Tape 6 Hour 2 Flashcards
Why is it a mistake to found a belief in the Trinity on verses that distinguish between the Father and Son in power, greatness, and knowledge?
If a distinction exists between Father and Son as persons in the Godhead, then the Son is subordinate or inferior to the Father in deity. This would mean that the Son is not fully God, because by definition God is subject to no one.
Jesus mentions His oneness with the Father in John 17:21-22. Explain what He meant here. Is the Father one with Jesus in any other sense?
It means a union - one in mind, purpose, plan, and life - with Christ. The Father was one with Jesus in the sense of His identity.
Several New Testament passages tell us that Jesus sits on the “right hand of God.” How can we understand this expression? What does it signify specifically?
We must understand “right hand of God” in a figurative, symbolic, or poetic sense and not in a physical, bodily sense. This being so, what does the phrase signify? The right hand signifies strength, power, importance and preeminence.
