Comments on: The Father Sent the Son http://studiesinscripture.com/the-father-sent-the-son/ Growing in God's Word Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Randy A. Brown http://studiesinscripture.com/the-father-sent-the-son/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Randy A. Brown Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:06:06 +0000 http://studiesinscripture.com/?p=981#comment-142 Frank, Thanks for visiting my site and for your question. The relationship between the Father and the Son is a relationship between God and man- Deity and humanity. Trinitarians would acknowledge the very same relationship, but where I differ from the Trinitarian view is that I do not see the Deity of Jesus as a Son. Instead, I see the Deity of Jesus as the one God. If we view God as a single being, without separation of persons or personalities, we can see this one God was manifest in flesh, being God and man simultaneously- 100% God and 100% man. In his Deity he is the one God. In his humanity he is the son of God. This is why Jesus could pray from his humanity to God. He didn’t need to be one person in the Godhead praying to another. He prayed as a man, as the son of God, from his humanity- his “sonship”. I see the answer to this in his dual nature. The Father and Son are different, as you pointed out. The two are not the same and they are not interchangeable. This is why I never say the son is the father. One of my favorite books on this subject is “God in 13 Dimensions” by the late Kenneth V. Reeves. Speaking of books, I checked out your website. Your book looks interesting. Randy Frank,

Thanks for visiting my site and for your question. The relationship between the Father and the Son is a relationship between God and man- Deity and humanity. Trinitarians would acknowledge the very same relationship, but where I differ from the Trinitarian view is that I do not see the Deity of Jesus as a Son. Instead, I see the Deity of Jesus as the one God. If we view God as a single being, without separation of persons or personalities, we can see this one God was manifest in flesh, being God and man simultaneously- 100% God and 100% man. In his Deity he is the one God. In his humanity he is the son of God. This is why Jesus could pray from his humanity to God. He didn’t need to be one person in the Godhead praying to another. He prayed as a man, as the son of God, from his humanity- his “sonship”. I see the answer to this in his dual nature. The Father and Son are different, as you pointed out. The two are not the same and they are not interchangeable. This is why I never say the son is the father. One of my favorite books on this subject is “God in 13 Dimensions” by the late Kenneth V. Reeves. Speaking of books, I checked out your website. Your book looks interesting.

Randy

]]> By: Frank Spinella http://studiesinscripture.com/the-father-sent-the-son/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Frank Spinella Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:10:31 +0000 http://studiesinscripture.com/?p=981#comment-140 If Jesus was divine -- as I believe to be true -- how do you square that fact with "sonship" and understand the relationship between "Father" and "Son" in a monotheistic context?   Fathers and sons are separate entities, but there is one God.  I see an ontological tension here that isn't resolved by Paul's observation of Jesus "emptying himself" of some divine attributes. If Jesus was divine — as I believe to be true — how do you square that fact with “sonship” and understand the relationship between “Father” and “Son” in a monotheistic context?   Fathers and sons are separate entities, but there is one God.  I see an ontological tension here that isn’t resolved by Paul’s observation of Jesus “emptying himself” of some divine attributes.

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