{"id":7422,"date":"2016-08-16T23:33:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T04:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/christperson-of\/"},"modified":"2016-08-16T23:33:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T04:33:56","slug":"christperson-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/christperson-of\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIST,\nPERSON OF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>They replied, \u201cYou are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the kerygma of which we find the ultimate meaning in our inter-personal relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Author unknown<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Jesus is either God, or he is not good.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Anselm<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>He became what we are that he might make us what he is.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Athanasius of Alexandria<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Brethren, we ought so to think of Jesus Christ as of God.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>2 Clement, the oldest known sermon after the New Testament sermons.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>We believe that Christ is God not because he mysteriously possessed a divine nature united to a human, but because as he is as man we find God in him, and God finds us through him.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>A.E. Garvie<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Pythagoras, Epicurus, Socrates, Plato, these are the torches of the world; Christ is the light of day.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Victor Hugo<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>In Christ Jesus heaven meets earth and earth ascends to heaven.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Henry Law<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>The only Christ for whom there is a shred of evidence is a miraculous figure making stupendous claims.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>C.S. Lewis<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Take hold of Jesus as a man and you will discover that he is God.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Martin Luther<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Is it not a shame that we are always afraid of Christ, whereas there was never in heaven or earth a more loving, familiar, or milder man, in words, works and demeanor, especially towards the poor, sorrowful and tormented consciences?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Martin Luther<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Jesus was man in guise, not in disguise.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Handley C.G. Moule<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Napoleon Bonaparte<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>The impression of Jesus which the Gospels give is not so much one of deity reduced as of divine capacities restrained.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>J.I. Packer<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Christ\u2019s character was more wonderful than the greatest miracle.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Alfred Tennyson<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They replied, \u201cYou are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the kerygma of which we find the ultimate meaning in our inter-personal relationships.\u201d Author unknown Jesus is either God, or he is not good. Anselm He became what we are that he might make us what he is. 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