Here's a Christmas thought from the Andrrew Purves book which I've been reading (and quoting, and highlighting profusely)
The point is that Jesus is both God's Word spoken in our flesh and received and heard as a man is a truly radical theological insight...
...The argument presupposes that even were God to speak, outside of the Spirit of the Son hearing on our behalf, we would not hear and receive that Word, for only the Son can hear the Word of the Father. So Christ is not only the One who spoke forth the Word of God, but also the One who received the Word of God when he took flesh, not for his own sake, but for our sakes. (The Crucifixion of Ministry, page 81)
Here's a Christmas thought from the Andrrew Purves book which I've been reading (and quoting, and highlighting profusely)
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