The Implications of Arianism

Arianism denied that Jesus Christ is very God of very God, reducing Him to a created being and turning God into an unknowable force. What looked “reasonable” and culturally acceptable in its day had devastating long-term effects: it destroyed certainty in God’s Word, emptied revelation of final authority, and replaced divine truth with human power. When Christ is no longer the full and final revelation of God, men inevitably look elsewhere for certainty most often to the state. History shows the fruit. Where Arian thinking spread, rulers flourished and tyranny followed. Without an incarnate Lord and an infallible Word to judge kings and nations, the state becomes god walking on earth. Modern parallels abound: relativism, Darwinism, statism, and even occultism all grow where Christ’s deity and authority are denied. The lesson is stark and enduring diminish Christ, and darker powers rush in to fill the vacuum.