Originally posted by Rajk999
Love makes them one but does not make them equal.
Joh 10:30 I and my Father are one.
But that does not void this verse..
1Cor 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Christ is one with God but still subject to and under God. Therefore t ...[text shortened]... her male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. [/i]
ONENESS DOES NOT MEAN EQUALITY.
I don't think you understand what the Gospel of John is saying from
the beginning to the end. It starts off with the fact that in the beginning
of time the WORD existed with GOD and this was Deity just like GOD.
It was because of this Deity, that is like GOD, that all things came into
existence. Then John says. "the WORD became flesh, and dwelt among
us, and and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the
Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1:14) John is identifying Christ
as the WORD, the same Deity that was with GOD in the beginning, and
as a result, all things came into existence. This Deity, like GOD, put on
flesh to become as a man in the days of John.
Paul say it like this, "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or
authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is
before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the
body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so
that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. For it was the
Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him
to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of
His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven."
(Colossians 1:15-20)
"God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions
and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He
appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is
the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and
upholds all things by the word of His power."
(Hebrews 1:1-3)
Don't you get the idea? Christ has the human nature but also the God nature.
The Father only has the God nature so who is better to judge us the Father
or His Son, Christ Jesus? There is only one God nature just as there is only
one human nature. Man is flesh and bone, while God is spirit.
Paul says again, "For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all
over all rule and authority." (Colossians 2:9 NASB)
This is what Paul meant when he said Christ was the first-born of all
creation and first-born of the dead. He is the first over all things, living or
dead and that means He is also head over all rule and authority as he says
here. How can He be all this and not also be GOD?
P.S. One could also argue that the Son is greater than the Father now
for the Son has the God nature and also the human nature. Also a woman
is greater than a man for what man can produce a baby from his body?
Why did they want to stone him?
26 Oct '11 16:252 edits
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