Jesus


Rediscovering the God of Jesus

Many people say that Jesus is God.  But what does Jesus say? Most Christians have been taught that Jesus is both “fully God and fully man”; that he is God Almighty clothed in human flesh.  Also, it is said that in addition to Jesus, two other individuals are also fully…


100 Scriptural Arguments

The following was written in 1825 by Samuel Barrett (Boston: American Unitarian Association). Unitarian Christians believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God and the Saviour of men.  They believe in the divinity of his mission and in the divinity of his doctrines. They believe that the Gospel which…


What Do Scholars Say About the Trinity?

It is customary for students of the Bible to refer to Jesus as God and to insist that belief in a Trinity of three co-equal, co-eternal Persons in the One God is the hallmark of true faith.  Many recognized Bible scholars do not think, however, that Jesus is called God,…


47 Reasons Why Our Heavenly Father Has No Equals or “Co-Equals”

by Spirit & Truth Fellowship originally posted at biblicalunitarian.com   There are many verses that, if read and believed in a simple, straightforward manner, should clearly convince any unbiased person that God and Jesus are two completely different and distinct beings.  There are also many logical reasons that should cause…


The Nature of Pre-existence in the New Testament

-originally posted at focusonthekingdom.org- "Within the Christian tradition, the New Testament has long been read through the prism of the later conciliar creeds . . . Speaking of Jesus as the Son of God had a very different connotation in the first century from that which it has had ever…


“But What About John 1:1?”

-originally posted at biblicalunitarian.com-     Does John 1:1 prove that Jesus is God? " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. " - john 1:1 niv 1. It is imperative that the serious student of the Bible come to…


Is Jesus of the Fourth Gospel the I AM of the Old Testament?

One of the most popular textual interpretations used to prove the divinity of Jesus Christ, in particular by Evangelical systematic theologians and apologists, is the idea that Jesus called himself the “I AM” in John 8:58. [1] According to this argument, Yahweh of the Old Testament appears to Moses in…


Adonai and Adoni (Psalm 110:1)

-originally posted at focusonthekingdom.org- Psalm 110:1 - The Bible’s supreme proof text for telling the difference between the One God and the Messiah who is not God This verse was referred to the Messiah by the Pharisees and by Jesus. It tells us that the relationship between God and Jesus is…


How many is God? – According to Jesus

Originally posted at focusonthekingdom.org   According to Jesus, God is strictly one Person, not three. Christians who value Jesus as the supreme revealer of truth should consider his classic words, uttered in a final prayer. “You, Father, are the only one who is truly God” (John 17:3).  He defined salvation…


The Athanasian Creed vs Jesus

What the ancient creeds of the Catholic Church appear to demonstrate is less of an Apostolic standard for faith and more a representation of how effectively philosophy had progressively encroached upon the Christian mind in the early centuries, to the shocking effect that later statements such as the Athanasian Creed…