Re: Fw: [TruthTalk] Christ - incarnate God (Judy)

[Lance Muir]

Do you mean, Judy, that he left behind his deity when he was on earth, that he was not God while on earth? In that case, how was he different from any other human being indwelt by the Spirit? And how could the sacrifice of such a one avail for the whole human race, let alone the whole cosmos? It is God alone who saves, is it not?     ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Taylor To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: January 13, 2006 12:32 Subject: Re: Fw: [TruthTalk] Christ - incarnate God (Judy)     On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:09:38 -0500 "Lance Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm puzzled by your _expression_, Judy 'what about Jesus made Him divine'. It is not as if he were a man to whom a special endowment were added or superimposed, 'making' him God. He is divine because he is God the Son who has existed from eternity, of one nature with the Father and Spirit, come AS A human being.   He is God the Word from eternity; there is no mention of the second member of the Godhead being a son until the day he was begotten (Ps 2:7, Heb 1:5; 3:5, 6; 2 Pet 1:17, 18).  Then there is the fact that he is also the son of man. His existence from eternity has been The Promise.   Your question is like asking what makes God God. He ain't Clark Kent, Judy who needs only to remove his robe thus revealing his Superman garb.     No he layed aside his superman garb and emptied himself as per Phil 2 .... ATST he was holy and separate from sinners... So you believe he walked as God and was as much God on earth as he was in heaven Lance?  From: Judy Taylor   Dean and Lance, What exactly was it about jesus that made him divine? Since you say you know what it was not - can you now tell me what it is? judyt   On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:40:21 -0500 "Dean Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:               Lance wrote:               It was not the Holy Spirit "in" Jesus that made him divine, if it were then all believers would be equally divine.   Yes; this is what I thought to myself also when I read Judy's post about that.   D cd: Lance and Debbie- what bearing do you view Jesus having that spirit "without measure" have on you statement? Albert Barns wrote: Joh 3:34 - Whom God hath sent - The Messiah. Speaketh the words of God - The truth, or commands of God. For God giveth not the Spirit - The Spirit of God. Though Jesus was God as well as man, yet, as Mediator, God anointed him, or endowed him with the influences of his Spirit, so as to be completely qualified for his great work. By measure - Not in a small degree, but fully, completely. The prophets were inspired on particular occasions to deliver special messages. The Messiah was continually filled with the Spirit of God. "The Spirit dwelt in him, not as a vessel, but as in a fountain, as in a bottomless ocean (Henry).