Ron Grossi: God is not a man

[Johnny Gentile]

Can we stop crossposting this shit to the Beatles NG, please?
Donald L McDaniel wrote:
> Matt Hayden wrote:
> > Johnny Gentile wrote:
> >> C'mon. Everyone knows God plays a Martin.
> >
> > I dunno.  I think God has a honkin' big collection so he won't
offend
> > ANY luthiers when they come to visit.  SOMEONE has to set up his
> > guitars...
> >
> > mh
>
> 1) God is a Being Who lives in Eternity and Infinity.
>
> 2) God is not a man.  However, His Son, Christ Jesus, left the
loftiness of
> Eternity and became a Man without losing His God-Substance  which He
> receives from His Father.  This means He is not just a man, but the
God-Man.
>
> 3)He lived a pure, sinless life, and died on the Cross in our place,
as the
> Sacrifice for our sins.  However, He did not remain in the Tomb HE
was
> placed in after He was taken down from the cross by those who loved
Him.
> Within three days, HE was raised from the dead by His Father, still
the
> God-Man.  After 40 days on the earth, He was returned to the Father
in His
> Body of flesh, tho now It was glorified (made eternal by the Father).
 There
> He is to this very day, interceeding for those who have received Him
as the
> Anointed One of God.
>
> 4) One day, hopefully, soon, He will return in Power and Glory to
judge the
> thoughts of all men, and transfer His servants from their bodies of
flesh to
> glorified bodies, like His.
>
> Do not try to reason this out, since the Incarnation of Christ is not
a
> thing of logic and reason, but a Holy Mystery, only comprehended by
faith in
> those who have put their hope and trust in Him and His Sacrifice on
the
> Cross.  Faith can easily be understood by a man with an open mind:
Let us
> say that there is a Sargent in the Army;  his commanding officer, a
General,
> whose desk is a thousand miles away, and whom he has never seen,
gives him a
> letter containing an order.  The Sargent's act of obedience to the
order can
> be explained as "faith", since he never saw the General, and obeys
him
> simply because he is his commanding officer.  While we have never
seen the
> Father, we obey Him, because He sent a Man with orders from Him for
His
> servants.
>
> Not only that, but this simple faith is testified to by the Holy
Spirit
> after we obey, and our steps of faith are rewarded with experiential
> knowledge of God, as we learn to recognise His Hand in our lives.  We
obey
> God simply because His Son and servants tell us to.  Through time and

> experience, we have learned to trust His Words, because they come to
pass,
> in His Time, and in His Way.
>
> 4) I doubt seriously whether God plays a guitar, since guitars are
made by
> men, for men.  His Son could theoretically play a guitar.  Perhaps He
does.
> Perhaps He doesn't.  Only the Father and His Holy Angels know.
>
> --
> Donald L McDaniel
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