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=The teachings of Lee Vayle=
=The teachings of Lee Vayle=


Lee Vayle denied the deity of Jesus Christ and preached Arianism.   Like Arius, Vayle asserted that the Son of God was a subordinate entity to God the Father.  A similar doctrine is also taught by Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons.
Lee Vayle denied the deity of Jesus Christ and preached a form of Arianism. It is also clear that he took this teaching directly from William Branham:
 
:''There are more verses on ‘Deity’, and you can see that '''Bro. Branham is not making Jesus ‘God’, as some would have it.'''<ref>Lee Vayle, Godhead #12, The Fullness of the Godhead Bodily, July 2, 2000, para. 25</ref>
 
:''what I wanted to do was to bring to you the understanding that Jesus is not Deity. When Bro. Branham said, '''“He’s God, but he’s not God,”''' in our minds we placed that with the incarnation, and that is true. But, when you realize that in the incarnation, which is to come, when that Spirit that’s in our midst, and that’s the Spirit of God, He will become incarnate to us again.<ref>Lee Vayle, Godhead #14, The Man, Jesus Christ, Is Not Deity,August 6, 2000, para. 23</ref>
 
 
Like Arius, Vayle asserted that the Son of God was a subordinate entity to God the Father.  A similar doctrine is also taught by Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons.


:''...the church has made '''the great mistake in making Jesus equal to God''' — which he is in a certain way — '''but he’s not God. He’s not Deity'''. I’m sorry, but he’s not, because God is not in him. No way. What God was in him is not Deity, same as what God is in you is not Deity, concerning Deity Himself, which is Sovereign God and Creator and Maintainer.''<ref>Lee Vayle, Godhead Q&A #4: Tangibility of God, 11-05-2000 </ref>
:''...the church has made '''the great mistake in making Jesus equal to God''' — which he is in a certain way — '''but he’s not God. He’s not Deity'''. I’m sorry, but he’s not, because God is not in him. No way. What God was in him is not Deity, same as what God is in you is not Deity, concerning Deity Himself, which is Sovereign God and Creator and Maintainer.''<ref>Lee Vayle, Godhead Q&A #4: Tangibility of God, 11-05-2000 </ref>