. It took not only the humanity of Christ, but also his deity to affect the world in this way.In the view of His deity, Christ is God. Not only is he Christ, but the Son of God, and called God in the New Testament. "The Johannine teaching includes the following passages: John 1:1, 18, where some manuscripts read 'the only begotten God,' and that unusual reading may be regarded as grounds for accepting its authenticity; 20:28, Maggard 3where Thomas used both kurios and theos of Jesus; and 1 John 5:20. It is preferable to ascribe the phrase 'God blessed forever' to Christ (Ryre Basic Theology p. 56)". Apart from his distinction as human, there is evidence of oneness. The New Testament insists that there is only one true God in James 2:19 as it states, "You believe that there is only God. Good! Even the demons believe that -and shudder." Christ is part of the Trinity and is recognized as God in creation-John 1:3, judge of all things in the future-john 5:27, and he has omniscience-Matthew 9:4. Charles Ryre proves Christ's deity and involvement in the Trinity in Basic Theology, as he writes, "How then do we arrive at a clear doctrine of the Trinity? Simply by accepting two lines of evidence in the bible: (a) clear statements that teach there is only one God; and (b)equally clear statements that there was Someone called Jesus and Someone designated the Holy Spirit who in addition to God the Father claimed to be God (p. 89)."There were a many historic heresies of the Person of Christ. The Arian view, also known as Arianism. Before the heresy of the Arians, the Church had three fixed views on the Lord's person. "These were the Son's unity of essence with the Father; His eternal generation; and His personal distinction from the Maggard 4father (Mackintosh The Doctrine of the Person of Christ p. 175)". This Arian tried to say that the Son was created by the Father and so he had a beginning.Another Church heresy was the Ebionism ...
