That is blasphemous heresy by both the Nicene
Creed and the NASB translation. Both teach a begotten god.
"... I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God,
Light from Light... "
~~ Nicene Creed
("God from God" - A God born of God
before all ages, a God begotten by God from all ages, an eternally begotten
God.)
John 1:18 (NASB)
No one has seen God at any time; the only
begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
("... the only begotten God..." - a
begotten God.)
John 1:18 (KJV)
No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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Our God is not begotten! He is the eternal
God! He is the everlasting God! He had no beginning! He had no begetting!
Here is the issue of this 2000-year-old
controversy:
1. Jesus is a Godman with both a divine and
human nature (Col 2:9).
2. His human nature had a beginning in Mary’s
womb (Luke 1:35).
3. His divine nature is God the Word without
beginning (John 1:1).
4. He is the Son of God made of a woman for
his human nature (Gal 4:4).
5. He is a Man to die for us as our Mediator
– the man Christ Jesus (I Tim 2:5).
6. He is fully God in His divine nature, but
as such He could not die for us.
7. We must distinguish His two natures and
not confuse or mix them.
8. He grew in wisdom in His human nature, but
not in His divine.
9. He was tired, hungry, thirsty, and died
only in His human nature.
10. In His divine nature, He created the
universe and is eternal God.
The eternal God, without beginning or
begetting of any kind, became flesh 2000 years ago in the person of Jesus
Christ (John 1:14; I Tim 3:16; Matt 1:23).
Jesus Christ definitely had a beginning … in
His human nature! … as the Son of God and Son of David through Mary
biologically and Joseph legally.
There was no Jesus Christ before Mary’s
conception. Jesus is a Man – the Godman. He has a birth event and birth date.
He never had a beginning in His divine nature
… for He was the eternal God the Word (John 1:1)!
God the Father by the Holy Spirit begat the
human nature in a virgin’s womb … which made Jesus the Son of God (Luke 1:35).
Jesus is the only begotten Son of God in His
combined nature as the Godman, when God became flesh (John 1:14).
Jesus is the Son of God … as the whole New
Testament teaches … Jesus of Nazareth … with a birth event and birth date.
The Word of God is not the Son of God … the
Word of God is God! Glory!
The Word of God was begotten and became God’s
Son ONLY when He became flesh (John 1:14).
Jesus is NOT the only begotten Son of God in
His divine nature, for His divine nature is eternal God, unbegotten in every
sense.
The Nicene Creed is very wrong, just like the
JW’s, to say that God begat God before all ages … a begotten God!
This is blasphemous heresy! Jesus is not a
begotten God from before all ages! He is the begotten Son from 2000 years ago!
His Godhead is eternal God as much as the
other two Persons in the Godhead.
He is God! He is not “a god.” He is not a
“begotten god.”
Jesus is Jehovah in His divine nature in
every sense of the word! I AM THAT I AM … not begotten in any way whatsoever!
Jesus Christ is a man. A Godman! Both God and
man. But Jesus is a man, and He did not exist as the Godman until 2000 years
ago.
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