The gospel is about the person of Christ. If we do not understand the person of Jesus Christ, then we do not understand the good news of our salvation. The Bible affirms that Jesus is truly God and truly Man without confusion, without change, without division, and without separation (Cf. the Council of Chalcedon, 451). This biblical doctrine is theologically termed the hypostatic union.

Because the gospel is about God taking on our humanity to save us from sin, death, and Satan, we must confess that Jesus is God incarnate or God with us as true God and true man (John 1:1-14). Matthew declares: … and his name shall be called Immanuel. The name Immanuel is the Hebrew transliteration of God with us (Cf. Matthew 1:23; Isaiah 7:14). Jesus is God with us. While Scripture teaches this truth about the person of Jesus, there are many who have twisted Scripture and affirmed otherwise. There are numerous texts, however, that declare the person of Christ is co-equal with the Father and the Spirit. Let’s look at a few of them.

Post tenebras lux (after darkness, light). These words were taken up as one of the mottos of the Reformation. Throughout the Middle Ages, the Holy Catholic Church found herself victim of a series of scandals and abuses. One needs only to google the name of Pope Alexander VI or Pope Leo X to discover the controversies in which the church was involved. But something was stirring in a small German town in the Fall of 1517. A young radical monk was about to launch one of the greatest and most influential movements the world had ever seen. Light was about to shine in the darkness.