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Chapter Heb 2: 3, 4 In the sometimes heated discussions over the question of the duration of certain spiritual gifts, one argument has persisted from the side of charismatics: There is no proof text that any spiritual gift has ceased. As impressive as this argument sounds, a couple of responses...

The final occurrence of theos in John's prologue also refers to Christ: "No one has ever seen God [theon]. It is God [theos] the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known." In this verse, the first occurrence of "God" (theon) refers to the Father. The second...

Chapter Heb 2: 3, 4In the sometimes heated discussions over the question of the duration of certain spiritual gifts, one argument has persisted from the side of charismatics: There is no prooftext that any spiritual gift has ceased. As impressive as this argument sounds, a couple of responses...

Part 1 'The New Testament does not often call Jesus "God." Contrary, though, to - what some people argue, it does assign that name to Jesus several times. In this chapter, we will examine several key texts that are the subject of much debate. We shall see that in most of these texts the...

This is a continuation of the deity of Christ (see the other articles on this topic) In our discussion of Christ's divine attributes, we have seen that he is described in general terms as having the nature of God. Indeed, Scripture states that he is exactly like God (or the Father) and that...

The question is a simple one but the answer may be difficult. Question: Can an Omniscient Being have faith?

Preexistence of Christ The reaction of Jesus' critics to his statement-attempting to stone him (John 8:59)-confirms that they thought he was making a divine claim. Had Jesus stated only that he had been alive longer than Abraham, they might have regarded such a claim as crazy (as they...

"We support the biblical teaching that all people are born with inherited sin and are lost eternally." I can not find one passage that states inherited sin makes someone destined to Hell. I have argued out here before that sins have nothing to due with getting saved or being eternally...

The deity of Christ at the Council of Nicea (c. AD 325)?? I am sick and tired of people claiming that the Council of Nicea (c. AD 325) made Jesus into God. This is a claim that you will hear from both cultists and skeptics. For example, Jehovah’s Witnesses are famous for making this claim. In...

Faith in and Love toward – very short If Jesus claimed the honor due God, we would expect to find the Bible explicitly according him most, if not all, of the forms of honor that it accords to God. We already have seen that the Bible teaches us to honor Jesus by glorifying him, by worshiping...

Worship of Christ After it is made clear in Matthew that Jesus regarded God as the only proper object of worship (proskuneo), it is striking that Jesus appears so frequently in the same Gospel to be the object of worship (2:2, 11; 8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; 20:20; 28:9, 17), even if in the...

Deity of Christ, Part 1 (The Cumulative Argument) I am going to present 5 reasons for the deity of Christ in this and the next several posts. I will try to keep them short since mm in this forum don’t want to read more than a page or two. The first topic we will look at is the HONOR Jesus is...

The dates used in this post are to be understood as approximates. To start with the conclusion, Jesus was crucified on April 3, 33 AD. This prophecy has a start date and an end date. The start date is in the 20th year of Artaxerxes reign, this is found in the OT Book Nehemiah. The prophecy is...

The Rapture begins the Day of the Lord along with the tribulation period so that the events of the tribulation, the second advent, and the millennium are all included within the scope of the Day of the Lord. The term Day of the Lord occurs in the following passages: Isaiah 2:12; 13:6, 9...

In 2 Corinthians 5:10 and Romans 14:10, although in the latter passage the corrected reading is “judgment seat of God,” it is stated that believers are to be brought into an examination before the Son of God. This event is explained in more detail in 1 Corinthians 3:9-15. A matter of such...

The Antichrist will not be revealed until the Church has been Raptured. All the religions of the world will combine into a solidarity under him. The “God of his fathers” could apply to either a Gentile or Jew. If a Gentile, then this simply means his ancestors were Christians. This is the...

The word rapture is found in the Bible in Paul’s writings, more than once. Those who claim the word Rapture does not appear in the Bible have no biblical basis for such a claim. The rapture is defined as a single event, whereas apostasy is a process that has no definable beginning and end. An...

PreTrib within Dispensationalism, some pre-argument thoughts Pretribulation rapturism rests essentially on one major premise—the literal method of interpretation of the Scriptures. As a necessary adjunct to this, the pretribulationist believes in a dispensational interpretation of the Word of...

I wrote this in Word and then cut and paste. So, no need to complain about the structure. Post Trib arguments and comments A. The historical argument. There are several major arguments on which the posttribulationist rests his case. The first of these is the historical argument. His...

The millennial kingdom is declared to be a literal, earthly kingdom over which Christ rules from David’s throne in fulfillment of the Davidic covenant (2 Sam. 7:8-17; Matt. 1:1; Luke 1:32). This kingdom is the subject of Old Testament prophecy (2 Sam. 7:8-17; Isa. 9:6-7; 11:1-16; Jer. 23:5...