1 Corinthians 8:6 (New International Version) “yet for us there is but ONE GOD, THE FATHER, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but ONE LORD, JESUS Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. ”
THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMON BIBLICAL VERSE USED BY UNITARIAN PROTESTANTS TO DISPROVE THE DIVINITY OF JESUS AS GOD, THEY ARE THE MANALO’S CHURCH “IGLESIA NI CRISTO” AND TAZE RUSSEL’S SECT, “JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”, THEY ARE SEMI-ARIAN TYPE RELIGION WHO DENIED (REJECT) JESUS DIVINITY AS GOD.
SINCE THE PASSAGE MENTIONED THAT THERE IS ONE GOD, (WHICH IS THE FATHER) AND ONE LORD, (WHICH IS JESUS). THUS, BY THEIR LITERAL UNDERSTANDING, THESE SEMI-ARIAN TYPE CULTS IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED (CONCLUDED) THAT JESUS IS NOT GOD BUT REMAIN JUST A LORD, WHILE THE FATHER IS THE ONLY ONE GOD. SO HOW DO WE REFUTE THEIR LITERAL AND ILLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE?
● ANSWER # 1 :
WHEN BIBLE VERSE SAY IN (1 CORINTHIANS 8:6) “ONE GOD, THE FATHER” THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT JESUS IS EXCLUDED (NOT INCLUDED) IN “ONE GOD”, BECAUSE IN A WHOLE BIBLICAL SENSE, THE BIBLE ALSO REVEALS LIKE IN (JOHN 1:18) THAT JESUS IS INCLUDED OF BEING ONE GOD .
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John 1:18 (New American Bible) “ No one has ever seen God. The ONLY SON, GOD, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.”
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John 1:18 (Good News Bible) “ No one has ever seen God. The only SON, WHO IS THE SAME AS GOD and is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.”
John 1:18 (New International Version) “ No one has ever seen God, but the ONE AND ONLY SON, WHO IS HIMSELF GOD and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.”
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SEE? THE SON (JESUS), WHO GOD HIMSELF, WHO COULD EVER SEE THE GOD THE FATHER. IN THIS SENSE, ONLY GOD COULD EVER SEE THE GOD. THUS, THE (1 CORINTHIANS 8:6) DOES NOT STOPS THERE, BECAUSE BIBLE ITSELF ALSO REVEALS THAT JESUS IS INCLUDED OF BEING ONE GOD IN (JOHN 1:18)
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● ANSWER # 2 :
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INFACT, THE (1 CORINTHIANS 8:6) IS ALSO A PROOF OF THE DIVINITY OF JESUS AS GOD. (NOT OF DISPROVES AS THEY CLAIM, BUT INFACT A PROOF), THAT VERSE MENTIONED THIS :
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“Jesus Christ, through whom all things came // and through whom we live.”
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in Tagalog for Filipino readers :
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“ sa pamamagitan niya (Hesus) nanggaling ang lahat ng bagay, // at sa pamamagitan din niya’y nabubuhay tayo “
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IT DENOTES THAT THINGS ARE CAME THROUGH HIM (JESUS), AND BY HIM (JESUS) IS THE REASON WHY WE LIVE AND EXISTED. THUS, IT’S MAKES CLEAR THAT JESUS IS CREATOR AS THE FATHER IN THIS BIBLICAL VERSE (1 CORINTHIANS 8:6),
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AND WE ALL KNOW THAT BEING CREATOR IS ONE OF THE NATURES (CHARACTERISTICS) OF GOD.
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Genesis 1:1 (New American Bible) “ In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth ”
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Ephesians 3:9 (New American Bible) “ and to bring to light [for all] what is the plan of the mystery hidden from ages past in GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS ”
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THEREFORE JESUS IS GOD BECAUSE HE IS CREATOR OF ALL THINGS BY WHICH WE LIVE AND EXISTED AS DESCRIBES IN (1 CORINTHIANS 8:6)
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● ANSWER # 3 :
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THE VERSE (1 CORINTHIANS 8:6) MENTIONED THAT JESUS IS LORD, AND BY HAVING THIS DIVINE TITLE “LORD” IS EQUIVALENT OF BEING GOD ACCORDING TO JEWISH BELIEF AND APOSTLES STATEMENTS.
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Deuteronomy 6:4 (New American Bible) “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone!
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1 Kings 18:39 (New American Bible) “Seeing this, all the people fell prostrate and said, “The LORD IS GOD! The LORD is God!”
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Luke 1:16 (New American Bible) “and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the LORD THEIR GOD”
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Acts 2:39 (New American Bible) ” For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the LORD OUR GOD will call.”
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THEREFORE, IF JESUS IS LORD, LET SAY IF JESUS MADE AS “LORD” BY THE FATHER, IT MEANS, JESUS IS GOD, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS LORD. AND BEING LORD IS GOD, AND BEING GOD IS LORD.
