michael douglas wrote:
DAVEH: Again Michael, you adroitly avoid answering any of my questions. I find that rather interesting. Do you wish to have a discussion, or are you just setting me up to knock me down?michael douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:michael douglas wrote:
DAVEH: Do Protestants use the term "exalted" in relation to God? If so, how do you understand it?DAVEH: It doesn't. What it suggests is that Jesus' Father was not a nebulous spirit without form or body.
".......he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;......" Jn 14:9 Where in this verse does it say that The Father is an exalted man?Michael D: What makes you think that spirits are nebulous Dave H?
Let me ask you a question, Michael.....do you believe Jesus' Father was exalted being at the time Jesus spoke this, or do you believe he was (is) a spirit without a body or form?
Michael D: you have to explain to me what you mean by exalted before I can answer this.
From my LDS perspective, exaltation infers a lot. To simplify it though, it refers to those resurrected people who reach the highest kingdom (Celestial) of heaven.
Michael D: Am I then to understand that LDS teach that the Father is a resurrected man who has reached the highest kingdom, and therefore is exalted?
Due to a quote by one of our latter-day prophets (As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become.), your above question is the way many LDS folks believe. But I don't think it is official LDS doctrine, that can be explicitly found in Scripture.
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