 We raise again, for emphasis, that life's most crucial question is - WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST?" (Matt. 22:42). Before we proceed further, as a matter of historical record, the full statement concerning the person of Christ was arrived at only after long protracted and violent controversies. During this passage of time, every possible interpretation of the biblical data was examined and its elements of truth sifted out and preserved, while the elements of which deformed it were exposed and discarded.Before one properly understands the nature of Christ, he must first understand the nature of the Godhead. I will attempt to define "God" according to three main views of understanding: -emphasizes the UNITY of God to the destruction of the -TRINITY of God and thus results in -UNITARIANISM.Trinitarianism (Tri-unity)emphasizes the biblical view that God is -ONE, PERSONAL and TRIUNE. Tritheism states the TRINITY OF GOD to the destruction of the UNITY of God thus resulting in THREE GODS (polytheism). The word "heresy" is derived from the Greek word "hairetikos", which means "choice". It later came to mean - the part, or school of a man's choice. In the New Testament of the Bible, the term is used for the parties of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, plus the party of the Nazarenes (Acts 5:17, 24:5, 26:5, 28:22). Before the end of the New Testament, the word begins to take on its distinctively Christian sense, i.e., "a line of thought or practice which deviated from the mainstream of Christianity". |
