CadyandZoe
Well-Known Member
I already explained all of this to you. And yet you do not believe. We talked about God's attributes and I divided his attributes into two categories, those that describe "what" he is and those that describe "who" he is. You do understand the difference between "what" and "who" don't you? I'm sure you do.You deny that He has always existed and that He created the heavens and the earth. Since when did God not do those things? You can't say that Jesus is God and at the same time deny that He has the atrributes of God. You are just completely clueless about this and I feel sorry for you that you are so spiritually blind.
WHAT attributes: (exclusive to God alone)
Aseity
Eternity
Immanence
Immutability
Incomprehensibility
Incorporeality
Infinity
Omnipotence
Omnipresence
Omniscience
Oneness
simplicity
Transcendence
WHO attributes: (qualities shared by both the Father and the Son)
Goodness
Graciousness
Holiness
Impeccability
Love
Righteousness
Veracity
Both sets of attributes belong to the Father. Some of the Father's qualities are also shared by the Son, which taken together indicate that the Father and the Son are identical. Since the Father and Jesus share these qualities, Jesus tells Philip that "if you have seen me, you have seen the father." Why does Jesus say this? The Bible teaches us that incomprehensibility is an attribute of God, which means that God is not able to be fully known. Isaiah 40:28
Therefore, according to the New Testament, Jesus came to make the Father comprehensible. God the Father can be fully known through the Son, which is one reason why John calls him, "the light of the world." John tells us that Jesus "interprets" the father. John 1:18 As such, the man Jesus, shares the same attributes of God which CAN be expressed in a human life. Jesus is not "fully" God. Jesus is not incomprehensible, he is not all knowing, he is not transcendent etc. But Jesus gives full expression to the Father's other attributes, which can be known through a human life. Jesus is that man; Jesus is the Father's goodness, his graciousness, his holiness, his impeccability, his love, his righteousness, his veracity. Jesus the man is God in everyway that can be expressed in a human life.