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Apr 20, 2021 · What he empties out of himself is both equality with God and divine nature. He must possess these qualities intrinsically in order to empty them out of himself. In order for Jesus to fulfill his redemptive mission, he must assume a fleshly posture.
Jun 13, 2021 · It’s called “contemplative prayer,” and it involves centering one’s focus on the presence of God, sometimes by repeating a word or phrase. It requires interior “silence” in order to connect, and it is no different from the meditation practiced by Eastern religions and New Age cults.
The simplest way to explain the self-emptying of Christ is that He set aside His own life as an act of total obedience to the will of the Father through the power of the Holy Spirit. He didn’t cease to be God in any sense. He was always fully God, or truly God, as R.C. used to like to say. He was truly God and truly man.
Jan 4, 2022 · The term kenosis refers to the doctrine of Christ’s “self-emptying” in His incarnation. The word comes from the Greek of Philippians 2:7, which says that Jesus “emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men” (ESV).
emp'-ti, emp'-ti-er (kenos): "Empty," adjective meaning void, etc., as the translation of req, riq, reqam, etc., occurs in the literal sense of "with nothing" ( Genesis 31:42 Job 22:9 ); in 2 Samuel 1:22, it is equivalent to "in vain," "hungry" ( Isaiah 29:8 ); in some instances the meaning is comparative only; baqaq, "to gush out," "to pour ...
When a person is marginalised in serving the church on the basis of gender and not the gifts given by grace, or when Scripture translation becomes an exercise of power over pronouns it smacks of kenodoxia, not the kenotic theology of the incarnation and the cross.
What does Philippians 2:7 mean? Rather than coming to earth to demand others serve Him, Jesus "emptied himself." This does not mean Jesus stopped being God. Rather than coming the first time as a king, Jesus chose not to exhibit His unlimited powers. He came to serve rather than to be served (Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45).
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