Jesus: His Deity and Eternity

The doctrine of the deity and eternity of Jesus Christ teaches that although Jesus took on human form in His incarnation, nevertheless He has always existed and is the one true God.
“What He is determines what Christianity is, which stands or falls with Him. In all that He is in Himself is the cornerstone of the Christian faith, the key of the battle between faith and unbelief.” (Lockyer 1964, 37)
The deity and eternity of Jesus Christ can be demonstrated by a substantial body of evidence.

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“If Paganism was conquered by Christianity, it is equally true that Christianity was corrupted by Paganism. The pure Deism [basic religion, in this context] of the first Christians … *was changed, by the Church of Rome, into the incomprehensible dogma of the trinity. Many of the pagan tenets, invented by the Egyptians and idealized by Plato, were retained as being worthy of belief”* (1883, p. xvi). (See “How Ancient Trinitarian Gods Influenced Adoption of the Trinity”.)