[Who Do You Say I Am?     by Edward E. Stevens]

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Who Do You Say I Am?
• The Major Issues
• Some Definitions and Presuppositions

I. What Does the Term “Son of God” Mean?

• "Son of God" as applied to Jesus

II. Christ Pre-Existed As Eternally Begotten Son

• Jesus’ Pre-existence and Phil. 2:5ff
• The Only Begotten Son
• Eternally Begotten
• “...TODAY I have begotten Thee”
• Abraham/Isaac Typology
• Jesus’ Relationship to the Father
• Subordination is an Argument FOR the Deity of the Son

III. Why Did God Have To Become Flesh?

• The Plan of Redemption Demands Christ’s Deity
• Was the Incarnation of God Necessary
• What is Necessary For Redemption?
• What Does God Require?
• Redemption Requires Both God and Man
• Only God Has the Credentials
• Satan Failed to Stop It
• “without blemish”
• The Atonement
• “our God ... [saves] us”
• God Was Always There When It Mattered
• Early Christian Beliefs About Christ’s Nature
• Tradition is not the Deciding Factor

IV. Implications of the Virgin Birth

V. Impeccability of Christ – Could Christ Sin or Even Be Tempted?

• The Meaning of “Tempt”
• The Day Satan Met Jesus – Summary of the Book

VI. Worshipping Jesus and Sharing God’s Glory

• Worship a Created Being?
• Worship God “Through” Jesus?
• Could OT Jews Worship Anyone But Yahweh?
• God & Jesus Share Same Kind of Worship?

VII. Other Arguments for the Deity of Christ

• Some “Ungetoverable”(?) Unitarian Prooftexts
• Can a Created Being Be Our Creator?
• “This is Our God ...”
• Jesus Claims Deity or Is Called God
• Are There Two Saviors?
• Holy Spirit Is Definitely God
• Barton Stone and the Deity of Christ

Conclusion

• Trinity May Be Hard To Comprehend – But Still Essential
• Deity of Christ is Essential
• Who Do You Say I Am?