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Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "God is omnipotent, yet He voluntarily limits His power (incarnation, etc.)..."

He retained his power.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but madehimself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. — Philippians 2:5–8

"This passage is so rich; we only have space to examine one jewel. It’s the phrase, He “made himself nothing” (v.7a). Notice, Jesus “made Himself.” He didn’t get a memo. He wasn’t pushed out of heaven. He was fully engaged in God’s whole plan!

That phrase there, “made himself nothing,” is actually the basis for a lot of false teaching. Some translations rightly put it, “He emptied Himself.” Then the question becomes, emptied Himself of what? Some falsely suggest that Jesus emptied Himself of Deity and that He literally became a first-century Jewish man; that there was no God, just Jesus, the man. But the Bible teaches the Incarnation of Jesus, 100 percent God; 100 percent man, undiminished Deity dwelling in humanity.

You ask, “Well, what did He empty Himself of then?”

Answer, at least five things:

He emptied Himself of glory. In John 17:5, Jesus prayed, “Glorify me...with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.” He gave up the adoration of the saints and angels when He came into this world.

He emptied Himself of independent authority. In John 5:30, Jesus said, “I can do nothing on My own.” He brought Himself into a different relationship with the Father, where all of His activities and actions had to be cleared in that unusual way. Though equal with the Father, now uniquely submissive to Him.

He released the voluntary exercise of His divine attributes. Compare John 1:43–51 with Matthew 24:36 to see how Jesus sometimes was omniscient and sometimes not.

He gave up eternal riches. I just want you to try to imagine for a moment the treatment that the Son of God, the King of the universe, gets in heaven. Yet 2 Corinthians 8:9 says, “...though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.”

He gave up His intimate relationship with the Father. Who can describe the fellowship that exists between the first and second Person of the Trinity? And to hear Jesus on the cross in Matthew 27:46 shouting, “My God, why have You forsaken Me?” He made Himself nothing—for you and me.

Taken from “Jesus’ Selflessness” by Walk in the Word Ministries..." Source

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"The incarnation is a self-limitation of God..."

How so? Did the second person of the trinity cease being divine when he claimed the attribute of humanity?

[If God is unchanging, how can Jesus be God in flesh? by Matt Slick] "...Jesus is still both God and man, divine and human, at the same time. Jesus, as one person, exists with two natures. The divine nature "joined" with the human nature in the one person of Christ. The divine nature did not change at all in this "joining." Now, please note that the divine nature did not combine with the human nature and form a new nature called the god-man nature. That is known as monophycitism, and is incorrect. The two natures are "in communication" with each other and the attributes of each nature are ascribed to the single person. This is called the communicatio idiomatum. This Latin phrase means, "communication of the properties." In other words, the one person of Christ "claims" the attributes of each nature. Here is proof: John 17:5 says, "And now, glorify Thou Me together with Thyself, Father, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was." Notice that the man Jesus is laying claim to pre-existence and glory that He had with the Father before the foundation of the world. This is because Jesus, the person, has two natures, divine and human, and the attributes of the divine nature were ascribed to the single person of Christ.

The Word did not change

The Word did not change by adding anything to its nature. It simply joined with the human nature in the person of Christ so that two distinct natures exist simultaneously in Jesus. This is why Paul says, "In Him all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form," (Col. 2:9). Besides, in order for God's immutability to be in question, the Word would have had to change itself by melding with the human nature into a new third thing. This would mean that it would no longer be "the Word." It would be "the WordMan" nature which is neither divine nor human, but a new third thing. Furthermore, the doctrine of the incarnation denies any change in the divine word at all. It simply states that the Word became flesh (not meaning it changed its nature). The Word resides in the person of Christ along with the human nature, so that Jesus has two distinct natures.

Therefore, we can conclude that the Godhead participates in humanity through the incarnation of Christ, but the Godhead is not changed in anyway." Full text: If God is unchanging, how can Jesus be God in flesh?

"...Jesus simply could not lift 2 million tons of weights while He was a man on earth due to physical limitations when Deity added humanity."

In him all things are not held together?  Col 1:17.  How was the universe held together while Mary burped baby Jesus?

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist [Col. 1:17].

"...“He is before all things.” All fullness dwells in the preincarnate Christ, and all fullness dwells in the incarnate Christ. “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (Col. 2:9). We are made complete in Him. He was before all things. He is the preincarnate Christ.

...“By him all things consist.” He holds everything together. He maintains creation. He directs it. “Consist” is sunistēmi which means to hold together. He is the super glue of the universe.

A few years ago in our lifetime, man did a very daring, and I think now, a very dastardly deed: he untied the atom. The Lord Jesus tied each one of those little fellows together when He created the atom. Man did what he called splitting the atom. Believe me, did he release power! Have you ever stopped to think of the tremendous power that there is in the atoms of this universe? If one bomb that we can hold in our hand can blow a whole area to smithereens, then how much power is tied up on this vast physical universe? Who is holding all that together? We are told that Christ not only created it but that He holds it together. I would say that holding it all together is a pretty big job. The Lord Jesus Christ is the One who is able to do that.

We have this same truth repeated for us in Hebrews: “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high” (Heb. 1:3). He’s a wonderful person, isn’t He? He’s a glorious person!" McGee, J. Vernon: Thru the Bible Commentary. electronic ed. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1981, S. 5:340

We have Adam’s (Ge 3:6,7; Ro 5:12) fallen nature (Ge 5:3; Job 15:14; 25:4; Ps 51:5). Jesus did not. There was never a moment when Jesus was unholy (Ps. 16:10, Isa 11:4, 5). There was never a moment when he could have said “yes” to sin (2 Co 5:21; Heb 4:15; 7:26; 1 Jn 3:5). He was/is the exact representation of the Father (Heb 1:3), perfect (Heb 10:14) and able to be our Savior. He is qualified to be our propitiation (1 John 2:2).

All sin originates in the heart (Mt 15:18-19, Mk 7:21). Do not make the mistake of looking only to the physical body as the naturalist does. Actions are the product of our inclinations. The church in Corinth was rebuked for being “normal” (1 Cor 3:3). If you have a thought about God that is inaccurate, that is sin (Mt 9:4). Ferguson.

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Biblical Counseling: Diagnosis, Part 4b by Darrell Ferguson

Tell us how you disagree with this statement: Oneness or apostolic Pentecostals believe that Jesus is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They reject the trinity and believe that God is one person.

Yahweh is three co-equal persons. The doctrine of the trinity is proved from scripture (Mt 3:16,17; 28:19; Ro 8:9; 1 Co 12:3-6; 2 Co 13:14; Eph 4:4-6; 1 Pe 1:2; Jude 1:20,21; Re 1:4,5). Divine titles applied to the three persons of the trinity (Ex 20:2; Jn 20:28; Ac 5:3,4). Each person in the trinity is described as eternal (Ro 16:26; Re 22:13; Heb 9:14) and holy (Re 4:8; 15:4; Ac 3:14; 1 Jn 2:20).

See:

Oneness Pentecostalism

Satan, Inc. (TOL Heretics List)

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Wow. If God can't know something until it actually happens, then He's basically a spectator..."

How can God know a future that does not exist yet?

Bob Enyart uses the example of a boogie man. How many hairs are on the boogie man's head?

I don't know. The boogie man does not exist.

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Is the Future Settled or Open?

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