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1 | Do you yet say that Jesus was just a man | John 9:24 | Reformer Joe | 55091 | ||
The Bible shows that Jesus became a real man (and still is one), but also shows that He is God: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being." --John 1:1-3 The Word was with God and the Word WAS God. All things came into being through Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus Christ nothing came into being that has come into being. If Jesus is created, that means that Jesus came into being. If nothing at all came into being without Jesus Christ, then He preceded and played an active part in His own creation. I think that wins the prize for the most logically impossible statement to date on Study Bible Forum! --Joe! |
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2 | Jesus, all God/all Man | John 9:24 | retxar | 55104 | ||
Joe, I agree with all you are saying here, but I do have one question. I believe and know that Jesus is all God and all man as you have said. But did He BECOME all man/all God or has He always been all man/all God? If He was not all man/all God from eternity, did He merely take on the appearance of a man with His OT appearances, rather than being “God in the flesh” as His NT appearance? Also, I have always had a problem of fully grasping the term “begotten”. Does this mean that Jesus became all man/all God rather than being all man/all God or does it simply mean He was born as an act of God the Holy Spirit? Oops! I said one question, I guess I meant three! Thanks retxar |
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3 | Jesus, all God/all Man | John 9:24 | Reformer Joe | 55109 | ||
Rextar: You wrote: "Oops! I said one question, I guess I meant three!" Happens to me all the time... :) God the Son has always been God (John 1:1-3), but then He BECAME flesh (John 1:14). Therefore, before the conception of Mary, Christ had one nature, the divine one. This divine nature has all the attributes of God and is uncreated. Christ's human nature before His resurrection was everything that ours is, with the exception of sin (Hebrews 4:15). His human nature was created, suffered, hungered, thirsted, got tired. In short, Jesus experienced in His innocence everything that we do. Therefore, the church has held that Jesus Christ took on a second nature at a specific point in history. These two natures exist together in one person, but are not mixed in any way. You can read the classical Protestant understanding of the Incarnation and the two natures of Christ in Articles 18 and 19 of the Belgic Confession. It is really a beautiful and adoring profession of what the Bible teaches about our Redeemer: http://www.reformed.org/documents/BelgicConfession.html#Article 18 --Joe! |
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