DrSing writes:
Did you know that some translations have the rendering, "the firstborn over all creation?
Do you know the difference it makes?
By now, do you know that for you to base you argument for Jesus' non-deity on this phrase--is invalid?
by your own definition of 'eternal', it is impossible to be 'eternal' and be a 'firstborn' at the same time.
A firstborn has a start, a beginning... an immortal such as God, does not.
Dr.Sing writes:
Same goes for this verse. Some translations have "...true witness, the ruler of God's creation"
the greek word from the interlinear means 'origin'
the interlinear renders the verse 'the ORIGIN of the creation of God' and the ESV, NASB, AKJV, KJ, ASV, DRB, DBT, ERV, WBT, NWT all translate it as 'the beginning of the creation of God'
I've heard many people claim that Proverbs 8 is speaking about wisdom....yet this implies that God was at one time without his wisdom until he created it.
Its tantamount to saying that he did not always possess wisdom. Yet the bible shows that God IS wisdom. So that really does not make much sense to me.
Dr.Sing writes:
So, no man other than Jesus Christ lived a sinless life, agree?
No, Adam was sinless before he sinned.
And the Apostle Paul even likened Jesus to Adam in 1Corinthians 15:45 when he says "It is even so written: The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit
So Jesus was likened to Adam because Adam was the only other perfect man to have ever lived. This is why the Paul also stated in 1 Timothy 2:5-6 that Jesus was a 'corresponding ransom' because Jesus perfect life corresponded to the perfect life that Adam lost by his sin.
Edited by Peg, : No reason given.