Re: The Results Of My Poll Are Shocking
I disagreed with the wording, and as you know, doctrinal issues and arguments are ALL based on words, so they must be precise. So I didn't vote.
God the Father manifest Himself in flesh, but that FLESH was NOT God the Father; that flesh (the son) was indwelt by God the Father. Since the man, Christ Jesus, was both man (flesh) and God (Spirit), I can neither say that "Jesus was God the Father" nor "Jesus was not God the Father." It must be worded correctly (and scripturally: I Timothy 3:16): God [Spirit] was manifest in the flesh [Son].
What you propose is a component of what my Dad always referred to as "Jesus-Only" doctrine. One with which I wholeheartedly disagree.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
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To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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