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Join me on this journey. Let's seek the truth together! 💡 Proverbs 8:34-36 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts. For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.” Psalm 84: 11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. 12 Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you. 1 John 5:5 Now who is the one overcoming the world, except the one believing that Jesus is the Son of God.

Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Jesus Was a Unitarian Monotheist – Sir Anthony Buzzard.

Jesus Was a Unitarian Monotheist infographic featuring Sir Anthony Buzzard, Mark 12:29, John 17:3, and biblical teaching about the one true God.

This study examines the biblical teaching of Jesus concerning the one true God through the writings and lectures of Sir Anthony Buzzard. By exploring passages such as Mark 12:29 and John 17:3, readers are encouraged to compare the Scriptures and investigate the biblical understanding of monotheism.


Jesus Was a Unitarian Monotheist

The View of Sir Anthony Buzzard

By Simon Brown

One of the most important questions every Bible student should ask is:

What did Jesus Himself believe about God?

Throughout the Gospels, Jesus consistently affirmed the Jewish belief in one God, not three persons sharing one divine essence.

When asked which commandment was the greatest, Jesus replied:

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one."
Mark 12:29

Rather than introducing a new understanding of God, Jesus repeated the Shema of Deuteronomy 6:4—the foundational confession of biblical monotheism that Israel had believed for centuries.

Sir Anthony Buzzard's Observation

Biblical scholar and theologian Sir Anthony Buzzard has frequently argued that Jesus was a Unitarian monotheist, faithfully teaching the same belief about God found throughout the Old Testament.

He points out that throughout Scripture:

  • The Hebrew words Elohim, Adonai, and Yahweh, together with the Greek expression ὁ θεός (ho theos), overwhelmingly refer to the one God of Israel.

  • Across thousands of occurrences in the Bible, these words are never used to mean a Trinity.

  • In the New Testament, ὁ θεός ("the God") most commonly refers to the Father of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Himself prayed:

"This is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."
John 17:3

Here Jesus clearly distinguishes the Father, whom He calls "the only true God," from Himself, the One whom the Father sent.

What About the Passages Commonly Used to Support the Trinity?

A small number of passages—such as John 20:28 and Psalm 45, quoted in Hebrews 1—are often discussed in debates about Christ's identity.

These verses deserve careful study within their original language, literary context, and the wider teaching of Scripture.

Whatever conclusions are reached about those passages, they should be considered alongside the many clear statements in which Jesus identifies the Father as His God and affirms the biblical confession that God is one.

The Historical Question

It is also worth considering the observation of New Testament scholar A. T. Hanson, who wrote:

"No responsible New Testament scholar would claim that the doctrine of the Trinity was taught by Jesus, or preached by the earliest Christians, or consciously held by any writer in the New Testament."

Whether every scholar agrees with that assessment is another matter, but it illustrates that the historical development of Trinitarian doctrine continues to be discussed within academic scholarship.

A Personal Prayer

May the one true God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, guide every sincere seeker into His truth through His beloved Son, Jesus the Messiah.

May we always be willing to search the Scriptures with humility, testing every doctrine by God's Word, just as the Bereans did.

"Now these Jews were more noble... for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so."
Acts 17:11

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Banner featuring Simon Brown and Sir Anthony Buzzard promoting interviews about the One True God, biblical truth, and Christian theology.

My interviews with Sir Anthony Buzzard!

In these interviews, I speak with biblical scholar Sir Anthony Buzzard about the One True God, the Kingdom of God, biblical theology, and the importance of testing every doctrine against the Scriptures.

Simon Brown

https://wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com

"Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand." — Matthew 11:15

"Who is he who overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?" — 1 John 5:5

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