Religion and Theology

Robert Jensons works is among the great contributions in modern dogmatic and theology that has not been realized. His work on Systematic Theology has gained him the reputation of a respectable writer. His works are vital in the development of the theologian world. But then again, as usual as it does, his work has not been given the proper dignity it should have. His works are seemingly not studied by other theologians and Christian scholars.

The reasons for not having been one of the favorites of the theologians, Christian scholars and other readers are the following 1) his works are not that exciting to read and obviously dull, 2) some of his prose main thesis are not that strongly supported by facts and other references and 3) his works are not that concisely presented in his writings. In fairness with Jensons literary prose, he still has a good persuasive power when it comes to topics that are very important and subtle.

Obviously, Jensons theology can be considered theology of the living God. As Jenson always argued that God is the very intricate movement of relationships between Him and his Son and vice versa. Included in these relationships are other movements within the relationship such as beauty, splendor, glory and future. Jenson also believed that God is the event of having Christ in its eternal fullness and this event can be drawn and determined in all of Christian history.

In most of the moments, most Christians have no interest in the history of the doctrine of the Trinity. Only few have exerted effort to really explore the disputes of the early century of the Christian church. Few also have take interest on the indistinct conception of the Christian doctrine that is disputable in the ancient Christian church.

Indeed, the doctrine of Trinity of the Christian church is the guiding maxim of all of them. The belief that God and the Son have eternal relationship is precisely correct. In most of the time, it is considered that God and the Son is every time not apart from each other. It was proven that the idea that Jesus Christ, our Lord is not God or not with the Father and that the Son is not the same substance as the Father was wrong. A good example was mentioned in the Holy Scriptures In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. It only means that to take the Word of God is to accept the Son of God and the Father himself. It is also declared that the Son is not merely God alone but that he is of the same substance as the Father. It was also showed in the Bible that the Son was not made, by whom all things were made And if He was not made, then he is not a creature but if he is not a creature, then He is of the same substance as the Father.

I definitely find the issue of divine temporality to be quite intriguing. I certainly disagree with the idea of God being temporal-this is to say that God is infinite and that he knows everything that will happen to all his creations. In order to rebut the idea of divine temporality, I will present some assumptions of divine temporality.

First, if God is temporal is to say that He would be finite and learn new things and ideas as time passes and as He watches us. Secondly, if God is not immortal and does not know what will happen in the future acts of his creations, then the prophecy of freedom and salvation in the future is seemingly impossible. Another assumption is that being temporal means that God has a beginning and that He would not last long in the future. This beginning is also the same to our beginning. The only difference is that if He has a beginning then he came from non-being and from nothing. If he came from nothing, then He is not God because obviously there is someone who made Him to what he is. Being temporal also means that God can grow in knowledge, wisdom and virtues. This is to say that Gods knowledge is also imperfect because there are only limited explainable ideas that can be nurtured. With his finite state, God would also have a difficult time to explain why He has imperfections.

The most divine truth that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are one God is certainly believable.   I also have to concur to the idea that the Father is equal with the Son and the Holy Spirit- that is to say that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are three distinct persons within one God. This is the idea of the divine Trinity. Scriptural evidences also proved that the Holy Spirit is in fact God and not a creature We worship not to the Holy Spirit of God, but we worship God in the Spirit.

The idea of the Holy Spirit as God can be found in the Holy Scriptures (Isaiah 421) -- Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold My chosen one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him He will bring forth justice to the nations.