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To: Forest Keeper; jo kus; annalex; Kolokotronis; .30Carbine; Alamo-Girl; Dr. Eckleburg; HarleyD
So, are you saying that the Divine power within Jesus lay dormant during His physical life, but instead there was an exercise of power separately from the Father because of perfect prayer?

Remember that the eternal God the Word humbled himself to become man. He came to undo what Adam did, to counter an undefiled man's disobedience with an undefiled Man's perfect obedience. His human will was never in conflict with His divine will; nor was His divine will in anything but perfect harmony with the will of the Father, and vice versa: for it was Christ who willed Himself to die with Father's concordance; and it was Christ's divine nature that resurrected the Body. So, I wouldn't say His divine nature was dormant; God never sleeps. :)

14,618 posted on 05/15/2007 1:00:03 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; jo kus; annalex; Kolokotronis; .30Carbine; Alamo-Girl; Dr. Eckleburg; HarleyD
Remember that the eternal God the Word humbled himself to become man. He came to undo what Adam did, to counter an undefiled man's disobedience with an undefiled Man's perfect obedience. His human will was never in conflict with His divine will; nor was His divine will in anything but perfect harmony with the will of the Father, and vice versa: for it was Christ who willed Himself to die with Father's concordance; and it was Christ's divine nature that resurrected the Body. So, I wouldn't say His divine nature was dormant; God never sleeps. :)

Well, if we put all this together now, it appears you are saying that when Christ healed others, it was due to the Father's response to prayers from Christ's human nature. HOWEVER, when Christ arose, it was due to Christ's divine nature, somehow apart from the Father. That seems a little selective to me. :) Why is it wrong to say that the Godhead was responsible for the resurrection, or that the Godhead was involved with all the healings?

14,794 posted on 05/20/2007 11:48:20 PM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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