"God" is correctly used in the translation, for it is the Greek word "theos."
That depends entirely on which translation you wish to use. I am not a fan of the KJV for all the reasons I have stated, so if you choose that as your 'go to' translation, then there is not much more to say except that its errors are serious ones, and to accept that the translators did not take liberties in translation to support their doctrine, is to deny the facts. Pointing out translation errors in some other manuscripts does not make the KJV flawless.
If one doesn't truly know that Christ, the Son of God did not came in the flesh, he is an antichrist (not suspecting you of course, unless you don't believe this truth -1Jo 4:3; 2Jo 1:7).
Indeed, but this acknowledges that it is necessary to accept that Jesus, "
the son of God" "came in the flesh"......not that he was 'God incarnate'. It is very possible to accept Jesus as the divine "son of God" who was born into Adam's family line, without believing that he was God Almighty in the flesh.
To believe that God himself came to this earth in human form, is to misrepresent the mechanics of the ransom and to overvalue the price required for the redemption of the now fallen human race.
An immortal God cannot die.....nor can an immortal pay the ransom for the debt of a mortal being. The overpayment would be tantamount to a thousand, million, trillion cans of bug spray to kill one mosquito.
Many the omissions are due to the Gnostic writers of these manuscripts attempts to distort the Deity of Christ, e.g. discredits to Christ's omnipresence: the phrase "even the Son of man which is in heaven," showing He's present in heaven while on the earth, is omitted.
The deity of Christ is not ever mentioned by him or his apostles. He can be divine without being a deity.
Nor is God ever said to be "Omnipresent". He is Omnipotent and Omniscient, but he is never said to be 'everywhere at once'. His being "all knowing" (omniscient) makes omnipresence unnecessary.
Calling Jesus "theos" (god) in no way suggests that he was one and the same "God" as his Father. John 1:1 does not say in Greek, what is translated into English.
Strongs Concordance gives the primary definition of "theos" as....
"a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities." So calling Jesus "theos" in no way puts him on the same level as his God and Father. Even in heaven, Jehovah is still called "my God" by Jesus. (Rev 3:12)
Eph 3:9 omits "who created all things by Jesus Christ." Though there are many other passages that teach Jesus is the Creator (God did it through the Word or Jesus) it is of no less significance to omit any Scripture, especially if it reiterates the Lord Jesus' Deified attributes.
We are fortunate to have other scripture that identifies the role of the son in creation....but it in no way makes him "the Creator".
When he was on earth growing up as a human child, he was not endowed with supernatural abilities because he was the son of Mary and it was assumed, the son of Joseph. His own siblings did not put faith in him until after his death and resurrection. He was just their older brother, and because Mary was a widow by the time Jesus began his ministry as Messiah, he was not empowered by God's spirit to perform miracles until after his baptism at the age of 30. The Jewish firstborn son was bound to care for his widowed mother until he was 30 years of age, and as he was dying, Jesus assigned the care of his mother to the apostle John, even though he had fleshly brothers who would have taken over the responsibility.....but as his siblings were not yet believers, Jesus entrusted his mother's care to a trusted spiritual 'brother'. (John 19:26-27)
Colossians 1:15-16 tells us that Jesus...
"is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him."
John 1:2, 3 says...
"He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being."
Proverbs 8:26-31 is also acknowledged by scholars to refer to the pre-human son of God....here he attributes all credit to the Creator and calls himself a "master workman" "beside " his God in the acts of creation.
"While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
27 “When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,
29 When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
30 Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
31 Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men."
Father and son are the "us" and "our" in Genesis 1:26....and just as when he was on earth, Jesus used the power of God's spirit to bring forth creation under his father's guidance and supervision.
There are hundreds of omissions. Very serious!
Yes, and identifying those serious errors is important....but you have to pick your scholars....who do you believe?...and why do you believe them? Are we left in the dark to decide for ourselves? Heaven forbid!
John 6:44 tells us that God will "draw" right hearted individuals to his son....so no one can come to the Christ without an invitation from his Father. (John 6:65) Where does that leave those who are not seen as worthy of God's truth? When "the end" comes, there will only be "sheep and goats" in the world, so at that time we will all have proven ourselves to be either a "sheep" or a "goat"....."Many" will be in for a shock. (Matt 7:21-23)
Since the holy spirit unites Jehovah's worshippers, they would all speak in unity, having no divisions among them. (1 Cor 1:10) They would love the God that Jesus loved, and obey all his teachings. They would also incur the world's hatred, but not because they were law breakers.....they would be out preaching about God's Kingdom "in all the inhabited earth as a witness to all the nations," before the foretold "end" of the current world system comes, when God will "crush" corrupt human governments out of existence and replace them as mankind's only ruling authority......returning us back to the conditions once enjoyed in the garden of Eden. (John 13:34-35, Matthew 24:14; Dan 2:44)
Rev 21:2-4....
"And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
Not long to go now I think....
