Who, What, is God?

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Who, What, is God?

Of all the theological questions that evoked controversy in the ancient “universal church,” none was more hotly debated than the question "Who, and What, is God?" Today, the debate continues. Some claim that Jesus Christ is “very God of very God,” while others claim that He was an archangel in His pre-incarnate state or that He didn’t preexist at all. Just what does the Bible say about this? Did Jesus preexist? Does He have a right to the names and titles of divinity? And what about the Holy Spirit? Does the Bible present the Spirit as the Third Person of a Trinity?

The Seven Declarations of Jesus

From time to time, we must check our priorities and be sure we have them in order, or we can’t be considered true followers of Christ. If we choose to love our own lives more than our Master, we will end up losing the very life we seek to maintain.

Is Jesus Really God?

The issue of the deity of Jesus Christ has been hotly debated for centuries. It was an Alexandrian theologian named Arius who popularized the view that the preincarnate Christ was a created-being who was, both in Essence and in Person, distinct from God. His view came to be called “Arianism,” and was condemned by early church councils. It is one of the Christological positions that fall under the label of “unitarianism.” The orthodox position regarding the deity of Christ has prevailed through the history of Christendom, but unitarianism has never gone away. Today, the most successful unitarian (Arian) group in the world of professing Christianity is the Watch Tower Society (Jehovah’s Witnesses). Several smaller groups, such as the Assemblies of Yahweh and the Concordant Publishing Concern, also hold this form of unitarianism.

Comforter, Helper, Counselor: The Greatest of Gifts

Many are the gifts of God, but none is greater than the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is a Comforter, Helper, and Counselor for the committed follower of Jesus Christ.