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Christ is God
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Christ
is God |
Christ is
man |
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In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us.
John
1:1,14
But unto
the Son he saith, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever."
Hebrews
1:8 |
But now
you seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the
truth, which I have heard of God.
John 8:40
Because he
hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world
in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained.
Acts 17:81
There is
on God and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus.
1
Timothy 2:5 |
Christ is simply presented here in two
aspects - divine and human. He is, was, and shall be
God. Yet he took on the form of man in Jesus.
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Christ is one with the Father
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One with
Father |
Distinct
from Father |
I and my
Father are one.
John 10:30
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I came
forth from the Father, and am come into the world:
again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John 16:38 |
The "oneness" of the first text is
unity of essence, attributes, and will, but not unity of
person. There is a defining difference between one in
purpose and one in person. The Trinitarian theology
holds that there is one God in three persons. In this
light, these verses can easily be reconciled.
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Jesus is Co-Equal with the Father
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Equal to the Father |
Inferior to the Father |
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Christ
Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God.
Philippians
2:5,6
After
Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the
Godhead bodily.
Colossians
2:8,9 |
If ye
loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the
Father: For my Father is greater than I.
John
14:28 |
The words "greater than I"
do not refer to Christ being inferior in respect to His essence
or divinity. Rather, they refer to his present condition.
He was, at the time, in a human body, subjected to ridicule and
scorn. He referred to His impending ascension into the
celestial glory and exaltation that is due Him in His divine
nature.
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