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  • Curious Cases - Fourteenity, I AM...

    Jesus says, ‘who has seen me has seen the Father’ (John 14:9). Elsewhere he comments, ‘I and the Father are one’ (John 10:30).And he also says, ‘before Abraham was born, I am’ (John 8:58). What does he mean by these? Let us look at the context of these statements to understand further. Let us also study what it means to be baptized in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19) and do a quick review of the Godhead mentioned in the King James Bible (Acts 17:29, Romans 1:20, Colossians 2:9).

  • Do we know What we worship?

  • Good News (For Real)

  • John 1:1 - The Word & God

    John 1:1 says, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God'. This seems to say that the Word was God and with God at the same time. Even with the apparent lack of mention of the Holy Spirit, this passage is frequently quoted to prove a trinity. Let us study John's original words in Greek to get a clear understanding of what he says about the Word (the Logos) and God. This is indeed a very important scripture that takes us far above space and time, all the way to the beginning.

  • Kingdom of Heaven

    Why does any Christian need to learn about the Kingdom of Heaven? Why does Jesus Christ ask us to pray for a Kingdom to come upon the Earth where God's will shall be done as it is in Heaven? Isn't the Kingdom of Heaven supposed to be rather in Heaven? Jesus went about the cities and villages preaching the gospel of the Kingdom. Compared to that, what is the predominant teaching regarding the Kingdom among present-day churches?

  • Salvation

  • The 'No Beginning' Question

    Trinitarians promote the theory that God and Jesus always existed eternally – with no beginning. If the question is asked whether Jesus and God will always exist, then the answer is yes, according to the Scriptures. But if the question is about whether God and Jesus both did not have a beginning, then the answer has to be researched further from the Scriptures. Let us look at some passages on this topic. Also the terms Father and Son themselves help us understand it better.

  • The Co-Equality Question

    He answered them, ‘My Father is working until now, and I myself am working.’ For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God (John 5:17-18). Although it doesn't mention the Holy Spirit, this verse is usually quoted to support a co-equal trinity. Let us study this verse's context and also look at other passages where Jesus directly states what kind of relationship he has with the Father.

  • The Ransoming of Mankind

    If all of Adam’s race fall asleep in death as a penalty for Adam’s sin, how can the Bible (1Cor 15:22) promise ‘in Christ all will be made alive’? God declares in the Bible – ‘I will RANSOM them [mankind] from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death (Hosea 13:14).1Timothy 2:3-6 describes how Jesus Christ fulfilled God's promise.In that explanation, what do these phrases mean - 'ransom for all', 'to be testified in due time' and 'to be saved and to come unto the truth'?

  • The Times of Restitution of All Things

    God is the Savior of ALL men, SPECIALLY of those that believe (1Tim 4:10 ASV). This scripture does promise God's redemption for ALL men and also a SPECIAL salvation for the believers. Does this mean everyone will get a free pass? And what exactly is this SPECIAL salvation promised for present-day believers? And Jesus says, 'To the one who does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations' (Rev 2:26 NIV). What are these nations and why are they going to be ruled by the followers of Christ?

  • Trinity enters Christianity - The History

    The advent of Gnostic theories triggered a forceful response in the Johannine epistles that Jesus was the very Word of God - the mighty Logos. Seen in light of that historical context, those writings take on a whole new meaning. After apostles died, history shows people gradually elevating Jesus from Son of God to God's Equalas a counter-measure to the Gnostics. Much later in the 4th century, we see politics play a role in setting up a Creed where Jesus is declared God. The concept of a trinity i.e. Holy Spirit also being deemed God, enters in the 5th century.

  • Who is Jesus Christ?

    ‘There are many gods and many lords, yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ’ (1Corinthians 8:5-6 NASB)
    Having confirmed the Father as our God, the Apostle says we have one Lord as well – Jesus Christ. As we saw before, this Lord is notthe same word as the LORD (all capitals) Yahweh. This Lord (Greek:Kurios) means Master. Paul is saying we have one God, the Father and one Master, Jesus Christ. Why is Jesus our Master?

  • Whom to worship?

    The Athanasian Creed, widely accepted and followed by present-day Protestant denominations and the Vatican, says the Trinity is to be worshipped. It talks about three Persons of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, but all being one God. Jesus said we need to know what we worship (John 4:22). So it becomes important that we study the Scriptures and try to understand whom the Bible says we need to worship.

  • Why is this Important?

    The Scriptures declare, ‘yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live’ (1 Corinthians 8:6).
    And that God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son [Jesus], that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life’ (John 3:16).
    We need to worship and praise the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father (Ephesians 1:17) and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil 2:11).
    But why is this so important?

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