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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

In a nostalgic moment yesterday afternoon, I sang the lyrics to a song that meant so much to me that is appropriate to the turn our conversation has taken.

"The Mighty God is Jesus,
the Prince of Peace is He.
The Everlasting Father,
The King Eternally.
The Wonderful in wisdom,
By whom all thnigs were made.
The fullness of the Godhead
in Jesus is displayed."

"I't's all in Him.
It's all in Him.
The fulness of the Godhead,
is all in Him.
It's all in Him.
It's all in Him.
The Mighty God is Jesus and it's all in Him."


My favorite verse...

"The Alpha and Omega,
Beginning and the End.
The Living Word Incarnate,
the helpless sinner's friend.
Our wisdom and perfection,
Our righteousness and power.
Yes all we need in Jesus,
we find this very hour."



I used to sing this song with such gusto, such a surety. I had not thought of the song in years and it came back to me yesterday.

Wow.

It is a beautiful song. However, songs are often "bad theology". Jesus speaks of a personal pre-existence with the Father. The Bible is firm... the Father and the Son are "one" in that they have a mutual indwelling. This is described well by Jesus....

John 10:38
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. (KJV)

John 14:7-10
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. (KJV)

Notice, Jesus doesn't say that He "is" the Father. Christ describes a mutual indwelling, a unity of being. Christ says, "the Father is in me, and I in him." Notice the personal distinction of person drawn by Christ in regards to Himself and the Father. This is the biblical relationship between the Father and the Son.