وجبـــــــة روحيـــــ(†)ــــــــــة يوميـــــــــة

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


(Heb.1:7,8)
When St. Paul the Apostle explained how the Lord Jesus Christ is greater than the angels, he said: "And of the angels He says: 'Who makes His angels spirits and His ministers aflame offire. 'But to the Son He says: 'Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. ' " St. Paul quoted this verse from Psalm 45, verse 6, where the reference to the Divinity of Christ is very clear

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


(1 Tim.3:16)
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory. " It is obvious, from this verse, that Christ is God who was manifested in the flesh, But the heresy of Jehovah's Witnesses presents another translation: "Great is the mystery of godliness which was manifested in the flesh", which is incompatible with the continuation of the same verse. Because how could the mystery of godliness be seen by angels? Or how was it received up in glory? Was it not Christ who was seen by angels, ascended to heaven in glory, preached among the Gentiles and believed on in the world? However, the theological facts are not based upon one verse: (I Tim.3:16) is similar to another verse

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


(Col 2:9)
St. Paul the Apostle says about the Lord Jesus Christ: "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." The phrase "all the fullness of the Godhead' adds to the power of this verse. If all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in the Lord Jesus Christ, then He lacks nothing and He is God, and there is no other God but Him, because there is nothing outside the fullness. The expression 'bodily' signifies that This Godhead took a body or was manifested in the flesh as the previous verse (1 Tim.3:16) explains, and as is explained in the following verse

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

(Acts 20:28)
"Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood" It is known that God is Spirit (Jn.4:24) and a spirit has no blood. So, God did not purchase the Church with His blood unless He had taken flesh and sacrificed His blood for her. Here, we reach the same meaning of "God was manifested in the flesh

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

There is only One God
(1) This is plain from the first of the Ten Commandments: "You shall have no other gods before Me" (Ex.20:3); (Deut.5:7).


(2) And from other verses in the Book of Deuteronomy, such as: "the LORD Himself is God; there is none other besides Him" (Deut.5:35), and: "Hear, 0 Israel. The LORD our God, the LORD is one!" (Deut.6:4)

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The doctrine of One God is also clear in many verses in the Book of Isaiah, among which are:
(a) (Is.43: 10,11): "1 am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me. I, even I, am the LORD, and besides Me there is no Savior." This is the chapter from which Jehovah's Witnesses extracted the phrase: "'You are My witnesses,' says the LORD" (Is.43:10,12).
(b) (Is.44:6): "I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God."
(c) (Is.45:5,6): "I am the LORD, and there is no other, there is no God besides Me."


(d) (Is.45:21,22): "Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, a just God and a Savior, there is none besides Me. For I am God, and there is no other."
(e) (Is.46:9): "For I am God, and there is no other, I am God, and there is none like Me.")

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Another testimony on the Oneness of God is in the Book of Hosea the Prophet: "Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but Me; for there is no Savior besides Me" (Hos. 13:4).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

We find the same testimony in the New Testament:
(a) (Rom.3:30): "...since there is one God'
(b) (l Cor. 8:4): "...there is no other God but one"
(c) (Jas. 2:19): "You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe - and tremble!" This means that even the demons, unfruitful as they are, know very well that there is one God and tremble from His Judgment.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



If there is mention in the Holy Bible of the word 'gods', it does not at all mean Deity, and we have discussed this issue before here on in other pages. Sometimes it means the pagan gods as is mentioned in the Psalms: "For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised, He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the people are idols" (Ps. 96:4,5), and: "Worship Him, all you gods" (Ps. 97:7). Naturally, those who worship another are not true gods.
Another example, said by the Divine Inspiration in Psalm 82, is: "I said, 'You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High. But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes."' (Ps: 6,7). Naturally, he who dies and falls can not be a God. But it is a symbolical expression signifying power and authority, as when some of the
Jews' enemies were afraid from the return of the Ark of Covenant and said: "Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness" (I Sam.4:8). They described all the people as gods which has a symbolic or a metaphoric meaning.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


Conclusion: Christ is God
If there is only one God, by the testimony of the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, and if Christ is a God by the same testimony, then Christ is This One God.
God says in the Book of Isaiah: "And there is no other God besides Me", and in the same Book the Divine Inspiration says that Christ is a "Mighty God" What does this mean other than the Two are One?