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The problem with Nestorianism is that it threatens the atonement. If Jesus is two persons, then which one died on the cross? If it was the "human person" then the atonement is not of divine quality and thereby insufficient to cleanse us of our sins. | The problem with Nestorianism is that it threatens the atonement. If Jesus is two persons, then which one died on the cross? If it was the "human person" then the atonement is not of divine quality and thereby insufficient to cleanse us of our sins. | ||
=Jesus is God= | |||
At the end of the Book of Luke, we read: | |||
:''Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven. So t'''hey worshiped him''' and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.<ref>Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2013), Lk 24:50–52.</ref> | |||
By this simple act, we know that Jesus is God because of the prohibition in scripture to worship other gods: | |||
:''...for '''you shall worship no other god''', for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God...<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ex 34:14</ref> | |||
:''Honour the LORD your God, '''worship only him''', and make your promises in his name alone.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), Dt 6:13.</ref> | |||
:''Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’"<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Mt 4:10.</ref> | |||
:''For '''you alone are holy'''. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Re 15:4.</ref> | |||
:''You are the LORD, '''you alone'''. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. 7 You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. 8 You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ne 9:6–8.</ref> | |||
=Nestorianism in William Branham's teaching= | =Nestorianism in William Branham's teaching= | ||