Saturday, May 16, 2015

I didn't have a clue!!! This was my first Bible study ever and I didn't get it. Now it is one of the most reassuring sentences in my world. Jesus is the Word, and He was with God in the beginning. He is God.

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Bible Gateway link: John 1:1 (NKJV)


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  1. AnonymousMay 16, 2015 at 8:28 PM

    A common misinterpretation of John perpetuated by the traditions of Trinitarians for centuries. The Father is the only true God. (John 17:3)

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  2. AnonymousMay 16, 2015 at 8:40 PM

    John 8:58 is a compelling response to the anti-trinitarian's denial of Christ. The Pharisees correctly recognized his claim of divinity and immediately attempted to stone him for blasphemy

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  3. Hans JohnsonMay 16, 2015 at 9:35 PM

    Anonymous 1: That verse is true because the Word stepped down from the Godhead for 34 years.

    Anonymous 2: It's also a compelling response for binatarianians, who were the early church members martyred into near non-existence in the first three or four centuries.

    However, the gates of the grave have still not fully prevailed against it.

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  4. Hans JohnsonMay 16, 2015 at 9:38 PM

    One too many "ian". And I'm not even Armenian. :)

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  5. AnonymousMay 17, 2015 at 12:17 AM

    Saying "I am", which several were quoted in the NT as saying, is not a claim of deity. Jesus rightly proclaimed himself as being the Messiah. "I am he." Destined to be the Messiah before Abraham was born.

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  6. AnonymousMay 17, 2015 at 12:28 AM

    Hebrews 1:8, wherein God the Father calls Christ God: "But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom."

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  7. AnonymousMay 17, 2015 at 2:44 AM

    Early manuscripts were all uncial, providing no way to distinguish between God and god other than context. Unfortunately many erroneous conclusions are reached due to presuppositions. An understanding of the use of "god" in scripture to apply to important individuals other than the Supreme Being is also useful.

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  8. AnonymousMay 17, 2015 at 6:47 AM

    Here's my understanding... Jesus is God.

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  9. AnonymousMay 17, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    Whether you believe in the Trinity, or that Jesus was God in human form, Jesus was a good man, and taught us to put others before ourselves, and died for our sins.

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