The Diety of Christ/Jesus is God: An Approach for Skeptics

[Catholic Crusader]

Jesus received his human nature from his mother and his divine nature from his father.

Good theology demonstrates that God, who is perfect, cannot be divided. If he could, he would be neither perfect nor God. Since Christ shares Gods nature, he must be fully God. There is no other way around it.

And by this very 'belief', if WE TOO can BECOME ONE with Christ, that would MAKE US TOO; God.....

I think that is wrong. We become ADOPTED sons of God when we enter into the covenant family of God. We are not sons by nature. Only Jesus is Gods sone by nature. We are sons by ADOPTION. That is the whole meaning of "covenant".

 

[Veritas]

Now, since you would refute the words of John as well as what I have offered, you tell ME: Was John Confused? And if you contend that 'he was confused', was he 'confused' when he wrote of The Word? When he 'named' Christ, The Word, as so many believe that he did, was he simply confused here as well?

No, I don't think John was confused, and yes I agree with you that Christ is The Word... like John says.

And even the Revelation of John may have well been SYMBOLIC visions that were ONLY representative of the ACTUAL appearance of God. For as far as we KNOW, God has NO distinctive APPERANCE other than LIGHT.

And if you dispute what is offered here, please, by ALL MEANS, tell us WHAT God LOOKS like.

Well, I haven't seen God. I only get an idea from what is written in the Bible... like you.

And IF God had EVER desired to REVEAL His TRUE appearance to mankind, why do you 'suppose' that what MOSES SAW was a 'burning bush'? Wouldn't it have been MORE prudent, (if man was ABLE to actually OBSERVE the Glory of God), to simply APPEAR in that GLORY rather than in the form of a 'burning bush'?

I think we would die if we saw God in His complete Glory.

Now, Veritas, what is it that these that you mention ACTUALLY SAW. I am NOT refering to 'appearance'. I am refering to ACTUAL SIGHT. With the EYES OPEN. What do you suppose that these ACTUALLY SAW?

I think they saw the preincarnate Word. I think they saw Jesus.

And JUST as Moses was 'gifted' with the appearance of a 'burning bush', we have NO reason to believe that John saw ANYTHING other than what he was GIVEN to SEE. I am QUITE sure that God could manifest Himself in the 'shape' or 'appearance' of ANYTHING in which He CHOOSES. And perhaps that is EXACTLY what John WAS refering to. That NO MAN has ever ACTUALLY SEEN God in His TRUE and COMPLETE Glory.

I would say no man has seen God in His complete Glory.