PART I Introduction John 1:1 Logos The Matter of The "a" Theos There are several passages, apart from John 1:1, in which Jesus is explicitly called "theos". In fact, the church's confession of Christ as Theos began in the first century with the apostles themselves. The Strikingly Significant Parallels between Yahweh In The Old Testament, and Jesus In The New Comparing statements made about God in the Old Testament, with statements made about Jesus in the New Common Attributes Titles Shared By God The Father and Jesus The First and The Last, The Alpha and The Omega, and The Beginning and The End PART II
Three Significant Titles Jesus Claimed For Himself Introduction "I Am" Son of Man The Good Shepherd Son of God...Was Jesus the "offspring" of God? The Claims Jesus Made if Jesus was not the Son of God, then He was a pathological liar, the likes of which few of us have ever come across, Jesus Often Claimed for Himself Prerogatives Reserved Solely for God Including The Authority To Both Give And Send The Holy Spirit of God! Jesus' Appeal to Other Witnesses As Jesus Himself said, His claims did not rest on words alone. The Opinions of Jesus' Contemporaries They not only talked the talk, but also walked the walk, which translated into... Worship When, from cover to cover, the Scriptures explicitly teach that YHWH alone is to be worshipped... Hypocrisy Unlimited? ...Does it not seem exceedingly strange that, over and over again, in the New Testament, Jesus was the object of worship? without any record of Him ever rebuking anyone for doing so The Jehovah’s Witnesses, proskuneo, and Hebrews 1:6 The Jehovah's Witness Bible translates proskuneo into obeisance, instead of "worship", only when it occurs in reference to Jesus. PART III Rebuttal Arguments Matthew 19:16-17... There is None Good Was Jesus really denying His own goodness, Philippians 2:5-8.. Jesus "Emptied Himself" like so many other verses, has been wrested from it's context, which has led to more erroneous interpretations than a dog has fleas. Matthew 24:36 and Mark 13:32...Jesus Did Not Know How could He say that he did not know the day and hour of a future event? Luke 2:52... Jesus Increased In Wisdom And Stature. Colossians 1:15-18... The Firstborn Of All Creation Was Christ the first created being, therefore not eternal? Jesus and The Father John 16:27-30... What Does Jesus "Came Forth" Mean Jesus Was From Everlasting Jesus and The Father Are One, Yet Distinguishable From Each Other Which Explains... Conclusion Coming To A Decision About Jesus in Light Of His Claims |