In the streets of Alexandria in 318AD a mob was chanting "There was a time that Christ was not!" This heresy - Arianism - is alive and well around the world and church today. Athanasius would spend most of his 46 years as a bishop in exile for fighting it. Why was he so determined to fight the good fight and why should we be today?
We must stand firm because Scripture teaches that Jesus is truly God, begotten not made.
We must stand firm because if the person of Jesus is a created thing, no matter how exalted, all our worship is idolatry.
We must stand firm because unless Jesus is truly, fully, God - and not just close to God or like God - then our sins have not been forgiven.
We must stand firm because in this truth is great comfort and blessing: knowing that God is a loving Father and not a distant and cold loner.
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