Peterlag
Active Member
We cannot approach the Bible with wisdom and “reason together” if we must continue...
to make up and use non-biblical phrases to support our theology. The Bible calls Jesus the “Son of God” for the simple reason that he had a beginning. Trinitarian doctrine denies this and invents the phrase "God the son" and continues to invent non-biblical phrases such as eternally begotten, trinity, deity, and incarnated.
The Bible says Jesus is an “heir” of God (Hebrew 1:2), and a “joint-heir” with us (Romans 8:17). But if Christ is a co-eternal “Person” in the “Godhead” then he cannot be an heir “of God” because being God would put him into a position to be a full owner of everything and that would mean there would be nothing he could “inherit” which is why Jesus cannot be God and an heir of God at the same time.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the “image of God” Colossians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 4:4). If Christ is the image of God, then he cannot be God because a person cannot be himself and an image of himself at the same time. Jesus can be called the “image” of God because he always did the will of God, and because he was the image of God is why he could say you had seen the Father if you had seen him.
to make up and use non-biblical phrases to support our theology. The Bible calls Jesus the “Son of God” for the simple reason that he had a beginning. Trinitarian doctrine denies this and invents the phrase "God the son" and continues to invent non-biblical phrases such as eternally begotten, trinity, deity, and incarnated.
The Bible says Jesus is an “heir” of God (Hebrew 1:2), and a “joint-heir” with us (Romans 8:17). But if Christ is a co-eternal “Person” in the “Godhead” then he cannot be an heir “of God” because being God would put him into a position to be a full owner of everything and that would mean there would be nothing he could “inherit” which is why Jesus cannot be God and an heir of God at the same time.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the “image of God” Colossians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 4:4). If Christ is the image of God, then he cannot be God because a person cannot be himself and an image of himself at the same time. Jesus can be called the “image” of God because he always did the will of God, and because he was the image of God is why he could say you had seen the Father if you had seen him.