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Originally Posted by KSA
Ohio, if this thread doesn't take off well, I will share some of my thoughts. But I will wait a bit longer, maybe someone will pick this topic up. SpeakersCorner, how about you?
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I like
SC's post about "
The Immortal" dieing on the cross. What mystery!
If we can explain it all, then it becomes worthless doctrine, with little ability to inspire us or others. Nearly none of the Berean theological threads did me any good. I would usually just "shake my head" and "walk away."
Here's a line of thought that I do love. It came from a Brethren? tract "Jesus is Jehovah" refuting the "Jesus is not God" nonsense. The author compared numerous OT and NT scripture covering a couple dozen topics, the first one being creation. E.g. Isa 45 says, "Jehovah made the earth and man." John 1 says , "All things were made by Him." How can you NOT say that Jesus is Jehovah? Reading thru the booklet, the author makes an overwhelming case that Jesus
is Jehovah.
What a great mystery this is. I can't begin to understand it. No, the Bible does not say, "Jesus is the Father," but so many scripture indicate that the Father and the Son are not "two separate and distinct persons, who both just happen to be God."
Phil Comfort, who was perhaps the most studious and most passionate minister I ever sat under in the LC, and who went on to become a well-respected Greek scholar, told me something helpful, that I never forgot, and perhaps helps to summarize my view of God. Referring to John 14.8, he said, "
Many Christians in that day will still be asking the Lord Jesus, 'will you now show us the Father?'"