(September 8, 2013 at 1:10 am)Drich Wrote: Christ's ministry officially started at the point of his baptism by John. However there were instances where Christ performed miricals and did his thing before He was baptized. The Water/wine wedding comes to mind.The water/wind wedding was in John chapter 2, after the meeting with JtB which was in John chapter 1.
Quote:At the point of His baptism He was endowed with the Holy Spirit, ...Wait! Does this mean you're a non-Trinitarian Christian? You sound like an Ebionite Christian, where Jesus was a normal guy until his baptism where he received (and formed a symbiotic relationship with) the Holy Spirit. If Jesus is one with the Father and Holy Spirit, that kind of precludes being later endowed with something he's already one with.
But perhaps I'm over-thinking your theological philosophy and how well you've thought it through?
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Quote: ...but did not actually start ministering to actual people till sometime after He came back form his time in the desert. Which by then JtB was imprisioned.Have you actually read the Gospel of John?
Jesus opened a rival baptizing ministry along the River Jordan before JtB was thrown into prison and he outdid the Baptist at his own gig.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
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