Teritos
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Arians believe that the first being God created is Jesus. And through Jesus, He then created all other things. This is also how they want to explain the title "only begotten Son of God". Because they say, Jesus is the only one who was created by God personally, but everything else was created through Jesus. So Jesus is the only begotten Son of God because He was created by God Himself, but everything else is not worthy of this title because they were not created by God personally. This doesn't make sense. God created everything through Himself, not through another, God alone created everything, no one helped Him. He said: Let there be...and it was. He spoke and it was. Everything came out of his breath, and in his Spirit all things are held together.
They also have completely wrong ideas about the Word of God through which everything was created, they assume that the Word of God is another created being besides God. This thought is absolutely wrong. The Bible says that the Word of God through which everything was created is the spoken words of God. By the breath of His mouth the heavens and the earth were created. Psalms 33:6-9
They also misinterpret wisdom. They believe that the wisdom of God personified in Proverbs 8 is also a being created by God. But this thought is wrong. The wisdom in Proverbs 8 is one of several attributes of God that is metaphorically personified. The idea that God created his own wisdom or word is very illogical. This would then mean that God was stupid for a time because he was without wisdom, and mute/dead because he had no word/breath.
They also have completely wrong ideas about the Word of God through which everything was created, they assume that the Word of God is another created being besides God. This thought is absolutely wrong. The Bible says that the Word of God through which everything was created is the spoken words of God. By the breath of His mouth the heavens and the earth were created. Psalms 33:6-9
They also misinterpret wisdom. They believe that the wisdom of God personified in Proverbs 8 is also a being created by God. But this thought is wrong. The wisdom in Proverbs 8 is one of several attributes of God that is metaphorically personified. The idea that God created his own wisdom or word is very illogical. This would then mean that God was stupid for a time because he was without wisdom, and mute/dead because he had no word/breath.