1213 wrote: It helps, if you read the whole Bible.
If we read the whole Bible, we had to start in the beginning.
The gospel of John said, in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God.
God created all things through the Word, the speech/logos in the creation week, also uttered "Let Us make man in Our image,"
Whom was with the Father.
1213 wrote: … we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;" yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
1 Cor. 8:4-6
The one God and one Lord mentioned as contradistinction from the “many gods and many lords†in verse 4.
If you interpret the one Lord, then Who is this one Lord called God in Acts 17:24?
Act 17:24Â "The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;Â
1213 wrote: For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Tim. 2:5
Jesus before became flesh in the New Testament, was the Word, that was God. To quote Heb 13:8, Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever God.
The word "yesterday" with Strong#G5504, in Greek "á¼Ï‡Î¸ÎÏ‚ echthes" defined by Louw and Nida Greek-English Lexicon based on semantic domain means as - an unlimited extension of time, from the past into the future, always, eternally, past and present and future.
Thus, from the past into the future, an unlimited extension of time, Jesus is eternally God, past, present and future, though He emptied Himself the form of God and take the likeness of man to die on the cross to give hope of salvation to all in faith.
Heb 13:8Â R1JesusG2424 ChristG5547 is the sameG846 yesterdayG5504 and todayG4594 and foreverG165.Â
G5504 Louw ans Nida Greek-English Lexicon)
á¼Ï‡Î¸ÎÏ‚ echthes
an unlimited extension of time, from the past into the future - 'always, eternally, past and present and future.'
(from Greek-English Lexicon Based on Semantic Domain. Copyright © 1988 United Bible Societies, New York. Used by permission.)
1213 wrote: There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
Eph. 4:4-6
For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet." But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
1 Cor. 15:27-28
Jesus’ relational subjection to the Father is the voluntary, functional, and loving submission of the Son to the Father's authority, without implying any inferiority in nature, essence, or divinity, it is a distinction of role as Father and Son.
Just like we to our son, we expect obedience from them and that does not affect our nature as man.
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