Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

And the Word was made flesh


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A popular fable...

Why do people end up believing in the fable of the eternal sonship of Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of the eternal God? 

John 1:1,14
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." 

1Timothy 2:5
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus..." 

Hebrews 13:8
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."

Surely it is plain that yesterday had a beginning, i.e. when the Word was made flesh. Once the Word was made flesh, we have Christ Jesus the only begotten Son of God, the God-man, who has remained God-man ever since, the divine-human Being forever.

Surely it is plain that the man Christ Jesus did not exist before the Word was made flesh in time and dwelt among men. The Word was eternal.

Surely it is plain that the eternal Word, the one-natured divine Being, was made flesh in time, when He was joined to and united with humanity, and was begotten the Son of God, the dual-natured divine human Being.

Luke 1:35 "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."

What could be plainer - "... shall come upon thee... shall overshadow thee... shall be born... shall be called the Son of God." The Son of God came into being after the Word was made flesh by divine activities.

And the one-natured divine Being IS NOT THE SAME as the dual-natured divine-human Being. Most just equate the two. 

 

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