The Man, Jesus, by Greg Sanny
In "The Man, Jesus," Sanny responds to a YouTuber who rejects the Trinity and pagan-rooted holidays—positions Sanny agrees with—but who then uses 1 Timothy 2:5 to argue that Jesus was merely a mortal man and never divine. Sanny works through Scripture to show that while the Trinity is unbiblical, the deity of Christ is not.
Drawing on John 17, John 1, 1 Corinthians 15, Philippians 2, Hebrews 7, and many other passages, this study examines who Jesus was, whether He pre-existed His earthly life, whether He retained a fleshly body after the resurrection, and how His role as Creator made His sacrifice sufficient to atone for all mankind. Sanny argues that the Father and the Son are two distinct beings—one in mind, spirit, and purpose—and that the "one true God" of Scripture stands in contrast to the false gods of the nations, not to the Son.
Topics covered include the Word made flesh, the pre-incarnate Christ as the "I AM," the meaning of "let us make man in our image," the Melchizedek priesthood, and why pseudepigraphal works like the Book of Jubilees were rightly left out of the canon. A scriptural case that Jesus is both fully God and the sinless man whose blood became the Passover Lamb for all.
Scriptures referenced: 1 Timothy 2:5 · John 17:1-3 · 1 John 3:1-2 · 1 Corinthians 15:45-47 · John 1:1-5 · Romans 6:23 · John 3:13 · Luke 24:39 · Ephesians 5:30 · John 8:58 · Hebrews 7:1-4 · Philippians 2:5-11 · Genesis 1:26
The Man, Jesus" · Is Jesus God or just a good man? · The Trinity is false but Jesus is still divine · One God and one mediator · The Word was God · Before Abraham was, I AM · Two co-creators from the beginning · Only a sinless, immortal spirit could say "if you have seen Me, you have seen the Father" · As Creator, His life was greater than the sum of the created · Flesh and blood cannot inherit eternal life · The blood of the Passover Lamb for all mankind · Let us make man in Our image · Why the Book of Jubilees is not Scripture