All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. John 1:3 NASB Him – The section title in the English Bible (“The Deity of Christ”) is, of course, a theological addition to the text. It tells the reader how to read the following Greek…
There is no section of the (written) Torah which does not imply the doctrine of Resurrection, but we have not the capacity to expound it in this sense. Sifre Deuteronomy Section 306; 132a We have not the capacity – Abraham Cohen makes a telling remark in his discussion of the Talmud. “No aspect of the…
FEBRUARY 18, 2017. ONE DAY ONLY – DO NOT MISS THIS! Winter Garden, FL at the First United Methodist Church education building (on Boyd Street) A SPECIAL CONFERENCE with Sir Anthony Buzzard on THE TRINTY – the development of the doctrine, the linguistic arguments, the impact on believers Conference will be from 9AM to 4PM….
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 NASB The Word – What a complicated text! The NASB’s heading for this part of John’s gospel is “The Deity of Jesus Christ,” but this is an editorial theological addition. The text itself does not make…
The Continuing Saga of Theological Mathematics Those who grew up in the Christian Western paradigm (I include myself) find it emotionally difficult to think about divinity in any other terms except the ones defined by the Church. We are so used to considering the words “divine” and “deity” as exclusive markers for “God” that any…
Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Peter 1:1 NASB Our God and Savior, – Peter, actually Shim’on called Kepha (i.e. Petros in Greek), is a Jew. Yes, he…
But now the Messiah has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in the Messiah all will be made alive. But each in his…
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16 KJV God – The King James translation of the Bible held sway over Protestant Christendom for 400…
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace Ephesians 1:7 NASB Him – There’s no debate about the Greek. The word is ho (since it precedes a vowel it is not hos). There’s also no debate that the word means “who, which, whom,…
For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. 2 Corinthians 11:4 NASB Another Jesus – Paul is afraid. He’s afraid that the Corinthians will be deceived…
