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- Jesus emptied Himself in at least three different ways. First, He voluntarily accepted the limitations of being a human being. Second, His glory was hidden from the people. Third, He gave up the independent use of His relative attributes (all-knowing, all-powerful, everywhere present, etc.).
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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.
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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).
- What Does Kenosis Mean?
- What Are Some Misconceptions Or Heresies That Have Arisen from Kenosis?
- What Is The Difference Between Self-Emptying and Self-Renunciation?
- Why Do We Have to Be Careful About Theories For The Incarnation?
The word, kenosis, is taken from the Greek word, kenoō, which generally means, “to empty.” Found in one passage in Scripture—Philippians 2:6-8—kenosis is rendered in the NIV as “Who, being in the very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage; rather, He made himself nothing by taking the very nature [...
The kenosis theory states Christ gave up some of His divine attributes—such as omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence—during His incarnation as a man. In this case, the misconception is a heresy and gives rise to further deceptions that cloud the minds of those who are investigating Christianity and those who are weak in the faith (Romans 1:29-...
Self-emptying implies the person purges himself of essential characteristics of his being. Self-renunciation is an action of selflessness/self-sacrifice. Based on these definitions, we know Jesus did not empty Himself of His divine attributes. He instead modeled humility as only He could—perfectly.
Theories are just that, theories. They are not facts. As is true every time we study any word, book, or subject in our Bibles, we must do so with pure motives, focus, prayer, and solid hermeneutics (the science of Scripture interpretation). We approach the Bible as God’s Word, and learn from it (exegesis), as opposed to those who read their presupp...
There are a number of common misconceptions about what Christ emptied Himself of when He became a human being. Misconception 1: Jesus Set Aside His Deity. This view holds that Jesus ceased to be God when He came to earth. He gave up His essential attributes of Deity when He became a human.
Philippians 2:6-7 (NKJV): Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
His self-emptying was not self-extinction, nor was the divine Being changed into a mere man. In His humanity He retained the consciousness of deity, and in His incarnate state carried out the mind which animated Him before His incarnation.
Mar 25, 2024 · God and Man. When God became man in the Christ, this was a true self-emptying in humility. But what was exactly given up? Did Jesus cease to be God? What did He assume? Where does the union of God and man take place? The attempt to explain this belief puzzled the early Christians.
