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1 | Did John really baptise Jesus?? | Bible general Archive 4 | BradK | 223574 | ||
Hello lightedsteps, Allow my brief but direct response. With all due respect, I missed nothing. You apparently did not read what I posted? Your theology has many gaps in it- from Bibliology to (now) the Person and Work of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is not up to me to get you to "see the light":-( I do have an understanding of the nature of our Lord Jesus Christ- one that is in line with Orthodoxy! Are you familiar with the Nicene Creed or to what the Hypostatic Union means? Have you studied these? You state, "You seemed to have missed the point, Jesus was totally, Man, and totally God. This means Jesus had two diametrically opposed natures, the nature of man, (sin nature) and the Nature of God, Divine nature. This would mean that no matter how depraved the nature of man might be, the Divine nature of God is greater, thereby able to overcome any temptation to sin." Wrong. The is called Nestorianism and it is a heresy! Nestorianism is the error that Jesus is two distinct persons. The council of Ephesus was convened in 431 to address the issue and pronounced that Jesus was one person in two distinct and inseparable natures: divine and human. AS CARM notes: "The problem with Nestorianism is that it threatens the atonement. If Jesus is two persons, then which one died on the cross? If it was the "human person" then the atonement is not of divine quality and thereby insufficient to cleanse us of our sins." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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2 | Did John really baptise Jesus?? | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 223577 | ||
Dear Brad My statement "Jesus was totally, Man, and totally God." "This means Jesus had two diametrically opposed natures, the nature of man, (sin nature) and the Nature of God, Divine nature." Your statement Nestorianism is the error that Jesus is two distinct persons. Jesus was one person in two distinct and inseparable natures: divine and human. Please forgive the oversight, it was the only way I could think of wording "MY" thoughts, I assumed when I said natures, you would understand. Does this work for you? What we see in looking at Jesus, are two distinct natures in one person, human and divine, both of these natures becoming inseparable. Jesus will be fully God, and fully human for all eternity. In Jesus, His human and divine natures are not intermixed, or mingled, they are and have been united, but without losing either of these separate identities. Again in my words, Jesus had two distinct natures, but the sin nature of man was swallowed up in life, ie, the Divine nature of God. Just as it is with us, upon our becoming regenerated. The divine nature is always, and in all cases dominant over the sin nature of man, as it is now in our mortal bodies. Sorry for the misunderstanding, I'm not a theologian, and I may not put things into the correct order. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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3 | Did John really baptise Jesus?? | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 223578 | ||
What has happened? "This thread has been temporarily restricted from appearing on the homepage. If you submit a question, answer, or note to this thread, it will be processed and added to the thread, but will not appear on the homepage." It was not my intention for the discussion to become controversial, but seeing it apparently has, with all respect for our gracious host, the Lockman Foundation, this will be my last post on the matter. Grace be unto you all lightedsteps |
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