Thanks for joining us on hashtag STRASK.

This is Amy Hall and I'm here with Greg Kokel.

And Greg, today we're going to start with some questions about Jesus being a

created being. So here's the question. It comes from Anthony. Prove to me that Jesus Christ is not a

created and that begotten doesn't mean created and that Jesus Christ has always existed. Please

answer this in Jesus' name.

Well, of course, to prove to somebody on an issue like this is simply to demonstrate what the

scripture teaches about Jesus. So you're not going to find evidence outside of the text that

tells us about Jesus and the nature of Jesus, regarding

his eternal sonship, if you were, his eternal existence is the word, is the right way

to put it, I guess.

Because there actually is some debate about whether Jesus was an eternal sonship relationship with the father,

but that's another issue.

The point is whether the word, who became flesh in John chapter 1 and dwelt among us,

whether the word is eternal as the script, as Christians believe, and that's the classical Christian view.

It's interesting, a little bit, you know, sweet in a way that he says in Jesus' name,

because if this person, I'm not sure if they're a critic of this view,

or if they're just asking on behalf of their own ability to share with others.

I don't know, but in Jesus' name.

Okay, fine.

In John chapter 1, verse 1, we have a statement about the word.

And what's interesting about the way John 1-1 is written is that this is, in a sense, the ultimate word. And what's interesting about the way John 1-1 is written is that this is the, in a sense,

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