[TruthTalk] Mormon doctrine

[Judy Taylor]

David, I am speaking post DBR; in the book of Acts and in the Epistles we do not find the great emphasis on the "incarnation" that we are hearing in some circules today. The apostle Paul preached the cross and spoke to Festus of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come (Acts 24:25) until Felix trembled and put off dealing with it until later.  Why didn't Paul speak to him of "incarnational ontology" so that he would feel better and not be so upset? judyt   Judy wrote: > In the meantime though I would like to ask why > you and some of the others on TT put so much > emphasis on the "incarnation" when Paul and the > apostles preached the "cross"?  Does this disparity > not ever bother you? Why didn't they go about everwhere > preaching the "incarnaton?"   Judy, the cross and the incarnation is related to each other.  The reason they did not preach the incarnation per se was because the incarnation of God was right there among them.  Furthermore, even now, I do not PREACH the incarnation.  I preach Christ.  However, I might TEACH about the incarnation to help our understanding of what made Jesus unique.   The apostle John wrote:   John 1:14 (14) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.   This is the incarnation, Judy.  The Word was made flesh.   John also wrote the following:   1 John 4:2 (2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:   Do you confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh?  If so, then you too believe in the Incarnation.   David Miller.   ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man."  (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org   If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed.  If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.