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181 | God can't die or look on sin! | Matt 27:46 | CDBJ | 225423 | ||
Hi Again FM, It looks as though I found the answer to my own question by reading further on the internet! CDBJ Answer: The hypostatic union is the term used to describe how God the Son, Jesus Christ, took on a human nature, yet remained fully God at the same time. Jesus always had been God (John 8:58, 10:30), but at the incarnation Jesus became a human being (John 1:14). The addition of the human nature to the divine nature is Jesus, the God-man. This is the hypostatic union, Jesus Christ, one Person, fully God and fully man. Jesus' two natures, human and divine, are inseparable. Jesus will forever be the God-man, fully God and fully human, two distinct natures in one Person. Jesus' humanity and divinity are not mixed, but are united without loss of separate identity. Jesus sometimes operated with the limitations of humanity (John 4:6, 19:28) and other times in the power of His deity (John 11:43; Matthew 14:18-21). In both, Jesus' actions were from His one Person. Jesus had two natures, but only one personality. The doctrine of the hypostatic union is an attempt to explain how Jesus could be both God and man at the same time. It is ultimately, though, a doctrine we are incapable of fully understanding. It is impossible for us to fully understand how God works. We, as human beings with finite minds, should not expect to totally comprehend an infinite God. Jesus is God’s Son in that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:35). But that does not mean Jesus did not exist before He was conceived. Jesus has always existed (John 8:58, 10:30). When Jesus was conceived, He became a human being in addition to being God (John 1:1, 14). Jesus is both God and man. Jesus has always been God, but He did not become a human being until He was conceived in Mary. Jesus became a human being in order to identify with us in our struggles (Hebrews 2:17) and, more importantly, so that He could die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins (Philippians 2:5-11). In summary, the hypostatic union teaches that Jesus is both fully human and fully divine, that there is no mixture or dilution of either nature, and that He is one united Person, forever. Recommended Resource: The Moody Handbook of Theology by Paul Enns. |
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182 | God can't die or look on sin! | Matt 27:46 | CDBJ | 225422 | ||
Greetings FM and welcome back to the forum. I would guess it depends largely on which camp one’s concept of the hypostasis resides. I’m not even sure that my thoughts on the subject would totally fit entirely in any of the sections that I’ve listed but I would say the Apollinaris view would likely be the closes therefore causing the problem in my previous post. 2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. The words (made him) in the previous verse would argue against The Apollinaris view of the hypostasis since deity can’t be made sin, as it were. Example from Wikipedia Apollinaris of Laodicea was the first to use the term hypostasis in trying to understand the Incarnation. Apollinaris described the union of the divine and human in Christ as being of a single nature and having a single essence - a single hypostasis. The Nestorian Theodore of Mopsuestia went in the other direction, arguing that in Christ there were two natures (dyophysite) (human and divine) and two hypostases (in the sense of "essence" or "person") that co-existed. The Chalcedonian Creed agreed with Theodore that there were two natures in the Incarnation. However, the Council of Chalcedon also insisted that hypostasis be used as it was in the Trinitarian definition: to indicate the person and not the nature as with Apollinarius. Thus, the Council declared that in Christ there are two natures; each retaining its own properties, and together united in one subsistence and in one single person As the precise nature of this union is held to defy finite human comprehension, the hypostatic union is also referred to by the alternative term "mystical union." The Oriental Orthodox Churches, having rejected the Chalcedonian Creed, were known as Monophysites because they would only accept a definition that characterized the incarnate Son as having one nature. The Chalcedonian "in two natures" formula was seen as derived from and akin to a Nestorian Christology. Contrariwise, the Chalcedonians saw the Oriental Orthodox as tending towards Eutychian Monophysitism. However, the Oriental Orthodox have in modern ecumenical dialogue specified that they have never believed in the doctrines of Eutyches, that they have always affirmed that Christ's humanity is consubstantial with our own, and they thus prefer the term Miaphysite to refer to themselves (a reference to Cyrillian Christology, which used the phrase "mia physis tou theou logou sesarkomene"). I hope you stay with us a while, CDBJ |
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183 | God can't die or look on sin! | Matt 27:46 | CDBJ | 225417 | ||
Hi Beja, I think you are getting close to something if we can make the following fit. 2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. My point is how, since Christ is a hypostasis, can Jesus be made sin without infecting the deity, which we know is imposable? We know for a fact that it actually happened but how? CDBJ |
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184 | No question | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 225409 | ||
That is a very touching and eye opening recording but the truth is even with all of these things the day will come when even they as well as most will experience a very dark and hopeless eternity unless they find the true peace that resides in the Saviour of the world, the lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Merry Christmas too all those who have a personal lasting relationship with the Living Christ of Christmas! John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. CDBJ |
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185 | God can't die or look on sin! | Matt 27:46 | CDBJ | 225407 | ||
Greetings and Merry Christmas, I ‘m not real sure we will find a suitable answer; I’ve asked my pastor along with numerous others and know one has come up with a plausible solution. CDBJ |
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186 | God can't die or look on sin! | Matt 27:46 | CDBJ | 225397 | ||
The problem isn’t the obvious grief that Jesus was suffering; the place where I am stuck is, what was the Deity of the second person of the trinity doing when Christ was made sin for us. Deity can’t look on sin or have anything to do with it, other then judge it! 2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Jesus was not only seperated from the Father but the Holy Spirit as well but what about the Word of God or what we call the second person since it is a hypostatic union with the body of Jesus? CDBJ |
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187 | God can't die or look on sin! | Not Specified | CDBJ | 225393 | ||
Jesus Christ in Him hypostatic union is 100 percent God and at the same time 100 percent man. Scripture tells us that there was darkness from the sixth hour to the ninth hour and that Jesus screamed out. Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? It is assumed by most evangelicals, i.e. born again believers, that God the father during that period of time poured out the sins of the world on His Son, Jesus Christ. 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Jesus was made sin at that point in time and God can’t look on sin, 2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. i.e. Thanatos in the Koine Greek or what we call in the English, spiritual death or separation from God. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Jesus is the most important person who has ever lived since he is the savior, God in human flesh. He is not half God and half man. He is fully divine and fully man. In other words, Jesus has two distinct natures: divine and human. Jesus is the Word who was God and was with God and was made flesh, (John 1:1,14). This means that in the single person of Jesus is both a human and divine nature, God and man. The divine nature was not changed when the Word became flesh (John 1:1,14). Instead, the Word was joined with humanity (Col. 2:9). Jesus' divine nature was not altered. Also, Jesus is not merely a man who "had God within Him" nor is he a man who "manifested the God principle." He is God in flesh, second person of the Trinity. "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word," (Heb. 1:3). Jesus' two natures are not "mixed together," (Eutychianism) nor are they combined into a new God-man nature (Monophysitism). They are separate yet act as a unit in the one person of Jesus. This is called the Hypostatic Union. Now here comes the question and the problem, as it were! Since Jesus is 100 percent God as well as man what did the second person of the trinity do at the moment Christ was made sin for us? CDBJ |
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188 | God can't die or look on sin! | Matt 27:46 | CDBJ | 225394 | ||
Jesus Christ in Him hypostatic union is 100 percent God and at the same time 100 percent man. Scripture tells us that there was darkness from the sixth hour to the ninth hour and that Jesus screamed out. Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? It is assumed by most evangelicals, i.e. born again believers, that God the father during that period of time poured out the sins of the world on His Son, Jesus Christ. 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Jesus was made sin at that point in time and God can’t look on sin, 2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. i.e. Thanatos in the Koine Greek or what we call in the English, spiritual death or separation from God. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Jesus is the most important person who has ever lived since he is the savior, God in human flesh. He is not half God and half man. He is fully divine and fully man. In other words, Jesus has two distinct natures: divine and human. Jesus is the Word who was God and was with God and was made flesh, (John 1:1,14). This means that in the single person of Jesus is both a human and divine nature, God and man. The divine nature was not changed when the Word became flesh (John 1:1,14). Instead, the Word was joined with humanity (Col. 2:9). Jesus' divine nature was not altered. Also, Jesus is not merely a man who "had God within Him" nor is he a man who "manifested the God principle." He is God in flesh, second person of the Trinity. "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word," (Heb. 1:3). Jesus' two natures are not "mixed together," (Eutychianism) nor are they combined into a new God-man nature (Monophysitism). They are separate yet act as a unit in the one person of Jesus. This is called the Hypostatic Union. Now here comes the question and the problem, as it were! Since Jesus is 100 percent God as well as man what did the second person of the trinity do at the moment Christ was made sin for us? CDBJ |
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189 | scripture stating not to co-sign | John 6:15 | CDBJ | 225349 | ||
Greetings, I think you might still be missing the point! I didn’t generate the post in the beginning and I have no interest in the subject! Send you answers to User1965, not me. Thank you, CDBJ |
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190 | scripture stating not to co-sign | John 6:15 | CDBJ | 225347 | ||
Thanks BMyers, but I believe you meant to direct your post to User1965. Experience has shown that only about one out of ten well actually take the time to look up the scriptural address, if that is all that is given as an answer. It benefits most if the actual verses are written out in full along with the address. EXAMPLE, you suggested the following. Proverbs 6:1-19 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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191 | scripture stating not to co-sign | John 6:15 | CDBJ | 225345 | ||
As far as I know there isn’t anything! CDBJ |
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192 | Does GOD answer all prayers? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 224288 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. Psalm 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: One must be in fellowship before the Lord answers prayer. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. CDBJ |
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193 | When, what and who are included? | Rev 7:14 | CDBJ | 224256 | ||
Greetings, I know that verse and it’s that very verse that stimulated my question to you in the first place. I ask again, what is the believer in Christ holding to the pretribulation point of view supposed to do if the rapture takes place before the tribulation. Aside from believing in Jesus what is it that one needs to be doing to be ready, or putting it another way; what would you suggest aside from total trust in the saving work of Christ? Then on the other hand “if” the rapture doesn’t take place before the tribulation what is it that Christians need to prepare for? Luke 18:1-8 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? 2 Thes. 2:3-9 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, Could it be that we are being deceived and many won’t be ready for that which is going to take place on earth “before” Christ returns? Matthew 24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; Scripture never suggest that the Lord’s return will come sooner then expected, it’s always later, suggesting that the faith of many will be shattered. 1 Thes. 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, The “tribulation period”is the wrath of Satan’s man during his final days. The wrath of God doesn’t take place until “after” believers are delivered from these most horrible days. CDBJ |
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194 | When, what and who are included? | Rev 7:14 | CDBJ | 224253 | ||
Hi BMyers, If one is a believer in Jesus Christ and believes in the pretrib position, just what is it that they need to do to be ready? CDBJ |
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195 | did Christ reveal to the disciples | NT general | CDBJ | 224174 | ||
Hi Tim, Good point but a bad translation of the truth that was easily missed by the translators when written in the English. If one would consider the word wrapped, ENTULISSO, in the Koine it will get one started in the right direction. John 20:7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. I did an extensive study on this verse years ago and the fact of the matter is; the Jews learned the technique of the burial from the Egyptians in part. Here is what I found: The napkin that was used only around the head was of a much thicker material then that used to wrap the rest of the body and as a result it held more of the spices that were used to cover the victim. John 19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. The napkin material was of a narrower material then those used for the rest of the body but there was more of it used, causing the layers to be thicker after the head was fully wrapped. They would crisscross back and forth around the face and under the chin and around the neck and over the top of the head, with many layers, until everything was covered then the spices were applied. This would form a mass that was self supporting much the same way if you would take a balloon and covering it with paper-mache. This inner twinning of the material formed a round shape that included the neck on the side and none of this was directly connected to the body wrap. The body was placed on a narrow stone slab of those that were wealthy where the decomposition process accrued quite slowly. What was seen, upon careful examination, was the fact that the head cover was still intact, as a ball, but the head was removed without disturbing the original shape of the napkin. It was lying by itself still crisscross wrapped, but because it was not connected or held to the body wrap it had rolled off of the slab and was laying by itself still in a ball shape. That would be the same as wrapping a balloon with paper-mache then popping the balloon with a pin after the paper-mache had dried. It would be an utter impossibility for Jesus to remove His Head without destroying the wrapped shape and due to this fact John now believed the first resurrection in history had taken place. John 20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. It wasn’t that John finally believed in Jesus, it was that he believed in the resurrection due to the fact that the head of Christ went through the napkin without unwrapping it. CDBJ |
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196 | did Christ reveal to the disciples | NT general | CDBJ | 224154 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. If one doesn’t believe that Jesus had a glorified body from the grave how did he get outside of the grave wrappings? They weren’t unwrapped, he went through them! CDBJ |
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197 | Can a believer lose their salvation? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 224152 | ||
Greetings Mary and welcome to the forum. Since this is a Bible study, point out with Scripture where it shows that Judas believed in Jesus Christ for his salvation. I hope you enjoy the forum, CDBJ |
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198 | is "dup question" my answer? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 224015 | ||
Greetings, My question to you would be; how is it that you know you are truly saved? This must be answered before anyone can tell you why the Lord doesn't answer your prayers. CDBJ |
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199 | is water-baptism needed for salvation? | Eph 2:8 | CDBJ | 223899 | ||
Well taken! God's plan of salvation even as God himself hasn't changed since man first walked this earth. The Old Testament believers trusted in the work of the promised Messiah that was to come. We have the privilege of knowing who that Messiah is, Jesus Christ the righteous. God’s plan, for those who will inherit eternal life, is for those whom He foreknew to place the entirety of their hope of living with and in the presence of God for all eternity solely in the work that God would accomplish on the cross in the God Man Jesus the Christ. There was no baptism for those that trusted and believed God in the Old Testament that had anything thing at all to do with their salvation, and as such water baptism has noting to do with ones salvation in the New Testament! Malachi 3:6 (A) For I am the LORD, I change not; Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Trust in Christ “only for eternal life” or “try and add” to His finished work and miss out on the eternal blessings that God has for those that put “all” of their hope for the future in Jesus God’ unique Son! 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. CDBJ |
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200 | is water-baptism needed for salvation? | Eph 2:8 | CDBJ | 223866 | ||
When was the thief on the cross baptized after he believed: he wasn’t, yet he was in fact saved and God is no respecter of persons! (Adam Clark Commentary) Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness—Those who were foolish, disobedient, and deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, could not possibly have works of righteousness to plead; therefore, if saved at all, they must be saved by mercy. See the note on Ephesians 2:8; and see a discourse entitled, Salvation by Faith proved, 8vo., 1816, in which I have examined every system invented by man for his restoration to the Divine favor and image: and have demonstrated, by mere reason, their utter insufficiency to answer the end for which they have been invented; and have proved that the doctrine of salvation by faith is the only rational way of salvation. By the washing of regeneration. Undoubtedly the apostle here means baptism, the rite by which persons were admitted into the Church, and the visible sign of the cleansing, purifying influences of the Holy Spirit, which the apostle immediately subjoins. Baptism is only a sign, and therefore should never be separated from the thing signified; but it is a rite commanded by God himself, and therefore the thing signified should never be expected without it. By the renewing of the Holy Ghost we are to understand, not only the profession of being bound to live a new life, but the grace that renews the heart, and enables us thus to live; so the renewing influences are here intended. Baptism changes nothing; the grace signified by it cleanses and purifies. They who think baptism to be regeneration, neither know the Scriptures nor the power of God; therefore they do greatly err. If the apostle John knew that (water) baptism was a needed part of salvation he would have included it in his gospel message stated in John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. CDBJ |
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