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Was the Incarnate God Omniscient?

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Was the Incarnate God Omniscient?

Postby Jeff » December 15th, 2005, 12:27 am

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re: Was the Incarnate God Omniscient?

Postby Leslie » December 15th, 2005, 12:44 am

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"At myself. My little puny self," said Phillipa.
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Postby Colleen » December 15th, 2005, 2:02 am

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Postby Leslie » December 15th, 2005, 2:11 am

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Postby Colleen » December 15th, 2005, 2:49 am

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re: Was the Incarnate God Omniscient?

Postby Jeff » December 15th, 2005, 2:59 am

I'm not so sure it makes sense to say He was't omnipotent. He freely chose much of the time not to use His supreme power, but it doesn't follow from this that He couldn't have used it.

One thing I'm not clear on: how would we know if he stopped being omnipresent? I thought that was an immaterial attribute...
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Postby Colleen » December 15th, 2005, 3:05 am

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Postby Jeff » December 15th, 2005, 3:12 am

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Postby Leslie » December 15th, 2005, 3:26 am

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Postby Karla » December 15th, 2005, 3:48 am

This sounds like some of the early Christian . Interesting stuff.
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Re: re: Was the Incarnate God Omniscient?

Postby Jeff » December 15th, 2005, 4:06 am

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Postby Leslie » December 15th, 2005, 4:38 am

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Postby King Peter » December 15th, 2005, 5:01 am

"But if the Witch could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who has committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards." - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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Postby Tony » December 15th, 2005, 5:09 am

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Postby Steve » December 15th, 2005, 11:24 am

There's also the idea that Jesus emptied himself of much of his divine nature to become a man.

Philippians 2:7 " but [He] emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness."
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