Unitarianism Trinitarianism Trinity Monotheism Monotarian
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,
… Read the rest“The times of ignorance God
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
Proposition # 14: John 18:3-6 reports that when men came to arrest Jesus, he asked them for whom they sought. They answered, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Verse 6 says that when he responded, “‘I AM [he].’ they drew back and fell to the ground.” This shows that Jesus was using the divine title, the I AM of the Hebrew Scriptures; otherwise why would the men have drawn back and fallen to the ground?
Response: If this were a case where the … Read the rest
Proposition # 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