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roposition #21: Acts 5:3 says that Ananias lied to the Holy Spirit and verse 5 says that he lied to God. So the Holy Spirit must be a Person in the Godhead. [1]
Response: Jesus called the holy spirit the “finger of God;” so the holy spirit is God’s instrument of activity, and the Bible associates God’s spirit with His power. [2] Therefore, the holy spirit should not be regarded as a person, whether as part of a trinity … Read the rest
Proposition # 20: John 12:41 says that Isaiah saw Jesus’ glory and spoke of him. This refers back to Isaiah 6 which opens, “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.” And in verse 5 Isaiah says, “My eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of hosts.” This proves that Jesus is God.
Response: Since one cannot literally see God, this sighting must have … Read the rest
Proposition # 19: Quoting Joel 2:32 Paul wrote at Romans 10:13 about Jesus, “All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” But Joel was speaking about Yahweh. This proves that Jesus is God.
Response: Joel 2:32 was also quoted by Peter at Acts 2:21 while preaching to Jews who had not confessed Jesus as the Messiah. At this point in his sermon he had not yet mentioned Jesus; so his audience would have had to understand … Read the rest
Proposition # 18: Colossians 1:16, 17 tells us that Jesus created the universe; yet in Isaiah 44:24 God says that He created “all alone” and “by Myself.” Therefore, Jesus must be God.
Response: The apostle Paul, the writer of Colossians 1:16, 17, certainly did not have the understanding that Jesus was the Creator. In his speech at the Aeropagus he spoke of “God who made the world and everything in it.” In closing he added,
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Proposition # 17: Philippians 2:6 says that Jesus “was in the form of God” and Colossians 1:15 calls him “the image of the invisible God.”
Response: If Paul meant to say that Jesus was God in Philippians 2:6 he could have simply written that Jesus ‘was God,’ and omitted the phrase ‘in the form of.’
What did Paul mean by this expression?
At Exodus 4:16 God tells Moses that Aaron “shall be a mouth for you, and you shall … Read the rest
Proposition # 16: The passages of Titus 2:13 and 2 Peter 1:1 clearly call Jesus Christ “God.”
Response: Let’s note the entire passage of Titus 2:11-13,
“For the Grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passion, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world, awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the Glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.”
What has appeared “for the … Read the rest