(October 21, 2011 at 12:05 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: Here are a few choice passages in the Bible:
Quote:Matthew 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The voice from Heaven is presumably Yahweh, speaking of Jesus in the 3rd person.
Quote:Matthew 26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Jesus claims to have a separate will from his Father and states that he is subordinate to the will of his Father.
Quote:Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Jesus cries out that he has been forsaken by his Father, an event only possible if his Father is a separate being.
Quote: Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Jesus claims not to have knowledge that his Father has.
Quote:Luke 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son;in thee I am well pleased.
Yahweh speaks to Jesus in the second person.
Quote:Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:
Jesus speaks to Yahweh in the second person.
Quote:John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus claims to be the intercessor for his "Father". Being an intercessor for another person requires that he be a separate being from that person. Otherwise, this quote would be a tautology, "no man comes unto me but by me".
The reason I present all these quotes is to put aside all the analogies Christians like to use regarding the Trinity. The Ice-water-steam and the "I'm a father and yet also a son" analogies fail to explain why the above character could be part of the same God being and yet a separate person with a different will, set of knowledge and be his own intercessor.
The Father and the Son are different people, but together with the Holy Spirit they are One God. While Jesus was on Earth as a human being He set aside His power and relied upon the Father for everything, setting an example for us.
Hebrews 2:7
You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, and did set him over the works of your hands:
As He became lower than the angels for our sake, He operated as a human would, while having access to the Father through his perfect obedience and sinless nature. It is the picture of human perfection, as it should have been.
