Terry, how many spirits do you think God has?
Perry
From: Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Apologetic for the eternal sonship of Christ
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:09:51 -0500
Judy Taylor wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:10:26 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 JD
My 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.
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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.
If I am all wet, somebody explain to me what I am missing.
Terry
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