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Kenosis and divine attributes

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by AresMan, Apr 13, 2017.

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  1. Squire Robertsson

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    Why do you continue to slice the baloney so thin. Scripture says He emptied Himself. Thus the action was of His own volition.
     
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    Your question, do adverbs modify verbs is the claim Philippians 2:7 does not mean He emptied Himself. Your whole "He took on..." argument is not how the text reads, thus a rewrite.

    Finally, your "submission to the human nature" goes right back to the bogus claim, He really didn't empty Himself, but once incarnate His divine attributes were veiled.

    Lets leave it, my view is supported by scripture.
     
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    "I went to visit my family in Florida, flying into Tampa and renting a car at the airport."

    Would you deny that "flying" and "renting" tell us how I "went"? That "went" simply has its own full meaning independent of the participles that function as adverbs? Are you saying that I first (1) "went," second (2) "flew," and third (3) "rented"?

    This is the same grammatical construct in Philippians 2:7.

    Given that adverbs do, in fact, modify verbs; therefore, "taking on" and "being made" tell us how the "emptied Himself" occurred. Yes, I stick to my guns that the emptying occurred by taking on a human form while still being in the divine form. This lines up perfectly with how the Chalcedonian Creed describes the Hypostatic Union. Whatever was necessary for human limitation occurred, but it was not in the lost possession of any attributes. It was in the submission of their exercise to the human nature, but nothing vanished into the ether or changed in the divine nature of the Son. That is what I have to believe.
     
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