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Some Christian scholars God, (First Epistle to Timothy,
introduce with verses in which 3: 16) God was in Christ,
Jesus identifies himself as the (Second Epistle to the
Lord of the Shabbat (Matthew, Corinthians, 5: 19) Christ was
12: 8) and the bread of life in the image of God and
(John, 6: 35) or says: Whoever became in the likeness of men,
believes in me, if he is dead, claiming that the Bible also
he is alive, and whoever lives knows Christ as God. (Epistle
and believes in me will never to the Philippians, 2: 5)
die, (John 11: 25) or the fact Referring to this verse from
that I and the Father are one, the “Gospel of Matthew”
(John 10: 30) they know a which says that the Father has
proof of the divinity of Christ. given me everything and no
(Munger, 1962: 34) one knows the Son except the
Finley, a Christian thinker, Father, this author writes:
writes about the concept of Jesus has clearly stated that the
Christ being the Son of God, essence of the Son of God is
emphasizing the oneness of one of the mysteries that No
God and the absence of a human being can understand
physical wife and child: Christ this, in other words, only God
was born by Mary only from knows the depth of this
perspective of the body, and mystery. (Matthew, 11: 27)
the title of Son of God is not With this statement, he
related to his birth from Mary. considers the divinity of Christ
This leads us to one of the beyond the scope of human
most important mysteries of understanding and considers it
the Bible, and that is that necessary to accept it despite
Christ was the Son of God his opposition to reason or at
from the beginning, even least lack of rational proof.
before the creation of the William Horden is another
world. (Finley, 1981: 24) Christian scholar who believes
He appeared in the body in the use of words such as
with reference to verses like God, Lord, Savior, and only
