is He a triune being? Many Christian sects teach that God is a Trinity of three co-eternal, con-substantial beings, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This means that all three are god. Note that I use the singular term “god”, that is because the trinity is three that is one. They are not three gods but one god. With that in mind, who was Jesus referring to when he cried out, “My God, my God, why haft thou forsaken me?”
Does the Bible teach that Jesus is God playing the role as the son? If that is so, then both the God the Father and the Jesus His son deceived us. If that is so, God is not really The Father, and Jesus is not really his Son. If Jesus is role playing, then John 3:16 is a lie. If both Father and Son are roles played by one being as some versions of the trinity teaches, then the experience of Abraham was not a type of the great sacrifice of God. Again, I ask, who is Jesus’ God? Who did he cry out to when he was on the cross? Where was the third person of the godhead. In the garden when he was in agony and an angel came from heaven to comfort him, why did the third person of the godhead, the comforter, come to comfort him?
The teaching that God is a Trinity of three co-eternal, consubstantial beings, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit cannot stand the scrutiny of the bible or of logical minds. It denies the only one true God, it destroys the son-ship of Jesus and therefore make salvation a farce. It destroys the very foundation on which the new covenant has been established. So, who was Jesus crying out to? He was crying out to the one whose voice was heard at his baptism saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:17. And at His transfiguration. “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.” Matthew 17:5. He was crying out to His Father of whom he said. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Paul also answered that question for us in his first letter to the Corinthians. He said, “But to us (Christians) 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.”
The very first commandment in the Decalogue says, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Worshiping the Trinity is breaking this commandment. Not only this, but it is also a violation of the first four commandments written by God on tablets of stone and given to Israel. It is not too late to turn away from the idol called the Trinity and embrace the One true God and His Son. Remember Jesus said, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” It is so vitally important that you get this one right. My pray for you is that you would place your personal salvation and that of you family and friends as a priority and get this one right in Jesus’ name, Amen.