He exemplifies that as one person can have right over different substances, similarly Jesus Christ has the right over both humanity and divinity, and both exist in equality (Roberts). ... The three persons are The God, The Spirit of God and Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God. ... Marcoin's argument was based on the exoteric view that there cannot be one same God for both Jesus Christ and the rest of the world as if this was the case, then Christ would have all the attributes of God. ... Since both these attributes cannot be associated with Christ, they tend to deny the concept of sole po...

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There is a triple parallel in the person of the lamb: Christ- Lamb of God, the lambs of Christ's flock and a lamb, the animal as the symbol of one or the other. The first possibility is to interpret the Lamb as Christ Himself. ... In a few places in the Bible Jesus appears in white clothes. ... Secondly, in the verse Gave thee life, and bid thee feed thee might also stand for Jesus. ... In other place Jesus says: "All things have been committed to me by my Father." ...

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(Romans 8:28-30, NRSV) "The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance." (2 Peter 3:9, ESV) "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to t...

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It should, furthermore, be noted that Paul begins this chapter by saying, "Therefore, being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.... His position is affirmed by quoting the 10th commandment itself, "Thou shalt not covet" (Ex 20:17) and the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus reprimands even anger (Matt 5:22) and lust (Matt 5:28). ... He defends freedom of will, however, only to a limited extent: Certainly, those who are outside of Christ do still make voluntary choices-that is, they decide what they want to do, then they do it. ...

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Reply to Lodahl's Response to my Critique: Michael Lodahl (Professor of Theology at Point Loma University) replies to my published critique of his notion that God is the "body of the world"1 in the same edition of the Wesleyan Theological Journal. His reply is called "A Response to Rodney Enderby" (hereafter RRE)2. I make the following comments in reply: Evidence for God as the "Body of Creation" Lodahl contends that my critique of his thinking, particularly as expressed in his book, God of Nature and of Grace (hereafter GNG) suffers from the serious f...

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