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1 | Could Jesus sin? | Col 2:9 | Morant61 | 181439 | ||
Greetings Edwin! I have been trying to follow you discussion with Kalos, but I may have missed something. :-) I understand that different people have different understandings about the question of whether or not Jesus could have sinned. However, I am concerned about the direction you are going to explain the Trinity and the incarnation. You wrote in your last post, "My use of the word "Name", is as above, a description of a person, however, I still await your explanation of how it is that out of the mouth of one person there can come a claim to Deity (Which I accept), and a claim not to be (which I also accept)" Where exactly did Christ claim not to be God? While the Trinity and the incarnation are difficult concepts for us to grasp, any attempt to explain them that makes Jesus less than God at any time does not do justice to Scripture. Are you claiming that Jesus was not God during the incarnation and that He was simply a man indwelt by the Father? If so, this is a dangerous direction to take my friend. I look forward to your response. Have a Merry Christmas! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Could Jesus sin? | Col 2:9 | ebrain | 181440 | ||
Hi Tim. Please explain to me just what your understanding of John 5:30. is, and I will take it from there. Jhn 5:30 "I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me. |
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3 | Could Jesus sin? | Col 2:9 | Morant61 | 181444 | ||
Greetings Edwin! Quite simple my friend, during the incarnation Jesus voluntarily took a subordinate position to the Father. However, never did He cease to be fully God. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Could Jesus sin? | Col 2:9 | ebrain | 181452 | ||
Greetings Tim. I have never said that Jesus ceased to be fully God, only that He has two natures, one which is Divine, and one which is human. Perhaps what follows will help you to understand. When Jesus came to earth some 2000 years ago, He not only came to offer Himself as a sinless sacrifice to pay for our sins, and thus enable God to forgive as many as will accept this fact. but also to demonstrate by His life just how we humans were, and are intended by our Father God to behave towards He who made us in His own image. By His life, I mean the attitude of (Not My will, but thine be done) that Jesus continually adopted towards His Father, thus enabling the Father who indwelt the Son, see Jhn 14:10 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. The Father communicates Himself through the body of the man Jesus to all people with whom He came into contact at that time, and through Scripture now to us. This is the reason why you, if you are a Christian are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, in order that you might allow the other resident within yourself to have right of way in your life, and to do just what He wants to do in and through you. Remember Jesus said, "He who has seen me has seen the Father", Jhn 14:7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him." not that the Father is a human being, Jesus is here referring to conduct and behavior, what He the Father did, and what He said, see Jhn 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son,* who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. Jesus also said, Jhn 15:3 "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Jhn 15:4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. Jhn 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. Note "without Me you can do nothing" Why do you suppose that Paul said Gal 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Phl 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain Col 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which* is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Gal 4:19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, There is only one person in this whole universe who can live the Christian life to perfection,,, that person lives inside you, and that's why Jesus said what He said at, John 5:19. John 5:30, John 11:41b - 42, John 14:7-10. Ask Him in prayer, why He did things this way, and He will tell you as He told me many years ago, "Because it's the only way you can do it". Have an enjoyable holiday. Edwin. |
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5 | Could Jesus sin? | Col 2:9 | Morant61 | 181456 | ||
Greetings Edwin! Thanks for the clarification! I was afraid that you might be heading in the direction that Jesus was just a man who was indwelt by the Father. :-) I can agree with what you wrote! Have a Merry Christmas my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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