1gr8bldr
Senior Member
My belief change was based on intense study of my own with no one's help. I purposed it this way because I did not want to give anyone any doubts until I was sure. Actually, You guys think that I am way off scripture. But if you choose a non biased, neutral panel to see who matches scripture and not traditions, who stays within the bounds of scripture, without having to use outside concepts such as dual nature, incarnation, hypostatic union and such, I know for sure who 's side they would uphold. Tradition, assumptions are hard to break. So I respect that you are confident in what you believe, I am the same. We are just discussing each other's positionsPlease don't take this as an attempt to offend, but exactly how did you come about your particular theology? If by the instruction of others, then your basis for your beliefs is no more valid than those you criticize in your first paragraph.
Secondly, do you really believe that making an educated decision regarding a theological point based on a thread in this forum is a wise idea?
Let me bottomline this issue as I see it. Your theological position makes little sense to me. I would not trust my eternal soul to the "Jesus" you propose. My study of Scripture does not allow for the possibility of Jesus not being God, incarnate. That poses a number of problems for those who seek to define Jesus based on human perspective. Only a divine revelation can "open the eyes of the blind" to who Jesus was, and is, and always will be.
The idea that the dual natures of Jesus of Nazareth can be reconciled outside of Scripture is, to my mind, impossible. Can anyone truly comprehend how He could be 100% God and 100% man? Does anyone grasp what spirit really is, especially divine spirit? It appears that yours is an attempt to humanize the very God of all creation. It appears that your focus on God (the Father) and Jesus (the Son) is that they are very distinct and separate entities, yet Scripture repeatedly states the position that Father and Son are one, have been from eternity past.
Did God choose to be incarnated in the person of Jesus, for the purpose of redeeming His lost ones that will believe in the Son? If not, then what was His intent?
Did God, in His desire to understand and change the minds and hearts of men, of His own willful action, limit His incarnate expression? Scripture tells me that He set aside the glories of heaven, so that He would be accepted, first, as a man, and in time, as the Messiah, the perfect sacrifice for our redemption.
Friend, if this doesn't resonate with your understanding of Scripture, then you and Scripture are far apart.