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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:01
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Subject: Re: Re: [TruthTalk] Christ as
the incarnate God
cd: I believe the difficulties arise from you misconception that I am
disagree with John's statements-I am not. I am/was attempting to add to what
John had written-Giving him my point of view so to speak-for what that is
worth :-)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: 1/5/2006 11:23:46 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [TruthTalk] Christ as
the incarnate God
Hi Dean. I moved your post up in
its entirety below. The question I am having difficulties
answering in regards to your statements is how exactly you see yourself
differing with John. I am having difficulty in understanding your point of
contention. I very much affirm everything John sets forth in his six points
(see below), with a possible exception over the wording in his fourth
point, where I would want to state that "only begotten" is a term which
can mean "only unique," and therefore has a range of meaning
which may encompass more than being only a reference to the birth or
appointment of Christ. Other than that I think his points are
relevant, valid, and very well-stated.
But then when I read your post, I find myself
in much agreement with you, not seeing anything there to cause me great
concern. And so I am wondering what exactly your problem is with John's
points. To help add some clarity to my confusion, would you please attempt a
second go at this one, this time with a special aim toward being more
specific? It will be very much
appreciated.
Thanks,
Bill
cd:Also consider these words of Jesus
I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the ending, saith the
Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Rev
1:8)
...I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last...(Rev
1:11)
I am he that liveth, and was dead;.. (Rev1:18)
John we are finite in our thinking. The day ends-the week ends-as does
years. We cannot even conceive what eternity is-as time without end-I can
only solve this by a comparison of eternity to a circle.. How about a
universe that has no end-goes on forever and ever and if it does end what
is there at that end? A wall? And what is on the other side of
that wall or is the dept of that wall non ending?So it is hard for me
to think of one being who are three-but if I consider my self more
then one my understand is also more. I am made up of body, soul, and
spirit-this is how I am created in the image of one who is a spirit, who
came in the body and has /is a eternal soul. Three parts of the whole. Take
a whole pie , cut it into three equal slices and taste each slice. How are
they different? They taste, look ,and smell the same but are different
slices-yet they are the same. That being said I simple view Christ as
God(ie." I and the father are one")-problem solved-for me. You on the other
hand are a d ifferently matter entirely:-) So here is another type of
similar theory/thinking.
John Wesley wrote:
Joh 10:30 - I and the Father are one - Not by consent of will only,
but by unity of power, and consequently of nature. Are - This word confutes
Sabellius, proving the plurality of persons: one - This word confutes Arius,
proving the unity of nature in God. Never did any prophet before, from the
beginning of the world, use any one _expression_ of himself, which could
possibly be so interpreted as this and other expressions were, by all that
heard our Lord speak. Therefore if he was not God he must have been the
vilest of men.
Adam Clark wrote:
Joh 10:30 - I and my Father are one -
If Jesus Christ were not God, could he have said these words
without being guilty of blasphemy? It is worthy of remark that Christ does
not say, I and My Father, which my our translation very improperly supplies,
and which in this place would have conveyed a widely different meaning: for
then it would imply that the human nature of Christ, of which alone, I
conceive, God is ever said to be the Father in Scripture, was equal to the
Most High: but he says, speaking then as God over all, I and The Father,
e?? ?a? ??
pat?? e?? esµe? - the Creator of all things, the Judge
of all men, the Father of the spirits of all flesh - are One, One in nature,
One in all the attributes of Godhead, and One in all the operations of those
attributes: and so it is evident the Jews understood him. See
Joh_17:11,
Joh_17:22.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006
10:39 AM
Subject: FW: Re: [TruthTalk] Christ
as the incarnate God
Dean Moore
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: 1/5/2006 12:18:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Christ as
the incarnate God
----- Original Message -----
Sent: 1/5/2006 9:48:58 AM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Christ
as the incarnate God
1. Matt 1:23 gives us the word "Immanuel" as a name for
Jesus. Most significantly, the Apostle Matthew gives us the
meaning of this word, an apostolic definition, if you
will ----------- God with us. This
single sentence should end the controversry, but, of course, people
will choose to follow their bias.
2. Secondly, Col 1:19-20 tells us that Christ
reconciled all thing UNTO HIMSELF. If Christ were only the
representative of God, there would be no value in having drawn
all thing, on the earth and in the heaves unto Himself. This
passage makes sense only as one admits to the deity of the incarnate
Christ -- we should not forget that the act of reconciliation
was performed in the body of His flesh.
3. John 17:5 establishes the fact that the Son shared the
glory of the Father before the foundations of the
world, estalishing His evternity as the Son.
4. In view of the fact that "Only begotten" is a term that
actually means "only unique" and has nothing to do with the birth or
appointment of Christ, there is no biblical hint that Christ
became the Son of God. He is, therefore, the eternal
Son, never becoming -- always being.
5. John - chapter one - teaches us that the Logos and the
Jesus, the Son, are one and the same: "He was in the world
(incarnation !!) and the world was made by Him and the world did not
know Him."
6. Matt 16:16 has Peter confessing that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of the living God," a wonderful statement that
looses its vaule if it means "thou are the Christ , the Holy
Representative of the living God."
Hoping to help.
jd
cd:Also consider these words of Jesus
I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the
Almighty. (Rev 1:8)
...I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last...(Rev
1:11)
I am he that liveth, and was dead;.. (Rev1:18)
John we are finite in our thinking. The day ends-the week ends-as
does years. We cannot even conceive what eternity is-as time without
end-I can only solve this by a comparison of eternity to a circle..
How about a universe that has no end-goes on forever and ever and if
it does end what is there at that end? A wall? And what is
on the other side of that wall or is the dept of that wall non
ending?So it is hard for me to think of one being who are
three-but if I consider my self more then one my understand
is also more. I am made up of body, soul, and spirit-this is how I am
created in the image of one who is a spirit, who came in the body and
has /is a eternal soul. Three parts of the whole. Take a whole pie ,
cut it into three equal slices and taste each slice. How are they
different? They taste, look ,and smell the same but are different
slices-yet they are the same. That being said I simple view Christ as
God(ie." I and the father are one")-problem solved-for me. You on the
other hand are a d ifferently matter entirely:-) So here is another
type of similar theory/thinking.
John Wesley wrote:
Joh 10:30 - I and the Father are one - Not by consent of will
only, but by unity of power, and consequently of nature. Are - This
word confutes Sabellius, proving the plurality of persons: one - This
word confutes Arius, proving the unity of nature in God. Never did any
prophet before, from the beginning of the world, use any one
_expression_ of himself, which could possibly be so interpreted as this
and other expressions were, by all that heard our Lord speak.
Therefore if he was not God he must have been the vilest of men.
Adam Clark wrote:
Joh 10:30 - I and my Father are one -
If Jesus Christ were not God, could he have said these words
without being guilty of blasphemy? It is worthy of remark that Christ
does not say, I and My Father, which my our translation very
improperly supplies, and which in this place would have conveyed a
widely different meaning: for then it would imply that the human
nature of Christ, of which alone, I conceive, God is ever said to be
the Father in Scripture, was equal to the Most High: but he says,
speaking then as God over all, I and The Father, e?? ?a? ?? pat?? e??
esµe? - the Creator of all things, the Judge of
all men, the Father of the spirits of all flesh - are One, One in
nature, One in all the attributes of Godhead, and One in all the
operations of those attributes: and so it is evident the Jews
understood him. See Joh_17:11, Joh_17:22.
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