Chapter 2 The GOD-MAN
A full exegesis of Philippians 2:6-8 is found in Chapter X, The Bible Viewpoint but something will be said right now about the God-man. Paul delineates it for the sake of the Philippians and all future generations of Christians. The ‘who’ of verse 6 is Christ Jesus (see verse 5). Verse 6 says he was existing or being (present tense) in (the) form or μορφὴ (morphe) of God. This Greek word gives us by transliteration morphology, the study of the forms of things, especially of animals, plants and words and their structure. At the very least, it is teaching that Jesus Christ and God have something in common. They have the ‘same structure of Godliness’. I really do not know how anyone can express the inexpressible in any other way. If two creatures have the same morphology, then they would be considered to share a commonality of origin. This was widely used by evolutionary thinkers to postulate that one creature could come from another species by examining the ‘hand and limbs’ of differing species. If they were similar, then they had a common ancestor. …show more content…
There is no reference to just Jesus. This is true because his name or title, Christ Jesus, refers one back to the Word of God, who is God. Scripture is clear, the Father is God, Jesus Christ is God and the Holy Ghost is God. But there are not three Gods! God is one and monotheism is the correct approach. Mathematically, if it helps, it is not a case of 1+1+1 = 1 which is false, but it is 1x1x1 = 1 which is true. Imagine the chaos if there were three Gods. Think of the competitions men would make of this and which one would be more important? We would be back in Greek or Roman times but now with our god who would favour us above all others and destroy our enemies if we prayed enough or sacrificed virgins to
A full exegesis of Philippians 2:6-8 is found in Chapter X, The Bible Viewpoint but something will be said right now about the God-man. Paul delineates it for the sake of the Philippians and all future generations of Christians. The ‘who’ of verse 6 is Christ Jesus (see verse 5). Verse 6 says he was existing or being (present tense) in (the) form or μορφὴ (morphe) of God. This Greek word gives us by transliteration morphology, the study of the forms of things, especially of animals, plants and words and their structure. At the very least, it is teaching that Jesus Christ and God have something in common. They have the ‘same structure of Godliness’. I really do not know how anyone can express the inexpressible in any other way. If two creatures have the same morphology, then they would be considered to share a commonality of origin. This was widely used by evolutionary thinkers to postulate that one creature could come from another species by examining the ‘hand and limbs’ of differing species. If they were similar, then they had a common ancestor. …show more content…
There is no reference to just Jesus. This is true because his name or title, Christ Jesus, refers one back to the Word of God, who is God. Scripture is clear, the Father is God, Jesus Christ is God and the Holy Ghost is God. But there are not three Gods! God is one and monotheism is the correct approach. Mathematically, if it helps, it is not a case of 1+1+1 = 1 which is false, but it is 1x1x1 = 1 which is true. Imagine the chaos if there were three Gods. Think of the competitions men would make of this and which one would be more important? We would be back in Greek or Roman times but now with our god who would favour us above all others and destroy our enemies if we prayed enough or sacrificed virgins to