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Exactly. He limited Himself, and did not know.And Jesus was a man and as a man did not know. He limited His use.
as a man yes as God He knew all things.Exactly. He limited Himself, and did not know.
Moving on . . .
first thanks for the reply. second, I'll try to use less scriptures as i can... (smile).One God, one arm... then carry this forward if you would to one Body of Christ? Are we becoming effectively or in some way a part of God? Or are we already a part of Him?
"And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are." John 17:11
Please not too many verses in your answer. My head swirls too easily these days...
Nonsense. You go way beyond what this conversation is about.What this tells me is you have a flawed understanding of the Trinity and the 2 Natures in Christ.
Nonsense. You go way beyond what this conversation is about.
My view allows these verses to be true, and yours does not. If you don't want to accept the truthfulness of Jesus' statement because it conflicts with your view, that's your issue to solve. And that's why I raise it. For your benefit.
In your view, Jesus didn't really empty Himself of anything. His reputation? I realize that's the KJV translation, but think about what that would mean to His "human experience", and the ramifications on our life lived in Him? If He has functioning as deity, how does He become our High Priest?
Jesus lived His life as a man, dependant upon the Father as are men.
You may have equal difficulty answering this. Why did Jesus call the Father "His God"?
Much love!
Meaning what exactly? That when He said He didn't knew when His return would be, that He was lying? Because unless He knew everything He wasn't God? Or do you mean He was pretending to not know, even though He did know? Disengenuous?No for the Son to not have any one of the Divine Attributes by default makes Him not God.
But if a person is honestly believing and seeking His righteousness and His kingdom, why should he be in danger with regard to any errors in his theology? You or I might have limited patience with what we consider a person's errors, but how great is our God? How fair is He?Jesus did not refrain from calling men 'fools', white-washed tombs', 'hypocrites', 'children of the devil', and so on.
What you are failing to address 101G, is the gravity of the situation. You are not offering an approach that deals with egregious situations, your considering all disputes to be of a benign nature. In the Mosaic Law, some transgressions were dealt with a fine, others to a more punitive degree, and some with death. Consider theological issues to be of the same classification scale. Calling a man God while under the Law, would've got one stoned to death, whereas theft would not have.
I prefer to be austere on the issue of God's ontology and soteriology, but more patient on ecclesiastical or eschatological issues.
While Jesus was a man walking this earth He was also in heaven, hence Omnipresent.Meaning what exactly? That when He said He didn't knew when His return would be, that He was lying? Because unless He knew everything He wasn't God? Or do you mean He was pretending to not know, even though He did know? Disengenuous?
By default how? What makes this a hard and fast rule, particularly since the Bible shows a very different picture. Jesus is reliant on the Father. Jesus does not do His Own will, His Own works, His Own teaching.
Jesus, incarnate in flesh, between His birth and death, was omnipresent?
Why was it that Jesus "could not" do many miracles in Nazareth? Not, "would not", but, "could not"? Does this show omnipotence?
There is a real beauty in that Jesus emptied Himself. He showed the life that we can live. He showed us what God has in mind for us.
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You've established that Jesus had both terrestrial and celestial presence, but so do we. For your life is hid with Christ is God. He has raised us up together and seated us tother in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.While Jesus was a man walking this earth He was also in heaven, hence Omnipresent.
John 3:13
No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
You keep saying this, again, by default how? What makes this some hard and fast rule?For the Son to not have any one of the Divine Attributes by default makes Him not God.
If you want to find my thoughts on a creed quote it please.My guess is you also deny the Creeds of Christendom concerning the Trinity and the Person of Christ correct ?
The Athanasian Creed- 500 adIf you want to find my thoughts on a creed quote it please.
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This creed doesn't touch on the topic of this thread.The Athanasian Creed- 500 ad
This creed is named after Athanasius (A.D. 293-373), the champion of orthodoxy against Arian attacks on the doctrine of the trinity. Although Athanasius did not write this creed and it is improperly named after him, the name persists because until the seventeenth century it was commonly ascribed to him. It is not from Greek (Eastern), but from Latin (Western) origin, and is not recognized by the Eastern Orthodox Church today. Apart from the opening and closing sentences, this creed consists of two parts, the first setting forth the orthodox doctrine of the trinity, and the second dealing chiefly with the incarnation and the two-natures doctrine. The translation above was adopted by the CRC Synod of 1988.
Whoever desires to be saved should above all hold to the catholic faith.
Anyone who does not keep it whole and unbroken will doubtless perish eternally.
Now this is the catholic faith:
That we worship one God in trinity and the trinity in unity,
neither blending their persons
nor dividing their essence.
For the person of the Father is a distinct person,
the person of the Son is another,
and that of the Holy Spirit still another.
But the divinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one,
their glory equal, their majesty coeternal.
What quality the Father has, the Son has, and the Holy Spirit has.
The Father is uncreated,
the Son is uncreated,
the Holy Spirit is uncreated.
The Father is immeasurable,
the Son is immeasurable,
the Holy Spirit is immeasurable.
The Father is eternal,
the Son is eternal,
the Holy Spirit is eternal.
And yet there are not three eternal beings;
there is but one eternal being.
So too there are not three uncreated or immeasurable beings;
there is but one uncreated and immeasurable being.
Similarly, the Father is almighty,
the Son is almighty,
the Holy Spirit is almighty.
Yet there are not three almighty beings;
there is but one almighty being.
Thus the Father is God,
the Son is God,
the Holy Spirit is God.
Yet there are not three gods;
there is but one God.
Thus the Father is Lord,
the Son is Lord,
the Holy Spirit is Lord.
Yet there are not three lords;
there is but one Lord.
Just as Christian truth compels us
to confess each person individually
as both God and Lord,
so catholic religion forbids us
to say that there are three gods or lords.
The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten from anyone.
The Son was neither made nor created;
he was begotten from the Father alone.
The Holy Spirit was neither made nor created nor begotten;
he proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Accordingly there is one Father, not three fathers;
there is one Son, not three sons;
there is one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits.
Nothing in this trinity is before or after,
nothing is greater or smaller;
in their entirety the three persons
are coeternal and coequal with each other.
So in everything, as was said earlier,
we must worship their trinity in their unity
and their unity in their trinity.
Anyone then who desires to be saved
should think thus about the trinity.
But it is necessary for eternal salvation
that one also believe in the incarnation
of our Lord Jesus Christ faithfully.
Now this is the true faith:
That we believe and confess
that our Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son,
is both God and human, equally.
He is God from the essence of the Father,
begotten before time;
and he is human from the essence of his mother,
born in time;
completely God, completely human,
with a rational soul and human flesh;
equal to the Father as regards divinity,
less than the Father as regards humanity.
Although he is God and human,
yet Christ is not two, but one.
He is one, however,
not by his divinity being turned into flesh,
but by God's taking humanity to himself.
He is one,
certainly not by the blending of his essence,
but by the unity of his person.
For just as one human is both rational soul and flesh,
so too the one Christ is both God and human.
He suffered for our salvation;
he descended to hell;
he arose from the dead;
he ascended to heaven;
he is seated at the Father's right hand;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
At his coming all people will arise bodily
and give an accounting of their own deeds.
Those who have done good will enter eternal life,
and those who have done evil will enter eternal fire.
This is the catholic faith:
one cannot be saved without believing it firmly and faithfully.
I think the thing that bothers me the most with this creed is,The Athanasian Creed- 500 ad
This creed is named after Athanasius (A.D. 293-373), the champion of orthodoxy against Arian attacks on the doctrine of the trinity. Although Athanasius did not write this creed and it is improperly named after him, the name persists because until the seventeenth century it was commonly ascribed to him. It is not from Greek (Eastern), but from Latin (Western) origin, and is not recognized by the Eastern Orthodox Church today. Apart from the opening and closing sentences, this creed consists of two parts, the first setting forth the orthodox doctrine of the trinity, and the second dealing chiefly with the incarnation and the two-natures doctrine. The translation above was adopted by the CRC Synod of 1988.
Whoever desires to be saved should above all hold to the catholic faith.
Anyone who does not keep it whole and unbroken will doubtless perish eternally.
Now this is the catholic faith:
That we worship one God in trinity and the trinity in unity,
neither blending their persons
nor dividing their essence.
For the person of the Father is a distinct person,
the person of the Son is another,
and that of the Holy Spirit still another.
But the divinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one,
their glory equal, their majesty coeternal.
What quality the Father has, the Son has, and the Holy Spirit has.
The Father is uncreated,
the Son is uncreated,
the Holy Spirit is uncreated.
The Father is immeasurable,
the Son is immeasurable,
the Holy Spirit is immeasurable.
The Father is eternal,
the Son is eternal,
the Holy Spirit is eternal.
And yet there are not three eternal beings;
there is but one eternal being.
So too there are not three uncreated or immeasurable beings;
there is but one uncreated and immeasurable being.
Similarly, the Father is almighty,
the Son is almighty,
the Holy Spirit is almighty.
Yet there are not three almighty beings;
there is but one almighty being.
Thus the Father is God,
the Son is God,
the Holy Spirit is God.
Yet there are not three gods;
there is but one God.
Thus the Father is Lord,
the Son is Lord,
the Holy Spirit is Lord.
Yet there are not three lords;
there is but one Lord.
Just as Christian truth compels us
to confess each person individually
as both God and Lord,
so catholic religion forbids us
to say that there are three gods or lords.
The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten from anyone.
The Son was neither made nor created;
he was begotten from the Father alone.
The Holy Spirit was neither made nor created nor begotten;
he proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Accordingly there is one Father, not three fathers;
there is one Son, not three sons;
there is one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits.
Nothing in this trinity is before or after,
nothing is greater or smaller;
in their entirety the three persons
are coeternal and coequal with each other.
So in everything, as was said earlier,
we must worship their trinity in their unity
and their unity in their trinity.
Anyone then who desires to be saved
should think thus about the trinity.
But it is necessary for eternal salvation
that one also believe in the incarnation
of our Lord Jesus Christ faithfully.
Now this is the true faith:
That we believe and confess
that our Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son,
is both God and human, equally.
He is God from the essence of the Father,
begotten before time;
and he is human from the essence of his mother,
born in time;
completely God, completely human,
with a rational soul and human flesh;
equal to the Father as regards divinity,
less than the Father as regards humanity.
Although he is God and human,
yet Christ is not two, but one.
He is one, however,
not by his divinity being turned into flesh,
but by God's taking humanity to himself.
He is one,
certainly not by the blending of his essence,
but by the unity of his person.
For just as one human is both rational soul and flesh,
so too the one Christ is both God and human.
He suffered for our salvation;
he descended to hell;
he arose from the dead;
he ascended to heaven;
he is seated at the Father's right hand;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
At his coming all people will arise bodily
and give an accounting of their own deeds.
Those who have done good will enter eternal life,
and those who have done evil will enter eternal fire.
This is the catholic faith:
one cannot be saved without believing it firmly and faithfully.
Its not the catholic church as in the RCC but the universal church of believers everywhere.I think the thing that bothers me the most with this creed is,
you have to attribute all these to what they call catholic or universal faith.
I don't really have any issues with what the creed says..
I have a problem who is claimin authority over it..
I hope that makes sense..
jugs
Is sure does as it say Jesus is EQUAL to the Father in His Divinity.This creed doesn't touch on the topic of this thread.
And btw . . . All who call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved. God doesn't really complicate the issue.
Much love!