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Allon Maxwell's Study on Jesus

Allon Maxwell of Australia has written a very good piece on Jesus which I am posting here:

"11. JESUS IS "THE SON OF GOD" - NOT "GOD THE SON" The first title is used many times in the Bible. The second is never used anywhere in the Bible. Luke 1,32 Son of the Most High Luke 1,35 Son of God Matt. 16,16 You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Luke 3,22 and Matt. 3,17 You are my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Luke 9,35 This is my Son, my Chosen, listen to him. 12. JESUS IS GOD'S SERVANT Matt. 12,18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen. Phil. 2,7 & 8 The form of a servant. John 4,34 My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to do his work. Heb. 10,7 & 9 I come to do your will, O God. 13. JESUS IS INFERIOR TO GOD (a) In authority - John 5,19, John 5,30, John 8,28, John 14,10, 1 Cor. 15,24-28, Matt. 20,23. (b) In knowledge - Matt. 24,36, Mark 13,23, Acts, 1,7. 14. THE AUTHORITY WHICH JESUS HAS IS NOT INHERENT. IT IS GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS FATHER. John 5,23 All are to honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. Phil. 2,9 God has exalted him and bestowed on him the name above every other name. Matt. 28,18 All authority in heaven and on earth is given to me. Eph. 1,20-21 The Father made Jesus sit at his right hand far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name. 15. JESUS IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD

There are a number of references which speak about God being in Jesus. These do not mean that Jesus is God, but rather that the man, Jesus, has become a

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temple in which God lives. John 14,10 The Father who dwells in me does the works. John 2,21 The temple of his body. John 10,38 The Father is in me and I am in the Father. Col. 1,19 In him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. Col. 2,9 In him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily. These references mean simply that the body of Jesus is the temple of God, in exactly the same way that our bodies also are the temple of God. John 17,21 Even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us. John 17,23 I in them and you in me. John 14,23 We will come to him and make our home with him. 2 Cor. 6,16 We are the temple of the living God. Eph. 3,19 That you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph. 2,22 A dwelling place of God in the Spirit. 1 Cor. 3,16 You are God's temple and God's Spirit dwells in you. 16. JESUS DOES NOT HAVE INHERENT IMMORTALITY. 1 Tim. 6,16 God alone (the Father) has immortality Jesus was mortal. He died Phil. 2,7-8, Heb. 2,14-18 His Father raised him from the dead Acts 3,15 His resurrection resulted in a change from mortality to immortality. Acts 13,34, Rom. 6,9, Rev. 1,18 His immortality is a gift from his Father John 5,26 17. THE FATHER AND THE SON ARE DIFFERENT IN NATURE. Num. 23,19 God is not a man ... nor a son of man (Also 1 Sam 15,29, Hos. 11,9) John 4,24 God is spirit. James 1,13 God cannot be tempted with evil. Although Jesus is the Son of God, in those four things he is different to his Father. Jesus was born a man Phil. 2,7, Heb. 2,14 Jesus is the son of man Luke 19,10, John 8,28 Jesus is still a man Acts 17,31, 1 Tim. 2,5 Jesus is NOT a spirit Luke 24,39

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Jesus was tempted Heb. 2,18, Heb. 4,15, Luke 4,1-13 All of these differences show clearly that there is a difference in nature between "the only true God" and His Son. 18. JESUS IS THE WAY TO GOD ..... NOT GOD HIMSELF John 14,6 No one comes to the Father but by me. Heb. 7,25 We draw near to God through Jesus. 19. JESUS IS OUR INTERCESSOR WITH GOD NOT GOD HIMSELF Heb. 7,25 Jesus makes intercession for us. Heb. 8,24 Jesus has entered heaven to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Heb. 9.,14 Christ offered himself to God to purify our consciences from sin."

Here's a link to Allon's Blog

http://www.blogger.com/profile/03160075248793068248