Tape 7 Hor 2 Flashcards
7 Does Ephesians 3:19 indicate that Christians can be filled with the fullness of God in the same manner as the man Christ? If not, how is Christian different from the Christ?
The nature of God is not ours. We can let it shine through us and control us (by walking after the Spirit) but we can also quench it and let our own human natures dominate (by walking after the flesh). Jesus Christ has all the fullness of the Godhead bodily because He is God Himself incarnated. We can have the fullness of God in our lives only as we let Jesus Christ live in us.
Some Trinitarians believe that Philippians 2:6-8 describes two co-equal members of the Godhead, with God, the Son voluntarily emptying himself of many of His attributes as God in the incarnation. What is another interpretation, consistent with the Oneness view? This verse refers only to the limitations Jesus imposed upon Himself relative to His life as a human. He did not die as God, but as a man. Although Jesus was God, He did not insist on retaining all His rights as God. Instead, He willingly stripped Himself of His right to glory and honour on earth by taking on the nature of man and dying. He did all of this so that He could provide salvation for us.
This verse refers only to the limitations Jesus imposed upon Himself relative to His life as a human. He did not die as God, but as a man. Although Jesus was God, He did not insist on retaining all His rights as God. Instead, He willingly stripped Himself of His right to glory and honour on earth by taking on the nature of man and dying. He did all of this so that He could provide salvation for us.
Revelation 5 describes One on the throne and a Lamb who takes the book from the One seated. How can we understand the relationship of the One on the throne to the Lamb?
The lamb is God incarnate and our sacrifice. Because of this, He can be our redeemer and can open the book. There is one God and this one God came in flesh as the Lamb (the Son) to reveal Himself to man and to redeem man from sin.
