The fallacy of eternity being a timeless state.

[TibiasDad]

Okay. I believe there is always purpose to God's choices. I can speculate but it an educated/informed speculation.

We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the Excellency might be of Him. We can't do anything without Him.

We could have been made of prune leaves or anything else and the excellency would still be of him!

Doug

 

[Jim]

So we are not "wonderously made"?

How do you "feel" without a body? How do you express emotion without the body?

How does God "feel" without a body. How does God express emotion without the body? Or perhaps you think God has a body

 

[Red Baker]

Jim

I, personally, do not believe that Jesus entered heaven in the body that he had here on earth. I think that He once again assumed His existence that he had before taking on the body of man.

Greetings Jim,

I would like to chime in on this thread, but first I am going to read all of the post first before speaking.

This is a good study.

 

[praise_yeshua]

We could have been made of prune leaves or anything else and the excellency would still be of him!

Doug

While I agree, to me, the issue is one of culpability. God doesn't easily abandon anything He creates. After all, He is good at what He does.

I see "God showing off" to Satan by using pre-existing material in the construction of mankind. The "clay" on the potter's wheel. The "clay" material is important to God. It represents as choice God made. All those choices are meaningful.

 

[praise_yeshua]

How does God "feel" without a body. How does God express emotion without the body? Or perhaps you think God has a body

So you don't believe the Incarnation was God?

That is your biggest mistake. It is necessary for Christ to "feel our infirmities". You should consider such.

I could have guessed that you deny the Incarnation....Seth. If you are Seth, then we've fought with one another for years. We'll do it again.

As always, you only deal with what you want to deal with in any conversation.

I asked how YOU feel without a body. You're not God. If you want to talk about how God feels, then start another thread. God is tangible. He isn't devoid of substance. There are many different bodies that are not all the same.

Surely you know this....(<<< sarcasm.)

1Co 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
1Co 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
1Co 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
1Co 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

 

[TibiasDad]

While I agree, to me, the issue is one of culpability. God doesn't easily abandon anything He creates. After all, He is good at what He does.

I see "God showing off" to Satan by using pre-existing material in the construction of mankind. The "clay" on the potter's wheel. The "clay" material is important to God. It represents as choice God made. All those choices are meaningful.

Showing off is not in the nature of God to do. Showing off is a self-centered action, and God is not self-centered, indeed cannot be, for he is Love personified.

Doug

 

[praise_yeshua]

Showing off is not in the nature of God to do. Showing off is a self-centered action, and God is not self-centered, indeed cannot be, for he is Love personified.

Doug

Interesting. The very context of the Holy Trinity is self centered. In Christian theology it is referenced as Aseity

Maybe you need to define your view of being "self centered". You can't please God and not agree with Him. He will love you still but you must come to Him.

There are limits to comparing God to how humans must view themselves.

Have you ever "shown off" to your wife?