This week we consider how God acts – what he has done – and contrast that with our efforts….
Question of the Week 4 – Why did God Become Man?
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The Blog of David Robertson
This week we consider how God acts – what he has done – and contrast that with our efforts….
Question of the Week 4 – Why did God Become Man?
Also available on the ASK Podcast and on TikTok
The Gods becoming men originates from paganism. The uniqueness of Christianity is that the one and only true God who is immortal and invisible God only wise, when the time was right and in accordance with His Covenants to Abraham and David chose a man from the tribe of Judah, Yeshuah, and anointed him to be Lord and Messiah. Acts Ch 2.
After his death, resurrection and exaltation he was appointed High Priest to intercede between God and man, Heb 7, 1 Tim. He will return to the new earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords at the restitution of all things promised in Acts Ch. 3:21.
This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. He is the firstborn from the dead and we believers are the harvest to come on the day of his return. To God be the glory!
No it doesn’t originate from paganism – any more than the virgin birth, the creation etc… The position you espouse is nothing to do with Christianity – and if you believe it you are certainly not a Christian – a follower of the Christ who is the Son of God, Lord, the second person of the Trinity. You deny that Christ really is the beloved Son – you argue that he is a human being was made a ‘son’…your position is the same as that of the Unitarians, the Mormons and the JW’s….it has nothing to do with Christianity and I honestly wish you would stop preaching your heresies on my blog!
1John2v22 is very clear regarding the anti Christ. The whole of this chapter is a warning to be very careful what we listen to.
How do the NT writers go about proving Jesus is God? Well there are the numerous verses that simply state he is divine (eg, John 1: 1-18; Col 1:15-20 etc ). Then there is there are the accusations of his enemies that he claims to be God which neither Jesus nor the NT writers refute. Then there are OT verses that refer to Yahweh that are without embarrassment applied to Jesus in the NT. Associated with these is the I Am title used by Jesus and the wrier of John with the intention of pointing to his divinity. Works that only God does, Jesus does. Who but God can forgive sins… Jesus does. Who but God can raise the dead by his own authority… Jesus does. Who but God can calm the storm… Jesus does. He has divine attributes; his prescience re Judas Iscariot and his own death and resurrection are an example. Names given to God are given to Jesus, He receives worship and is neither alarmed nor distressed by such apparent blasphemy.
Then there are the NT trinitarian statements. Then there is the OT trinitarian hints. The plural, Elohim, used with a singular verb implicitly pointing from the very first chapter of the Bible to the triune God. In fact trinity is first seen in Genesis i… God,,,, and God said (the eternal word)… the spirit of God hovered on the waters, In the polytheistic context of the OT we learn there is but one God; in the monotheistic context of Judaism we learn that this one God is three persons.
I’ve given virtually no supporting texts for these contentions and more could be given. These are not hard to find if one is genuinely seeking. Right thinking here is a salvation issue.