Jesus as the Logos and the Son of God: Examining the Doctrines of Eternal Sonship and Eternal Generation

By Robert Alan King

Jesus as the Logos and the Son of God: Examining the Doctrines of Eternal Sonship and Eternal Generation by Robert Alan King is a booklet of approximately 7,000 words. It discusses the doctrines of eternal sonship and eternal generation, examining the biblical text and very early external Christian sources such as the letters of Ignatius and The Epistle to Diognetus to conclude that eternal sonship and eternal generation are man-made doctrines that entered into church teaching in the middle of the second century. Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Alan King
• Release date: Mar 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465986757

Robert Alan King

Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel who has written numerous theological and inspirational articles for a variety of publications, including Advocate, The Church Herald & Holiness Banner, Companions, The Priest, Proclaim, Pulpit Helps, Vista, War Cry, and Decision Magazine. He also has authored numerous printed books and dozens of eBooks.King has a Master of Arts Degree Sum Cum Laude in Psychology from Touro University Worldwide with an 4.0 institutional GPA, a Bachelor of Science Degree Cum Laude in Bible and Theology from Lee University with an 4.0 institutional GPA, and an Associate of Arts Degree with an emphasis in Science from Coastline Community College. He has a total of at least 256 units of education from universities, seminaries or colleges. This includes at least 130 units of Bible and theology related classes from Lee University, Calvary Chapel Bible College, and Chafer Theological Seminary.

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Jesus as the Logos and the Son of God:

Examining the Doctrines of Eternal Sonship and Eternal Generation

By Robert Alan King

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Published by King & Associates

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Error of Eternal Sonship

The Eternal Word

Answering the Critics

The External Evidence

Conclusion

Footnotes

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Introduction

This book really began after having a debate for several hours one evening with some representatives of the Watchtower Society. It was during this discussion that one of them asked me if Jesus had always been the Son of God. I had never thought about it so I responded by telling him that I was not sure. He then insisted that Jesus had always been the Son of God, using this claim to build support for his position that Jesus was the first created being.

During the next few days following this incident, that question kept coming back to me and though I was just trying to ignore it as not of too much importance, it weighed on my mind. I finally decided to study all of the Scriptures about the issue to arrive at a conclusion one way or another. What I found was startling. I discovered that what I had always been taught about Jesus being recognized with the term Son throughout eternity was in fact simply not the case. At first I felt very alone because I had never heard of anyone else with such a view and thought for sure others might think my opinion as heretical.

Over the weeks that followed, I began to discover that there were respected Christian scholars and theologians that