Replying to @PracticalTheolo
I don’t see how claiming Peter calls Jesus “our God” helps the Trinitarian.
Jesus clearly not the Trinity or the Father, so you are left with two Gods.
Our God number 1
Our God number 2
Replying to @historenthusias
You just keep hammering away at this false dichotomy.
God saves through the man Jesus.
Have you read the NT?
Replying to @historenthusias
No Marcionite here.
I am glad everyone in the NT era knew the OT so well that they did not miss any of its clear teachings.
Replying to @DaleTuggy
IMO “Unitarian” is unnecessary.
Let the Trinitarians use the extra biblical label for their extra biblical doctrine.
Replying to @historenthusias
Ok.
Strange the NT writers do not explain the argument to prove the necessity of the deity of Christ.
Replying to @Truth_matters20
What about infallible church councils?
Replying to @historenthusias
You are the one making arguments that no NT writer makes.
Replying to @historenthusias
I already told you.
Humans “by themselves” cannot atone.
Thus, in order for Christ to atone, someone else had to raise him.
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence
Replying to @JohnPiper
Yep. Now go back to the first “I am” statement and start to understand the context.
Replying to @BibleU777
Ok. Heb is clear the covenant maker is the Father. Otherwise it makes no sense if the covenant maker is his own mediator.
Replying to @historenthusias
But the passages you provided do not dictate how God saves.
If God saves through a man, I do not see any contradiction with an OT text.
Replying to @historenthusias
They also do not say God must personally atone for sin, but that is your claim.
Replying to @BibleU777
A simple survey of NT texts clearly and explicitly disagrees.
The Father is the covenant maker.
Jesus is the mediator of the NT.
Just read Hebrews 8 for example.
Replying to @BibleU777
Yes.
The NT is very clear about who makes this covenant.
