Why the Bible Calls Jesus The Son of God – Christians, Three Gods, and the Trinity (Pt. 5)
First article in series… Jesus and the Trinity At this point in our study on the Trinity, we need to synthesize what the Bible teaches about Jesus. For example, the Bible teaches that Jesus and the Father are separate, distinct, coeternal members of the Godhead. Jesus is not a created being. Like the Father, Jesus […]
Why Jesus is Called “The Word”-Christians, Three Gods, and the Trinity (Pt. 2)
First article in series… Last month, I wrote the Father sent Jesus to Earth so the Father could speak to the Jews through Jesus’ lips. Several times, Jesus told the Jews that His words were not His own and the Jews put Jesus to death for blasphemy. For more than one thousand years, Jews thought […]
Is There Only One God? – Christians, Three Gods, and the Trinity (Part 1)
Shortly before Jesus was crucified, He was arrested and tried by the Sanhedrin, Israel’s Supreme Court. The Bible says, “The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put Him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward.” (Matthew 26:59–60) […]
Did Jesus Have a Sinful or Sinless Nature?
Through the years, I have received letters and phone calls asking about the nature of Jesus. Basically, the question is “Did Jesus have a sinful or sinless nature?” Usually, my first response is “Why does this matter to you?” I ask this in an attempt to get beneath the surface to discover the real underlying […]
The Sacrificial Harley
Have you ever wondered why Jesus lived thirty years on Earth before He was crucified? He could have descended from the sky on Thursday, been captured and put to death on Friday, and resurrected and taken to Heaven on Sunday, but the Father had a much bigger plan! He willed that Jesus should come to […]
Pontius Pilate’s Judgement of Jesus
The Roman Ways Jesus was born about 4 B.C. (see Anno Domini). You may remember that after the wise men announced the birth of Jesus to King Herod I, the king ordered that all baby boys in Bethlehem, who were two years of age or less, should be destroyed. Ironically, Herod himself died shortly after […]