RE: Jesus is not I AM
Do you believe Jesus is the LORD? Have you been granted repentance of your position in the OP?
Here is another passage for you to chew on.
Matthew 22:41-46 KJVS
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, [42] Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. [43] He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, [44] The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? [45] If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? [46] And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Also, including Strong's for your reference:
Strong's Number
G2962
Original Word
κύριος
Transliterated Word
kurios
Phonetic Spelling
koo'-ree-os
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
Strong's Definition
From κῦρος kuros (supremacy);
supreme in authority that is (as noun) controller; by implication Mr . (as a respectful title): - God Lord master Sir.
Do I believe Jesus is God, no of course not. The Bible teaches against this. Jesus is the Lord, not "LORD" (as a replacement for God's holy name.)
Please, would you please provide the Scriptures from which you are making this claim?
The whole Bible. This is the foundation of Judaism and likewise Christianity; that God is one and the Father alone is God. There Is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Don't let Roman Catholicism put a stumbling block before you. The truth is simple.
I am not a Roman Catholic but at least they did get it right with the Trinity. It's not that there are three gods in the Triune Godhead. It is three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit sharing One divine essence.
Another Scripture citation for you to ruminate on.
Colossians 2:8-9 KJVS
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. [9] For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Strong's Number
G2320
Original Word
θεότης
Transliterated Word
theotēs
Phonetic Spelling
theh-ot'-ace
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
Strong's Definition
From G2316; divinity (abstractly): - godhead.
Thayer's Definition
deity
the state of being God, Godhead
Usage by Word
godhead (1)
Usage by Book
Colossians
You are thinking in a trinitarian sense. The Bible was not written with a trinity god in mind. You quoted well because the doctrine of the trinity is a tradition of men.
The Godhead is the divine nature of God. Jesus did have the fullness of God's divine nature within him. The Holy Spirit is the power and presence of God, it is God's divine nature. Jesus received the fullness of the spirit at his baptism and God was with and within him. Jesus is not God, but has the fullness of God dwelling within him just as we hope to have.
I know you mean well and appreciate what you are doing, but please take a moment to consider these things. In the early church the majority of Christians believed the truth that God was one and not three. The trinity only prevailed through persecution and murder by the Roman Catholics. It is a pagan system of worship. God has always been one person, one being, whole and complete.
Our faith should not be in a mystery god but rather in the knowable God. The trinity is called a mystery because it is not understood and not found in the scriptures. You are taught to believe it by tradition.