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b'In this episode of the Theopologetics Podcast I discuss the historic Christian doctrine which teaches that Jesus Christ is God, and I\\u2019ll address some of the challenges leveled by the Jehovah\\u2019s Witnesses, who teach that Jesus is a created being and is not God.\\n\\nMusic\\n\\nFLAME, God Man, from the Flame album, 2004\\n\\nPromoted Resources\\n\\nWhat Color is the Sky in Their World? Podcast, with Phil Naessens.\\n\\nAlso check out the blog of the same name.\\n\\n\\nThe Trinity: Evidence and Issues, by Robert Morey.\\n\\nAn excellent resource providing powerful historical and biblical evidence that Jesus is God.\\n\\n\\n\\nTerminology\\n\\nChristology: the field of study within Christian theology which is primarily concerned with the nature and person of Jesus Christ.\\nJehovah\\u2019s Witnesses: adherents to a counterfeit form of Christianity who, among other serious false views, believe Jesus Christ is the first being God created.\\nTheanthropos: a Greek word meaning \\u201cGod Man,\\u201d describing Jesus Christ as being God in human flesh.\\nTrinity: the historic Christian teaching that there is one and only one God, that the Father is that God, that the Son is that God, and that the Holy Spirit is that God, but that they are not each other.\\n\\nHistorical References\\nCreeds\\n\\nNicene Creed\\nAthanasian Creed\\n\\nChurch Fathers\\n\\nClement of Rome: Letter to the Corinthians, \\u201cSecond Epistle\\u201d of Clement\\nIgnatius of Antioch: Letter to the Ephesians, Letter to the Romans, Letter to the Trallians, Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Letter to Polycarp\\nJustin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho (chapter 128)\\nIrenaeus: The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching\\nClement of Alexandria: Exhortation to the Heathen (chapter 10), The Paedagogus (Book I)\\nSee my refutation of other Church Fathers claimed by the Jehovah\\u2019s Witnesses to support their view at my blog\\n\\nBiblical References\\n\\nJesus is God\\n\\nJohn 1:1-3,14\\nColossians 1:16-17\\nHebrews 1:1-12 (see also my lengthy examination of this text at my blog)\\nJohn 20:28\\nActs 20:28\\nRomans 9:5, cf. Romans 1:25\\n2 Thessalonians 1:12 (NLT)\\nTitus 2:13\\n2 Peter 1:1\\nRevelation 22:13, cf. Revelation 1:8, 21:6\\n\\n\\nJehovah\\u2019s Witnesses\\u2019 challenges\\n\\nColossians 1:15\\n\\nPsalm 89:27 has God making David, the eigth and youngest of his father\\u2019s sons, God\\u2019s \\u201cfirstborn\\u201d\\nSee also Genesis 48:17-19\\nFor more, see my blog.\\n\\n\\nJohn 3:16\\n\\nHebrews 11:17 calls Isaac the \\u201conly begotten son\\u201d of Abraham, even though Abraham had other sons\\nFor more, see my blog.\\n\\n\\nProverbs 8:22, cf. 1 corinthians 1:30\\nRevelation 3:14\\n\\nBut God is also called \\u201cthe beginning\\u201d in Revelation 21:6\\nLuke 20:20 uses the same Greek word to refer to the power or rule of the governor\\n\\n\\nJohn 14:28 and 1 Corinthians 11:3\\n\\nFor more, see my blog.'