The Life of Christ

• He said that the Greek read, “The Word was a God."

• This implies that the Word is of a godly quality, rather than it actually being God, Himself.

• This interpretation denies the deity of Christ.

• Today the Jehovah Witnesses have chosen this famous Arian heresy in their attempt to prove Jesus is not God.

The way Arius chose to interpret the Greek breaks the famous “ Colwell ’ s Rule, ” which states that in the Greek language the article always goes with the subject, rather than the predicate nominative that renames the subject.

• According to correct Greek grammar (Colwell Rule) it should read: “The” (article) “word” (subject) was God (predicate nominative).

• Arius interpreted it , “The word was ‘a’ God,” adding an article with the predicate nominative along with the subject. There is no second article “a” in the original Greek manuscripts.

• As a result, the Nicene Council gathered in 325 A.D. to formally declare Arius a heretic.

Jn. 1:2-3 “He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”

Jesus is the creator of all things.

• Jn. 1:10 says, “the world was made through Him”

• 1 Cor. 8:6 says, “One Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things.”

• Eph. 3:9 says, “God created all things by Jesus Christ.”

Jn. 1:5 “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not 1 comprehend it.”

If you are using the Harmony of the Gospels (optional), you will notice a small #1 next to the word "comprehend.”

• Whenever we run across these numbers, go to the end of the section in the Harmony of the Gospels and find the alternative English word for the Greek word being used.

• In this case, the alternative word is "overpower," meaning "darkness does not overpower light."

• Gen. 1:18 declares, "light rules over darkness."

Jn. 1:12 “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name.”

When born again, we instantly become a son or daughter of God.

• The tenor of scripture indicates that we are already sons of God by virtue of new birth (Gal. 4:6); however, there yet remains a higher position of sonship, when we live out a lifestyle worthy of the title "son of God."

• True sonship, in the full biblical sense of the word, is usually described as something we strive to attain, rather than what we instinctively possess.

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