This question I asked, was in reference to what a co-worker stated to me. He said that God saves, and Jesus does not. Therefore, he has made Jesus less than God/not God. He stated this, that Jesus was the Son, but not God.
Now, I hope/pray/trust this clears up why I asked this. I see Them all Three in salvation.
Is it God or Jesus who really saves sinners?
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by convicted1, Jan 29, 2012.
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John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
If he reads those two and still insists that Jesus is not God then He does not have the Spirit and is lost. What would then need to be done is deal with him about salvation. -
He is a baptist. At one time, he was in a Enterprise Baptist church. A close friend of his was the pastor there, and was very ill. He helped him out(I think he may have been an assistant pastor{interim?}), and after he left, I think he doesn't have his membership at any particular church, but visits differering churches.
Well, you have no idea of whom I am talking about. He is a "literalist", and he "knows" everything. I really love this fellow, but I do not talk with in about the bible much anymore. When someone "knows" it all, there's no need to even bother. -
He called what he believed "polytheistic", whereas the rest of us were "monotheistic". -
And furthermore, he has a degree from a seminary. I have never asked him where he went to, though. I wish I had...... -
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There is a misguided view where Jesus is used as some static tool by the Father to save mankind i.e. a doorstop. That Jesus Christ propped open the door by dying on the cross (or the illustration where Jesus is the bridge between man and the Father) and those who want to be with God can just step through that door, but really salvation is not some static happenstance. Salvation is an ongoing condition; the ongoing work of Jesus Christ in the believer, conforming us in His image; His likeness. -
the Father send forth the Son to be born, conceived of/by the HS....
The HS empowered/annoited Son for his ministry...
The Son died as the sin bearer upon the Cross, the HS raised Him from the dead, and the Father tore the curtain, accepting the sacrifice of the Son, and applying that Grace towards those whom would come to Christ! -
Jesus OR God? Jesus IS God! God is a Triune God--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. "In the beginning was the Word (Jesus before He was born on earth in human form), and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God." John 1:1
We are saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus the Christ--so I would say we are saved by both. -
I don't know if what the fellow believes would be considered Modalism or not. Because what He believes is that there's God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. God is God, Jesus is the Son of God(but not God), and the Holy Ghost is the Holy Ghost(and He's not God either). They are Three seperate Persons altogether, and not One manifested in three Persons.
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Still is heretical!
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