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Juuitchan wrote:

> It doesn't make sense to me that Jesus could die for my sins. My logic
> is the same logic that says that if I need a root canal, you can't go
> to the dentist in my place.

The problem of sin and the problem of bad teeth aren't the same problem.
The problem of satisfying God's justice isn't the same as solving a
dental problem. One is forensic, the other is physical.

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In article <093.50.19.05.328356000@srcbs.org>, ResLight says...
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>> In article <090.53.09.05.929843000@srcbs.org>, basicallyblues says...
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>>>Matthew Johnson makes an inane statement:
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>>>>But JWs clearly equivocate on what "Jesus as Lord" means. Whereas you
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>>>>should agree: it means Lord GOD
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>I am not with the JWs,

Theologically, you are. So what good does it do you to be "not with" them in
some other sense? None that I can see.

> but Jesus as Lord means that Jesus is the Lord made
>so by the only true God,

No, that is not what it means.

> not that Jesus is the God who made him "Lord."

Yes, it is. That is WHY it is so important to translate John 1:1 correctly, as:

In the beginning was the Word [indicating co-eternity]
And the Word was with God [indicating distinction]
And the Word WAS God [indicating idenity]

>Acts 2:36 - "Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God
>has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
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>His being made Lord and Christ by his God does not make him the God who made
>him Lord and Christ.

But you are equivocating on the sense of 'made'. For clearly 'made' in Acts 2:36
does NOT refer to the Word, but to the _man_ Jesus Christ. But as man, He really
does have an origin, and as _man_ He really was _made_ "Lord and Christ". But He
was, by His divine nature, Lord already from all eternity. THAT is the
implication of the correct translation of John 1:1

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Subudcat se sibi ut haereat Deo
quidquid boni habet, tribuat illi a quo factus est.
(St. Augustine, Ser. 96)

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