jesus-christ
Focused theological studies on the person and nature of Christ, emphasizing His divinity and messianic role.
Jesus says that the Father is greater than he is, proving that he is not God. Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: How can Jesus be God when he denies being absolutely good, and says that only God is good (cf. Mark 10:18)? Answer: The passage, in context, actually says: "As He was setting out on a journey, a man
Did Jesus become the Son of God only through his virgin birth? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christians believe that Jesus has always been the Son of God, even in his prehuman existence, and that this is a point in which all the Gospels agree. However, Luke 1:35 shows that at least one Gospel writer didn’
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 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
Is the Savior necessarily God? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christians argue that Jesus is God since he is said to be the Savior whereas the OT says Yahweh is the only Savior (cf. Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:21; Hosea 13:4). This argument overlooks the fact that although
If Jesus is God, was he praying to himself? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: If Jesus is God, then who was he praying to on the cross when he said, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me"? (cf. Mark 15:34; Matthew 27:46) Was he praying to himself? If
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