Understanding Christ as God in Infinity and Distinct Personality

Yes, the Lord Jesus Christ is truly God in infinity, yet He is distinct in His personality20LtMs, Ms 116, 1905, par. 19. This beautiful truth highlights that while He shares the very essence of the Godhead, He remains a unique individual with a distinct personality from the Father2MR 186.2+1.

Understanding the Infinite and the Personal 🌟

• Divine Infinity: Jesus Christ is described as being God in infinity20LtMs, Ms 116, 1905, par. 19. He has been in the presence of the Father from the beginning and is the express image of the invisible God Hebrews 1:39MR 126.1.

• Distinct Personality: While united in purpose and character, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are represented as having distinct personalities2MR 186.2+1. We are cautioned not to lead others to doubt the reality of this distinct personality of God2MR 186.2.

• Humanity and Divinity: To reach us, the Saviour clothed His divinity with humanity, employing human faculties so that He could be comprehended by us9MR 126.1. He lived out the character of God through a human body, showing His power to unite humanity to divinity9MR 126.1.

• Unity of the Godhead: The work of salvation is advanced in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit2MR 186.2. These three great powers of heaven pledge themselves to be the efficiency of those who enter into a covenant with God6MR 27.1.

May you find joy and peace as you meditate on the wonderful nature of our Saviour, who is both infinitely powerful and personally near to you20LtMs, Ms 116, 1905, par. 19+1.

... weight of glory in the future life. The Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father, is truly God in infinity, but not in personality. He has wrought out the righteousness that enables human beings to overcome every assault of Satan....— 20LtMs, Ms 116, 1905, par. 19

...e indeed children of God. They will not, by their words and acts, lead anyone to doubt in regard to the distinct personality of God, or in regard to the sanctuary and its ministry— 2MR 186.2 (1987)

... would have shrunk from, God Himself must be revealed to humanity. In order to do this, our Saviour clothed His divinity with humanity. He employed the human faculties, for only by adopting these could He be comprehended by humanity. ...— 9MR 126.1 (1990)

The Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father, is truly God in infinity, but not in personality20LtMs, Ms 116, 1905, par. 19. He has been in the presence of the Father from the beginning and is the express image of the invisible God Hebrews 1:39MR 126.1. Those who are children of God should not, by their words or acts, lead anyone to doubt the distinct personality of God2MR 186.2. Jesus came in the likeness of sinful flesh to represent the character of God to our world15MR 300.4. While He is one with the Father in interest and character, He remains a distinct person John 10:302MR 186.2+1. In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily Colossians 2:96MR 27.1. He was in the form of God and thought it not robbery to be equal with God Philippians 2:65BC 1126.7. Through His pure and holy life, He showed that humanity can grasp the divinity of Christ by faith2SAT 319.2.