Re: [TruthTalk] Apologetic for the eternal sonship of Christ

[Debbie Sawczak]

There are two answers to this. One is just to say that "eternal" can be used in two ways, or has two meanings, one of which is "endless". In fact, alternatives such as "everlasting" or "without end" are often used to describe the life we have.   Another answer is to say that the "eternal life" we have really is without beginning, because it is not our own but Christ's. It is given to us from a source outside ourselves, so it has a beginning in us in the sense that until it is given to us, we don't have it. You could think of passing a flame from one candle to another. The flame begins to burn on the second candle, but it existed before that on the first candle.   Does that make sense? What do the rest of you say about the eternal life we have? Teach me.   Debbie    ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Hansen To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Apologetic for the eternal sonship of Christ DAVEH:  Then it seems that something can have both a beginning and be eternal as well. Lance Muir wrote: Can I have eternal life? Yes Have I always had eternal life? No Life began with the Word of God. It is sustained by God. Life, apart from God, has no intrinsic eternality (?)     From: Dave To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: July 05, 2005 14:14 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Apologetic for the eternal sonship of Christ DAVEH:  I think another TTer mentioned (Izzy below) eternal life.   Do you believe you can have eternal life, Lance?  Have you always had eternal life, or does it begin at some point and then last forever thereafter? Lance Muir wrote: Give us an example, DaveH. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: July 05, 2005 12:24 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Apologetic for the eternal sonship of Christ DAVEH:  ???  Cannot one who is eternal have a beginning? Debbie Sawczak wrote: And by "not eternal", we mean "having a beginning". We agree our life in Christ has no end.   Debbie   > True, but you think He lied when He said we will have eternal life? iz > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.