But of the Son He says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.” Hebrews 1:8 NASB O God – Could there be a more powerful proof text for the Trinity than this? Here the author of Hebrews seems to clearly state that the Son…
who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped Philippians 2:6 NASB I apologize that this is long and technical. There is no other way to do this. Frankly, I would just as soon let this go. I don’t like coming back to an…
but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior, Titus 1:3 NASB God our Savior – When Paul defines his authority with regard to the proclamation of the good news of the Kingdom and the role of the Messiah,…
“I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.” Isaiah 42:8 NASB Will not give – In the famous Servant Song of Isaiah, YHVH declares that He will not give (hand over, set, place, allow or surrender) His glory to another. On the basis…
pour water on the head three times in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Didache 7:3 In the name of – Previously we investigated the verse in the last chapter of Matthew that includes instructions to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit….
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. John 1:18 NASB Begotten God – Read it slowly. John says that no man has ever seen God. We take that for granted. No man, not one single person in human…
Yesterday a long time reader and supporter withdrew from the group. His reason was the debate over the Trinity. He said that he just could no longer continue the discussion because I had not been clear about the divinity of Yeshua, His uncreated being and His equivalence with the Father. I was so sad to…
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” Luke 11:13 NASB Spirit – “The usage of the Word pneuma in Greek literature reveals nothing comparable to the Hebrew ruakh for ‘human spirit’ and…
because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead. Acts 17:31 NASB Appointed – Perhaps Paul really didn’t mean what his words seem to say. After all, how could God…
For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, Colossians 2:9 NASB Deity – The text above is the New American Standard Bible. The ESV is similar. But the NLV translates this as “the fullness of God,” the NKJV translates it as “the fullness of the Godhead,” and the New Century Bible…
