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In-depth examinations of Scripture, textual reliability, theological themes, and defense of biblical doctrine.
Doesn't Jesus' calling "belief that God is One" the greatest command disprove that he believed in the Trinity? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: According to Deuteronomy 6:4 there is only one Yahweh God. Jesus himself quoted this in Mark 12:29 to prove that God is one. Since Jesus quotes this as one of the greatest commandments doesn’t this prove that
Jesus allegedly emptied himself of Deity, which is impossible for God to do Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: The Bible says that Jesus emptied himself (cf. Philippians 2:7), implying that Christ ceased to either be God altogether or from having certain Divine attributes. This is also known as the Kenosis theory, with the word Kenosis originating from
How can Jesus be God, when he calls the Father the only true God? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Jesus himself admitted that the Father is the only true God. Since Trinitarians believe that the Father and the Son are distinct Persons, that they are not the same Person, wouldn’t this prove that Jesus denied that he was
How can Jesus be God when he will be in eternal subjection? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:28 that Christ will be subject to God forever: When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be
God has many sons who are not divine. Why then would Jesus be? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: God has sons by the tons. For example, the Bible says that angels are Gods sons (Genesis 6:2, 4), the nation of Israel is Gods son (Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 31:9), the kings of Israel like David are
An Objection to Jesus being God based on his claim to pre-existence Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christians believe that John 8:58 proves that Jesus is God because he claimed to have existed before Abraham. However, the Bible says that both Solomon (Proverbs 8:22) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:5) existed before their human births. Doesnt
Is Jesus God because he did Miracles? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Some Christians believe that Jesus miracles prove that he is God. The problem with this claim is that almost every single miracle performed by Jesus finds a parallel within the OT. There are many OT prophets that performed the very
Doesn't the Bible present Melchizedek as possessing divine attributes? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: According to the book of Hebrews, in chapter 7 and verse 3, the writer refers to Melchizedek the king of Salem (which later became known as Jerusalem) and a high priest of God Most High (cf. Genesis 14:18-20). What