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NASB | John 6:29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:29 Jesus answered, "This is the work of God: that you believe [adhere to, trust in, rely on, and have faith] in the One whom He has sent." |
Subject: Our authority in His name? |
Bible Note: Greetings David! Thanks for the response my Irish friend! :-) As you correctly noted, there are some textual variants concerning Matt. 24:36. However, there are no such variants in the parallel passage in Mark. So, we can press the full force of the text. :-) In your analysis, the main problem I would have is that the text includes no such qualifiers. It simply says, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." So, how would we be doing justice to the text if we say that He really does know it, but it just isn't His place to know it? ;-) The text is very clear, which by the way, is probably why it is missing in some of the Matthew manuscripts, as some of the scribes felt that it was too difficult of a statement about Christ. Just for the record though, by the 'kenosis', I don't in any way mean that Christ ceased to be God. He always has been and always will be God. I like to think of it in relation to Mike Tyson. If I were to fight Mike Tyson, I would lose! But, if Mike Tyson were to tie both of his hand behind his back for the entire fight, I would probably still lose. :-) In the above scenario though, Mike Tyson never ceases to be Mike Tyson. He simply places voluntary limits upon his capabilities. In the same way, Jesus never ceased to be God, but He was also fully human. God never hungers, but Christ did. God never feels pain, but Christ did. God never dies, but Christ did. God never lacks information about anything, but Jesus did. I don't see any way that we can be true to the incarnation and not accept that Jesus was not boxing to His full potential while here on earth. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |