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Arius and Alexander’s shared philosophical presumptions about God. Both agreed w
Arius and Alexander’s shared philosophical presumptions about God. Both agreed with Greek conceptions of the divine that God cannot change in any way, shape, or form. Arius deduced from this that Jesus could not be divine in that way. Alexander used a Logos theology gleaned from the Greeks in which true divinity eternally exudes an extension of itself that mediates between itself and creation and insulates itself from the vicissitudes of creation. This extension (Logos) can participate in change, but this doesn’t count against the constancy of the divine essence because it eternally exudes to fulfill this function.
If you are not married to the Greek Philosophical mindset, it frees you up to more possibility. In fact, this is the danger or trouble we can get into conceptually when we believe our point of view is 100% correct. As Christians, we embrace a view that fundamentally asks, “How does God reveal himself through His word?” and humbly allow that word to transform and renew our minds.
Read the following verses and summarize in your own words what you believe is being revealed about God. Does the verses affirm Arius, Alexander, or something else? If something else, what? What, if anything, was missed by the Greeks?
Exod. 32:14
Num 14:20
2 Sam 24:16
1 Chron 21:15
Ps 106:45
Jer. 15:6; 18:10; 26:3, 14, 19; 42:10
Amos 7:3, 6
Joel 2:13-14
Jonah 3:10; 4:2
Num 23:19
1 Sam 15:29
Ps 110:4
Mal 3:6
Jas 1:17
Heb 13:8.
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