JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

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"While we wait for the happy hope and glorious manifestation of the great
God and of [the] Savior of us, Christ Jesus."
In the appendix of their Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures they
"We render 'the great God' as separate from 'our Savior Christ Jesus.'"
Biblical scholars have conclusively shown that in ancient times the phraseology "god and
savior" was used of a ruling king and thus clearly showing that only one person was meant. In an
exhaustive study, C. Kuehne found Sharp's rule to be "without demonstrable exception in the
entire New Testament."9 Honest and unbiased scholarship requires that the words in these verses
must be translated "our God and Savior, Jesus Christ."
Bruce Metzger, an authority on the Greek language and professor at Princeton University,
has stated:
"In support of this translation [that "our God and Savior" must refer to "Jesus Christ"]
there may be quoted such as P. W. Schmiedel, J. H. Moulton, A. T. Robertson, and
Blass-Debrunner. All of these scholars concur in the judgment that only one person
is referred to in Titus 2:13 and that therefore, it must be rendered, "our great God
and Savior, Jesus Christ."10
Greek scholars Dana and Mantey, in their A Manual Grammar of the Greek New
Testament, confirm Sharp's rule:
"Second Peter 1:1 . . . means that Jesus is our God and Savior. After the same
manner Titus 2:13 . . . asserts that Jesus is the great God and Savior."11
Not only the grammar, but also the context of Titus 2:3, leads to the interpretation that
Jesus is God since verse 14 states:
"Who gave Himself [Jesus Christ] for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to
purify for Himself a people of His own."
The phrase, "to redeem us from all iniquity" is clearly referring to the Lord Jehovah of
Psalm 130:7-8 and the phrase, "to purify for Himself a people of His own" is referring to the
Lord God of Exodus 19:5 and Deuteronomy 14:2.
● ". . . our God and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Pe 1:1).