Jesus himself calls God his God in Matt. 27:46;
John 20:17. Eph 1:17 says in so many words: "the God of our Lord Jesus Christ." For Jesus in his human nature God is his God, and for Jesus in his deity God is his Father; his God since the incarnation, his Father from all eternity. But let us not fail to note "
our Lord," which connects us with Christ and through him with God (Lenski 1937/1963:814-815).
OzSpen I'm glad you said this, let's eliminate this "MY GOD" thing once in for all. scripture, Revelation 3:12 "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of
my God, and he shall go no more out: and
I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of
my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven
from my God: and I will write upon him
my new name".
ok OZ, the Lord jesus said, "I will write upon him the name of
my God". who is he speaking of here? answer HIMSELF, listen "I will write upon him
my new name". see it, the MY is possession, and as you tried to explain, "the genitive 'of our Lord Jesus Christ' obviously belongs to God as much as to Father". that's a LIE. "OF" translates the genitive case of nouns, Of these the subjective and objective are mentioned here, which need careful distinction, my source Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.
just what do this means? the Lord jesus Christ is objective, the Spirit is subjective, meaning that the body "OF" flesh and blood belongs to the Spirit, and the Nature "OF" the Spirit belongs to that Flesh and blood man.
conclusion, MY is possession. and the preposition "of" translate that possession of the two. that's the reason why Zechariah 13:7 states, "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against
the man that is
my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones".
that word "FELLOW" here is the Hebrew word,
H5997 עָמִית `amiyth (aw-meeth') n-m.
1. companionship.
2. (hence,
concretely) a comrade or
kindred man.
[from a primitive root meaning to associate]
KJV:
another, fellow, neighbour.
see definition #2. concretely, a kindred man, the KINSMAN REDEEMER. to make it simple, GOD "shared IN FLESH AS A MAN just as Philippians 2:6 & 7 states. "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God". (this is the Subjective, "
OF" the Lord Jesus Christ)) Philippians 2:7 "But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men"(this is the Objective "
OF" the Spirit).
so when the Lord Jesus says MY "GOD" he's saying MY SPIRIT". and when the SPIRIT says MY "SON" he;s saying MY FLESH.
thanks there wizard "OF" Oz. this is why, and how, I know this, because diversity Oneness started with the prepositions "of".
so Oz you have two Gods, and that polytheistic. you think Unitarian ..... (smile), which is a false doctrine. you violate scripture, Deuteronomy 5:7 "Thou shalt have none other gods before me". and let's get the "God" also. Isaiah 43:10 "Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was
no God formed,
neither shall there be after me." Isaiah 44:8 "Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses.
Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any". if almighty God don't know any why should you?.
this is what destroyed you Oz, when you said, "Jesus himself calls God his God in Matt. 27:46; John 20:17. Eph 1:17 says in so many words", LOL....LOL, his God is HIM, diversified/shared in flesh.. How ignorant are you.
an open challenge to any who can prove what I have posted to be false. the floor is open.