Deity of Jesus with absolute certainty

I have an advanced revelation coming:

I predict that no KJVO will comment on this!

 

As is indicated "Christ" is Jesus, who is also God. It does not say "He" in a generic term. This verse clearly states "Christ". It doesn't say concerning the flesh "He" came, who is over all. It says clearly and simply "Christ" in this very verse, who is God. No question, or cause, nor reason to doubt.


love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle

 

Unless they totally misunderstand or avoid the point being made.

 

Wow great dodge above. But if the MV said it the way KJV does the KJVO would be screaming that it is denying the deity of Christ.

1cross+3nails=4given

 

Interesting that the defense of the KJV in this case is the same as that of MV's where similar "deletions" are pointed out by the onlyists. The KJV is supported by its underlying texts, or I should more accurately say, by the TR (which of course came out after the KJV)

The irony however will escape michelle et. al.

As usual natters highlights the silliness of KJVonlyism with a great example of why the KJV is a good translation, but not the only true word of God in English. It does not in every case take into account the entirety of the manuscript evidence. That being said, it like the MV's is highly accurate when compared against its underlying texts.

 

Romans 9

1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2. That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4. Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5. Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6. Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7. Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9. For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10. And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11. (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth
12. It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20. Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21. Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22. What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23. And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24. Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25. As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27. Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28. For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29. And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33. As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.


The whole context of this passage is speaking of the promised seed to who is Christ who was to come in the flesh from the flesh of the Israelites to whom the genitiles would believe, and as well as the whole world by faith. In fact, Paul here starts off the passage by saying he is saying this truth "in Christ". Christ is that promised seed to whom is over all other flesh, and blessed forever.


Like I said, this verse shows plainly and clearly, and within the bounds of the context of the passage Christ the promised seed. Not "He"
in a generic sense, to sow doubt of who is being specifically spoken about. It is clear that it is Christ who is being spoken of. The whole passage of 1 Tim.3 is speaking of the mystery of our faith, that God was manifest in the flesh. This is the focal point of our belief, for without believing this vital and important truth, our faith is in vain. To indicate "He" in such a generic sense, destroys the strong evidence of this truth, this mystery of our faith that God came to us in the flesh, in this verse, and in the context of this passage as well.


Love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle

 

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About 1 Tim 3:16, pronouns refer to their antecedents. The antecedent of the "He" is "God" in the verse prior. Using "He" does not detract from, let alone "destroy" this truth. This is simple English grammar.

The NIV affirms the deity of Christ in Rom 9:5 (with "absolute certainty"!), and also in 1 Tim 3:16 via antecedent. The KJV only affirms the deity of Christ in 1 Tim 3:16, but not in Rom 9:5. Conclusion: in general, the NIV affirms Christ's deity more strongly and more often than the KJV does.
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But Romans 9 is not speaking of the deity of Christ, as the word "Christ" in and of itself denotes this, the chosen one or annointed one of God, is the office and understanding of that which was promised. It is speaking of the promised seed to who is Christ. 1 Timothy 5 is speaking of the mystery of our faith, which is "God" manifest in the flesh. The KJB denotes these specifically without any doubt whatsoever. Unlike those versions who have sown doubt of this absolute truth, by taking out "God" and replacing the absolute truth of "God" with "He".

In fact the NIV sows doubt as to the deity of Christ, rather than affirming it. The KJB leaves the reader with NO DOUBT.


love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle

 

michelle said:

But Romans 9 is not speaking of the deity of Christ . . . Unlike those versions who have sown doubt of this absolute truth, by taking out "God" and replacing the absolute truth of "God" with "He".

Incredible. Faced with incontrovertible evidence that God's Word as published in the NIV or NASB clearly trumpets the truths the KJV-onlyists insist they deny, they circle land and sea to find the most tortured explanation possible why it can't possibly be true.

It amazes and alarms me that anyone professing to be a Christian would be so consumed with their hatred of any translation of God's Word undertaken since 1611.

 

Good, now how about applying this principle to the "He" of the NIV 1 Timothy 3:16?

Or does this logic work "Only" for the KJV?

HankD

 

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The NIV and Geneva and others affirm the deity of Christ with absolute certainty in Rom 9:5. The KJV does not. Your whole point in the other thread about "absolute certainty" was that this was enough to make one version superior to another. Now you are back-peddling and changing the rules.

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Christ = God

He = ?


Love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle

 

For Michelle:

Christ = God

He= God

Jesus= the Eternal Son of God(not the heresy that is promoted by Rip and Ruckman saying that He was only the Word before He was the Son)

God= Jesus

Does this help you?

Natters just nuked the KJVO myth and you scramble for cover! This alone should be enough to make laymen KJVOist rethink the KJVO myths.

 

He = Christ.
Christ = God.

HankD

 

KJB

1 Timothy 3

16. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.


or


NIV

1 Tim. 3

16 Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great:
He[3] appeared in a body,[4]
was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
was taken up in glory.


KJB

Romans 9

5. Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.


NIV

Romans 9

5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised![1] Amen.


"God" is added to the verse in Romans 9, and not needed. "Christ" is the name of God, as the scriptures reveal. "He" is generic, as to which the scriptures do not reveal. "He" could mean anyone. Clearly in 1 Tim. 3 the NIV has taken the name of "God" out, and replaced it with a generic word "He". This is unacceptable, and causes one to doubt the ABSOLUTE TRUTH in THIS VERSE OF SCRIPTURE.

Like I have shown, in this verse:

Christ = God

He = ?

Love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle

 

Let us check with our Final Authority, the Dictionary

PRONOUN - from Latin, "pro" meaning "for", i.e. "for a noun"

-Gram(mar), any of a small class of relationship
or signal words that assume the functions of nouns
within clauses while referring to other locutions within
the sentence or in other sentences.

The pronoun takes the place of repeating the noun.
Personnaly, i do technical writing, we don't use pronouns,
we repeat the noun. This makes the writing dull, but technically
accurate.
Here we have been discussion the prnouon "he" which takes
the place of what? Well sometime about 280AD someone in Byzantium
put who in the scripture.

The rest of us knew that "He" = "God" because of the verse
preceeding. But that would be too simple and not need a priestly cast.

Praise Iesus!