Who is Jesus?
(Part 1 of 7 Posts - Who is Jesus
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Who is a Christian? Are they just
going to the church or those who follow the teachings of Jesus Christ?
At first glance indeed they appear
similar, but by studying the Bible dansejarah the establishment of the
Christian religion more closely, both will be obvious difference.
It is not strange that many
Christians who have never read the Bible as a whole, let alone the history of
the founding of Christianity itself. Most "most most of them will just go
to church and listen to lectures from local leaders or pastors, but never ask
or investigate about the truth of which they preach. The various teachings they
received just unbelievable what as a matter of right, without never investigated
or studied whether it is derived from sources Bible or not.
If we start Kriten as a religion,
when to start and who invented / teach, then we will find some facts. The first
people who believe in and follow Jesus are the Jews .. Jesus himself lived
fully as a Jew. All followers of Jesus were first and during the 200 th they do
kebaktianya in Synegog. Even the first known keberadanya Church was built in
the year 232 AD, or two centuries after Jesus died. Church TSB were
diDuraeuphrates 1 # (The history of Christianity, a Lion handbook, page 76).
Until ahir death of Jesus,
Christianity as a religion is never free from Judaism. Even Jesus himself said
that he did not come to establish a new religion, but he came to complete
profercy of the Book of Jewish scriptures (Old Testament)
"Do not think that I came to
menhapuskan existing law, I am not come to destroy, but complementary"
(Matthew 5: 17-18)
The doctrines (teachings), which
became the basis of Christianity, such as the Trinity, did not come from the Bible.
Doctrine of the Faith Christian used until the 2nd century are:
"I believe in God
Almighty" (Articles of the Apostolic Creed, Theodore Zahn, p. 33-37) Then,
between the years 180 and 210 AD says Father added front said the Supreme Court
The addition of the word Father is
opposed by many Bishops. Bishop Victor and Zephysius which simultaneously
oppose the addition of the word Father TSB and said that it is a sin to
menampah or subtract something from the scriptures. At the time of Holy Spirit
still believed as an angel in a high degree, and not as one unity with God.
Arius as an elder is respected, is a
one of those who believe that the word of the Father is God, while the word Son
does not have the right or the natural which is the quality of Eternity,
Sanctity and Majesty / Height. By the logic of Arius is to say that Jesus is
not God. There was a time when Jesus was not there, so Jesus was not eternal,
and because God is Eternal, then Jesus is not God .. # 4 (The History of
Christianity, a Lion handbook, p. 164).
Arius also explain the reason was
based on the scripture: Jesus said:
"My Father is greater than
I."
"My Father is greater than
I" # 5 (John 14:28),
"No messenger greater than that
sent him"
"No messenger is greater than
the one who sent him" # 6 (John 13:16)
Thus believe that Jesus was equal to
God is a denial of the truth of the Gospel itself.
Application of the concept of the
Trinity is only done after the opposition / resistance of the Bishop who
disagree, and the grand meeting of Nicaea in the year 325 AD. Nicaea meeting
produce a charter or declaration to the exclusion of the opinions and views of
Arius, this charter is known as the Charter of Nicaea.
(To be continued to part 2)
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