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'''Adoptionism''' (also referred to as'''dynamic monarchianism''') owes its origin to Theodotus, a leather-merchant active in Rome about AD 190, and was spread by Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch, who was condemned for his views by the church in AD 268.<ref>Sinclair B. Ferguson and J.I. Packer, New Dictionary of Theology (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 6.</ref> | '''Adoptionism''' (also referred to as '''dynamic monarchianism''') owes its origin to Theodotus, a leather-merchant active in Rome about AD 190, and was spread by Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch, who was condemned for his views by the church in AD 268.<ref>Sinclair B. Ferguson and J.I. Packer, New Dictionary of Theology (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 6.</ref> | ||
Adoptionism is most commonly applied to the notion that Jesus was merely an ordinary man of unusual virtue or closeness to God whom God ‘adopted’ into divine Sonship. Adoptionism was rooted in second-and third-century monarchianism but also flourished in the eighth century. According to adoptionism, Jesus was only a man but was adopted by God because of His sinless life. This is said to have occurred when God declared from heaven: “This is my Son.” (Matt. 3:17).<ref>Norman L. Geisler, Systematic Theology, Volume Two: God, Creation (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2003), 297.</ref> | Adoptionism is most commonly applied to the notion that Jesus was merely an ordinary man of unusual virtue or closeness to God whom God ‘adopted’ into divine Sonship. Adoptionism was rooted in second-and third-century monarchianism but also flourished in the eighth century. According to adoptionism, Jesus was only a man but was adopted by God because of His sinless life. This is said to have occurred when God declared from heaven: “This is my Son.” (Matt. 3:17).<ref>Norman L. Geisler, Systematic Theology, Volume Two: God, Creation (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2003), 297.</ref> | ||
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:'''''In the Garden of Gethsemane, the anointing left Him''', you know, He had to die as a sinner. '''He died a sinner''', you know that; not His sins, but mine and yours. That's where that love come in, how He took mine. Oh, hallelujah, how He took mine.<ref>William Branham, ADOPTION 2, JEFF.IN, 60-0518</ref> | :'''''In the Garden of Gethsemane, the anointing left Him''', you know, He had to die as a sinner. '''He died a sinner''', you know that; not His sins, but mine and yours. That's where that love come in, how He took mine. Oh, hallelujah, how He took mine.<ref>William Branham, ADOPTION 2, JEFF.IN, 60-0518</ref> | ||
== | ==William Branham's proof from the Greek== | ||
William Branham stated that when Jesus was baptized God chose to enter into him. And what was his evidence for making this claim? | William Branham stated that when Jesus was baptized God chose to enter into him. And what was his evidence for making this claim? | ||