Terry -- you are making a good point. Just about everyone I know sees Isa 9:6 as a prophecy of Christ. Look at those terms -- Almighty God, Everlsting Father, Wonderful Counselor and Prince of Peace.
Jd
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From: Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:09:51 -0500
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Apologetic for the eternal sonship of Christ
Judy Taylor wrote:
If I am all wet, somebody explain to me what I am missing.
Terry
Anyone who claims to fully understand the Godhead is a couple of bricks short of a load, but as everyone does, I have an opinion, or better stated, a question. It is this. Why can we all readily agree that the Holy Spirit can reside in millions of believers all over the world, but that God, the Father, is limited to being on the throne in Heaven. Since the Bible itself proclaims that both are Spirits, cannot they both be in many places at once? Let me even stretch that a bit. Can the Spirit of the Father not be the Holy Spirit and at the same time be God the Father AND Jesus, the Christ? It seems to me that if our God is one God, and yet is plural, that this is how it must be. God can reside in me and in some Christian in China or Russia and still be the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. I am in Christ and Christ is in me and at the same time I am filled with the Holy Spirit. Anything short of that would be to set limits on the power of God.On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:10:26 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:It does not appear that we are talking about just the eternal Sonship of Christ -- but something that is bigger and even more important. Judy, please be careful, here, that in your zeal to disagree with me that you are not misrepresenting your own beliefs.jt: I agree with the statement above JDMy belief is that our disagreement most likely goes all the way back to the council of Nicea in May 325AD where they eventually agreed to redefine God using a Greek word that is totally unscriptural - For this reason they had problems getting complete agreement - but the "Berean" bishops finally caved.This word "homoousion" or substance in the Nicean creed states that the son is one substance with the Father and the Spirit is the same substance also from where they get the procession. Since God is a Spirit this makes no sense at all; what is it supposed to mean? Maybe DavidM would be better able to explain it with his background in biology but it makes no sense to me at all.============================================================================
If I am all wet, somebody explain to me what I am missing.
Terry
