Did Jesus Christ exist before his birth on Earth?

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It seems that most who call themselves Christian belong to one of two camps. Jesus is either God or a mere created man. This debate has been raging since the days of Athanasius of Alexandria and Arius.

What the does the Bible say? Well it is quite clear on who Jesus is and his origin. Let’s take a look at what is written.

Scripture says the Word became flesh and dwelt among us and when Jesus returns, his name is called ‘The Word of God’.  (John 1 & Revelation 19:13)

It says that God created all things through THE WORD and nothing was created without him. (John 1:3)

It says that the universe was created through THE SON and he is before all things. (Colossians 1:15-17)

It says that all things were created through JESUS CHRIST. (Hebrews 2:9)

This is what the Bible says about Jesus Christ, the son of the living God, the one named: ‘The Word of God’ who was with God in the beginning.

He emptied himself, took upon himself our nature, was obedient to his God and our God, died for our sins as it is written, and is now in the glory he had with the Father before the cosmos.

Jesus is not God in the flesh, rather the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us. He was with God in the beginning. He was the first to be with God.

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  • #54155

    Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 31 2007,07:14)
    Hi W,
    I do wonder why you choose as a user name here evidence that Jesus alone is your god and not the Father. Do you not follow Jesus in this? That does also suggest that Jesus is not your Lord, yet he was appointed as such for us..


    NH

    Have you not realized you cant have the Father/God without haveing the Son!

    He who has the Son has the Father/God!

    :)

    But how many masters do you serve NH?

    ???

    #54157
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi W,
    God has certainly demanded that His Son be the only mediator with men and the only way to Him and the only means of access to His precious Spirit and all His graces.
    You only need to submit to the Son to be in submission to his God.

    The vine and the Gardener.

    You would cut out the appointed middleman?

    #54158
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi W,
    If you teach that the vine is the Gardener and the Gardener is the vine
    then
    you deny the truth of scripture,
    you deny the Lordship of Jesus,
    you worship another unbiblical god
    and insult the Gardener who is to be feared.

    #54164

    t8

    Also you say…

    Quote

    Likewise the last word God/theos used in John 1:1 doesn't have the definite article (the) so it can be understood as being a qualitative statement. Some translations even say “The Word was divine” in recognition of this. However, I would also like to add that putting the word “a” as the JWs teach is also presumptuous. The Word was divine. Not the Word was a divine or a god.

    This is also a straw. Because you say it dosnt have a definate article so it has to be a qualitative statement!

    However we see many examples in scripture that prove this not to be so.

    Many Scriptures use “God” (Gk. theos) without an article to refer to the true God.

    See Matthew 5:9; 6:24; Luke 1:35,78; John 1:6,12,13,18; Romans 17:17; and many others.

    Many Scriptures use “God” both with and without an article in the same context, yet both uses clearly refer to the true God.

    See Matthew 4:3,4; 12:28; Luke 20:37,38; John 3:2; 13:3; Acts 5:29,30; Romans 1:7,8,17-19; 2:16,17; 3:5,22,23; 4:2,3; etc.

    How do you explain this t8?

    And how do you explain this same John using “Theos” in the same verse with the Father for Yeshua instead of one of the other Gr words I show he could have used?

    And how do you explain this same John summing up his Gospel using the word “Theos”, in John 20:28?

    Maybe Thomas said…

    Jn 20:28
    And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my “Divine“.

    ???

    #54165

    Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 31 2007,10:58)
    Hi W,
    God has certainly demanded that His Son be the only mediator with men and the only way to Him and the only means of access to His precious Spirit and all His graces.
    You only need to submit to the Son to be in submission to his God.

    The vine and the Gardener.

    You would cut out the appointed middleman?


    NH

    How can I cut out the middleman if I have Jesus?

    ???

    #54166

    Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 31 2007,11:05)
    Hi W,
    If you teach that the vine is the Gardener and the Gardener is the vine
    then
    you deny the truth of scripture,
    you deny the Lordship of Jesus,
    you worship another unbiblical god
    and insult the Gardener who is to be feared.


    NH

    I dont teach the Father is the Son!

    :)

    #54171
    Proclaimer
    Participant

    But you do teach that Jesus is the Most High God/YHWH and scripture teaches that the Most High is the Father.

    So even though you do not say that the son is the Father, you say it in a round about way.

    But of course in your confusion, you say it isn't so.

    #54172
    Proclaimer
    Participant

    To WJ.

    Quote (WorshippingJesus @ June 01 2007,00:28)
    All were translated “God” referring to the Father and Yeshua, except 13 times for “False gods” including satan and the man of sin and man, and eight times Godly, and once Yeshua was quoting the Psalmist which was still under Old covenant law. Agency was still in play.


    Be honest, how many times is “theos” applied to Jesus?

    You say 13 times for false gods and man.

    So how many for Jesus?

    If you don't know exactly how many, then more than 13 or less?

    #54175

    Quote (t8 @ May 31 2007,12:25)
    To WJ.

    Quote (WorshippingJesus @ June 01 2007,00:28)
    All were translated “God” referring to the Father and Yeshua, except 13 times for “False gods” including satan and the man of sin and man, and eight times Godly, and once Yeshua was quoting the Psalmist which was still under Old covenant law. Agency was still in play.


    Be honest, how many times is “theos” applied to Jesus?

    You say 13 times for false gods and man.

    So how many for Jesus?

    If you don't know exactly how many, then more than 13 or less?


    t8

    How many times does it take t8?

    You didnt answer the question!

    *Is there any example of the word “Theos” ascribed to a living man or king or lord or Angel of the most high *in New Testament sciptures* other than Yeshua*?. ???

    If not then maybe you should accept what the Apostles and the scriptures say concerning Yeshua being True “Theos”, and that all others are opposites or false.!!!

    :O

    #54176

    Quote (t8 @ May 31 2007,12:25)
    To WJ.

    Quote (WorshippingJesus @ June 01 2007,00:28)
    All were translated “God” referring to the Father and Yeshua, except 13 times for “False gods” including satan and the man of sin and man, and eight times Godly, and once Yeshua was quoting the Psalmist which was still under Old covenant law. Agency was still in play.


    Be honest, how many times is “theos” applied to Jesus?

    You say 13 times for false gods and man.

    So how many for Jesus?

    If you don't know exactly how many, then more than 13 or less?


    t8

    If you read the Hebrew scriptures you will see that many times “YHWH” is referring to Yeshua as well as the Father!

    But of course you dont believe all the scriptures!

    :(

    #54177
    Proclaimer
    Participant

    To WJ.

    Quote (WorshippingJesus @ June 01 2007,07:41)
    t8

    How many times does it take t8?

    You didnt answer the question!

    *Is there any example of the word “Theos” ascribed to a living man or king or lord or Angel of the most high *in New Testament sciptures* other than Yeshua*?. ???

    If not then maybe you should accept what the Apostles and the scriptures say concerning Yeshua being True “Theos”, and that all others are opposites or false.!!!


    I thought I gave you the examples a while back.

    Anyway I can post it (again).

    How about this, if I post the scriptures (again), then you post the scriptures where Jesus is called “theos”.

    What do you say?

    :)

    #54189
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Quote (WorshippingJesus @ May 31 2007,11:52)

    Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 31 2007,10:58)
    Hi W,
    God has certainly demanded that His Son be the only mediator with men and the only way to Him and the only means of access to His precious Spirit and all His graces.
    You only need to submit to the Son to be in submission to his God.

    The vine and the Gardener.

    You would cut out the appointed middleman?


    NH

    How can I cut out the middleman if I have Jesus?

    ???


    Hi W,
    We do not have the Son. He knows us. We are baptised into him and he is reborn into us as the Spirit of Christ. But we do not have him. We should be in him.

    #54203
    olive
    Participant

    1Pe 3:18 because also Christ once for sin did suffer–righteous for unrighteous–that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

    #54214
    Proclaimer
    Participant

    Good scripture. It says a lot.

    :)

    #54218

    Quote (t8 @ May 31 2007,12:48)
    To WJ.

    Quote (WorshippingJesus @ June 01 2007,07:41)
    t8

    How many times does it take t8?

    You didnt answer the question!

    *Is there any example of the word “Theos” ascribed to a living man or king or lord or Angel of the most high *in New Testament sciptures* other than Yeshua*?. ???

    If not then maybe you should accept what the Apostles and the scriptures say concerning Yeshua being True “Theos”, and that all others are opposites or false.!!!


    I thought I gave you the examples a while back.

    Anyway I can post it (again).

    How about this, if I post the scriptures (again), then you post the scriptures where Jesus is called “theos”.

    What do you say?

    :)


    t8

    No you never gave me any example of the word “Theos” ascribed to a living man or king or lord or Angel of the most high *in New Testament sciptures* other than Yeshua*?. ???

    Look close at my question!

    “Of the most High”. all you have is 13 examples of the word ascribed to false Gods or no Gods at all!

    Your interpretation of John 10:24 is wrong! Jesus was quoting Psa 82:6 which is under OT law of agency.

    There is no more such! The word “Theos” is not found in the mouths of any of the New Testament saints in a “true” sence except toward the Father and Yeshua!

    Do you think Yeshua is promoting polytheism?

    I dont think so.

    Is there a contradiction in the words of Jesus and Paul?

    Jesus said…

    Mark 12:29
    And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; *The Lord (kurios) our God is *one Lord (kurios)*:

    748 times “kurios” is found in the NT scriptures and most all ascribed to Yeshua!

    Jn 13:
    13 Ye call me Master and Lord (kurios): and ye say well; for so I am.
    14 If I then, your Lord (kurios) and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

    Yet Paul says…
    1 Cor 8:
    4 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that *there is no such thing as an idol in the world*, and that *there is no God but one*.
    5  For even if there are *so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth*, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,
    6  yet *for us there is but one God*, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord (kurios), Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

    So now t8, again can you give any example of the word “Theos” ascribed to a *living* man or king or lord or Angel of the most high *in New Testament sciptures* other than Yeshua?. ???

    If not, you forcing your interpretation of the word “theos” for Yeshua to mean a god or angel or some other being is a straw.

    You have no living example in NT scriptures that the word was applied to anything or any one that was “True” or of God and not false.

    The Father and Yeshua only is found in scriptures as “True Theos”!

    :O

    #54219

    Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 31 2007,14:59)

    Quote (WorshippingJesus @ May 31 2007,11:52)

    Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 31 2007,10:58)
    Hi W,
    God has certainly demanded that His Son be the only mediator with men and the only way to Him and the only means of access to His precious Spirit and all His graces.
    You only need to submit to the Son to be in submission to his God.

    The vine and the Gardener.

    You would cut out the appointed middleman?


    NH

    How can I cut out the middleman if I have Jesus?

    ???


    Hi W,
    We do not have the Son. He knows us. We are baptised into him and he is reborn into us as the Spirit of Christ. But we do not have him. We should be in him.


    NH

    1 Jn 5:12
    He that *hath the Son* hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

    You cant have the Father without *having* the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, his Spirit, dwelling in you!

    One Spirit, Three Persons, One God!

    :O

    Thanks for pointing out the little Trinity smiley face Not3!

    #54222

    Quote (olive @ May 31 2007,15:49)
    1Pe 3:18  because also Christ once for sin did suffer–righteous for unrighteous–that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,


    Olive

    Do you think Jesus “Eternal Spirit” died?

    ???

    #54232
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi W,
    So you have four spirits?
    Reading Rom8 must be a nightmare for you
    sorting them all out.

    No God is one and lives in us as the one Spirit.

    #54236

    Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 31 2007,23:13)
    Hi W,
    So you have four spirits?
    Reading Rom8 must be a nightmare for you
    sorting them all out.

    No God is one and lives in us as the one Spirit.


    NH

    Grow up!

    Those are all descriptions of the “One Spirit” they are found in Romans 8!

    :O

    #54237

    NH says…

    Quote
    Hi W,
    *We do not have the Son*. He knows us. We are baptised into him and he is reborn into us as the Spirit of Christ. But we do not have him. We should be in him.

    So every time someone is baptised into him (I assume you mean water right?), Christ is Reborn in us as the Spirit of Christ?

    Is this written?

    Does any other Henotheist or Arian or Unitarian feel the same way?

    The scriptures say…

    1 Jn 5:12
    He that *hath the Son* hath life; and he that *hath not the Son of God* hath not life.

    ???

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