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1 | God is not the author of evil. | Job | Mommapbs | 99065 | ||
John Reformed, in referencing Matt 23:37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.", you wrote: "Jesus is the one doing the speaking. I believe He is speaking from the weakness of His human nature . . . Everything which He did was in obedience to His Father's will. When He took upon Himself flesh, He also laid aside many of the perogatives that being God the Son entailed." Matt 19:26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Are you saying all things were not possible (He couldn't gather His people) because Jesus was in the flesh? What were the perogatives of God that Jesus "laid aside?" Please explain this. Thanks mommapbs |
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2 | God is not the author of evil. | Job | John Reformed | 99067 | ||
Dear Mommapbs, Let me see If I can explain my thoughts more clearly. As a man Jesus laid aside many of the attributes He has as God the Son. In His incarnation He was subject to fatigue, pain, hunger thirst etc. He also experienced fear and anguish. Mark 14:36 And He was saying, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will." My point is that the fact that Jesus was prevented from gathering the people of Jerusalem into His protection is a poor arguement against God's soveriegn rule over all things. The incarnate Christ also laid aside His omniscience. As a child He had to learn to speak and read and how to behave. As an adult He did not know the day or the hour of His return; Only the Father knew that. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost are 3 persons and as such have different offices, yet are of the same essense. One God! When God the Son took on human flesh, He laid aside those riches for a time. He became poor. He was God and man at the same time but there was no mingling or mixture of the human nature with the nature of the Diety. Does this help or hurt. It is a very complex topic. Hopefully, someone wiser than me will chip in. John |
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3 | God is not the author of evil. | Job | Mommapbs | 99121 | ||
Greetings John - you wrote: "My point is that the fact that Jesus was prevented from gathering the people of Jerusalem into His protection is a poor arguement against God's soveriegn rule over all things." I am not argung against God's sovereign rule. As I read that verse, I do not see the inability of God and especially I do not see His unwillingness. I also do not believe He was unable due to the limitations He was subject to as Incarnate. The reason He "could not" was due to the unwillingness of man to surrender to the will of God. Jesus COULD have gathered His people, but THEY WOULD NOT. This does not diminish my understanding of God's sovereign rule, but reveals His permissive will. He loves us even when we don't love Him. He died for all, which in my understanding includes even those who reject Him (past, present and future). He is still IN CONTROL when we refuse to submit to His authority. I believe that when God created man in His image, that necessitated a free will. Yet our choices are not always Godly and we must suffer the consequences of those that are not. It is God's will that mankind have a free will . . . therefore, God's sovereignty triumphs again. You wrote: "He was God and man at the same time but there was no mingling or mixture of the human nature with the nature of the Diety." Please explain what you mean here. mommapbs |
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4 | God is not the author of evil. | Job | Morant61 | 99132 | ||
Greetings Mommapbs! Excellent observation! The verse does not say, "How often would I...but I could not". It says, "How often would I...but you would not". Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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