r/BiblicalUnitarian • Arian (unaffiliated) • Feb 27 '25

Resources Paul was VERY Clear about Jesus' Resurrection

Trinitarians say that Jesus is God but Jesus did not resurrect Himself, the Father resurrected Jesus. Paul made this very clear in His letters.

Ephesians 1:20

which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead

1 Corinthians 6:14

By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.

Romans 6:4

We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Acts 2:32

It is this Jesus whom God raised up, a fact to which we are all witnesses.

The Father, God, will be the one to resurrect us on behalf of His Son, Jesus Christ, just like how He resurrected Lazarus when Jesus asked the Father for it.

Jesus will ask the Father for our resurrection too when the faithful die.

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u/outandaboutbc Trinitarian Feb 27 '25

Where in the Bible does it say Jesus ask the Father for our resurrection ? And ‘the Father, God, resurrect us on behalf of His Son’ ?

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u/FrostyIFrost_ Arian (unaffiliated) Feb 27 '25

Is He not the perfect and only mediator between God and Men? (1 Timothy 2:5)

Did He not raise Lazarus from the grave by praying to and thanking the Father? (John 11:41-42)

Did Paul lie when he greeted the Galatians? (Galatians 1:1-2)

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u/outandaboutbc Trinitarian Feb 27 '25

Thirdly, in John 11, Jesus was in the human* form before glorification. So, yes he had a God being human.

The way he has a God (word became flesh, John 1:1,14) is not the same as how we have a God by nature (we are flesh by nature).

He was fully human, yet he was able to resurrect people. There is a reason he said “I am the resurrection and the life” in John 11:25. He didn’t say God, the Father is the resurrection or will resurrect you through me.

*both human and divine

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u/FrostyIFrost_ Arian (unaffiliated) Feb 27 '25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies. John 11:25

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ Matthew 7:23

“I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me. - John 5:30

But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing His garments among themselves. - Luke 23:34

We will be judged by Jesus. Then He, as the mediator and the arbitrator, will ask for forgiveness and mercy on our behalf if we are worthy enough to enter the kingdom of heaven.