I'm not caught up on reading, but I just have to say, Judy, that you are not hearing Bill properly. He did answer your question. Many heresies sprang up and those who wrote in the first few centuries after the Biblical writers addressed these heresies. You personally don't understand this because you are not well read in the church fathers.
Also, the Biblical writers were not negligent about the relationship of Jesus and the incarnation. There is at least as much about that as there is about his Divinity. That is why Christianity divided so much over exactly who Jesus was: God or man. Well... he was BOTH! Duh. Everybody is just describing two sides of the same coin and trying to claim that the other side is lying about what the coin actually looks like. Hold a coin up right now, Judy. Describe its face to yourself. Then have your husband describe the tail side. Do this while you both are looking at the same coin. Do you both describe it the same way? No. Why? You are both looking at different sides. That's what you and Bill are doing in this conversation. Please TRY to hear what Bill is saying. He is using Bible. Deal with that. David Miller. ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Taylor To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Was Jesus of God's Nature? Your sweetness once more overflows Bill just like the orthodox fathers..... It's a valid question - why not be honest and say you don't have an answer? The text says "for God was WITH him". On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:34:14 -0700 "Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Why was he so negligent about the sperm of David and the incarnation? Because he was not addressing heretics. Bill From: Judy Taylor On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:32:56 -0700 "Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: His death was the victory not His life. Why then all the fuss about his human nature? Beats me - You ppl are the ones smaking such a big deal out of his "humanity" and I believe the rcc teaches the same especially since one of their fathers came up with the wholly God, wholly man statement. Now we have to adjust all doctrine to fit that don't we? Lord forbid making Tertullian look like a false prophet even if God's own Word contradicts him. Would it have mattered if he had sinned while living in the flesh? Of course it would. The Christ of Scripture is the whole package, brother: his life, death, and resurrection -- not just a slab of meat hanging on a tree. He is not a package Bill. He is a person - one few of you seem to know personally it appears. Why did Paul tell ppl he ministered to "I determined to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ and Him crucified?" Why was he so negligent about the sperm of David and the incarnation? May I suggest that you purchase and read Gustaf Aulen's Christus Victor? The tyrants were plural, Dean: sin, death, and the devil. Leave one of them out and Christ is not the Victor you imagine. Bill Hate to challenge the good Gustaf .. but the tyrant was the prince of this world and his children. Satan held the keys of death and he has the power over sin. Jesus came to do good and to heal all who are oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. Funny wording that - you would think the apostle would have said "for he was fully man and fully God". ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Taylor To: truthtalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: [TruthTalk] Was Jesus of God's Nature? Amen! Now this is good doctrine. Thank you Dean, what a blessing you are in the Lord... From: "Dean Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No, I think I will stay the course Bill. The Law mentioned was only weak in our flesh not Christ's flesh-He came in the "likeness of that flesh" but the law worked in Him who was not weak. This supports my view-disagree? Then here's another verse to help. Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. His death was the victory not His life. > From: Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org> > Date: 1/29/2006 2:05:34 PM > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Was Jesus of God's Nature? > > Christ came in the lower state for death on the cross thereby defeating > Satan-for victory-not to spend His life warring against sin in His members- > for victory. > > You might want to rethink that one, Dean: > > "For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God > did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of > sin: He condemned sin in the flesh" (Rom 8.3). cd:No, I think I will stay the course Bill. The Law mentioned was only weak in our flesh not Christ's flesh-He came in the "likeness of that flesh" but the law worked in Him who was not weak. This supports my view-disagree? Then here's another verse to help. Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 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