Originally posted by dadudemon
lol Thanks.Yes, God killed himself if Jesus and God are of the same essence/entity. It was His plan to kill Himself to save His children from His wrath...if they are the same entity as you believe.
Here's the summary: "Don't commit suicide! Thus saith Me!"
*Commits suicide and calls it the atonement*
Makes perfect sense. 😐
I have not. You are contradicting yourself and this is my point. They are either separate beings you are doom yourself to woefully silly logic like the "killed Himself" point.
That's because Jesus isn't God the Father. 🙂
I think you meant "Sun-God". ho ho ho hooo! JK
Jesus ascended into Godhood, yes. But he is not THE God.
There is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Nowhere is it ever stated "Father-God" or "Son-God."
One in purpose, if you read your scriptures properly. Jesus also commanded the apostles to be one, just like He and the Father are one. Now how is it possible for them to become the same entity like the concept of the Trinity? Or does this "oneness" have a different meaning? (That last question is rhetorical)
Which was a new doctrine decided upon by the first Council of Nicaea.
SURE! But that's the main reason he could atone and none of us could not.
For example, [B]the Lord Jesus is divine (i.e. He is God).
According to Jesus, we are gods, also. So there goes your evidence for the Trinity concept.
I agree. We should all be thankful to God for what He has given us. We should also be thankful to each other for what we have given each other, too. [/B]
No. God the Father did not kill Himself. It was God the Son Jesus Who died on the cross.
God is a term that is used of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit because each Person within the Godhead is God. To illustrate, there is a God class, kind, group, or essence as it were just as there is a human class, kind, group, or essence; and an animal class, kind, group, or essence.
The Lord Jesus happens to be in the God class as distinct from the animal class. We happen to be in the human class as distinct from the God class. But animals happen to be in the animal class as distinct from the human class.
There are only Three Individuals in the God class: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
No, I meant God the Son or Son in the God class; hence, Son of God.
The oneness that we born again believers share with the Trinity is a mystery. I do not believe that it is the same oneness in essence or class as the Trinity, for or because how can the creature (us) be Creator?
This is a contradiction of terms.
There has always existed a Trinity.
Go back and read Genesis 1:1 and 1:26.
Proverbs 30:4 reads,
Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s Name, If you know?
The book of Proverbs was penned by King Solomon 1,200 years before the Council of Nicaea convened.
No, Jesus Christ did not ascend to Godhood as you stated.
The Lord Jesus has always been divine.
John 1:1 states,
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word [Jesus Christ], and the Word [Jesus Christ] was with God, and the Word [Jesus Christ] was God. 2 He [Jesus Christ] was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him [Jesus Christ], and without Him [Jesus Christ] nothing was made that was made.