The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum The begotten God Heresy

Yes, of course it is in regard to the deity of the Son: begotten, NOT made; before all worlds (from eternity), NOT in time. This is Scripture truth. For John says, "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth. ... No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him" (John 1:14, 18). The glory of the Word (eternal & uncreated) is the same glory as that of the only begotten from the Father; therefore this glory is a property of His Deity, not of his humanity, for His humanity, like ours, was created in time. Thus the begottenness of the Son has referrence to His deity, not His humanity. Furthermore, if the begottennes of the Son has referrence to His humanity, then by necessity you attribute to the Father a human nature, for like begets like, according to the principle in Gen. 5:3, "And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image." But Adam was created in God's image; he was not begotten of the Father!