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Biblical and theological defenses of the Triune nature of God with rigorous exegesis.
THE NT USE OF THEOS SOTER AND THE DEITY OF CHRIST Paid Members Public
There are two passages in the God-breathed Scriptures where the words Theos (“God”) Soter (“Savior”) are applied to our risen Lord: “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every
How the One Becomes the Many: The Quran’s Affirmation of Plurality within Unity Paid Members Public
Muslims will argue that Allah is a singular person, though they may not employ that specific term, on the basis of Quranic texts which state that the Islamic deity is one. They further base this on the fact that the Quran often ascribes singular verbs, adjectives, pronouns, etc. to Allah.
Biblical Verses That Call Jesus God Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to cite some of the biblical texts that apply the term God to Jesus. The prophet Isaiah announced that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a Son who would be called Immanuel: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold,
Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
I proceed from where I previously left off (/2019/12/03/pauls-divine-christology-pt-2/). THE USE OF THEOS IN REFERENCE TO CHRIST I am going to examine all the places where God describes Jesus as God, starting with the following: “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all
Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I left off (/2019/11/27/pauls-divine-christology-pt-1/). ISRAEL’S ONE LORD At the heart of the Hebrew Bible is the affirmation that Jehovah is one, meaning the only God whom the Israelites were to look to and worship: “Hear, O Israel: The
The Church Fathers on Jesus as the God-Man Paid Members Public
According to the God-breathed Scriptures our Lord had asked his Jewish interlocutors how could the Messiah be the Son of David when the latter worshiped him as his very own Lord by revelation from the Holy Spirit: “While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them, ‘What do you think
Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series, I am going to go through the inspired letters of Paul to show how this beloved Apostle proclaimed the absolute, essential Deity of Christ. I will point to texts where Paul clearly describes the risen Jesus as the God of Israel who became flesh. There are various
Hear O JWs! Jehovah is Jesus, Jehovah is He! Paid Members Public
Another way in which the New Testament writers identify Jesus Christ as the human enfleshment/embodiment of Jehovah God is by their taking what is basically the creedal statement of the Hebrew Bible and Christianizing it. The following is considered by many to be the one command that defines the