1 Jn 5:20
20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
So Jesus says very succinctly, that He is God, when He says I am the First and the Last. Rev 2:8
8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
To affirm that He must be God Isa 44:6
6Thus saith the LORD the...
John writes both in 1 Jn 5:20
20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Yes He did. When asserting that He was the First and the Last. That can be said only of God.
Rev 2:8
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Isa 44:6
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer...
God the Father. Notice Eph 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Yes, so I believe both. John writes both in 1 Jn 5:20
20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Jn 17:3
3And this...
Yes Faith is from Jesus Christ to the elect, His seed..when one is born again of the word of God 1 Pet 1:23
23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
The seed of the word is planted or inplanted..James says this...
So according to scripture, Jesus Christ is the True God. 1 Jn 5:20
20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
As the New Covenant Blessings or Everlasting Covenant were for sinners, Adam in the beginning before sinning was not ready for the communication of them, not until after He sinned and came to know of His wretchedness and Nakedness [ cp Rev 3:17 with Gen 3:9-11].
I believe after sinning, it was...
A corruptible Life
The Life that the elect had in Adam in the beginning was a corruptible life, capable of and indeed became corruption. ; But that life God had prepared for His chosen people for eternity was incorruptible per 1 Pet 1:4
4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and...
Sorry, but Noah's preaching was not to give the wicked world a chance in not being destroyed, for God had already determined, before Noah's preaching began that #1. He was going to destroy everyone except Noah and his Family. Gen 6:
5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the...