tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535736294867991865.post3168847512159370005..comments2023-09-06T14:33:47.451-07:00Comments on Hope Resurrected: St. Maximus the Confessor on Col 2:15Lazarus Conleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16666450274296456034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535736294867991865.post-59698869148486156612020-05-06T12:24:37.304-07:002020-05-06T12:24:37.304-07:00Theosis does not teach that we become God. We beco...Theosis does not teach that we become God. We become like God. Lazarus Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666450274296456034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535736294867991865.post-42074337809769588902019-12-28T18:17:06.630-08:002019-12-28T18:17:06.630-08:00The teaching/wisdom of MAN has obviously blinded y...The teaching/wisdom of MAN has obviously blinded your mind to the TRUTH that is plainly taught in the scriptures; You have stated that "Thus, in His love of humanity, the only-begotten Son and Logos of God became perfect man, with a view to redeeming human nature from this helplessness in evil." First of all Jesus is NOT "the only-begotten Son." TRUE Christians are ALSO begotten FROM ABOVE: Paul tells the Colossians they are made FULL in Christ: For in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily, and in him you have been made full. The Greek word used in verse 10 is plēroō which is the verb form of the noun plērōma used in verse 9. They are verb and noun forms of the same Greek concept. Paul says essentially the same thing in the letter to the Ephesians: that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19. The Colossians also had the fullness of deity dwelling in them. Having the fullness of God does not mean you ARE God. It means the fullness of the spirit of God dwells in you. All the fullness of deity, the fullness of God, was in Jesus bodily. All the fullness of deity was in the Colossians as well. The Colossians were "partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4) which means they are "partakers of the spirit" (Heb 1:4) and this is how they are made full in the risen Christ. The risen Christ baptizes in holy spirit because he was raised to be "life-giving Spirit" <br />(1 Corinthians 15:45); the Lord IS the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:17;4:5). To be "in Christ" means to be in the resurrection life of Jesus who was raised bodily in the spirit of holiness (Rom 1:4). We no longer know Christ according to the flesh but Christ according to the Spirit (2 Cor 5:16; 1 Peter 3:18). The Spirit dwells in the body of Christ. We are made FULL in the risen Christ because the fullness of that spirit dwells in the risen Jesus bodily. SECONDLY, it ALSO is plainly taught in scripture that the term “logos” was used for Yahweh, Jesus and Paul; Yahweh in John 1 was the "logos" Jesus in Rev 19:13 was the "logos" and Paul in Acts 14:1 was called the "logos." ALSO Jesus' genesis/origin started IN the womb of Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit (His Father) in Matt 1:1,18 The Divine Logos DID NOT assumed our human nature without altering his divinity: Jesus DID NOT come to redeem our human nature: QUESTION; Who was DEAD on the cross for your SIN? Was it the MAN called Jesus, OR was it just his human nature?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09150449172532829203noreply@blogger.com