podcast 390 – Why the New Testament Jesus is not Fully Divine
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</figure>In this episode I open by briefly explaining the gap this year in my podcasting. Then you’ll hear my presentation from the first ever New Zealand UCA Conference.
Longstanding catholic traditions teach that Jesus is both fully divine, having the sort of divinity enjoyed by the Father Almighty, and fully human, being “like us in all things but sin.” The problem with this is that the godman idea they’re selling implies numerous contradictions. Since no contradiction (statement of form P and not-P) can be true, even one implied contradiction shows a godman to be impossible. In this lecture I spell out fourteen contradictions between divinity (having all the essential divine attributes) and what the New Testament teaches about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Listen all the way to the end, and I’ll tell you what has happened with this lecture since I presented it in New Zealand: I will share some exciting news!
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| Divine attribute | Attribute of the New Testament Jesus | When discussed |
| Essential Immortality? | Died | 7:05 |
| Essentially Untemptable? | Was tempted | 9:16 |
| Essentially Perfect in Virtue | Grew in virtue | 11:15 |
| Essentially Omnipresent | Moved | 15:15 |
| Essentially Unlimited Knowledge | Limited Knowledge of | 18:35 |
| Essentially Unable to Trust God as Someone Subject to God | Put his Trust in God | 20:27 |
| Essentially Unable to Sleep | Slept | 22:33 |
| Essentially not under (subject to) Anyone | Under (subject to) God | 25:51 |
| Essentially Unable to be Obligated to Worship Anyone | Obligated to Worship God | 31:38 |
| Essentially Unable to Pray | Prayed | 34:44 |
| Essentially Unable to be Obligated to Obey God | Obligated to Obey God | 37:28 |
| Essentially Uncreated | As a Human, Part of God’s Creation | 39:40 |
| The Ultimate Source Creator | Not the Ultimate Source Creator | 41:26 |
| Essentially Perfectly Good | Non-Essentially Various Degrees of Good | 44:15 |
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If you want to see my slides, here is the UCA’s video version:
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https://youtu.be/l_ZeKzAvaYg?si=eRbRUNyw1q4C2IjL
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Links for this episode:
A letter from the Lord Jesus: About God and Me (Revised)
Adam Pelser, “Temptation, Virtue, and the Character of Christ“
podcast 277 – Was Christ tempted in every way?
podcast 277 – Was Christ tempted in every way?
podcast 146 – Jesus as an Exemplar of Faith in the New Testament
Tuggy, “Jesus as an exemplar of faith in the New Testament“
Gaston, “Why does Hebrews 1:10-12 cite Psalm 102:25-27?“
a reading of Philippians 2:5-11
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</figure>podcast 259 – Who is the one Creator? – Part 2
podcast 258 – Who is the one Creator? – Part 1
podcast 235 – The Case Against Preexistence
Restitutio podcast 612 Colossians 1.16: Old Creation or New Creation? (Sean Finnegan)
Trinity to One God: Dr. Dale Tuggy’s Journey
“Trinty,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
“Samuel Clarke,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This week’s thinking music is “Crunch” by Beat Mekanik.
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