Purity said:
Yeah right Old Jack! - yet another shifty eh? So much you don't know because you think you know.
John 17:22 The glory61 you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one
Now old Jack is teaching Jesus gave the disciples Gods divine nature.
If this was not so serious, it would be comical.
Why don't you do us all a favour Old Jack and simply say "I don't know what I am talking about but I am prepared to shut up and listen"
Harsh but true.
Thank you again for your response!
I thought that our God-man Jesus might strike a nerve, ie, our Lord Jesus plays hardball at times - I'm just a worthless clay vessel of our Lord.
Let's take another look at
Jn.17:22 as I'm not ony 'correctable,' but 'refuteable.'
Jn.17:22 The purpose that the God-man Jesus has in making this gift is now added:
"in order that they may be one even as we are one." The gift of the divine glory unites us in one body, great! How/s this sound to you so far? :) We, of whom the God-man Jesus says in
v.19, "that also they be in us," are by this made one in the divine glory that thus comes to us, ie, GREAT! :)
When the three
kathws "even as," vs. 11, 21, and now
v.23, are grammatically and contextually placed side by side, each sheds light on the other, ie, all Greek to me, however sounds GREAT! The last adds the predicate which is left out in the other two: "even as we are
one." How's it feel to be a part of the "1"? In this restatement of the
oneness of believers, we must not forget the
written Word, correct? This
Word mediates the indwelling of the God-man Jesus
within us and thus the reception of His glory in us, and thus the
oneness that results.
When the God-man Jesus says,
"even as we are one," His human nature must not be left out, correct? This is the nature that received the divine glory, received it for our sakes in order that we might be partakers of it through
His God-man indwelling.
Again through His human nature in which all the God-head dwells bodily (Col.2:9) Jesus is our Savior; and all His saving gifts come to us through this nature, here in particular the gift of His glory.
Old Jack, refuteable at any point. :)