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he is agreeing with the article.

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So what’s you stand? Are you agree on Sam Shamouns article or not? Are you agree that Jesus is God? Or are you one of the heretics?

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(1) Although it is true that αληθινος θεος is not elsewhere 29 Winer-Moulton, 195. referred to Christ, αληθεια is, and is so in Johannine literature (John 14:6). Further, αληθινος θεος is not a “constant.. epithet” as Winer supposes, being found only in John 17:3 and 1 John 5:20!

(2) Christ is also said to be ζωη in John’s writings John 11:25; 14:6; 1 John 1:1-2), an epithet nowhere else used of the Father.

(3) The demonstrative pronoun, ουτος, in the Gospel and Epistles of John seems to be used in a theologically rich manner.30 Specifically, of the approximately seventy instances in which ουτος has a personal referent, as many as forty- four of them (almost two-thirds of the instances) refer to the Son. Of the remainder, most imply some sort of positive connection with the Son.31 What is most significant is that never is the Father the referent. For what it is worth, this datum increases the probability that ιησου χριστω is the antecedent in 1 John 5:20. 32 The issue cannot be decided on grammar alone. But suffice it to say here that there are no grammatical reasons for denying that αληθινος θεος is descriptive of Jesus Christ.33

Cf. also Matt 9:3; Mark 1:38; 8:4; 9:7; Luke 1:29; Acts 1:18; 6:13; 1 Cor 6:13; 13:13; 16:3; Phil 1:6; 4:8; 2 Tim 3:8; Rev 1:19.
30 Thanks are due to Dr. W. Hall Harris for alerting me to the possible significance of the demonstrative pronoun in Johannine literature.

31 If this usage does indicate a theological motif, the author is not altogether consistent, for there are a few places that do not at all fit this model (e.g., John 6:71; 1 John 2:22) The same could be said for the use of εγω ειμι, too, though (cf. John 9:9), yet all agree that εγω ειμι is a theological motif in John.

32 For other arguments on behalf of ιησου χριστω as the antecedent, see especially Marshall, The Epistles of John, 254, n. 47; Brown, The Epistles of John, 625-626.

33 The grammatical issues are rather complex. For a discussion, see D. B. Wallace, “The Article with Multiple Substantives Connected by και in the New Testament: Semantics and Significance” (Ph.D. dissertation, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1995) 271-77.

Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, Zondervan, 1996, Daniel B. Wallace, pp. 326-327

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