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Have you forgotten..??
The REVELATION of Jesus Christ – which you continually deny..!!!
And what is that revelation? One or two sentences please.
SEEING in your heart the reality of Jesus, through the inspired Word – (as opposed to the shifting sands of theological interpretation).
SEEING in your heart the reality of Jesus, through the inspired Word – (as opposed to the shifting sands of theological interpretation).
Here is the rock that Jesus built HIS Church on.
Matthew 16:13-18
13 Jesus came into the country of Caesarea Philippi. He asked His followers, “Who do people say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 They said, “Some say You are John the Baptist and some say Elijah and others say Jeremiah or one of the early preachers.”
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus said to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, you are happy because you did not learn this from man. My Father in heaven has shown you this.
18 “And I tell you that you are Peter. On this rock I will build My church. The powers of hell will not be able to have power over My church.Read the above clearly DavidL. Jesus did not build his Church on Peter. He built it on the truth that Peter spoke concerning the true identity of Jesus Christ. And what was that truth? That Jesus is the Son of God and the Christ.
Yet you challenge this in every sense of the word. Peter did not say that Jesus was God, yet that is your foundation. When I say that Jesus is the Son of God and Christ, that is not enough for you, so you like the Gates of Hell try to attack this truth with your own interpretations.
But for what benefit is there to attack the true foundation of the Church, the Body of Christ?
Here is the thing. Catholics believe that the foundation was Peter and this is where the line of Popes come from. They also believe that the foundation of their faith is the Trinity Doctrine. Not only are they wrong, but their fruit over the centuries proves that their tree is not good.
So which is it DavidL? The Catholic faith or the true faith?
You side mostly with the Catholic faith. That faith and their foundation cannot sustain any work that is built on her.
For they labour in vain those who build on another foundation.
Jesus who is called the Son of God has other names and He shares all these names with God the Father as we read in Isaiah 9: 6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
All these discussion on Heaven Net are trying to pry apart the Godhead like Biology students dissecting a frog. Simply because the writers do not understand that while Jesus and the Father used the very same names at times they were two distinct entities. Though one in purpose each had a role to perform. Those writers are like Philip. They read about God but do not seem to really know Him and understand how one could be the Father and the other one could be the Son. Both were and are God from eternity past to the future. Yes, they have different names because they are two. Yet, they are one as no human could ever understand as each of us are so independent and carnal.
John 14: 9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
Read the rest of John 14 and accept the fact that Jesus is God and so is the one we call the Father who is also God not because I wrote this but because that is what the Word of God clearly states to those who will read it and not twist its meaning to say otherwise.
Richard of Decatur
Hi Richard,
He said he is the Son of God.
He said he was in the Father and the Father was in him.
But you say he IS God.
Whom should we believe?
Hi Richard,
Yes.
Other names
Yashua-God saves
Emmanuel- God with us.
You see it is all about God and his work through obedient human vessels.
Some get confused and think it is all about men.
I think the problem is.. we think..too much. We try to capture to understand God and Jesus. It does bother me trying to figure out the relationship between Jesus and God .. Son and Father. I pray each day that God help my unbelief my inability to understand or comprehend.
We believe God existed before creation..however that is accomplished. The Word of God also existed..as your words exist..before they are spoken. Are they separate beings? No. Are they not a part of your essence, somehow, are they not spoken with your breath? Your words do they not carry your intent? Your will? Express your innermost thought.. are they not more of you then even a piece of pottery or other created thing.. This IMHO is Jesus relation to the father..yes he existed before all..yes its by Him all things are created for he is the Word the essence the will of God..Yes by the will (effort in some way) Jesus was born of a virgin lived and died..and was risen.. and now in his glorified body sets at the right hand of the Father.. whatever that means in the heavenly realm.
We do our best here..what we cant forget is the day we encountered Christ. The Trinity was not even part of our discussion.. we were beggars, sick, cast aside, addicted, lost — Sinful and we encountered Christ. We know what a transforming thing this has been in all our lives.. we can all attest to a personal encounter with Christ..lets not strangle it with trying to define what Jesus said with our understanding.. but all cry out.. Help My Unbelief. Help me in those things I cant understand or for whatever reason struggle to believe..keep me close to Your side oh God..
Welcome Boomerang!
I can so relate to your quest. I started seriously seeking the relationship of the Father and Son and Spirit for 28+ years. I have been wrestling with it and I believe God has honored my persistence. I have a recent analogy, a picture of an actual design of asexual begetting in the simplest form. Keep in mind that it is analogy mainly to demonstrate how, from one organism, through the process of asexual reproduction (a begetting) two distinct ”persons” are established in the relationship of parent and offspring. In the following picture you can see how the offspring was every bit as much a part of the original as the parent and that the parent had a beginning at the moment that the offspring had a beginning. However, it was the relationship that began, not their substance/essence. In the case of God, their substance/essence was eternal.
Here is the picture of that analogy:
God bless you, LUBtw, Boomerang, I perceive the Holy Spirit as the united “inner person of both the Father and the Son” that while being in them, can extend from them with omnipresent potential.
LU
A Paradox:
Jesus is either the Son of God or is God.
If he is both, then he must be the Son of himself.
A Paradox:
Jesus is either the Son of God or is God.
If he is both, then he must be the Son of himself.OR, God is the Father with his Son, not apart from his Son.
Hi T8, the obvious question presents itself:
Did Jesus create himself… Yes or No ?
Will this question be answered
with a simple “Yes” or “No”…
…we BOTH know it won’tT8,
That is not a “Paradox” but a ‘Conundrum’
Here is an example of a paradox:
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.” (Luke 9:24)To express the concept loosely;
you down to up – that *IS a paradoxDid Jesus create himself… Yes or No ?
That is an interesting question for some to answer.
Although I assume they would just say that Jesus was not created, but begotten
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