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To: fortheDeclaration

God is God; He may be beyond emotions, I certainly don’t know.

Are you implying that a member of the Godhead can have a differing opinion, thought, emotion or outlook from another of the Godhead?


5,927 posted on 09/11/2007 4:06:44 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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To: MarkBsnr

If it will help, think of the three persons of the Godhead as each a manifestation for the complexity level of the universe God has created/is creating. Jesus would be the least complex expression while confined to our spacetime prior to the Cross, then He transcended our spacetime limits as evidenced by His passing through solid stone to leave the tomb and through solid walls to enter locked rooms. He has accomplished that which is required in order for us to also step up into this higher level of expression of being and by faithe (action based upon belief which is sustained by confidence in the promises of God to usward) we are born anew into a next stage/phase of existence He brought ‘down’ to us. Jesus explained this to Nicodemus (John 3) and to Philip (John 14), in essence, then did it as he had proclaimed it to be, thus it remains true that ‘by Him and with Him were all things made that are’.


5,934 posted on 09/11/2007 4:22:39 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support. Defend life support for others in the womb.)
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To: MarkBsnr
God is God; He may be beyond emotions, I certainly don’t know. Are you implying that a member of the Godhead can have a differing opinion, thought, emotion or outlook from another of the Godhead?

Now, why would I imply that?

Since all three Persons share equally of the same Divine Essence, they are always co-equal and totally perfect.

God can never be anything less then perfect.

God's emotions only differ from man in their quality, they are always perfect as well.

Man can have a relationship with God because like God man is a person with intellect, sensibilty and will.

We differ in degree of perfection in those attributes, but not in kind.

Each member of the Trinity is a perfect Person, thus, each of those qualites will be perfect and infinite in their scope.

Since man is a created being, he will always be limited, but can still communicate with and have a relationship with God his creator

6,019 posted on 09/11/2007 11:53:25 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (We must beat the Democrats or the country will be ruined! - Lincoln)
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