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O COME LET US ADORE HIM


God of God, light of light,

Lo, he abhors not the Virgin's womb;

Very God, begotten, not created:

O come, let us adore Him, (3×)

Christ the Lord.


The thought of God occupying the womb of a normal woman seems hard for any religion to bear, yet Jesus was incarnated in the womb of Mary. This was how God decided to come and save all of us, his people.  

There were always people who thought of Jesus as a created being, in the current times Jehova Witnesses and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). This was not the first time this thought was taught in the public. It was easy to teach, even Islam teaches that Jesus was a human being. But the Christian church taught that Jesus was not created and declared it often. I would recommend some additional resources  below.


Simply put: (see resources)


So the legend has it that in the council of Nicaea there was a pastor who taught that Jesus was created and was not God called Arius. He was very adamant and was very influential. ST. Nicholas or Nicholas of Myra debated him and proved from the Bible/ writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John that Jesus did indeed say and the disciples believed it. Legend has it that Nicholas lost his temper after Arius refused to take his statement back and Nicholas punched Arius. This is just a legend, but even it is true, the legend says that Nicholas was placed unter church discipline and was removed from being a bishop till he had publicly apologised for his outburst. Arius was asked not to teach and was called a heretic to the Church. Historical documents do not show Nicholas doing any of these and also there are speculations if indeed Nicolas attended the meeting in Nicaea. No one knows, but Nicholas is still remembered and loved for two things, extreme generosity and defending the Triune view of God.

Additional Resources:

READ

 https://www.gotquestions.org/is-Jesus-God.html

https://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-say-He-is-God.html

https://answersingenesis.org/bible-questions/where-did-jesus-say-i-am-god-worship-me/


WATCH

SHORT VIDEO (Ravi Zac): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWDdy0k8WNA

LONG VIDEO (Micheal Ramsden): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1N5Mh42ziA

LONG VIDEO (Mark Driscoll): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhNtU0CoD7k


My Resources:

see the IAM Series. https://toancientofdays.blogspot.com/search/label/I%20AM











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