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49 results for “The crucified and risen Jesus identifies himself as the First and the Last.”
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Matthew 28:19 and the Name of Jesus

Why the singular name in Matthew and the Jesus-name baptisms in Acts belong to the same command.

Article

Understanding the Son of God

A biblical definition of sonship that protects both the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ.

Article

The One God Revealed in Jesus Christ

A Scripture-first case for God's absolute oneness, Christ's full deity, and Christ's genuine humanity.

Answer

What does the right hand of God mean?

It means divine power, authority, victory, and exalted rule.

Answer

Is Jesus the Father?

Jesus is not the Father as to his humanity as the Son, yet the Father is fully revealed and dwelling in him.

Answer

Why did the apostles baptize in Jesus' name?

Because Jesus is the saving name given under heaven, and baptism identifies the believer with his death, burial, and resurrection.

Topic

The Right Hand of God

The right hand is biblical authority and exaltation language, not a second throne beside God.

Answer

Why is Jesus called the Son of God?

Because he was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of Mary as the holy human manifestation through whom God saved us.

Pathway

Baptism in the Name of Jesus

Follow the command, the apostolic execution, and the theological meaning of the name.

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Matthew 28:19

Jesus commands baptism into one singular name.

Topic

The Name of Jesus

Jesus is the revealed saving name proclaimed and invoked by the apostles.

Answer

Does Matthew 28:19 contradict Acts 2:38?

No. Matthew commands baptism in the singular name, and Acts records the apostles invoking that name as Jesus Christ.

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Matthew 10:20

The Holy Spirit is identified as the Spirit of the Father speaking in believers.

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Matthew 1:20–23

The child conceived by the Holy Ghost is the manifestation of God with us.

Pathway

Matthew 28:19 and Acts 2:38

Read Jesus' command and its apostolic fulfillment together.

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The Father Dwells in the Son

John 14 gives Jesus' own explanation of the Father-Son relationship.

Answer

Did the Son exist eternally?

The one who became the Son is eternally God, but Scripture connects sonship to the incarnation, birth, and redemptive mission.

Answer

What about the thief on the cross?

The thief died before the new-covenant gospel response was commanded and preached after Christ's death and resurrection.

Topic

The Father in the Son

The invisible Father was dwelling, speaking, and working in Christ.

Topic

The Son of God

The Son was begotten in time through the incarnation and is the genuine human life of Jesus Christ.

Pathway

The Father Revealed in the Son

A focused study of image, indwelling, revelation, and reconciliation.

Answer

Is the Holy Ghost another person beside the Father?

The Holy Ghost is God's own Spirit in holy action and presence, not another divine Spirit alongside the Father.

Article

John 1 and Genesis 1

John's opening reveals the eternal Word of the one Creator becoming flesh.

Topic

The New Birth

The apostolic response to the gospel includes repentance, water baptism, and receiving the Holy Ghost.

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Revelation 1:17–18

The crucified and risen Jesus identifies himself as the First and the Last.

Answer

Who was Jesus praying to?

The man Christ Jesus prayed to the eternal God who was his Father and who also dwelt in him.

Pathway

The Name of Jesus

Follow the saving name through revelation, salvation, worship, and baptism.

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The Word Became Flesh

God's eternal self-expression became flesh, not a second God beside him.

Pathway

Jesus Is the Image of God

See how the invisible God becomes visible and knowable in Christ.

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The Right Hand of God

Read right-hand language as power, victory, exaltation, and authority.

Pathway

Jesus' Prayers and Humanity

Keep Christ's genuine human life and the Father's full indwelling together.

Answer

Is Jesus God?

Yes. Scripture identifies Jesus as God while also presenting him as genuinely human for our salvation.

Answer

Does 1 Corinthians 15 mean Jesus stops existing?

No. The mediatorial kingdom and subjection of the Son reach their goal, but the risen Jesus remains the visible revelation of God.

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Isaiah 44:6

YHWH excludes any divine being beside himself.

Pathway

Who Is Jesus Christ?

Move from the one God of Israel to the full revelation of God in Jesus Christ.

Pathway

The Father Dwells in the Son

Use Jesus' own explanation of the Father's presence and work in Him.

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The New Birth

Connect Jesus' teaching about water and Spirit with the apostolic response in Acts.

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Receiving the Holy Ghost

Trace the promise, reception, and recognizable experience of the Holy Ghost.

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Tongues as the Initial Sign

Distinguish the repeated reception sign in Acts from the public gift in Corinthians.

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The Gospel Pattern

Move from Christ's death, burial, and resurrection into the believer's response.

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The Word Became Flesh

Follow God's eternal Word into the genuine humanity of Jesus Christ.

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The Son Was Born

Trace Sonship through conception, birth, human life, and saving mission.

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Jesus Is God

Build a direct biblical case for the absolute deity of Jesus Christ.

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Faith, Grace, and Obedience

Answer the false choice between grace and an obedient response of faith.

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The Fullness of the Godhead

Build Paul's case that God's complete fullness dwells bodily in Jesus Christ.

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Baptism in Jesus' Name

Follow the explicit baptismal language and its meaning through Acts and the epistles.

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No God Beside Him

Follow the Bible's clearest denials of another God with, beside, before, or after the LORD.

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God Alone Is Creator

Compare the LORD creating alone with New Testament creation language about Christ.

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Repentance

See repentance as a commanded turning toward God, not mere regret.