Statements
on the Nature of Christ
By
Eric William King
We believe that Holy Mother Mary did give birth to Jesus
Christ who became fully man and was at the same time fully God. So we accept
that Mary is “the mother of God”. St Martin
Luther also affirms this. Having stated that fact we must be careful with the
term, Theotokos (meaning “mother
of God” or “God bearer”) because of what the Roman Church has done to Mary.
They state that Mary is now a co-midiatrix
with Christ meaning that Mary has the mediation attributes of the Son of God.
This is blasphemy.
The Roman Cult insinuates by “Mary Mother of God” to
transform her into a “goddess” or what they refer to as “the Queen of Heaven”. Again, blasphemy.
Upon further review of the early church we actually agree
with St Nestorius regarding this issue who stated that it was more Biblically
correct to call Mother Mary “Christotokos”,
meaning “bearer of the Christ” or Kyriou
(Lord). This agrees with Sola Scriptura
(Luke 1:43) However we - like St Luther - reject St Nestorius’ views on the
separate natures of Christ.
We also know from Scripture that Jesus is ultimately
“without father or mother”. (Hebrews 7:3) Seeing what the Roman Cult has done
to Mother Mary we believe that St Luther would most certainly agree with us on
the current use of Theotokos.
Also, we agree with St Martin Luther that Jesus (fully
God, fully man) used His majesty while on earth “as it pleased Him” but we
clarify always in agreement with God the Father’s will. In this sense we have
stated that Jesus worked within the Father’s will completely while incarnate. This also agrees with Sola Scriptura.
We fully agree with “The Formula of
Concord”, Article 8, “The
Person Christ”-18 which states:
“Christ
is and remains to all eternity God and man in one undivided person. Next to
the Holy Trinity, this is the highest mystery, upon which our only
consolation, life, and salvation depends, as the apostle testifies in 1st
Timothy 3:16.”
We hope to continue to clarify these most important
issues here at “The Shepherds Way” and the
“Nugget of Truth”.
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