{"id":41238,"date":"2020-04-01T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=41238"},"modified":"2020-05-08T14:57:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T19:57:59","slug":"podcast-257-a-letter-from-the-lord-jesus-about-god-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-257-a-letter-from-the-lord-jesus-about-god-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 257 &#8211; A letter from the Lord Jesus: About God and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4986\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-41238-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities257.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities257.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities257.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities257.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=41238-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities257.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities257.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-risen-and-exalted-Jesus-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"the risen and exalted Jesus\" class=\"wp-image-41240\" width=\"402\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-risen-and-exalted-Jesus-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-risen-and-exalted-Jesus-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-risen-and-exalted-Jesus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-risen-and-exalted-Jesus.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big news! I can announce today that I have received<strong> a new letter from the Lord Jesus<\/strong>. An angel who said his name was &#8220;Boloni&#8221; appeared to me and showed me where the <strong>golden plates<\/strong> were buried. (I am not at liberty to disclose this location.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought this was a most unusual method of delivery, especially as the soil was fresh; the plates had just been buried. You see, this is no ancient composition written in Greek or Aramaic or Reformed Egyptian. Evidently, in the intervening period, the Lord Jesus has learned English. And it\u2019s clear that he has continued to be <strong>attentive to our theological situation<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naturally, I was only allowed to borrow the golden\nplates long enough to transcribe them; the angel waited while I did this, then\ncarted them off into the sky in a flaming armored car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I read and re-read this epistle I realized that the Lord was continually referring to or quoting the New Testament, so <strong>I added a number of footnotes<\/strong>, mostly for scriptural citations. I was quite surprised to see that Jesus always quotes the NRSV. Sorry, ESV and NIV \u2013 evidently this is the new Authorized Version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any case, it seems to me that this letter contains <strong>an important message for our day<\/strong>. Jesus forcefully addresses some widespread confusions about who he is, calling Christians back to an apostolic christology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download and print my <strong>transcription <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/wjqi6trqkctrrjc\/Dear%20Christian%20-%20a%20letter%20from%20Jesus.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weiler_St_Blasius_\u00d6lberggruppe_Jesus-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41241\" width=\"277\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weiler_St_Blasius_\u00d6lberggruppe_Jesus-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weiler_St_Blasius_\u00d6lberggruppe_Jesus-338x450.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links for this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Shirk: Associating Others with Allah (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/shirk-2004293\" target=\"_blank\">Shirk: Associating Others with Allah<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Definition of Chalcedon (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theopedia.com\/chalcedonian-creed\" target=\"_blank\">The Definition of Chalcedon<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Is Jesus a Human Person?  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/steven-greydanus\/is-jesus-a-human-person\" target=\"_blank\"> Is Jesus a Human Person? <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ccc_css\/archive\/catechism\/credo.htm\">The Nicene Creed<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Clarifying Catholic Christologies (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s6wK-lRZP-k\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Clarifying Catholic Christologies<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"God and his Son: the logic of the New Testament (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/god-and-his-son-the-logic-of-the-new-testament\/\" target=\"_blank\">God and his Son: the logic of the New Testament<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Metaphysics and Logic of the Trinity (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordhandbooks.com\/view\/10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780199935314.001.0001\/oxfordhb-9780199935314-e-27\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Metaphysics and Logic of the Trinity<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-124-a-challenge-to-jesus-is-god-apologists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"podcast 124 \u2013 a challenge to \u201cJesus is God\u201d apologists (opens in a new tab)\">podcast 124 \u2013 a challenge to \u201cJesus is God\u201d apologists<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-227-who-should-christians-worship\/\">podcast 227 \u2013 Who Should Christians Worship?<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-214-has-bauckham-clarified-his-divine-identity-theory-part-2\/\">podcast 214 \u2013 Has Bauckham clarified his \u201cdivine identity\u201d theory? \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-213-has-bauckham-clarified-his-divine-identity-theory-part-1\/\">podcast 213 \u2013 Has Bauckham clarified his \u201cdivine identity\u201d theory? \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-226-biblical-words-for-god-and-for-his-son-part-3-post-biblical-uses-of-biblical-words-and-new-words\/\">podcast 226 \u2013 Biblical Words for God and for his Son Part 3 \u2013 post-biblical uses of biblical words, and new words<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-225-biblical-words-for-god-and-for-his-son-part-2-old-lord-vs-new-lord\/\"><strong>podcast 225 \u2013 Biblical Words for God and for his Son Part 2 \u2013 Old \u201cLord\u201d vs. New \u201cLord\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-224-biblical-words-for-god-and-for-his-son-part-1-god-and-god-in-the-bible\/\">podcast 224 \u2013 Biblical Words for God and for his Son Part 1 \u2013 God and \u201cGod\u201d in the Bible<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-70-the-one-god-and-his-son-according-to-john\/\">podcast 70 \u2013 The one God and his Son according to John<\/a> <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"podcast 85 \u2013 Heretic! Four Approaches to Dropping H-Bombs (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-85-heretic-four-approaches-to-dropping-h-bombs\/\" target=\"_blank\">podcast 85 \u2013 Heretic! Four Approaches to Dropping H-Bombs<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Master_of_the_Rotterdam_Saint_John_on_Patmos_001-1.jpg\" alt=\"John writes his gospel\" class=\"wp-image-41242\" width=\"339\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Master_of_the_Rotterdam_Saint_John_on_Patmos_001-1.jpg 866w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Master_of_the_Rotterdam_Saint_John_on_Patmos_001-1-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Master_of_the_Rotterdam_Saint_John_on_Patmos_001-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Texts quoted or referred to in this episode<\/strong>: Acts 3:22, 7:37; Deuteronomy 8:15; John 1:17-18; Exodus 3:15; John 10:33-36; John 8:40; Numbers 23:19; John 17:1-3; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1 John 5:20; John 4:25-26; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 42-56; 1 Timothy 1:17, 6:16; 2 Timothy 1:10; Romans 1:23; John 1:29; Matthew 3:17, 17:5; Hebrews 2:14-18, 1 Timothy 2:5-6; Romans 5:8; Mark 15:32, 39; Mark 14:36; Philippians 2:8-9; Mark 14:62; Ephesians 1:20; Revelation 7:17; Daniel 7:14; John 20:17; Matthew 27:37, 39; James 1:13; Luke 4:1-13; Hebrews 4:15; Luke 5:16, 11:41; Luke 2:41-42, 47; Matthew 6:5-13; Mark 9:37; Luke 4:18; John 5:36, 14:10-11; Acts 2:22; Acts 2:43, 4:30, 5:12, 6:8; John 10:22-39; John 10:30; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Revelation 3:12; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; Mark 12:29; John 14:8-11; Colossians 1:15; John 14:10; Hebrews 8:1; John 20:28; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:4-6; 1 John 1:3; John 4:25-26; John 14:24-25; Philippians 2:6-11; Revelation 5:9-10; Matthew 9:2-8; John 20:23; Mark 13:32; John 14:26; John 5:19-20; Psalm 89:6, Isaiah 40:18; Deuteronomy 10:17; Romans 11:33-35; Matthew 26:59-66, 27:17,22, 29, 37, 42-44; Mark 14:55-65, 15:2-5, 12, 18, 26, 32; Luke 22:66-71, 23:1-5; John 18:33-38; Romans 1:4; Hebrews 1:8; Luke 2:11; Jude 1:4; Revelation 2:8; Revelation 22:13; John 20:17; Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 1:3,17; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 1:6, 3:2, 12; Revelation 15:3-4; John 17:1-3; 1 John 5:19-20; Genesis 32:22-32; Genesis 18:1-22; Exodus 24:9-11; Romans 8:3; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 John 4:2; Philippians 2:7; Luke 1:35; Matthew 1:18; Romans 1:3; Acts 2:22; John 8:40; 1 Corinthians 15:47; John 3:13; Luke 1:32; Romans 1:3; 2 Timothy 2:8; Revelation 22:16; Hebrews 1:1-2; Colossians 1:13-20; 2 Corinthians 5:17-18; Mark 10:6, 13:19; Romans 1:20; Acts 4:24, 14:15, 17:24-31; Hebrews 11:3; Ephesians 3:9?; 1 Timothy 4:3-4; Revelation 4:11, 10:6, 14:7; Isaiah 44:24b; Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26; Psalm 33:6; John 1:1-3; Luke 1:31; Psalm 33:6; Proverbs 8:22-31; Matthew 11:19, 13:53; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Colossians 2:2-3; Hebrews 1:2; John 4:22; Genesis 41:37-45; Acts 17:31; 1 Corinthians 15:27; 1 Corinthians 15:42-46; Philippians 2:11; Revelation 6:16, 7:14; John 8:40; Hebrews 2:17, 3:1, 4:14-15, 6:20, 8:1, 9:11; 1 Timothy 2:5; Revelation 1:17-18; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, 11:3; Mark 12:35-37; Mark 12:36; Psalm 110:1; Acts 2:36; John 13:20; 1 John 4:15; John 18:20; John 15:15; Mark 1:3; Matthew 1:23; Hebrews 1:10-12; Matthew 14:33; Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; John 11:25-27; Matthew 16: 15-17; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20; John 20:31; John 6:68; John 8:28, 12:49, 14:10; Acts 2:22;  Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:27. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Dear Christian, I\u2019ve been meaning to talk to you about God and me.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,21,15,58,75,4,14,33,38,57,43,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apologetics","category-bible","category-christology","category-creeds","category-divine-attributes","category-heresy-orthodoxy","category-history","category-incarnation","category-monotheism","category-podcast","category-unitarianism","category-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41238"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42366,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41238\/revisions\/42366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}