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Step Four and being made in the likeness of men. (2:7c) Continuing His move downward, Jesus was made in the likeness of men. God made Him thus by His miraculous conception and virgin birth (Luke 1:30–35). Homoioma (likeness) refers to that which is made to be like something else...

Step One did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, (2:6b) From His exalted position as God, Christ’s first step downward was not to regard equality with God a thing to be grasped. Although He continued to fully exist as God, during His incarnation He refused to hold on to...

The Exalted Position Jesus Left although He existed in the form of God, (2:6a) Jesus’ humiliating step downward was from the exalted position seen in the truth that He existed in the form of God. Both before, during, and after His incarnation, He was, by His very nature, fully and...

8—The Model for Spiritual Unity (2:5–8) Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the...

hey Mike... thank you for your heartfelt response... I appreciate your testimony...first, you are right, I am not a total cessationist, eg of those who believe that all the gifts of the spirit have ceased... I am of a position called "open but cautious"... knwing that we live in a creation where...

any angel, dark or otherwise can manipulate objects... just think of the angel that Jacob wrestled with for instance... there are many biblical accounts of angels interacting with physical matter...more than likely, though, it was just a shorted wire... or maybe the bulb was corroded/not in...

to me this is a statement that is indicative of the rampant "I" disease that pervades the church today... when you hear many (not all) of the contemporary worship songs they are all about me me me... God did this or well do that for me... or God will you do this or that for me.... God help me to...

interestingly, it would seem that if a sheep was lost from the herd, standing there, helpless, fearful... the Good Shepherd would not ask the poor pathetic sheep if they want to be saved or left to fend the wolves off all by themselves, rather He would literally pick that sheep up, put him on...

not to be persnickety.. but if you do not know the Bible, then you can't know Jesus.. or, in other words, the only information we have concerning who Jesus is is found in the bible, outside of a few secular sources which do not tell us much about who Jesus is and what He did... I appreciate the...

hi Pia... let me first say that I appreciate do deeply your attitude... thanks for the warm way in which you make you points known.. I would just say that if you do not feel led to engage someone in a conversation where it is over an issue that is settled in your own mind, well of course this is...

hey Mike... it would have been nice to try and get a straight answer fro savedbygrace... at least i tried to directly engage him in conversation... but he seems a lot more interested in speaking at people than speaking to them...as far as the phrase "Eternal Union" goes, I am pretty sure he got...

no doubt.... I readily admit I have many things to learn... that is the biblically humble position to take, obviously you fall under the "be careful if you think you stand, lest you fall" condemnation...nevertheless, I love to learn the depths of the Scriptures from men like Jonathan Edwards...

the road to Zion passes under the shadow of Mt Sinai....blessings,ken

words like "religion" and "tradition" are both words that have almost become the equivalent of Christian cuss words... but neither of the terms is necessarily bad... they can be of course... but "spirituality", when not found in a Christian context, is just as "bad" as non-Christian or...