Post by ResLight on Oct 1, 2013 14:18:59 GMT -5
For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. -- John 5:26.
The common thought is that Jesus was speaking of 'self-existence'. Some claim that Jesus was proclaiming an alleged eternal generation, by which they mean that Jesus was begotten in eternity, having an eternal past. Of course, in reality, the very word generation speaks of bringing forth into existence, which could not actually be applied to the idea of never having been created, except that one create a definition of generation in order to suit the pre-conceived concept that Jesus has always existed.
Actually, the Greek does not say "self-existent", although that is what many claim that it means. Jesus said, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves." -- John 6:53.
Jesus was not saying that those who symbolically eat his flesh and drink his blood would become self-existent. He was saying that they would be begotten again as a sinless new creature, and thus have life in themselves. -- 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Likewise, when Jesus was begotten into the world of mankind, we read that "in him was life, and the life was the light of men." -- John 1:4.
Jesus never fell short of the glory of God, and thus like God, he had life in himself. -- 1 John 3:5; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22.
Jesus, although he had been born into the world that became condemned through Adam's sin (Romans 5:12-19; 8:20-22), was not "of the [condemned] world." (John 8:23) Jesus' human body was specially prepared by God (Hebrews 10:5), thus in him was life, sinless life, and Jesus lived his whole life without sin. Thus, while he was in the world of mankind, he served as the light of the world, by which life and incorruption were brought to light for mankind. -- John 9:5; 2 Timothy 1:10.
The common thought is that Jesus was speaking of 'self-existence'. Some claim that Jesus was proclaiming an alleged eternal generation, by which they mean that Jesus was begotten in eternity, having an eternal past. Of course, in reality, the very word generation speaks of bringing forth into existence, which could not actually be applied to the idea of never having been created, except that one create a definition of generation in order to suit the pre-conceived concept that Jesus has always existed.
Actually, the Greek does not say "self-existent", although that is what many claim that it means. Jesus said, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves." -- John 6:53.
Jesus was not saying that those who symbolically eat his flesh and drink his blood would become self-existent. He was saying that they would be begotten again as a sinless new creature, and thus have life in themselves. -- 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Likewise, when Jesus was begotten into the world of mankind, we read that "in him was life, and the life was the light of men." -- John 1:4.
Jesus never fell short of the glory of God, and thus like God, he had life in himself. -- 1 John 3:5; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22.
Jesus, although he had been born into the world that became condemned through Adam's sin (Romans 5:12-19; 8:20-22), was not "of the [condemned] world." (John 8:23) Jesus' human body was specially prepared by God (Hebrews 10:5), thus in him was life, sinless life, and Jesus lived his whole life without sin. Thus, while he was in the world of mankind, he served as the light of the world, by which life and incorruption were brought to light for mankind. -- John 9:5; 2 Timothy 1:10.
