6-Questions About Christ's Divinity - NAS

1. Doesn't the Bible Teach That Jesus Was the "First Born" of Creation and Therefore, Having Been Created, Cannot Have Been Co-Existent with the Father From Eternity? Here Is the Text Used for This Question:
Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the ________________ God, the ________________ of all creation.

2. The Previous Text Refers to Jesus As the First Born of Every Creature. Jesus Declared That He Was the "I Am" Meaning the Self-Existent One.
Exodus 3:14 God said to _________, "I AM WHO I AM "; and He said, "Thus you _________ say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' "

John 8:58 _________ said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, __________ Abraham was born, I am."

The Greek word here for first born is prototokos meaning the pre-eminent one-the one who has the privileges and prerogatives of God. Jesus is the first born not in the sense of time. Jesus is the first born in the sense of privilege. All the privileges of the first born are His. David was the eighth son of Jesse, yet called the first born because of his priviledged status as king.

 3. Jesus Existed Before Abraham. Isaiah the Prophet Called Him the Everlasting Father.
Isaiah 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the __________________ will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful ________________, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

4. Micah Declares That His Origin Is From Everlasting.
Micah 5:2 "But as for you, Bethlehem ________________, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of ______________."

5. John Affirms That Jesus Is God.
John 1:1 In the ________________ was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

6. Jesus Had The Privileges And Prerogatives Of God.
Philippians 2:5-11 Have this attitude in __________________ which was also in Christ Jesus, [6] who, ______________ He existed in the form of God, did not regard ______________ with God a thing to be grasped, [7] but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the ______________ of men. [8] Being found in __________________ as a man, He humbled Himself by ______________ ______________ to the point of death, even death on a cross. [9] For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and ______________ on Him the name which is above every name, [10] so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, [11] and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Hebrews 2:14 Therefore, since the ______________ share in flesh and blood, He Himself ______________ also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

Hebrews 2:17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things __________________ to God, to make _____________________ for the sins of the people.

While the world was lost He voluntarily left heaven to become a man, dwelling in human flesh, fighting temptations as we fight them. He overcame in our behalf.

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