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1 | Is the UPC a Christian Church? | Matt 24:11 | Makarios | 142763 | ||
Greetings Jcsav, You are correct: It is not the Father who became flesh, but the Son, Jesus. Jesus and the Father are different Persons in the Tri-unity of the Godhead. Romans 8:3 "For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh," John 6:53 "So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves." Romans 1:3 "concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh," Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | Is the UPC a Christian Church? | Matt 24:11 | jcsav | 142845 | ||
Do I understand you correctly. The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God. The are three different Persons by not three different Gods. So, can anyone of them be God without the other two? Are is when I say "God" I mean either one of them or all of them together? | ||||||
3 | Is the UPC a Christian Church? | Matt 24:11 | Makarios | 142901 | ||
Greetings again Jcsav, In the NASB, Matthew 28:19 reads: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." It is highly revealing that the word "name" is singular in the Greek, indicating that there is one God, but there are three distinct Persons within the Godhead- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus does not say, "into the names [plural] of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," or what is its virtual equivalent: "into the name of the Father, and into the name of the Son, and into the name of the Holy Spirit," as if we had to deal with three separate Beings. Nor does He say, "into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," (omitting the three recurring articles), as if "the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" might be taken as merely three designations of a single person. What He does say is this: "into the name [singular] of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," first asserting the unity of the three by combining them all within the bounds of the single Name, and then throwing into emphasis the distinctness of each by introducing them in turn with the repeated article. Very clearly, then, scripture affirms that there is one God, but within the unity of the Godhead, there are three coequal and coeternal Persons- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Most Christians today acknowledge that the term "person" is an imperfect expression of what the Bible communicates. Certainly, in God there are not three separate individuals such as Peter, John, and Matthew who have different characteristics, but only personal self-distinctions within the Godhead. In applying the term "person" to God, the word is used in a distinctive sense from its normal use in relation to human beings. Though each member of the Godhead manifests the qualities of personality, such as intellect, sensibility, and will, they do not act independently as three separate human beings would act. Nevertheless, the Persons involved in the Tri-unity of God are expressed in scripture as "I," "Thou," "He," and they address each other as individuals and manifest their individuality in some personal acts. Hence, the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit are "persons" in the sense that each has the personal attributes of mind, emotions, and will, and each of the three is aware of the others, speaks to the others, and carries on a loving relationship with the others. If you find this difficult to comprehend, you are in good company. One day, Augustine was walking along the beach when he saw a young boy with a bucket, running back and forth to pour water into a little hole. Augustine asked, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I'm trying to put the ocean into this hole." Augustine smiled, recognizing the utter futility of what the boy was attempting to do. After pondering the boy's words for a few moments, however, Augustine came to a sudden realization. He realized that he had been trying to put an infinite God into his finite mind. It can't be done. We can accept God's revelation to us that He is triune in nature and that He has infinite perfections. But with our finite minds we cannot fully understand everything about God. Our God is an awesome God! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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4 | Is the UPC a Christian Church? | Matt 24:11 | jcsav | 142903 | ||
No I understand you perfectly. But you still haven't answered by Question. If the Father was not made flesh. Then Jesus could not have fully been God. If he need the Father and the Holy Ghost to Be God. And If he Didn't then why can't I call God by His Name "Jesus"? | ||||||
5 | Is the UPC a Christian Church? | Matt 24:11 | Makarios | 142976 | ||
Greetings Jcsav, You ask: "If the Father was not made flesh. Then Jesus could not have fully been God. If he need the Father and the Holy Ghost to Be God. And If he Didn't then why can't I call God by His Name "Jesus"? If I understand your syntax correctly, you ask: 'How can Jesus be God when neither the Father nor the Spirit were made flesh?' I hope that I am correct in interpreting your Question, and I will proceed on that basis. The Father never became fully man like Jesus did. In fact, the Father sent the Son (Jesus) to be made flesh (John 3:16-17; Daniel 7:13-14). Only Jesus became fully man, and was fully man and fully God at the same time (Colossians 2:9). Hebrews 2:14-15 gives us the reason that Jesus had to become a man. To deny that Jesus was not God because He became a man is to put oneself outside the pale of orthodoxy (see 1 John 4:2,3) and into heresy. There are innumerable passages in the New Testament that confirm Christ's full humanity, but scripture also is clear that Jesus never surrendered any aspect of His deity when He became fully man. In no way was Jesus "less than" God because of the Incarnation. Also, Jesus was the ONLY Person of the Godhead that experienced full humanity. God the Father was not required to become fully man and neither did the Holy Spirit have to become fully man for Jesus to become fully man, as He did. Nowhere in scripture does it say that God the Father and God the Holy Spirit were ever required to become, or ever became, fully human Themselves. And scripture does not say that Jesus was not fully God while He walked on earth in human form. I pray that this helps, Makarios |
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6 | Is the UPC a Christian Church? | Matt 24:11 | jcsav | 143047 | ||
You stated the Jesus was the Only Person of the Godhead that experienced full humanity.Do that mean that the others have experience humanity to some degree? And if the son is not the Godhead, along, then why do the Scriptures say that In Him dwellth all the fullness of the Godhead, bodily? Do you see bodily meaning something other than the Physical body of Christ? | ||||||