tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post2821422855943622710..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: New Lutheran Quote of the DayWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-4807527774872780782010-12-14T16:19:47.554-06:002010-12-14T16:19:47.554-06:00"The glory of God is the human person fully a..."The glory of God is the human person fully alive" - St. Iraneus<br /><br />Enslaved by sin we struggle to fulfill our humanity. The persons of the Holy Trinity love eachother perfectly; sin poisons every relationship we have with eachother.<br /><br />Our incarnate Lord is the very glory of God: He is the human person fully alive!<br /><br />By His death and resurrection we are swept into the life of our Holy God. God Himself dashes our old man to pieces and has created a new man, a man no longer turned in on himself.<br /><br />Christ is the first fruits of those who will rise again to everlasting life - then we, too, will live a fulfilled humanity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-20818519036874566912010-12-14T15:19:01.587-06:002010-12-14T15:19:01.587-06:00I put it in the context of him saying (I've he...I put it in the context of him saying (I've heard it more than once): None of us know what it is to be fully human yet. He alone knows. He alone is. <br /><br />So, rather in the sense of: "He's not done with any of us yet."William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-89029609023290840452010-12-14T15:16:46.442-06:002010-12-14T15:16:46.442-06:00"piecemeal humanity" implies that we
are..."piecemeal humanity" implies that we<br />are patched together rather than a<br />new person in Christ by virtue of our<br />Baptism and the power of the Holy<br />Spirit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com