eternal-life
Biblical defense of eternal life, resurrection hope, and the nature of salvation.
Christ: The Unique Son Who is God’s Equal Paid Members Public
The Apostle John identifies Jesus as God’s uniquely begotten Son, which indicates that there is no other son who is on the same level with him: “No one has ever seen God. The uniquely existing God, who is close to the Father’s side, has revealed him.” John 1:
John 1:18 Revisited: Father & Son are the one God Paid Members Public
In the Gospel of John, Jesus emphatically testifies to the Father being the only God and the only true God: “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the only God (tou monou theou)?” John 5:44
Augustine, Hypostatic Union & Christ as Lesser than Himself Paid Members Public
The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. Augustine will cite texts such as 1 John 5:20, where Jesus is called the true God and eternal life, to prove that Christ is one divine Person who operates in/by/through two natures since he
St. Augustine on the Divine Monarchy & Blessed Trinity Paid Members Public
The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. The blessed saint will cite texts such as 1 Timothy 6:13-16 and apply that to the Trinity. In so doing, he identifies the only God of the passage as the Trinity. Augustine also applies 1
Paul, Christ & Judgment Day Paid Members Public
The Apostle Paul taught that the day will come when the Lord Jesus will physically descend from heaven in order to raise the dead and judge all mankind. Paul affirmed that this is the day when Christ will either reward men with everlasting life and glory, or wrath and everlasting
The Mormon Dilemma Paid Members Public
A typical ploy among modern day Mormon apologists is to appeal to texts where the Father is said to be the only true God as a way of proving their belief that Jesus is not a member of a Triune Godhead, but is some a secondary, inferior Deity. For instance,
St. Bernard on the Glorious Form of Jesus Paid Members Public
The quotation cited here is taken from St. Bernard's Sermons On The Canticle Of Canticles: Volume 2. COPYRIGHT © 2024 BY eCatholic2000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN BY A PRIEST OF MOUNT MELLERAY VOLUMES 1 & 2. BROWNE AND NOLAN, LIMITED ST. BERNARD, O.CIST. Doctor
Wallace, Jesus & the True God Paid Members Public
The excerpt cited here is taken from Dr. Daniel B. Wallace’s Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, published by Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI 1996], pp. 326-327. All emphasis will be mine. 1 John 5:20 houtos estin ho alethinos theos kai zoe