27 Jun '21 15:44>2 edits
@medullah saidIndeed. And here in one short passage John destroys all these false doctrines promoted by sonship and several others here:
Nowhere in the bible does Jesus claim to be God, but acknowledges The Father as his God (you may recall his utterance while he was hanging on the stake/cross)
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. (1 John 4:7-15 KJV)
Summary:
- Anyone who shows charity / brotherly love to others is born of God
- God sent HIS SON to die on the cross for the sins of the world
- Love for God is demonstrated by love for fellow man
- The Father sent HIS SON to be the Saviour of the world
- God dwells in those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God
Sonship's doctrine runs completely opposite:
- To be born of God one has to profess faith and nothing else
- God sent Himself to die on the cross
- Love for God is demonstrated by calling 'Jesus, Jesus' and saying 'I love Jesus', 20 times and wearing 'I love Jesus' t-shirts.
- Jesus is God, rather than the Son of God.
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