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NASB | John 9:24 ¶ So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 9:24 ¶ So a second time they called the man who had been [born] blind, and said to him, "Give God glory and praise [for your sight]! We know this Man [Jesus] is a sinner [separated from God]." |
Bible Question:
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 |
Bible Answer: 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! |