Christology : Was Jesus Created By God?

Once upon a time, in a far off land lived a man named Jesus. Jesus was the Son of God. His mother was named Mary, and his earthly father was Joseph. Joseph was of the line of King David, whose line of heritage was traced back all the way to Adam and Eve. Jesus had the power to heal the sick and paralyzed, give sight to the blind, speech to the mute, and life to the dead. This may very well sound like a fairy tale, but all of this was as true and real as you and me. Jesus was the living proof of God, and was literally God on earth. Jesus was perfect in every way, and was without sin; yet the Pharisees did not like what Jesus was preaching and accused him of blasphemy. This of course was not true; because God is inerrant, and Jesus was the living and, the human version of God, he speaks no lies, nor commits any crimes. Because of the charges against Him, and the Roman Empire convinced that He was causing trouble, He was sentenced to a crucifixion. The crucifixion of

( John 10:30) The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are equal and have always existed. I believe Jesus before His physical birth (John 1:1-3)

Jesus was the son of God, who was created by God and the second person within the trinity. God is viewed as the father, the son, and the holy spirit, according to the Christian worldview. Jesus was created from God planting a seed in Virgin Mary. Jesus was thus born to spread the word about God and all the gospel. Jesus lived a life as a human as all of us do now. He experienced a lot of things we as human’s experience. Jesus sacrificed himself for our sins where he died on the cross. Jesus is important to the Christian worldview because he is the ultimate reason we are who we are today. “God is both holy and just, so although he created humanity to be immortal, he could not accept them into his holy kingdom in their sinful state (Lecture 5). After Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, this served as redemption and it was then that god allowed them into the

Colossians 1:16 tells us that all of creation was made through Jesus and by Jesus.

The most rebutted aspect of the work done by the scholars was their idiosyncrasy to equate “unverifiable” with “unauthentic.” Most scholars who study the elements attribute to the life of Jesus stand on common ground when it comes to the realization that many of the sayings and deeds associated to Jesus in the Gospels lack sufficient evidence to establish authenticity. However, to many scholars insufficient evidence means an element cannot be verified, and therefore should not be deemed as historical. In contrast, the Jesus Seminar went beyond this scope and maintained that Jesus did not say or did not do things that cannot be authenticated by evidence. For example, it is widely accepted that there is very little evidence to support whether or not Jesus was born from his virgin mother, Mary. As a result, this element of his life has just been something that one would believe on the foundation of religious faith rather than historical science. However, the Jesus Seminar applied a post-Enlightenment historical scientific view to this element in order to determine authenticity. Under this assessment, they determined not only what is confirmable but what also is scientifically possible. Therefore, the scholars deemed the virgin birth as non-historical, concluding that Jesus had been conceived through normal sexual intercourse between a male and female because it fit the paradigm known today. This stance held by the Jesus Seminar “turn[s] a corner in the traditional understanding of the relationship that faith and philosophy bear to science and history” (Powell, 115). For this reason, I reject the integrity of their work. I believe faith and philosophy should be kept separate of science and history, unless the two aim to support one another. Rescinding concepts of faith simply because they do fall within current scientific boundaries is illegitimate. The major flaw of the Jesus Seminar is their

“In the God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) God existed before all of His creation, therefore He is the sovereign creator. He created all to be good in His perfect wisdom. Though God is invisible, He has several distinct characteristics; compassionate, faithful, infinite, just, wise and all-powerful.

God created the world. He created man in his image (Genesis 1:27). Romans 5:12 tells us that sin entered the world through one man (Adam), and that death extended to all of man because of sin. This sin “frustrated” creation itself. Creation was “groaning as in the pains of childbirth” It is in “bondage” awaiting its freedom (Romans 8:19-22). Romans 1:19-20 says that “what may be known about God is plain to them” meaning that God revealed himself to all people through and since creation. We have seen “his eternal power and divine nature” so people have no excuse if they say they have not heard of Jesus or reject Him (Barton, 2453) (Bright). God allows people to choose. We can either accept Him or deny Him. In rejecting Him, He allows consequences of our sins (Romans 1:19-32), (Barton, 2453).

God is our creator; He came before us and created the universe as we know it. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”

1.In his pre-human existence he was called “God’s only begotten Son because Jehovah created him directly. As the “first-born of all creation, Jesus was used by God to create all other things. Jesus also had the personal name of Michael the archangel at this time.

It is hard for me to fathom blind faith, or that there was nothing until God created it. One thing that stands out for me, is that God said let there be light on the first day, yet he created the sun on the fourth day. It is a big contradiction and not the first one either. I also do not believe in talking snakes, but there is one in the bible. My belief lies within science, and the big bang theory rather than the creationism that takes place in the bible. While the big bang theory is as much of a theory as it is 100% fact, I am perfectly content in the ignorance of the science behind the big bang. Not knowing something does not necessarily mean I need an explanation to it. Alternatively, it seems as if any religious mystery, there is a deity that overlooked it to avoid not having any explanation it seems. From an outside perspective, it does certainly look obvious that this world and everything in it would have an ultimate designer, like God. There are some similarities between scientific and Christian worldview in my opinion too. Both creation and evolution are just as much of miracles as the other. Science and religion can and do co-exist with one another, our calendar was developed by Jesuit priests hundreds of years ago, and the Vatican has its own astronomer. However, the main reason I hold my scientific views is because this world is too convincing to me that there is an absence of any God. The universe and God are both

Here are a few of the challenges Christians face about this topic. The first is some claim that the only document he is written in is the New Testament. This is false as he is included in several other writings including Suetonius and Tacitus. It is much easier for people to question his existence 2,000 years after his death because he is not here to prove them wrong, but he was there to prove them wrong 2,000 years ago. Not once was the question ever brought up if Jesus existed 2,000 years ago. This is because they were there with him with proof in front of them. Another reason to support the claim he did exist is the way the Jews described Jesus in the Gospels. He was depicted as weak and as infamous to the Jews by being hung on the cross. Jews wouldn’t logically depict their God this

There is a lot of evidence which point to the truth of Christianity. If the resurrection of Jesus truly occurred, then Jesus is God the son. If the resurrection did not occur, then he is not God the son.

God has no need to have been created, since He exists either outside time (where cause and effect do not operate) or within multiple dimensions of time (such that there is no beginning of God's plane of

Apart from the introductory first words of Scripture, where it states in Genesis 1:1 that “God Created...”, and in later chapters describing the creation of man, the Bible is full of references to God being the originator of creation. In the book of Neimiah, when the Israelites are confessing their sins, it is acknowledged in Neimiah 9:6 that God alone is the Lord and through him the heavens, earth, and everything in them was created.

Thomas Aquinas makes a strong argument for theology being a science. He demonstrates how a follower of Christ and a nonbeliever could use a scientific method to come up with absolute proof with axioms provided by Holy Scripture. A problem could takes place when someone misconstrues the word of God and forms absolute beliefs on incorrect interpretation of Scripture. Theology leaves no wiggle room for improvement once an absolute syllogism