tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146183364287787287.post21219483221287320..comments2024-01-24T23:01:01.168+10:00Comments on Painting Fakes: The Mystery of the CrossJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11272544252649766985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146183364287787287.post-70864304657061569812013-09-08T13:54:07.349+10:002013-09-08T13:54:07.349+10:00John, I'm not a great thinker, but I am becomi...John, I'm not a great thinker, but I am becoming of the opinion that there is a duality to just about everything in our religion (faith?). There is one God, but there are three persons who are God. We have free will, but God's will is done. Sinful man killed Jesus, yet God sent His Son to die in our place.Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485029319098423399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146183364287787287.post-34621049749598874742012-07-19T14:27:58.417+10:002012-07-19T14:27:58.417+10:00Yes brad - hence my favourite quote from Albert No...Yes brad - hence my favourite quote from Albert Noland.<br /><br />"We cannot deduce anything about Jesus from what we think we know about God; we must now deduce everything about God from what we know about Jesus.... To say now suddenly that Jesus is divine does not change our understanding of Jesus, it changes our understanding of divinity...."Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272544252649766985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146183364287787287.post-79235904623374560892012-07-19T08:33:40.751+10:002012-07-19T08:33:40.751+10:00Hi Jon. Firstly, I agree that familiarity desensi...Hi Jon. Firstly, I agree that familiarity desensitises. I was talking with some friends last night and realised how desensitised Christians are to the atrocious violence in the OT because of the comical or caricature way it is presented in Sunday school.<br /><br />But, onto your main point I think it is helpful to think of Jesus as God himself, not the son of God, when dealing with his death. For in what sense is he God's son, other than being the physical manifestation of God and the perfect human servant? He is not, I think, God's son in such a literal sense, rather the father-son concept is a way of us understanding God; an analogy even. Then we see his death much more as humans killing God, rathr than God sacrificing his son. And I think this is more in line with how the NT writers refer to it.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986265660954928076noreply@blogger.com