The issue to-day is a fairly simple one. There may be various refinements of it in detail, but broadly three possible alternative views of the person of Christ present themselves:—
1. The view of many modern thinkers that Christ was a great man whose life approximated more closely than that of any other man to the ideal, and whose teaching contains a wisdom not excelled and of great value to the world to-day, if it would heed it and translate it into the practical issues of everyday life;
2. The view of the Bible that Christ was something much more than a great man: that he was the Son of God, that the whole authority of his life and teaching rests upon that one fact, and that only as Son of God can he be looked upon as the author of eternal salvation to those who believe on his name;
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Author: E. J. Newman
Keywords: Trinity, Triunity, Trinitarianism, Trinitarian, Arianism, Arian, Three in one, Three gods, eternal sonship, god manifest in the flesh, God incarnate, incarnation, God made flesh, God manifestation, eternal son, eternal son of God, Johannine comma, Johanine comma, Johanine coma, Johannine coma, Arius, Arias, Nicene Creed, Nicaea, Nicea, Athanasian Creed, Athanasius, Father son holy spirit, Father son holy ghost, Triune, Three persons in one God, Homoousios, homoiousios, Homoiousian, Holy trinity
Bible reference(s): Mat 16:13-17, Matthew 28:19, Mar 8:27-29, Luk 9:18-20, Joh 1:41, Joh 4:29, Joh 7:40-41, Joh 10:24, John 8:58, Joh 11:27, Joh 17:3, Joh 20:31, 1 John 5:7-8
Source: “The Person of Jesus: The Issue Today,” The Testimony, Vol. 18, No. 205, January 1948, pp. 12-3.
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