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To: Thinkin' Gal
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God
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14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

Would little children read this as the Word was God and became flesh, as is clearly written, or would they need a teacher to tell them that it means something else?

JM
71 posted on 03/22/2006 11:39:52 AM PST by JohnnyM
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To: JohnnyM

Children in Sunday school can easily tell you that Jesus is the only begotten son of God.

They can easily tell you that God is the Father of Jesus Christ.

What they can't explain, is how Jesus is God, God is God, the Holy Spirit is God and with three you have one.

Kids can't explain that.

But they can understand that there is one God and one mediator between God and men the MAN Christ Jesus.

Wow...the Bible calls Jesus a man yet you call him God. Who should we believe?


72 posted on 03/22/2006 11:44:44 AM PST by Eagle Eye (There ought to be a law against excess legislation.)
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To: JohnnyM

Funny how you demand that we answer your questions but you won't answer how if Jesus is God and God is invisible, then who saw Jesus?

Or if Jesus was God, then was God really dead for three days and three nights?

Or since God is not man...and Jesus is a man...how can Jesus be God the Son?


73 posted on 03/22/2006 11:48:22 AM PST by Eagle Eye (There ought to be a law against excess legislation.)
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To: JohnnyM; Eagle Eye; the-ironically-named-proverbs2
Would little children read this as the Word was God and became flesh, as is clearly written, or would they need a teacher to tell them that it means something else?

I just asked my children and they see a metaphor. Of course, they also think that Jesus was not a literal loaf of bread or a literal vine, so why should he be a literal word (spoken or written).

They also know that when I promise to bake them a cake, my word is true. Therefore, when the cake comes into being, it is my word that has come true. My word was that there would be a cake. "Cake" is the word made manifest with flour, sugar, etc. Faith in the promise is the substance of the cake hoped for, the evidence of the cake not seen. By faith in the promise of the cake, the children obtained a good report - that mom's homemade cherry cheesecake will be tonight's dessert. They knew this even before they saw me assemble the ingredients, because they know me.

134 posted on 03/22/2006 1:54:05 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal (As it was in the days of NO...)
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