by Dr. Jason Lisle | Mar 7, 2025 | Apologetics, Refuting the Critics, Theology
We have been examining the claims of Liam, who denies the Trinity in general and who, in particular, denies that Jesus is God. This ultimately is not an intellectual exercise but a spiritual one. It is only by the power of the Holy Spirit that a person can declare with conviction that Jesus is Yahweh – the Lord. 1 Corinthians 12:3b states, “And no one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit.” Furthermore, confessing Jesus as Lord is a requirement for salvation (Romans 10:9-13), for there is no Savior besides the one and only Yahweh (Isaiah 43:11). Therefore, if Jesus is not Yahweh, then neither can He be your Savior.
by Dr. Jason Lisle | Feb 21, 2025 | Refuting the Critics, Theology
Our feedback this week comes from someone we’ll call “Liam.” He rejects the Trinity and specifically rejects that Jesus is God and that the Holy Spirit is a Person of the triune God. The interesting thing about Liam’s response is that most of his arguments were already refuted in the very articles he’s criticizing. It always seems strange to me when a person responds to a refutation of their argument by simply repeating the argument. For example, there is the fallacy of claiming that the Holy Spirit isn’t a Person of the Trinity because in many instances only the Father and Son are mentioned in a greeting. That is the fallacy of the argument from silence as I demonstrated earlier. But there were a couple of new arguments that will be addressed here and in the next article.
by Dr. Jason Lisle | Mar 24, 2023 | Theology
In part 1, we looked at those doctrines that are essential to salvation: those that cannot be denied by a person whom Christ has saved…. But how do we know that our faith in God is genuine? After all, Jesus refers to people who were confident in their salvation, who professed Christ as Lord, and even performed miracles in His name; yet, they will not enter heaven. Just imagine living your life, thinking you are a Christian, being confident in your faith in Christ, and then having Him say to you on Judgment Day, “I never knew you. Depart from Me.”
by Dr. Jason Lisle | Feb 28, 2020 | Refuting the Critics, Theology
Our critic of the week is Ned, who has taken issue with our recently posted articles demonstrating that the Bible teaches the doctrine of the Trinity. In particular, Ned rejects the Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Trinity. But is his reasoning cogent and consistent with Scripture?
by Dr. Jason Lisle | Jan 31, 2020 | Theology
We now examine the third and final principle of the Trinity, which is this: the three Persons of God are each fully God and are eternally distinct from each other. In other words, the Father is not the Son or the Spirit, nor is the Son the Spirit, but each is fully God and this has always been that way and will always be that way.
