Bible Discussion Thread

Regarding John 1:1 debate. Let us look at it from whom God is. To be The God of scripture Christ would have to exist in three major attributes, namely: Be all knowing (omniscient), All powerful (omnipotent), and everywhere present(Omnipresent). Scriptures teach that Christ has all three. First, John 1:12 tells us that it is Christ who gives us the power or authority to become children of God when one receive Him. He would not be able to do so if He were not Omnipresent and Omniscient. He would not be able to be our personal Savior not knowing us. He would not know any thing about us. He is to judge the world how could He do that if He is not God who knows all about everyone of us. He couldn't be our personal shepherd if He does not have the three God attributes. He could not be sovereign over all principalities powers and Lord over the His Church if He were not present over every born again member within His Body called the church. Lastly, John 1:1-3 and 1 John 1:1-3 are not prefaces but prologues. John throughout His teaching showing how the Christ (the Word) has to be God in human flesh and to be worshiped as God as also the Father as the one true God. Both John 1:1-3 and 1 John 1:1-3 are stressing that the Logos is eternal (existing before all creation). The Christ (The Word) was before creation as we have in Gen. 1:1. Christ is the eternal Word is what John is getting at. Christ is eternal and not merely from a point forward as everlasting.