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Yes, that is exactly what it says.
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I think it is explaining that Jesus has all the entireity of the divinity, i.e. he's not just a small part of God, He IS God.
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hi vice, to your question: NO. God’s DWELLING in man (Jesus) is not the same as the INCARNATION of God. 2Cor.6:16 says that God dwelled in men. The difference is that God dwelled in Jesus with his fullness; all attributes of God (goodness and holiness etc) were present in Jesus. But in other men God dwells not in his fullness. In 2Cor.5:19 Paul said; God was in Christ. But he did not mean Jesus was the incarnation of God. Paul was a Jew, for Jews the incarnation of their God was a blasphemy. All other nations like Egyptians, Greece and Romans claims that their gods came in the form of man. In contrast, Jews believed in dwelling of God and not in incarnation. You may not agree with me, but I like your questions :D
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Is Jesus a man? Yes. But He is also God. Nice study on Colossions now put that in context with the rest of scripture that supports his diety, and how Paul even claims to know the mind which Christ had of himself - Phi 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Phi 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Phi 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: Phi 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Phi 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: Phi 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; Now I heard JW worship Jehova, and him alone. It sounds like Jehova gave Jesus worship status? But isnt Jehova a Jealous God? Isnt Jahova the only one who can forgive sin? God fulfilled his mission here on earth in the form of Jesus because he had to call a people who would worship him for who "HE" really is. The jews and pharasees were stuck in their religion. JW are stuck in their Organization. Listen to Paul and his disciples, they testify clearly what they thought about Jesus. Thomas dropped to his feet and said "My Lord and my God" I don't think he took his emotion at that time and split it half and half, he gave it all to him because throughout his ministry he revealed himself to them not only by proof in works but by the word of his mouth (Joh 10:30 I and my Father are one.(NKJV) (Deu 6:4) Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: (KJV) Isa 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Isa 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. Math 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: They are one, and Christians havent been changing our doctrines over the past 100 years in order to make the trinity sound right. Its what the early church believed, and I can believe paul because he would be in tears right now over this division in the body.
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"because in HIM" WOW. In order for the jews to be in the precense of God. Only the high priest can go into the sanctuary where the ark of the covanent was. God wanted to make his precense available to everybody. So he placed all of his godliness in to an ark of flesh. That is why when Jesus died and was pierced the curtain between the holy place and the most holy place was riped into halve. Making it clear that anyone can come to him now. 2 Cor 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
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