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Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus did not empty Himself of His divine attributes—no such attributes are mentioned in the verse, and it is obvious in the gospels that Jesus possessed the power and wisdom of God. Calming the storm is just one display of Jesus’ divine power (Mark 4:39).
- What is Kenoticism / Kenotic Theology
Philippians 2:6–7 is used as the proof text for this idea....
- What is The Hypostatic Union
The addition of the human nature to the divine nature is...
- What is Kenoticism / Kenotic Theology
Aug 10, 2022 · Jesus did not lose any of His divine attributes, but He voluntarily chose to “restrict” the use of His divine attributes. This restriction is part of the “self-emptying” of himself as described in Philippians 2:7.
Proponents of the preexistent interpretation of the hymn have understood this mostly in one of two ways, that at Jesus’ incarnation he divested himself of his relative divine attributes or he merely chose not to exercise some of them during his incarnation.
- Index
- Introduction
- Kenotic Theology
- Implications of Kenotic Theology
- Emptied of His Glory?
- Christ's Miracles Performed only by The Holy Spirit?
- Philippians 2:5-8
- Two Heads, Two Centers?
- Three Tests of Orthodoxy
- Deity of Christ - Valuable Links
A Biblically consistent and orthodox view of the kenosis begins with God. It flows through the Trinity, Christology, the incarnation, and then to the kenosis. Scripture must inform Scripture; our view of God, the Trinity, Christology and the incarnation provides the context and informs our interpretation of the kenosis. 1. God: Among His many attri...
Most kenoticists believe that Christ gave up His sovereign dominion when becoming incarnate. They follow the same logic as the Arians, but they are deceived into thinking their Christ is still God. These could be classified as neo-Arians. Other kenoticists believe that Christ continued being sovereign while on earth, but that His divine and human n...
In trying to understand the mystery of the incarnation, kenoticists have fallen prey to the tendency to submit the authority of God's Word to human reason: "Understanding is believing." They do not properly acknowledge Christ's two natures during His 33 years on earth, and they ignore or subtly alter important Christological distinctions in God's W...
The first verse of the popular song, "He is Lord," begins, "Emptied of His glory God became a Man."19 Though the Philippians passages does not say that Christ emptied Himself of anything, there are those who appear to need add something to the passage, so they assault His glory. To do this they appeal to Christ's high priestly prayer in John 17. "T...
Christological distortions are often marked with the words "only" and "just." Jesus was and is a man, but not just a man. Heresy marked the 1970's Jesus Christ Superstar musical when Mary Magdalene sings of Jesus, "He's a man he's just a man."24 The belief that Christ performed His miracles only by the power of the Holy Spirit is growing in popular...
5"Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to t...
According to Elwell's Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, kenotic theology grew out of three historic concerns. It is our intent here to help make orthodox Christology conceivable without redefining the meaning of "orthodox" and arriving at Smith's blasphemous conclusion that "kenotic theology is in reality a variant but new form of orthodox, bibli...
In addition to examining kenotic views in the light of Scripture, and the historic creeds, the following tests can also be used to demonstrate their internal inconsistency and deception. 1. The other nature test. If you apply a qualification to one nature, will any Christological problems occur if the same qualification is applied to the other natu...
Kenotic theology has cast a murky cloud over the deity of Christ. The following comments and links, though not directly related to Kenotic theology, are included here to simply underscore our Lord's eternal deity. 1. In the Gospel writers Jesus is identified as God (Catholic Encyclopedia).45 2. Jesus' enemies identified Jesus as God when they accus...
Jul 19, 2019 · How Did Jesus Do Miracles—His Divine Nature or the Holy Spirit? “Mary, Did You Know?”—the popular Christmas tune—was originally released in 1991 and sung by Michael English. The (overly?) dramatic song went on to be a cultural phenomenon.
There are some who believe that Jesus did not give up any of His divine attributes while here on earth but rather gave up His divine self-consciousness - He did not know He was God. All the attributes of Deity remained with Him but He simply was not aware of them.
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Sep 8, 2014 · The answer, Christ did not give-up any of His divine attributes on earth He only self-limited Himself in the use of them. While Christ didn’t relinquish His divinity, He limited Himself in the full use of the divine attributes He possessed.
