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You’re saying Jesus is God and that we can have equality with Jesus. Then you believe we become God?
Jesus is God, but we become Joint-Heirs as Adopted sons/daughters.

We are equal as Adopted children of the Father.

We will NEVER be Equal to God or be God.
 
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Jesus is God, but we become Joint-Heirs as Adopted sons/daughters.

We are equal as Adopted children of the Father.

We will NEVER be Equal to God or be God.
I just want to make sure I understand you so I can wrap my head around what you’re saying.

Is this accurate about what you believe:

1. Jesus is God
2. Jesus’ Father is God
3. God “emptied” Himself and become a man named Jesus
4. Jesus was not God’s Son until his resurrection
5. At Jesus’ resurrection is when he was adopted
6. We can become adopted sons of God as well
7. When we become adopted sons, we become joint-heirs with Jesus, in a sense, but not totally equally since we don’t become God
8. We don’t become joint-heirs until we are resurrected like Jesus was

please feel free to modify that if it isn’t accurate.
 

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I just want to make sure I understand you so I can wrap my head around what you’re saying.

Is this accurate about what you believe:

1. Jesus is God
2. Jesus’ Father is God
3. God “emptied” Himself and become a man named Jesus
4. Jesus was not God’s Son until his resurrection
5. At Jesus’ resurrection is when he was adopted
6. We can become adopted sons of God as well
7. When we become adopted sons, we become joint-heirs with Jesus, in a sense, but not totally equally since we don’t become God
8. We don’t become joint-heirs until we are resurrected like Jesus was

please feel free to modify that if it isn’t accurate.
the problem with this users argument, that is scripture. many of the times. God is plural

We made man in OUR image.

who is we??

How can jesus be above the angels.. who was he, if not God.
 

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This is often misinterpreted. I’ll rightly divide it now.

Psa 45:7
You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companion

Simply put, Lord God Almighty doesn’t have a God over Him or companions to be anointed above. God is already supreme and sovereign.

If you pause and actually read it, it doesn’t even make sense because it’s mistranslated or is grammatically incorrect.

It would actually not strip God of His deity with two possible modifications.

First idea is put a comma after “therefore” which would allow it to keep grammatical consistency with referring to one God who is anointing someone lesser than Himself, not giving deference to someone greater than Himself.

Second use, given the context of Psalm 45 where the context is in reference to a human king, it’s possible to refer to him as a god rather than God. That would actually make sense.
The author of Hebrews says that Psalm 45:6 refers to Christ, explicitly calling Him God.

Hebrews 1:8
But to the Son He says:
"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom."

So you are saying the author of Hebrews has misinterpreted the Psalm?
 
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The author of Hebrews says that Psalm 45:6 refers to Christ, explicitly calling Him God.

Hebrews 1:8
But to the Son He says:
"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom."

So you are saying the author of Hebrews has misinterpreted the Psalm?
Do you believe God has companions to be anointed above because He loved righteousness and hated wickedness? That’s the problem with that. God is superior to all so I think we at least agree there. That’s why I raised the concerns I did with my previous post.

Iirc, that would not be an orthodox Trinitarian view where each member of the Trinity is equal, but one.
 

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Do you believe God has companions to be anointed above because He loved righteousness and hated wickedness? That’s the problem with that. God is superior to all so I think we at least agree there. That’s why I raised the concerns I did with my previous post.

Iirc, that would not be an orthodox Trinitarian view where each member of the Trinity is equal, but one.
Do you believe Hebrews 1:8?

I think you should answer this question.

I believe Psalm 45. You will say you do but you do not seem to agree that it says what the author of Hebrews says it says.
 

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If you pause and actually read it, it doesn’t even make sense because it’s mistranslated or is grammatically incorrect.
Isn't it more likely that you think the Psalm and the epistle do not make sense because you do not accept what they say?

The Author of Hebrews quotes it and that quote agree with the translation.

Do you believe Hebrews 1 has misinterpreted Psalm 45?
 
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Do you believe Hebrews 1:8?

I think you should answer this question.

I believe Psalm 45. You will say you do but you do not seem to agree that it says what the author of Hebrews says it says.
I’ll take that as a yes.

So how does that fit into the orthodox Trinity doctrine?
 

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Night night all.

Let us all remember that God loves us a much as he loves Jesus.

John 17:23
23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

John 13:35
35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
 

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Do you believe God has companions to be anointed above because He loved righteousness and hated wickedness?
silly question.
yes of course.

I have called you friends
(John 15:15)
 

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I think that answers my question. Neither of us want to say it lol.
you do not seem to comprehend what is happening here.

i believe the Bible. all of it.

Psalm 45 makes perfect sense as it is written.
Jesus is both 100% perfect man and 100% The One True God.

as a man, He has a God - and it is Himself.
His Father is God - Himself; they are One.
as a man, He spoke to men as a man and He walked as a man demonstrating to us what a perfect man is.
simultaneously at no time was He ever not The Almighty God.

He is not simple. the Bible is not simple. you cannot think of Him as a simple creature like you or me.
this God-Man is called by the Bible a "great mystery" - the greatest mystery.
i am not claiming to understand Him. but i know Whom i have believed.

i am not afraid to say anything i believe - tho you may be - but i work 65+ hours a week at a very mentally demanding vocation and don't have the leisure to write long posts on my phone in reply to you. i particularly don't have time to chase you down rabbit holes while you duck simple questions. and least, not until the weekend... but i also have a kenosis thread i started to get back to.

now do you believe Hebrews 1:6 is accurate or not?
if you do not, why in the world did you start a thread called "do you believe the Bible" ??
are you the one "no" vote?
 
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silly question.
yes of course.


I have called you friends
(John 15:15)
Thank you for answering. Then you don’t believe in a co-equal Trinity. Right?

in fact, if God has companions to be anointed over, and those companions are human, then it follows at one point he was equal to or less in status than his human companions.

Does that sound like creator of the universe to you?
 
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I just want to make sure I understand you so I can wrap my head around what you’re saying.

Is this accurate about what you believe:

1. Jesus is God
YES
2. Jesus’ Father is God
ONLY BY ADOPTION: IN REALITY JESUS HAS NO FATHER: BUT HE SHOWED US HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER
3. God “emptied” Himself and become a man named Jesus
YES
4. Jesus was not God’s Son until his resurrection
BAPTISM [HENCE GOD SAYING THIS DAY YOU ARE MY BEGOTTEN SON]
5. At Jesus’ resurrection is when he was adopted
IT HAPPENED AFTER HIS BAPTISM AND JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS EYE WITNESS FOR A SIGN FROM GOD WHO THE MESSIAH WOULD BE
6. We can become adopted sons of God as well
YES, WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOUR
7. When we become adopted sons, we become joint-heirs with Jesus, in a sense, but not totally equally since we don’t become God
WE BECOME JOINT-HEIRS MEANING WE HAVE A PROMISE FROM GOD WE WILL BE CITIZENS OF HEAVEN ONE DAY
8. We don’t become joint-heirs until we are resurrected like Jesus was
WE ARE JOINT-HEIRS NOW!
 

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in fact, if God has companions to be anointed over, and those companions are human, then it follows at one point he was equal to or less in status than his human companions.
non sequitur.

do you believe the Bible?
do you believe Hebrews 1:8 misinterprets Psalm 45:6?
 

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If you pause and actually read it, it doesn’t even make sense because it’s mistranslated or is grammatically incorrect.
it does not logically follow that Psalm 45:6-7 is mistranslated simply on the basis that a person reading it refuses to believe what it says.
 
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When they translated the Bible,
non sequitur.

do you believe the Bible?
do you believe Hebrews 1:8 misinterprets Psalm 45:6?
In Psalm 45, the context is about a human king with a foreign wife.

Consider Exodus 7:1

1Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

Sometimes humans of high status are referred to as a God. Not because they are literally Lord God Almighty, like Moses for example, but because of their status, power, authority.

I think that’s what Psalm 45 shows and Hebrews 1:8,9 shows as well. It’s evident that this person being called God has companions that he wasn’t at one point elevated above. He’s a kingly and powerful character. That’s the correct interpretation that makes most sense to me. It also keeps God from having a superior God in Hebrews 1.

So yes I believe Hebrews 1 and Psalm 45 completely.
 

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So yes I believe Hebrews 1 and Psalm 45 completely.
clearly you do not:


to the Son He says:

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

And:

You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
They will perish, but You remain;
And they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will fold them up,
And they will be changed.
But You are the same,
And Your years will not fail.

God is the "He" who says these things, about the Son.
God calls the Son "God" quoting Psalm 45.
God calls the Son "LORD" quoting Psalm 102


-- the word here is the tetragrammaton, YHWH.
God says the Son laid the foundations of the earth.
God says the heavens are the work of the Son's hands.
God says the Son will like a cloak fold up the heavens and the earth and change them.
God says the Son is unchanging, eternal.


God also says the Son is anointed by God with gladness more than His companions.

clearly the Son is God.
clearly the Son came to us, born a man.


clearly the Father is God and the Son is God.
the Son is the God of the Father, for He calls the Son "Oh God"
the Father is the God of the Son, for He says of Himself, "Your God"


clearly what you believe is incompatible with the text.