THE FATHER AND THE SON RELATIONSHIP "Blessed be the God and Father (Originator) of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." Ephesians 1:3 "What think ye of Christ? Whose Son (Offspring in Nature) is he?" Matthew 22:42
God the Father (the Originator) of Christ and Christ the Son (the Offspring) of God in matters of our own redemption of life because the Nature of God brought the Nature of Christ into being upon the earth so that sinful man could be redeemed. Therefore, we should learn the true meaning of the Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ in matters of our own redemption of life because we in being a New Testament Christian possess a created and a redeemed nature of life which we must know and understand so that we can overcome the forces of evil.
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GOD IS THE FATHER OF CHRIST
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CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD"And the Word (God) was made flesh, and dwelt among us." John 1:1-3,14 "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise." Matthew 1:18-24 "Blessed be the God and Father (Originator) of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." Ephesians 1:3 "What think ye of Christ? Whose Son (Offspring in Nature) is he?" Matthew 22:42
I. What is the significance of the Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ?
A. The Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being of a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked Persons (Personalities or Beings) because the Nature of God brought the Nature of Christ into being upon the earth so that sinful man could be redeemed. This was why the Word God (a God-Person) was born Jesus Christ (a God-Man) upon the earth so that He could do the Divine Work of human redemption. "And the Word (God) was made flesh, and dwelt among us." John 1:1-3,14 "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise." Matthew 1:18-24 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." Ephesians 1:3 "What think ye of Christ? Whose Son (Offspring in Nature) is he?" Matthew 22:42
B. The Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being of a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked Persons because those three God-Persons, who were called the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit in being our Creator, equally made Themselves to work in the Divine Name of Christ in being called the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit so that They could be our Redeemer. This was why, "The Lord (God) said unto my Lord (Christ), sit thou on my right hand, until I make the foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that the Lord God (who was the being of the Father and the Holy Spirit in heaven upon that occasion) hath made that same Jesus (who was the Incarnated Word: the Son upon the earth), whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." Acts 2:34-36 Thus, Jesus (the Son) who was made both Lord and Christ in being our Redeemer made the Reign of Christ to be the Reign of the Father, Himself in being the Son and the Holy Spirit in matters of our own redemption of life because He said, "Go teach all nations, baptizing them in the name (the authority) of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:18-20
C. The Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being of a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked Persons because God who is the Father of created man is a different entity from God who was made to be the Father of Christ. This was why Jesus (who was made both Lord and Christ upon the earth) said concerning that difference, "I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." John 20:17
D. The Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being of a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked Persons because created man who is the son of God is a different entity from Christ who was made to be the Son of God. This was why John said concerning that difference, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son (Jesus Christ was made to be the only begotten Son of God because He was the Incarnated Word God upon the earth), that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
E. The Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked ranked Persons because the Son (Jesus) and the Father are equal in reference to the being of Spiritual Persons. This was why Jesus (who was the Incarnated Word upon the earth) said to prove that He was Spiritually equal with His Father, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." John 14:9 "I and my Father are one" (equal). John 10:10 "My Father (not your Father) worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought to kill him because he had said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God." John 5:17-18
II. Why should we learn that Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being of a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked Persons?
Now, we should learn that the Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being of a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked Persons because the Nature of God brought the Nature of Christ into being upon the earth so that sinful man could be redeemed. Therefore, since the Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being of a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked Persons, this greatly magnifies the whole being of our own divine nature of life because we have been created and redeemed by three equal Persons (not ranked Persons) who are called by the Divine Names of God and Christ in reference to our own creation and redemption of life.
THIS IS THE MEANING OF RANK AND EQUALITY I. Rank would mean that the Father would be the first Person in power, rule and authority; the Son (Jesus) would be the second Person in power, rule and authority; whereas the Holy Spirit would be the third Person in power, rule and authority.
II. Equality signifies that those three Heavenly Persons who equally are called God and Christ in being our Creator and our Redeemer are equal in power, rule and authority in matters of Their Own Individual Being of life because They equally possess the same kind of Divine Personage, Powers, Nature and Attributes of life.
THE CONCLUSION I. God is the Divine Name (the being) of three Heavenly Persons who equally are called the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit in being our Creator because God in being the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit created our own divine nature of life from the guilt of sin when we were born upon the earth.
II. The Father and the Son Relationship which exist between God and Christ is the being of a Father-head Figure and an Offspring Status Relationship instead of being two ranked Persons (Personalities or Beings) because those three God-Persons, who were called the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit in being our Creator, equally made Themselves to work in the Divine Name of Christ in being called the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit so that They could be our Redeemer.
III. Christ is the Divine Name (the being) of three Heavenly Persons who equally are called the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in being our Redeemer because Christ in being the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit redeemed our own divine nature of life from the guilt of sin when we became a New Testament Christian by obeying the gospel of Christ.
IV. God and Christ are the two Divine Names in which three Heavenly Persons who equally are working in matters of our own creation and redemption of life because we in being a New Testament Christian been created and redeemed by three equal Persons who are called God in being the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and who are called Christ in being the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit so that in that world which is to come we can become equal (having power, rule and authority) with Them.A. We in being a New Testament Christian will become equal with those three Spiritual Persons who equally are called God and Christ in being our Creator and our Redeemer because in our Heavenly Home we will equally possess Their Spiritual Personage of life which will be a Spiritual Body, and an Eternal Soul and Spirit in matters of our own individual nature of life. "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Thessalonians 5;23 "It is sown a nature body, it is raised a spiritual body, There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." 1 Corinthians 15:44 "Who (our Lord) shall change our vile body (our fleshly body), that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body (His Spiritual Body), according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself" Philippians 3:21 "And as we have borne the image of the earthy (the earthy man who possesses a physical body, and an Eternal Soul and Spirit), we shall also bear the image of the heavenly" (the Spiritual Person who has a Spiritual Body, and an Eternal Soul and Spirit). 1 Corinthians 15:49 This means that we will be a Spiritual Person who possesses a Spiritual Body, and an Eternal Soul and Spirit in our Heavenly Home because these are the Spiritual Characteristics of a Spiritual Person.
B. We in being a New Testament Christian will become equal with those three Divine Persons who equally are called God and Christ in being our Creator and our Redeemer because in our Heavenly Home we will equally possess Their Divine Powers of life in reference to our own individual being of life. "If we suffer, we shall also reign (rule) with him (the Lord our God). If we deny him, he also will deny us." 2 Timothy 2:12 "To him that overcometh (the forces of evil) will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." Revelation 3:21 "And to him will I give power over the nations. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father." Revelation 2:26-27 "And they shall reign (rule) for ever and ever" (over the powers of Satan). Revelation 22:5 This means that we will be Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent in our Heavenly Home because these are the Divine Powers of a Divine Person.
C. We in being a New Testament Christian will become equal with those three Divine Persons who equally are called God and Christ in being our Creator and our Redeemer because in our Heavenly Home we will equally possess Their Divine Nature of life in matters of our own individual nature of life. "It is written in your law, I said, Ye (created men) are gods. If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scriptures can not be broken." John 10:34-35 "God has given unto us many exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." 2 Peter 1:4 "Him that overcometh (the powers of Satan) will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name." Revelation 3:12 "Of whom (God) the whole family in heaven and earth is named." Ephesians 3:15 This means that we will be eternal, impartial, self-existing, glorious, accessible, monotheistical, divine, visible, perfect, immutable, spiritual and immortal in our Heavenly Home because these are the Divine Traits of a Divine Person.
D. We in being a New Testament Christian will become equal with those three Divine Persons who equally are called God and Christ in being our Creator and our Redeemer because in our Heavenly Home we will equally possess Their Divine Attributes of life in reference to our own individual being of life. "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Matthew 5:48 "Be ye also merciful, as your Father also is merciful." Luke 6:36 "He that overcometh (the powers of sin), the same shall be clothed in white raiment (having his Divine Attributes Perfected): and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angles." Revelation 3:5 "For there shall in no wise enter into it (the Heavenly City) any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life." Revelation 21:27 This means that we will be lovable, holy, merciful, faithful, just, righteous, good, jealous, truthful, longsuffering, unchangeable and gracious in our Heavenly Home because these are the Divine Attributes of a Divine Person.
E. We in being a New Testament Christian will become equal with those three Divine Persons who equally are called God and Christ in being our Creator and our Redeemer because we are heirs of God and joint-heirs (equal heirs) with Christ in matters of our own creation and redemption of life. "The Spirit (the Holy Spirit) Himself beareth witness with our spirit (our character: our personality), that we are the children of God (by creation and by regeneration): And If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs (equal heirs) with Christ." Romans 8:16-17 This means that in our Heavenly Home all Divine Persons will be equal in power, rule and authority.
F. We in being a New Testament Christian will become equal with those three Heavenly Persons who equally are called God and Christ in being our Creator and our Redeemer because in our Heavenly Home we will equally possess Their Heavenly Immortality of life in reference to our own individual nature of life. "Which in his times he shall shew who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords: Who only hath immortality (the Lord in all of His Power and Glory only has immortality, but the Lord has promised to give unto us those same Spiritual Blessings of Immortality), dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen." 1 Timothy 6:15-16 "To them (the Christians) who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life." 1 Romans 2:7 This means that we will be a deathless Person in our Heavenly Home because a Heavenly Person can not die in a physical or in a Spiritual Way.
1). We in being a New Testament Christian can become all that God will ever be because we can become the fullness of God in our Heavenly Home. Paul prayed that, "Ye (Christians) might be filled with all the fullness (the completeness) of God." Ephesians 3:19
2). We in being a New Testament Christian will become all that God is in the way of Personage, Powers, Nature and Attributes of life because God must become all and in all. Paul said that we will be presented to God in heaven so that "God (the Spiritual Nature of God) may be all (to each Person who has been saved) and in all" (of each Person that is saved). 1 Corinthians 15:28
"Of whom (God) the whole family in heaven and earth is named." Ephesians 3:15
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May the Lord bless you and give you wisdom so that you can learn more about the Spiritual Blessings of your own divine nature of life because your life is priceless.
