The Trinity study ,plural references to God in the Old Testament:Plural nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs

[Runningman]

If that could Save anyone, then JESUS death was a mute point.

If Jesus were just a man, he would of been conceived and born in sin = already contaminated with sin

Yeah, the only ways into heaven are be perfect or forgiven. Even Jesus required a savior (Hebrews 5:7) and faced judgement (1 Timothy 3:16) and was found innocent because he's a human and under the same law of God like everyone else (Romans 9:1-5)

Hebrews 5
7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

1 Tim 3
16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great:
He appeared in the flesh,
was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was proclaimed among the nations,
was believed in throughout the world,
was taken up in glory.

Romans 9
1I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit, 2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race. 4They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; 5to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who is over all be blessed for ever.

 

[Capbook]

The Philippian 2 explanation you have provided doesn't jive with the context. Begin with Philippians 2:5 where Paul said "Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus:" and I might add it ends with a colon in every English translation. When a colon is used in a sentence it introduce something that explains, clarifies, or gives examples of what comes before it. So when a list comes after a colon it means “Here is what I’m talking about.”

5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

Here is what Paul is talking about:

1. existing in the form of God
2. did not consider equality with God something to be grasped
3. emptied himself
4. taking the form of a servant
5. made in human likeness
6. being found in appearance as a man
7. he humbled himself
8. became obedient to death, even death on a cross.

So was Paul telling the church of Philippi to believe they are God, like you seem to be suggesting, or was Paul telling them to have the kind of mind that is humanly attainable and reasonable to have? What the reasonable conclusion is here is that Paul was not trying to say Jesus is God, Paul was teaching the Philippians how to be like Jesus because he's a human as Paul explicitly stated in Philippians 2:7,8. Doesn't make sense if Jesus is God.

The difference between our discussion is, I consult Bible lexicons to know the meaning of original Bible words at the time it was used, unlike to yours, is your own private interpretation.

Here, let me explain further, the Word that was God became flesh in relation to Philippians 2.
We know that John the Baptist is six months older than Jesus but he know that Jesus existed before him of as the bloodless Word that was God from the beginning, Whom He emptied Himself to become flesh, and had blood to shed and accomplish the plan of salvation to all mankind in faith, including you and me.

Joh 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Joh 1:15 John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'"