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To: JAKraig
I have trouble accepting this. They cannot all three be omnipotent or one would not have power over the others.

The power is "shared" equally and their wills are in full accord. When Jesus says that the Father "sent" Him or that He will "send the Spirit", it is not to be understood as a command, but rather as a cooperation.

They cannot all be omniscient if one of them knows something the other does not know, such as when the end of the world will be.

Now we are getting in to the issue of the hypostasis, which I was really trying to avoid. but here goes: Just as God is three persons with one nature, Jesus is one person with two natures. He has a fully divine nature and at the same time a fully human nature.

Make sure you understand I am not saying that He is demigod, half god half man. He is both fully human and fully divine at the exact same time. When He says that only the Father knows the exact time, it is His human nature that says this.

I fully expect the prots to make some snide comments, but I will try to clarify for you if need be.

412 posted on 05/30/2016 7:05:21 PM PDT by verga (In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: verga
The power is "shared" equally and their wills are in full accord. When Jesus says that the Father "sent" Him or that He will "send the Spirit", it is not to be understood as a command, but rather as a cooperation.

Now is this after God came into existence as you noted in your post #160?

Or was it when the second being instantly became sentient as per your #160 post?

413 posted on 05/30/2016 7:09:51 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: verga

A precise and well worded explanation of the ‘hypostasis’. And it does not conflict with the FACT that there wwere times and events which God as Jesus had limited from His nature while in our limits well. Only God knows why He did this, but I suspect it has something to do with shutting out the Angels from discerning the future as God has it planned.


415 posted on 05/30/2016 7:17:15 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: verga
I fully expect the prots to make some snide comments, but I will try to clarify for you if need be.

Which part of your explanation; do you feel; will be rejected by PROTs snidely?

427 posted on 05/31/2016 3:05:45 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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