It is, yes, because the Bible is simple. But not simplistic (in either case).
Nobody is talking about "two persons," at least not in the simplistic, literal sense (which I'm not sure if you are holding to or not)l, but in the sense of having two natures/essences, in the case of Jesus the deific nature being natural and from all eternity to all eternity, and the human nature during His very physical, literal life on earth, and able to be tempted in every way we are, but yet remaining without sin.
This is astonishing. As a human, Matthias, is your own nature impersonal to you? Wow...
Wh... What??? My goodness.
Not really, no, you're not. I mean, hey, I'm very trinitarian, and quite deeply so, but I have...
no idea what you're trying to say. LOL!
This was regarding Philippians 2:5-13... This was not my intent. But the Word of God is formative. I know you don't really think this, but you're really kind of acting like once you've read it, you don't have to read it again.
What you think they're saying and meaning, and what you think seems to be very different than what they are really saying and meaning... and that's my point. I don't mean to put myself out there as some kind of genius, but again, I, as a trinitarian thoroughly schooled in the likes of Jonathan Edwards, Louis Berkhof, Abraham Kuyper, etc., am just kind of astonished, and not in a good way, at the comments you are making here in these last few posts.
Right, well, you're unintentionally misleading, and that seems to be because you are quite misled yourself.
Right back at you, Matthias. Right back at you.
LOL! Again, right back at you, Matthias. Every word... except the "your problem" thing...
God made man ~ male and female... human beings ~ and initially, they were not in a fallen state.
I agree, but I think here you are shifting back to the understanding of "human person" that I always thought you were propagating. Drawing from Berkhof's words that you cited earlier, Matthias, you're really ~ and I know you will disagree, but... ~ making some kind of false dichotomy between "human person" and "divine person."
Sure. Any trinitarian would agree with this, Matthias. But Christ was never and will never be not divine. He was and is in the form of God and in the form of man, as Paul says. Again, when you say, "Christ was a mortal human person," you're taking trinitarians ~ Berkhof, specifically, and maybe others ~ out of context.
Okay, well again, same to you.
Again, right back at you, Matthias. It seems that you're somehow confusing or puzzling yourself.
Grace and peace to you.