Leaving a position doesn’t earn one an expert award on that prior position nor give one the advancement trophy on the new position.
Categories
Category: apologetics
Categories
Kenotic Arianism
Precursors
Definition
Discussion
- Is Erring Necessarily Human?
- A Conversation with God on Interpretation
- The Author of Hebrews vs. the Kenotic Arians
- Incarnational Deicide (via Char)
- A Defense of Kenotic Arians (They Don’t Exist)
- Satire Against the Kenotic Arians
- Did Jesus Fear (Philosophically considered)
- Jesus perfectly representing God.
- Jesus perfectly representing Man.
- An Incarnational Model of Scripture (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven)
- Why Reformed Kenoticism is wrong (Damian)
- Son of God Language and Christology (Mem on Carson)
- Compatibility of Nature of God and Humans
The other day a fellow brother in the Lord was thinking through some things. He wondered if Jesus ever believed something that wasn’t true and was he upset when he found out it wasn’t true. Specifically, he wondered what happened to Jesus when he found out that Santa wasn’t real. Since error in knowledge is part and parcel of being human would Jesus have been exempted from this very real sorrow?
When looking at baptism, covenantal Reformed types who embrace paedobaptism often employ an argument that ties the covenantal sign of Circumcision to the Covenantal sign of Baptism.
The argument goes something like this:
Covenantal Theological Support
- Abraham was circumcised as a sign of his faith-before-circumcision: Romans 4:11
- The Church is the true Israel (Romans 9:6-8), the Israel from above (Gal. 4:26)
- The Church doesn’t replace Israel, it moves it forward (Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25)
- The Church consists then of the true expected sons of Abraham (Rom 4:16; Gal. 3:7, 15-17)
- So the Church gets circumcised (Col. 2:11) in the sign of faith-before-works which is baptism (Colossians 2:11-12 )
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If a different way to heaven existed, no doubt God would have recorded it, but there is no other way. Therefore let us cling to these words, firmly place and rest our hearts upon them, close our eves and say: Although I had the merit of all saints, the holiness and purity of all virgins, and the piety of St. Peter himself, I would still consider my attainment nothing. Rather I must have a different foundation to build on, namely, these words: God has given His Son so that whosoever believes in Him whom the Father’s love has sent shall be saved. And you must confidently insist that you will be preserved; and you must boldly take your stand on His words, which no devil, hell, or death can suppress. Therefore no matter what happens, you should say: There is God’s Word. This is my rock and anchor. On it I rely, and it remains. Where it remains, I, too, remain; where it goes, I, too, go. The Word must stand, for God cannot lie; and heaven and earth must go to ruins before the most insignificant letter or tittle of His Word remains unfulfilled. Kirchenpostille on John 3:16