Interpreted ontologically as a metaphysical treatise and juridically as a moral manual the bible is may transmit knowledge about the God of Nature; but it will not be a means of Grace by which we come to trust in the Loving - Mercy
of God the Father of Jesus to stand before God in the psycho - spiritual nakedness necessary for a deeply intimate relationship.
«The deity of Christ, His death, the atonement of sin, the resurrection, my standing
with God the Father because of what Christ has done — it's just not a question,» he said.
«He is our repose as the one freeing the law from the contingent slavery in the flesh during the present life; our healing, as the one healing [us] of the affliction of death and destruction through his Resurrection; our grace, as the distributor of sonship in the Spirit
by God the Father through faith, and of the grace of divinisation for each one according to worthiness.»
For he received honor and glory
from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, «This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.»
He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of
God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
The formation of the planets and the evolution of life could be seen
as God the Father «letting go»; a revelation of God's unselfish Love.
For years and years I couldn't
call God Father in my prayer because my relationship with my human father was so painful.
(John 3:8) Looking at things from this Trinitarian perspective, it is reasonable to assume that one can maintain a saving relationship with
God the Father through the Holy Spirit without necessarily knowing the name of Jesus Christ.
I think the idea of man invading another country enforcing his will on the people goes against the new testament teachings that reserve that power
for God the father only.
because of this passage: «Religion that
God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.»
He is the image of
God the Father who does good works and heals people every day... including amputees.
The LDS were considered heretical for their additional texts; their view
on God the Father, Son, and Spirit; Christ's visit to the ancient Americans after his resurrection as translated by their prophet Joseph Smith; and so on.
Go immerse them in the teachings
about God the Father, about Me, and about the Holy Spirit, which are the things I have taught you.
@ Chad — the whole Christian theory is that
God the Father sent his son to die on the cross to forgive the World of the original sin of Adam and Eve — a mythological couple.
He came to become
what God the Father needed in order to accept sinful men who could not become acceptable in God's sight.
Mormon leaders have taught that Jesus» incarnation was the result of a physical relationship
between God the Father and Mary.
As much as being a parable to help us understand the joy of
God the Father when we return to him, no matter how far away we have been, it also provides a model for fathers and mothers, and all who are responsible for others.
I for one would be very glad to be shot of the patriarchal theology of
God the Father which merely replicates earthly bonds of patriarchal servitude and guilt.
The Holy Spirit descends out of heaven like a dove upon him, and
God the Father speaks out loud, «This is my Son, in whom I am well pleased.»
For us there is
one God the Father of whom are all things and unto whom are we; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom are we (I Cor.
Even before the foundation of the world
God the Father planned that heaven and earth should be united in Jesus Christ, so he could give us all the blessings of heaven through him (Ephesians 1,1 - 10).
He is the Father who married the Mother and fathered Jesus the Son Individual human beings can aspire to become other
Gods the Father holding sway over their own swaths of the universe.
In a more authentic but also more obscure passage in I Corinthians 15:23 - 28 he speaks of the coming of Christ and says, «Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to
God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
As Jürgen Moltmann recently reminded us in The Crucified God, the question of how and to what extent
God the Father actually experiences the death of Christ is in no sense settled once and for all.
This has really helped and I
thank God our Father in Heaven for actually waking me up convicting me of being on my way to a legalist... lacking grace, mercy, love towards people.