By His Resurrection you acknowledge Christ as the immortal God, the efficient and exemplary cause of your own resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:21
For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.
Philippians 3:20-21
20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
2006-07-23 16:21:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, the Bible teaches that Christ was (and is) fully God and fully man. Because He is God, He did what no man could do--live a sinless life so He could satisfy the holiness and justice of God. As a man, He sacrificed His life so we could be reunited with God. By rising from the dead, He conquered death and hell forever.
2006-07-23 16:27:38 · answer #1 · answered by freedomnow1950 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Jesus proved quite emphatically that He is God. To use the term immortal is a term that is referenced by the idea that they will not or cannot die. This term can be applied to all who receive Christ because they have entered into enternal life. Spiritual death is considered only when those who reject Christ are seperated from him at the physical death and remain so in hell for eternity.
2006-07-23 23:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by foxray43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Christ is the immortal God (together with the Father and the Holy Spirit). In fact, in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical practice, one of the prayers/hymns of the Church to Christ that is used every day is "Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us!".
However, your question implies that it is only through Christ's resurrection that we recognize and acknowledge Him as the immortal God - or perhaps more to the point, that His resurrection was for the purpose of proving His divinity? This is consistent with Western Christian theological thought, but not with Eastern Christian (and early Christian) theological thought. Christ's divinity and immortality was demonstrated many times throughout His earthly life, even before His death and resurrection. For example, when He said to the Pharisees: "Even before Abraham was, I AM"; when we was transfigured on Mt. Tabor in the presence of the Apostles Peter, John and James, who saw Moses and the Prophet Elijah talking to Him in His glory; and many other times.
Christ's resurrection, therefore, while showing His divinity, was not the only proof of that divinity, nor was it for the specific purpose of proving His divinity. His resurrection from the dead was an ontological fact, because being God, it was impossible that death could contain Him. And in connection with His willing death on the Cross and subsequent resurrection from the dead, it was for the purpose of trampling down death and destroying the power of the devil over mankind through the fear of death.
As the most characteristic Orthodox hymn for the Resurrection proclaims:
"Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling down death by death
And to those in the tombs
Bestowing life!"
So the purpose of His resurrection was not to prove His divinity, but to trample down death and bestow life on all of mankind. Yes, we recognize Him as the immortal King and God, but not solely because of His resurrection.
2006-07-24 00:10:04 · answer #3 · answered by LDRship 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the Question? Is Christ immortal? Yes. Is Christ God? Yes. Will Christ Ressurect the Fallen in Him? Yes.
2006-07-23 23:26:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Christ has achieved immortality, but he is not God. When Christ has completed his work, he is to turn the Kingdom back to God
1 Cor 15:24-28
. 24 Next, the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power. 25 For he must rule as king until [God] has put all enemies under his feet. 26 As the last enemy, death is to be brought to nothing. 27 For [God] "subjected all things under his feet." But when he says that 'all things have been subjected,' it is evident that it is with the exception of the one who subjected all things to him. 28 But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One who subjected all things to him, that God may be all things to everyone.
2006-07-23 23:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is beyond the power of God. He gave us Moses whom brought down from the mountain Gods message being the 10 Commandments. Remember? "Thou shall believe in one God." Jesus was a wonderful profit but was not the first God took up with him... what of Enoch? Immortal but not God, there is only one God and his last profit is Mohammad with the miracle of the Quran.
2006-07-23 23:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by BEENSADOON 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is God's son--NOT God. He has become immortal because when he handed over the value of his perfect human life in behalf of mankind, he was granted eternal life.
2006-07-23 23:42:32 · answer #7 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ is the immortal One, and what a One.
2006-07-24 00:10:44 · answer #8 · answered by Namaste 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is clear that Christ is God.
http://www.chick.com/information/general/salvation.asp
2006-07-23 23:35:25 · answer #9 · answered by frankyglitz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trinity-three in one, Father, Son, and Spirit.
2006-07-23 23:25:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋