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Dec 18, 2017 · Paul says in 1 Timothy 2:5, “There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man” — the human — “Christ Jesus.”. So, in his divine nature, Christ was fully God. In his human nature, he was fully man. In his divine nature, he had all the essential attributes of God during his incarnation, and in his human nature ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. The term kenosis refers to the doctrine of Christ’s “self-emptying” in His incarnation. The word comes from the Greek of Philippians 2:7, which says that Jesus “emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men” (ESV). The word translated “emptied” is a form of kenoó, from which we get ...
Aug 10, 2022 · In His “emptying”, Jesus did not lose any of His divinity but rather a temporary setting aside or restricted use of His divine attributes. By stepping down from His heavenly throne, Jesus took the form of a servant in this world and experiencing the same limitations and sufferings we do. Hebrew 4:15 says “For we do not have a high priest ...
The Correct View of the Kenosis of Jesus Christ. The correct view of the kenosis is based on Paul’s contrast between “the form of God” and “the form of a servant” (lit., “of a slave,” vv. 6–7). Paul implied that Christ exchanged the form of God for the form of a slave in conjunction with His incarnation. Thus, Christ emptied ...
There are a number of common misconceptions about what Christ emptied Himself of when He became a human being. Misconception 1: Jesus Set Aside His Deity. This view holds that Jesus ceased to be God when He came to earth. He gave up His essential attributes of Deity when He became a human.
Dec 16, 2021 · Kenoticism argues, based on the ‘self-emptying’ of Philippians 2, that Jesus gave up some of his divine attributes when he took on human flesh. However, Colossians 2:9 rejects this reading clearly: ‘in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form’. Jesus did not empty himself of his divine attributes when he became a man.
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Sep 12, 2024 · The phrase made himself of no reputation means that Jesus “emptied himself,” which is how the ESV renders the first clause of Philippians 2:7. Some have interpreted this to suggest that Jesus temporarily relinquished His divine attributes. A closer look at the context of Philippians 2:7, however, reveals a different understanding of what ...
