“If Jesus was God, why did He say “No one is good but God alone”?”……Answer: It is often claimed by those who reject the deity of Christ that in Mark 10:17-22 Jesus denies His divinity by rejecting the notion that He is good. In verses 17-22, we read: “As Jesus started on his way, a […]
“Is the deity of Christ biblical?”……Answer: In addition to Jesus’ specific claims about Himself, His disciples also acknowledged the deity of Christ. They claimed that Jesus had the right to forgive sins—something only God can do—as it is God who is offended by sin (Acts 5:31; Colossians 3:13; Psalm 130:4; Jeremiah 31:34). In close connection […]
“Was Jesus a Jew?”……Answer: One needs only to search the internet today to determine that there is great controversy and disagreement over the question of whether Jesus of Nazareth was actually Jewish. Before we can answer this question adequately, we must first ask another question: who (or what) is a Jew? Even this question has […]
“Was Jesus Christ married? Did Jesus have a wife?”……Answer: The recent discovery and translation of the fourth-century “Jesus’ wife papyrus” has reopened the discussion as to whether Jesus had a wife / was married. The “Jesus’ wife papyus” says, “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife …’” This discovery is interesting in that it is the […]
Was Jesus Rich or Poor? Was Jesus rich or poor? Did Jesus live as a wealthy man during His time here on earth according to the New Testament Several reasons are offered to prove that Jesus was rich and several reasons are presented to prove that Jesus was poor.…Let’s look at some of the reasons people […]
“Was Jesus rich/wealthy?”……Did Jesus live as a wealthy man during His time here on earth according to the New Testament, He did not. Rather, He was g His time on earth? Accord born in a manger (Matthew 1; Luke 2), lived as an immigrant in a foreign country Matthew 2:13-15…13 After the wise men were gone, […]
Christianity: what’s different? Was Jesus’ appearance…closer to this … or to this …? Which of the images on the right is closest to how Jesus might have looked? The first is influenced by the art of the Middle Ages and shows Jesus with European, rather than Jewish, looks. In reality, Jesus must have had Semitic […]