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TheLordJesusChrist(TheDivinityofChrist)1)Introduction2)TheCreedonChristwithbiblicalproofs3)OtherBiblicalProofs1)Introduction•TheDivinityofChristisvitalintheChristiandoctrine•TheArianHeresy+TheEcumenicalCouncilofEphesus,325AD-AriusandAthanasius-TheCreed+TheheresyofJehovah’sWitness-FoundedinPennsylvania,USAin1872-MovedtoNYin1909underthename“WatchTowerBibleandTractSociety”2)TheCreedonChristWebelieveinOneLord,JesusChrist:•TheOnlyBegottenSonofGod•BegottenfromtheFatherbeforeallages•LightofLight•TrueGodofTrueGod•Begottennotcreated•ofoneessencewiththeFather•bywhomallthingsweremadeTheLordJesusChrist•ThenamesLordandGodweregiventotheFatherandtoChrist(theSon)+“God(Father/Jehovah)spoketoMosesandsaidtohim:IAMtheLord”Exodus6:2+“AndThomasansweredandsaidtoHim(Christ),MyLordandmyGod”John20:28TheOnlyBegottenSonofGod“Monogenies”•“NoonehasseenGodatanytime.TheOnlyBegottenSon,whoisinthebosomoftheFather,HehasdeclaredHim”John1:18+“SonofGod”=sameessenceofGod“IandMyFatherareOne”John10:30+“Begotten”=logos(logic)=theWord“ChrististhePowerandWisdomofGod”1Cor1:24+“Only”=uniqueSonshipInChrist’sBaptism:“ThisisMybelovedSon,inwhomIamwellpleased”Matt.3:17,alsoinHisTransfiguration.BegottenoftheFatherbeforeallages•ChristsaidtotheJews:“BeforeAbrahamwas,IAM”John8:58•“IamtheRootandtheoffspringofDavid”Rev.22:16•“GlorifyMewithYourself,withtheglorywhichIhadwithYoubeforetheworldwas”Jn.17:5LightofLight•OnChrist:“HewastheTrueLight”John1:9•“Who(Christ)onlyhasimmortality,dwellinginunapproachablelight(theFather),whomnomanhasseenorcansee”1Tim6:16Analogy:Therayofthesunisgeneratedfromthesunwithoutbeginningorseparationandexistswiththesourcesolongasthesourceexists.TrueGodofTrueGod•OntheFather:“LooktoMe,andbesaved,Allyouendsoftheearth!ForIamGod,andthereisnoother(TheTrueGod)”Isaiah45:22•“ButtotheSon,Hesays‘Yourthrone,OGod,isforeverandever’Hebrews1:8.Begottennotcreated(made)TheSonwasincarnatedatcertaintimebutHisDivinitywasNOTcreatedi.e.atacertaintime.ItiseternalwiththeFatherandtheHolySpiritwithintheTriuneGod.•OntheFather:“IamtheFirstandIamtheLast;besidesMethereisnoGod”Isaiah44:6•OnChrist“IamtheAlphaandtheOmega,thebeginningandtheEnd,theFirstandtheEnd”Rev1:8.OnChristIncarnation:“AndtheWordbecameflesh”John1:14OfOneessencewiththeFatherTheSonisfromthesamenatureandessenceastheFather.IftheFatherisGod,theSonisalsoGodBUTONEGODHEAD.•OnChrist:“WhobeingthebrightnessofHis(TheFather)gloryandtheexpressimage(essence)ofHis(theFather)person”Hebrew1:3HebrewThroughWhomallthingsweremadeThismeansthattheSonistheCreatorastheFatheris.•OntheFather:“InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavensandtheearth”Genesis1:1•OnChrist:“AllthingsweremadethroughHim,andwithoutHimnothingwasmadethatwasmade”John1:33)OtherBiblicalProofsChristisGodwithrespectto:a)HisrelationwiththeHolySpiritb)HimbeingOmnipresentc)HimbeingtheJudged)HimbeingtheGiveroflifea)ChristandtheHolySpirit•TheFather&theSonpourouttheHolySpiritTheFather:“IamtheLordyourGod…IwillpouroutMySpiritonallflesh”Joel2:27-29TheSon:“ThereforebeingexaltedtotherighthandofGod…Hepouredoutthis(HolySpirit)whichyounowseeandhear”Acts2:33•TheFather&theSonsendtheHolySpiritTheFather:Ps.104:30TheSon:John15:26b)Christ;GodisOmnipresent•“ForwheretwoorthreearegatheredtogetherinMyname,Iamthereinthemidstofthem”Matthew18:20“NoonehasascendedtoheavenbutHewhocamedownfromheaven,thatis,theSpnofManwhoisinheaven”John3:13•John14:23•Gal.2:20•Rev.3:20c)Christ;beingtheJudge•GodaloneistheJudge:“O’God,towhomvengeancebelongs,shineforth!Riseup,O’Judgeoftheearth”Ps.94:1,2•ChrististheJudge:“TheLordJesusChrist,whowilljudgethelivingandthedead”2Tim.4:1•2Cor.5:10•Matt.16:27•Rev.22:12d)Christ;Giveroflife•“InHimwaslife”John1:4•ChristraisedthedeadbyHisorder:-theraisingofJairusdaughter,Mk.5:22,35-42-theraisingofthesonofthewidowofNain,Lk.7:11-17-theraisingofLazarus,John11“ForastheFatherraisesthedeadandgiveslifetothem,evensotheSongiveslifetowhomHewill”,John5:21