The meme on John 1:1 stirs a thought.
John 1
1¶In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....
14¶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.
These two verses are plain
and simple enough for minds not prejudiced by traditions or addicted to
sound bites.
The Word is the eternal,
one-natured divine Person, the second person of the eternal Triune God.
Verse 1 DOES NOT read,
"In the beginning was
the Son, and the Son was with God, and the Son was God."
But SO MANY make it read that way. They have just repudiated the momentous truth stated in verse 14, and
elaborated in so many passages of Scriptures.
There was NO Son UNTIL the
Word was made flesh at a specific point in time; read the account in 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." Was any one else begotten in
this manner?
When the eternal Word was
made flesh, the Son of God was begotten; the divine Word took upon Himself
flesh and blood.
The Son is the dual-natured divine-human Person, the only begotten Son of God.
The incarnation - the Word
made flesh, the Divine taking upon Himself humanity - forms the watershed in
redemptive His-story.
What do you believe - fiction
or fact?
Is Jesus the eternal Son of
God, or
Is Jesus the only begotten
Son of the eternal God?
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The Immanent Trinity: God, Word, and
Spirit
The Three Persons of the Godhead are completely equal in every sense.
There is NO subordination of any kind or in any sense.
In the Immanent Trinity, there is NOOOOOOOOO Son.
Read John 1:1,14. ONLY AFTER the eternal Word is made flesh in the
outworking/economy of redemption, there is the Son.
TOO MANY are ignorant of or reject this simple bible truth.
The Economic Trinity: Father, Son, and Spirit
The Son and Spirit are subordinated to the Father;
the Spirit is subordinated to the Father and Son.
This subordination is in the context of the outworking
of the redemption of the elect;
this subordination was mutually agreed
by the three Persons of the Godhead
in the covenant of redemption
before the foundation of the world.
- immanent: inherent, intrinsic, integral, essential
- economic: from Greek word oikonomia ( a compound word of oikos (house) and
nomos (laws) which means household management, stewardship, or administration,
i.e. of the covenant of redemption.
May our gracious Lord bless each with understanding.
Amen.
