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To: OLD REGGIE
St. John: "I and the Father are one." (St. John 10.30)

Cherrypicking?
John 17:

[11] And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

[22] The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
Is "one" qualified in any way?


Reg ... with all due consideration, ... if you parse these verses correctly, ... they do not speak of any oneness between God and the disciples, ...

... but, rather that the disciples would be one (i.e. have a unity), ... in the like manner (i.e. even as ...) ... as do the Father and Jesus.

BTW ... haven't spoken to you in some time.

I pray that you are doing well.

15 posted on 08/11/2005 8:26:05 AM PDT by Quester (When in doubt ... trust God!)
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To: Quester
Reg ... with all due consideration, ... if you parse these verses correctly, ... they do not speak of any oneness between God and the disciples, ...

He speaks of the same oneness between all believers and God.

No exclusivitely here. (According to Reggie). :)

I am fine. Hope the same for you. Still cherrypicking:

John 17:
20: "I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word,
21: that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.


25 posted on 08/11/2005 11:42:26 AM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am most likely a Biblical Unitarian? Let me be perfectly clear. I know nothing.)
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