Jehovah's Witnesses say Jesus is "a god," not God. We examine the Greek of John 1:1, the NWT's insertion of "other" in Colossians 1, John 14:28, and Christ as YHWH in the New Testament.
Category: Deity of Christ
The Lord Jesus – the Maker and Ruler of Creation
The New Testament clearly identifies Jesus as Yahweh—the eternal Creator who made and sustains all things and rules the seas. See the scriptural evidence from John, Colossians, Hebrews, and the walking-on-water theophany.
The Markan Jesus – The Physical Embodiment and Visible Appearance of Israel’s God
In this short post, I will present evidence from the Gospel of Mark that clearly identifies Jesus as none other than the God of Israel incarnate. In Mark, Jesus performs two actions that the Hebrew Bible explicitly reserves for YHWH alone: calming the wind and sea with a mere word, and walking on water. 1. … Continue reading The Markan Jesus – The Physical Embodiment and Visible Appearance of Israel’s God
John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus, Pt. 1
Does the man born blind truly worship Jesus in John 9:38–39? Most Bibles include the powerful words “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him – but a few very early manuscripts (P⁷⁵, Sinaiticus) omit them. Is this a later liturgical addition tied to ancient baptismal practice, or did an early copyist accidentally delete a genuine reading? This in-depth study examines the manuscript evidence (99.5%+ support the longer text), explains why the story feels incomplete without it, and evaluates leading scholars (Comfort, Snapp, Carson, NET Bible). Discover why the worship of Jesus in John 9 stands on solid ground – and why John’s soaring Christology remains unshaken either way. Part 1 of 2.
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