Trinity Debate1 Corinthians 15:24-28 Trinity Doctrine Flushed??RomeSweetHome wrote:Aieno Wrote:
In other words you agree that Jesus does not have the same nature as God since Jesus was (is) a created being.
Jesus has the same divine name, authority, essence, nature, characteristics, etc., that the Father and the Holy Spirit have. The only difference is Christ voluntarily humbled himself by becoming a slave.
I presume you are basing your assumption on Philippians 2. Philippians 2:1-11
2:1 If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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I do not read anything about the Lord having a divine nature that he set aside in an act of humility to become a slave. What I read is that Paul desires that we all adopt the Lord's attitude who although he was in the form of God took on the form of a bond-servant. I also read that God highly exalted him. The Greek word translated "form" is "morfee": NT:3444
morfee, morfees, hee
the form by which a person or thing strikes the vision; the external appearance: Philippians 2:6
(from Thayer's Greek Lexicon, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 2000 by Biblesoft)
Hebrews tells us that Jesus is the exact representation of God's nature, not that Jesus has God's nature or even a divine nature.
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