Only-Begotten Son of God Or Pre-Incarnate Being?

Who is JesusOrthodox Monotheists believe in One God, the Father.

John 17:3  And this is life in the age to come, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

1 Cor 8:5-6  For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many gods and many lords),  (6)  yet for us there is One God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we are for Read the rest

Proposition #13 “I AM” passages proves Jesus is God?

Trinity with Question MarkProposition # 13: Jesus’ use of the divine title “I AM” [Greek, ego eimi] in John 8, verses 24 and 58 proves his deity.

Response: At John 8:58 Jesus says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Trinitarians relate this statement to the account of Exodus 3:14 where “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And He said, ‘Say this to the people of Israel, “I AM has sent me to you.”’” Was Jesus … Read the rest

The Ambiguity of John 8:58

by Sir Anthony Buzzard

3bCommentators on the book of John frequently note a certain ambiguity in the sayings of Jesus, especially in connection with the failure of the hostile Jewish audience to grasp what Jesus meant. Orthodoxy is often keen to side with the opinions of the Jews against Jesus. The Jews, it is argued, thought that Jesus was claiming to be God. Therefore he is. But Jesus’ hostile audience is not a safe guide to the intentions of Christ. … Read the rest