Bible Question:
My son's have come under the teaching that while Jesus was here on earth, that he was man, and not God. I believe he was the God/man. What do you think? |
Bible Answer: Hi zuttione, This is a subject that is so basic to the Christian faith. The scripture that I think led me the most was John 2:24,"for He/Himself knew what was in man." But here is the difference in your view and mine as shown in your capitalization, intentional or not. The scripture doesn't say He himself knew what was in man. In other words, He was the God/Man. Scripture has themes of contrast; God and man,Light and darkness, Spirit and flesh, etc. This Man, Jesus was different from other men. I believe that people knew that He was the Son of Joseph for instance, as well as the Son of David. What I find fault with is that people seem to think that this Son of Man has to be a son of man. Look at John 2:18 in the NASB and compare the old copyright with the new. The newest copyright reads, "What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?" Note the "your authority". Yet they capitalize the pronouns in verse 23, "observing His signs which He was doing." I say compare John 2:18 with 3:2. He was doing these things because God was with Him, "for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." In the Philippians section,"who, although He existed in the form of God," we're shown that He laid aside His priviledges, and took "the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men." But going on in the reading can I get you to capitalize,"And being found in appearance as a Man, He humbled Himself..."??? I've written a lot about this capitalization in this forum. Let me know what you think. Later, Ray |