It does not say, in the Original Autographs, In the beginning, it says, In beginning.
It does not say, in the Original Autographs, the word was with God, it says,the logos was towards God.
It does not say, in the Original Autographs, the word was God, it say God was the logos.
Jesus is the Logos incarnated, the firstborn of all creation, the express visible image of the invisible God.
Prior to His kenosis, His emptying of Himself of His Glory, He was in the form of God and was known as YHWH, Jehovah, being equal to God, and distinct.
By Him and through Him all things that exist were created by Him.
The Bible never says He is the One true God, theos.
Jesus prayed that His disciples would be one as He and the Father are one, would that make His disciples God? Would that make them "Christs"? or would that be descriptive of the perfect unity of thought and heart and mind that is logically the context?
There is only One Who was begotten of God by the power of the Most High, the man Christ Jesus, the only mediator between God and men. The rest of mankind were begotten of Adam from his seed.
Although we would like to ascribe the glory of the Father to the Son, the Scriptures do not allow it. They are definite and precise in describing the relationship between God and His Son Jesus Christ. They are not the same being.
Jesus has a God, He has a Father. God has no father, and no god.
There can be no disputing these truths without entering into false reasoning based human unbelief.
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