ETERNAL EXISTENCE OF CHRIST AS THE SECOND PERSON OF THE TRINITY

The Trinity by El Greco (Domenikos Theotocopoulos), 1577

Genesis 1:1-4 and John 1:1-5; 9-13

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And God said, “Let there be light:” and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And the light shined in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. That was the true Light, which lights every man that comes into the world. [The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. (NIV)]

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came to his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.