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The Divinity of Christ, part 18

Behold your God, the Intelligent Designer, Who will rule with a strong hand We left off last time in Isaiah 40, and we shall return there shortly, but first, let us examine a passage in John, chapter 7. John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the
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That Wicked Weed—Poison Ivy

There is a very popular microbrewery in Asheville called The Wicked Weed. It is in a building that was first a gas station, and then an auto and truck repair shop owned by a gentleman from Indiana. He and I became friends (’though he is liberal and has supported the
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The Divinity of Christ, part 17

The REAL antichrist(s) In our last installment, we were discussing 1 John 4, verse 1-3. We briefly mentioned the tremendous influence that C. I. Scofield and his Reference Study Bible have had upon the church in the past nearly 120 years now. (…as he promoted Futurist eschatology and a
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The Divinity of Christ, part 16

THE Antichrist This will be the last set of blogs (perhaps 3-5 more) in my series on the divinity of Christ. The first set of blogs were related to The Arian Controversy. In them we gave the historical background of the controversy over the deity of Christ. We saw that
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The Divinity of Christ, part 15

Raising Lazarus and the deity of Jesus Christ In demonstrating that Jesus is God, we have seen that Yahweh-God says that He will not give His glory to anybody else. To stress the point: only God is deserving of God’s glory. It belongs to no one else. Let us
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The Divinity of Christ, part 14

The breath of God, the breath of Life We are continuing to pile Bible passage upon passage to overwhelmingly demonstrate that Jesus is God, the only God, who is the Creator and Sustainer of all that is or ever will be. Before we continue with another category of proofs of
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The Divinity of Christ, part 13

Only God is worthy of worship We continue with our plethora of proofs of the divinity (deity) of Jesus Christ. This section has to do with worship. When I was a boy, being raised as a Roman Catholic, I became aware that we—the Catholics—were often criticized by the
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The Divinity of Christ, part 12

Jesus seated at the right hand of the Father Now let us return to this idea of the Father saying: “Sit at my right hand, Son, until I make your enemies your footstool.” We know this was and is being fulfilled to this day. First, consider this from the epistle
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The Divinity of Christ, part 11

The doctrine of the eternal Sonship—true or false? We continue with our series concerning the divinity of Christ. In our early blogs this year on this topic we presented the historical background on the controversy over the deity of Christ. We saw that it first erupted in a big
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