THE UNITY OF HIS PERSON We believe that the perfect Deity and the perfect Humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ are united in one Person, the God-Man. We believe that this hypostatic union constitutes one personal substance. We thus believe that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity assumed humanity with all its attributes. We therefore believe that the Personality of the Lord Jesus Christ resides in His Divine Nature, and that His Human Nature (a complex of attributes) was impersonal apart from the incarnation. We consequently believe and assert that the Lord Jesus Christ is simultaneously eternal and historical, infinite and finite, omnipresent and localized, omniscient and increasing in knowledge, omnipotent and weak. Therefore, we believe that the unique Personality of the Lord Jesus Christ does not yield itself to an accurate psychoanalysis. It is far beyond the possibility of finite human scrutiny. Thus, we believe in the complete unity of His Theoanthropic Person, without confusion or alteration of His two natures. We thus reject Nestorianism claiming two personalities in Christ. We further condemn the heresies ascribing to Jesus Christ one single nature and denying Him the other. We also reject the notion of two wills, which notion necessarily implies the existence of two split personalities in the Blessed Savior. In addition, we reject the Lutheran dogma attributing omnipresence to His human nature. We assert our belief that the attributes of both natures belong to the one Person without mixing the two natures or dividing the one Person. Dr. Habib J. Khoury, B.A., M.A., M.DIV., TH.D. For my Bible-teaching articles, please follow this link ► blog.bamicounseling.org To subscribe to my free biweekly BAMI NEWSLETTER online, please follow this link ► app.expressemailmarketing/Survey.aspx?SFID=171290
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:29:37 +0000