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1 Grammatical evidence that Jesus is truly God (John 1:1)
The word / was / God ὁ λόγος  / ἦν / θεὸς New World Translation (Jehovah Witnesses) reads “The word was a God” (thus Jesus is less than God). They say that since there is no article (a/an/the), it’s a . But in this grammatical combination in Greek words without the article (God) describe the quality of the primary term (Word). So this phrase is saying that Jesus (the WORD) is truly God in quality/nature. = What God was, the WORD was

2 Jesus, Creator and God (Colossians 1:16-19) For by him (the Son) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. {17} He is before all things, and in him all things hold together…. {19} For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

3 Why Genesis, God and creationism is so important
“No Adam and Eve means no need for a savior.  It also means that the Bible cannot be trusted as a source of unambiguous, literal truth…  No Fall of Man means no need for atonement and no need for a redeemer.”

4 Jesus has life, is life, gives life
(John 5:19) “…whatever the Father does the Son also does. (John 5:21) For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. (John 5:26) For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.

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6 Responding to the LIGHT of Jesus
(John 3:18-20) Whoever believes in him (Jesus Christ) is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already … {19} This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. {20} Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

7 Jesus – The Light (John 8:12) When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."


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