The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1983 Page: 4 of 20
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THRESHING-IT-OUT
Tull tackles theology
of the infamous Two
To the editor:
I would like to address some of
the comments on the nature of
God and Jesus found in the
original letter from "The Two
Episcopalians, Retired." Although
they describe their letter as a
"comic piece of literary fluff,"
many of their opinions and
questions have theological
ramifications of a serious nature.
My discussion of some of the
points they raised will center on
what Jesus said about Himself as
recorded in the Bible. I have not
attempted an exhaustive scriptural
survey, but I have tried to include
enough references so that the
interested reader can himself
pursue answers to the questions
considered here.
Is Jesus God? When asked by
the Jewish religious leaders of his
day whether or not He was the Son
of God Jesus replied, "Yes, I am."
(Luke 22:63) By calling Himself
the Son of God, Jesus equated
Himself with God and thus
committed blasphemy in the eyes
of the Jews. (John 10, Matt. 26)
Jesus also said, "Anyone who has
seen me has seen the Father."
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person of Jesus and God results
largely from the difficulty of
understanding the concept of the
Trinity. However Jesus Himself
taught that God exists in the three
persons of the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit. (John 14, Matt.
28:19).
Can Jesus live His life through a
Christian? Jesus said that he would
be in those who believed in
Him.(John 17:20-26) A Christian
does not need to be literally
crucified, but Jesus did say that the
person who chooses to follow Him
"must deny himself and take up his
cross daily and follow me." Also he
said "whoever loses his life for me
will save it." (Luke 9:23-24) To the
Jew of that day the cross was a
symbol of the death and
persecution inflicted by the
Roman Empire. In essence, Jesus
said that he would be able to live
through those who were willing to
deny their own lives even to the
point of facing death or
persecution.
Does a man have a nebulous and
childlike vision of God when he
expects God to answer prayers?
Jesus said, "Whatever you ask for
in prayer, believe that you have
received it, and it will be yours"
and "J will do whatever you ask in
my name, so that the Son may
bring glory to the Father." (Mark
11:24, John 12:13) He also said
that those who petition God
should ask in Jesus' name, have
faith that God will answer, be
willing to forgive others, and
persist with their requests. (Mark
11:23-25, John 14:12-14, Luke
18:1) A man who expects God to
answer his prayers is merely
appropriating for himself the
promises that Jesus made
concerning prayer.
Is God so simple that we may
perceive that which is incapable of
being expressed in words? It is
probably impossible to perceive
God in all of his vastness.
Omniscient, omnipresent, and
eternal are words commonly
applied to God, yet it is unlikely
that any human wiil fully
comprehend these concepts. But
-Jesus revealed God as also being
simple. Jesus spoke of God as
being a person with whom a man
could have a relationship for Jesus
said "This is eternal life: that they
may know you, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom you sent."
(John 17:3)Inessence,Hesaidthat
a man could know his creator.
His Names? There are several
for^each person of the Trinity
found throughout the Bible. The
first person is called Lord, God
Almighty, and I Am. The third
person is known as the Holy Spirit,
the Counselor, and the Spirit of
truth. The second person is not
Harvey the Jew or Buddha. He is
the Son of God, the Savior, the
Prince of Peace, the Lord of Lords
and the King of Kings, and simply,
Jesus!
Mike Tull
Baker '83
Two choose to reply
To the editor:
To reply or not to reply has been
the question, and we choose to
reply. We could argue journalistic
issues such as editorial
scholarship; however, rather than
dwelling upon such concerns, we
shall instead make it known that
we are heartily sorry if our first
letter attacked the person of Jim
Anderson, for we did not intend to
berate the man but rather to
challenge his words. We do regret
the printing of our original letter in
Threshing-It-Out. since it has been
viewed by many as a personal
attack, but we are most glad that
the entire "dispute" is beginning to
evoke some serious questions
about the motives and intent of
certain "Evangelicals" and the
cults to which they pledge
allegiance (such as the
organisation that uses in its title
the beautifui phrase "Maranatha").
Many have said it is unfair and
cruel for individuals raised in the
High Anglican tradition of study,
doubt, and contemplation to even
address the blind faith and
reductionist teachings of
"Evangelicals," to which we
comment, "Pish posh." The greater
cruelty and injustice is in the cult
that relies upon the blind faith of
the "chusma" and that presents
itself as the authentic Christianity
to the exclusion of other
traditions. Certainly, Anderson's
profession of belief is undeniably
sincere, even if the great blanket of
powerful blind faith be but a doily
see Threshing, page 5
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