How Was the Son of God Deified?

@Ghost-of-a-Duke

You thump on the Bible constanly to try to proof text me to shut my mouth.

Now put on your "Cult Fighter Defending Traditional Christianity" hat and tell me if you believe that the Bible TEACHES that the Man Jesus was God."

If you say "No" my job is easier than I thought.
So what's your answer about what you know the Bible TEACHES?

Taken from the writings of josephw. I think it is most appropriate, and in your case cannot be repeated too often.

All I see in your characterizations is a flushing-out-of-interpretations by the use of a preponderance of excessive words, some of which don't appear in scripture, to the extent that one is drowned into an oblivion of the loss of the ability to think critically about what the scriptures are teaching, especially to the individual student. The Holy Spirit teaches, as do those qualified by God to be pastor teachers.

Yours is an ardent and unrelenting word badgering into submission anyone caught in your sights.

This isn't a private Christian Bible study. This is a public forum, and you're going to be met with equal zeal those, whether Christian or not, that disagree with you.

This is not your seminary, and it is not your classroom. You are not a Dr. of theology. You're just another boob like the rest of us that thinks they know-better-than-thou what we're talking about.

@sonship said
@divegeester

Sonship has talked about man being part of the godhead.

It’s a Witness Lee teaching.

Go to www ministrybooks.org. Use the powerful search engine.
Search on the word "godhead". Probably a thousand and more chapters, thousands of pages, hundreds of books the program can search to find your phrase IF it is there.
...[text shortened]... liens, Jesus watchinh over hell, or something else.

You're stuck on stupid, sorry to say.

@josephw

I probably shouldn't say this, but if I keep reading sonship's posts I'm going to forget how to understand the Bible.

I don't know where to begin to unravel this mess. Every reference, every quote, no matter what context it's taken from, is used to support a single assertion!

"God became man so that man can become God".

I'm beginning to feel like a heretic.

40 years reading the Bible, listening to dozens of bible teachers expound on every verse, commentaries, books, talking to thousands of Christians with every conceivable systematic theological perspective, some good, some bad, but never had I heard of the "deification" of believers until I heard it here.

What in the heck is the matter with me!?

@josephw said
@josephw

I probably shouldn't say this, but if I keep reading sonship's posts I'm going to forget how to understand the Bible.

@josephw


We'll see what Ghost says about what the Bible teaches on the incarnation.

If he says no Christ is not taught as God incarnated as a man, that's easier.
He just missed the boat on what the Bible teaches on the Word was God and became flesh (John 1:1,14)

If he says yes, it does teach that, that is more of a challenge then for if He is God what need was there for Him to be deified? Which I thought was his beef.

Regardless, I said I would attempt to speak to the matter.

@sonship said
@josephw


We'll see what Ghost says about what the Bible teaches on the incarnation.

If he says no Christ is not taught as God incarnated as a man, that's easier.
He just missed the boat on what the Bible teaches on the Word was God and became flesh (John 1:1,14)

If he says yes, it does teach that, that is more of a challenge then for if He is God w ...[text shortened]... ied? Which I thought was his beef.

Regardless, I said I would attempt to speak to the matter.

@rajk999 said
I figured out that about 15 yrs ago. Hence I started condemning the mans nonsense and you church people condemned me for that, claiming that sonship was a man of God. Now look at where you are. .. the same place I was 15 yrs ago. Next year you will be calling the man Satan as well.

@josephw said
You entirely misunderstand.

I have no doubt that sonship is a brother in the Lord.

I just don't agree with the "deification" thing.

My hyperbolic and apparent vitriolic postings against it notwithstanding.

@sonship said
@josephw


We'll see what Ghost says about what the Bible teaches on the incarnation.

If he says no Christ is not taught as God incarnated as a man, that's easier.
He just missed the boat on what the Bible teaches on the Word was God and became flesh (John 1:1,14)

If he says yes, it does teach that, that is more of a challenge then for if He is God w ...[text shortened]... ied? Which I thought was his beef.

Regardless, I said I would attempt to speak to the matter.

@rajk999 said
Do you remember what is stated about blasphemy in the bible? You have a brother in the Lord guilty of blasphemy ?

I have atheists brothers in the Lord. I can bet you any money, my atheists brothers in the Lord will fare better than your blasphemous brothers in the Lord.

@rajk999 said
I can bet you any money, my atheists brothers in the Lord will fare better than your blasphemous brothers in the Lord.

@josephw said
You don't have enough money.

Your "atheist brothers" won't fare so well in outer darkness.

@josephw said
"I have atheists brothers in the Lord."

That is blasphemous.