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So lessee. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. In the beginning was the Word...All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made....And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Gets kinda hard to maintain that distinction, doesn't it?
I guess one will know it when they see it, even if they are now unaware.So lessee. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. In the beginning was the Word...All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made....And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Gets kinda hard to maintain that distinction, doesn't it?
John 1Yes, as long as we maintain this distinction.
2 John 1:9. Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God.
He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.
The distinction between Father and Son must be maintained.
Matthew 7:21. Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
I guess one will know it when they see it, even if they are now unaware.
1 Corinthians 15:
24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
27 For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted.
28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject
to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all, in all.
Look here... it was a few posts before this one..You've provided some very interesting speculation.
How do you explain this verse?
(CLV) Ps 82:6
I Myself have said: you are elohim, And sons of the Supreme are all of you.
An excellent verse!John 6:29 'Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."'
That is why people need more than just Bible study, they must fellowship IN The Holy Spirit.I brought this verse up in a Bible study. I paraphrased it. First they denied that it existed. I thumbed through my Bible and found it. Then a hush fell over the room.
These folks were not Bible illiterate. That church is deep into the word; and the Pastor sits at those Bible studies. It's a room full of well seasoned Christians.
People just tend to read right over what doesn't fit their preconceived doctrine.
Maybe reacting to the experience of putting his hand into His side?Yep.. I do.. He is. Yet.. I think that was between him and the Lord
Look here... it was a few posts before this one..
Was It Appropriate for Thomas to Address Yeshua as "My God"?
Maybe if you studied the Law & Prophets you would read all kinds of stories of God intervening directly with human history - that’s not exclusive to the NT.I don't. I study the New Testament. God intervening directly in human history changed everything, IMO.
I don't. I study the New Testament. God intervening directly in human history changed everything, IMO.
Yet to us is one God, the Father, of whom are the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are the all things, and we through Him (but not in all men is the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat it, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled). 1 Cor 8:6-7Now, there are two wrong extremes people have made involving the Trinity.
#1. Modalism
(Which is a belief held by United Pentecostals).
This says that there is no distinctive persons within the Godhead. That God the Father just puts on a mask and pretends to be the Son; Others believe it says all three persons are smashed together whereby the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost do not have any kind of distinctiveness anymore. But the Bible makes it clear that the Father sent the Son to die for our sins (And it was not the Son sending the Father) (1 John 4:14). The Bible makes it clear that one cannot be forgiven if they speak a word against the Holy Spirit but yet, this is not the case if one speaks a word against the Son, though (Matthew 12:32).
#2. Tritheism
(Which is a belief held by Mormons).
This says that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate and distinct gods. This is polytheism or the worship of more than one God. But the Bible makes it clear that the Lord our God is one God (Deuteronomy 6:4).
Then there is the correct view of the Trinity.
The Lord our God exists as one God, but He exists as three distinct persons (i.e. The Father, the Word (Christ), and the Holy Ghost). All three persons co-existed as one God for all eternity. Also, in the Trinity, the Father and the Son and can dwell within one another despite their distinctiveness as persons within the Godhead, too. For Jesus said He dwells in the Father and the Father dwells in Him (John 14:10) (John 17:21).
Equality between Father and Son based on granted authority.Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
While I agree, He still makes a clear distinction.
John 20:17. Jesus said to her, Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father;
but go to My brethren and say to them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father,
and to My God and your God.
This is a good question.John 20:
24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Welcome to the Forum Lady Chuza. Interesting choice of words, co-regent. Or as Paul mentions here:This is a good question.
We know that Jesus is elohim and we know that the Father handed all authority on this earth over to His son. (John 3:35 and John 13:3) So I'd say yes, it was appropriate. Jesus is God the Son. Some might say he is co-regent.
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