The Son of God: The Uncreated Creator [A Response to Jehovah’s Witnesses] pt. 2

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Holy Trinity, Hendrick van Balen [1620]

Read Part 1 of this study here: https://nametheunknown.com/2024/03/17/the-son-of-god-the-uncreated-creator-a-response-to-jehovahs-witnesses-pt-1/

Watch the study group recording of Part 1 here:

Due to my formatting choices, I have simply attached a PDF copy of the 2nd part of this study instead of replicating the text in this post. Please read it here (if viewing on mobile, you will need to download the PDF):

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Next, we will go on to examine all the other Bible passages relevant to the Son’s status as creator and as created or uncreated. The effort (although certainly imperfect) is for the next post to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject.[1] Because this study is exhaustive, it includes secondary and tertiary passages, i.e., those that would not necessarily decide the issue conclusively on their own but are still relevant to the subject.

The next part of this study will be constituted of the following Bible verses. If you want to get the most of this study, put in some time evaluating the following passages yourself before I give my thoughts in the next post:

  • Colossians 1:16-17
  • Hebrews 1:2-4
  • Hebrews 11:3
  • Hebrews 1:10
  • Psalm 102:25-27
  • Psalm 119:73
  • Job 10:8-9
  • Hebrews 2:10
  • John 1:1-3
  • 2 Peter 3:5
  • Acts 3:15
  • Jeremiah 51:15-16
  • 1 Corinthians 1:24
  • Jeremiah 31:35-36
  • Romans 11:36
  • Psalms 89:5-12
  • Psalms 148:1-5
  • Psalms 33:6
  • Romans 8:38-39
  • Romans 1:25
  • 1 Peter 4:19
  • Revelation 5:13
  • John 5:23
  • Revelation 5:3
  • Philippians 2:10
  • Job 4:18
  • Job 15:15
  • Galatians 1:8
  • 1 Corinthians 6:3
  • Hebrews 12:26-28
  • Colossians 2:18-19
  • Psalms 103:20-22
  • Matthew 24:36
  • Matthew 25:31
  • Luke 12:8-9
  • Hebrews 2:16
  • 1 Peter 3:22
  • Hebrews 12:22-24
  • Jude 1:9
  • Matthew 4:10, 16:23
  • Ephesians 1:10
  • Ephesians 3:10
  • 1 Peter 1:12
  • Jeremiah 8:2
  • Luke 24:52
  • Isaiah 34:4
  • 1 John 1:1
  • 1 John 2:12-13
  • Hebrews 13:8
  • John 17:5

As you read these Scriptures, keep a keen eye out for whether these passages attest to 1) the Son being created and 2) the sense in which JWs acknowledge the Son as creator (i.e., as an instrument of creation only and not as the cause of his own being) or whether these passages attest to the Son as Uncreated Creator, in the fullest sense of the term. The question here is: is the Son the Creator in the same sense that Jehovah the Father is the Creator? JWs say “no” and traditional Christianity says “yes”. Ask yourself which reading Scripture bears out. 

Email me at dustin@nametheunknown.com if you are interested in joining this study either in-person (Omaha, NE area) or live via Zoom. The next meet-up will be Friday, May 3rd at 6:30pm.

Read Part 3 of this study here: https://nametheunknown.com/2024/04/23/the-son-of-god-the-uncreated-creator-pt-3/

[1] The relevant passages were found by first making a list of English words I thought would take me to all the relevant passages (e.g., “angel”, “create”, “begin”, “began”, “beginning”, “uncreated”, “maker”, etc.). It was a long list. Then combing through a Strong’s Concordance at each of those words and plucking out the relevant verses.