2007-10-10 18:51:08 · 10 answers · asked by wwhy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
True Christians do. If not they violate clear scripture that states that Jesus pre-existed his human form as God in eternity past.
Anything other than a teaching that Jesus was fully God and fully man the ENTIRE time on earth is heresy which has been addressed by the church for thousands of years.
2007-10-10 19:02:31 · answer #1 · answered by δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. As he was born by the activity of the Holy Spirit then I would assume he had the Holy Spirit within him and was therefore part of the Godhead. However, it wasn't until later that he was given the power to fully manifest that Godhead (after his baptism).
2007-10-11 01:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by cheir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by Godhead you mean was Jesus a part of the trinity, then, No, he was not, I say that, because the trinity is not a Bible teaching, neither the word"trinity" nor it's concept are taught in the Bible.
The Encyclopedia of Religion says: "Theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the Trinity."
Jesuit Fortman states: "The New Testament writers . . . give us no formal or formulated doctrine of the Trinity, no explicit teaching that in one God there are three co-equal divine persons. . . . Nowhere do we find any trinitarian doctrine of three distinct subjects of divine life and activity in the same Godhead."
The New Encyclopædia Britannica observes: "Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament."
Bernhard Lohse says in A Short History of Christian Doctrine: "As far as the New Testament is concerned, one does not find in it an actual doctrine of the Trinity."
The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology similarly states: "The N[ew] T[estament] does not contain the developed doctrine of the Trinity. 'The Bible lacks the express declaration that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of equal essence' [said Protestant theologian Karl Barth]."
Yale University professor E. Washburn Hopkins affirmed: "To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it."-Origin and Evolution of Religion.
Historian Arthur Weigall notes: "Jesus Christ never mentioned such a phenomenon, and nowhere in the New Testament does the word 'Trinity' appear. The idea was only adopted by the Church three hundred years after the death of our Lord."-The Paganism in Our Christianity.
Thus, neither the 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures nor the canon of 27 inspired books of the Christian Greek Scriptures provide any clear teaching of the Trinity.
2007-10-11 02:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by I speak Truth 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He was a part of the Godhead made flesh as a child.
2007-10-11 01:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by enarchay 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If by Godhead you mean the Trinity, then personally, yeah I believe.
2007-10-11 01:54:24 · answer #5 · answered by JG 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, He was with the Father from the foundations of the world
Jesus was no ordinary child, he was part God and Man
2007-10-11 01:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never thought about it before, but he was the son of God then and before he was born human,
in Genesis God says let "us" make man in "our " Image, who do you think he was talking too?...Jesus of course
2007-10-11 01:56:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-10-11 01:54:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes.
Jesus is/was God expressed in Human form. While in Human form, he put aside many of his God abilities/ powers.
Cordially,
John
2007-10-11 02:10:06 · answer #9 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES.
When you where a child ,were you part of your family.<><
2007-10-11 01:54:32 · answer #10 · answered by funnana 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋