Stephen Gedeon

seeker | lifelong learner

[Andrew Wilson @AJWTheology]

“Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life (ζωοποιέω) …” (John 5:21)

“… so also the Son gives life (ζωοποιέω) to whom he wills.” (5:21)

“It is the Spirit that gives life (ζωοποιέω); the flesh is useless.” (6:63)

Life-giving Trinity!

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Please remember this as you get older - advice from one of the greatest thinkers of all time

[Conor McGregor @TheNotoriousMMA]

I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.

God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father;
through Him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation
He came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit
was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
He suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and His kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the Giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

I confess one Baptism
for the forgiveness of sins,

and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.

Amen. 🙏🏼

[Steve Meister @SteveMeisterVDM]

“God's Word Himself, then, endured all things in His flesh, while His divine nature, which alone is impassible, remained unaffected.

For, when the one Christ made up of both divinity and humanity suffered, the passible part of Him suffered, because it was of its nature to suffer, but the impassible did not suffer with it.

Thus, since the soul is passible, it does feel pain and suffer with the body when the body is hurt, although it itself is not hurt.

The divinity, however, being impassible, does not suffer with the body.”

- John of Damascus

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

@Soteriology101 The Son learns according to humanity not divinity. Does the Son know something the Father doesn’t know since the bible never said the Father learned obedience? God’s knowledge isn’t dependent

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Software engineers are celebrities.
Civil engineers are invisible.

The people who design the water systems, bridges, tunnels, and flood barriers that keep 8 billion people alive are largely unknown.

The people who build apps are on magazine covers.

Is this a PR problem, an education problem, or just how the world works?

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

Athanasius’ “Discourse against the Arians” is so good. Why don’t people talk more about it.

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

“Divine incomprehensibility is true as it pertains to creaturely knowledge. But God is not an enigma to God.” (James Dolezal).

No one knows God better than God.

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

@Jeff_Palouse @MusingsOnChrist I meant ante (before Nicea). Many ante-Nicenes were subordinationist as this took the church a while to realize that this is an unacceptable way to view God.

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

@MusingsOnChrist What are your thoughts on anti-Nicene subordination of the Son?

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

@hicasamadim 27

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

But eternal generation of the Son does.

Trinity without hierarchy because each divine person is self-sufficient and roles are meaningless apart from creation.

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

“The Son is the consubstantial image of the Father par excellence” (TJ White).

The Father is mirrored in the Son to the highest degree. The only distinction is that the Son is from the Father. Innascibility does not eternally constitute the Father as a person.

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

@BlazeBinges Phenomenal

[Josh Hawley @HawleyMO]

The Lord isn’t interested in your strength or self-reliance.

He’s interested in your surrender.

[Stephen Gedeon @s_gedeon]

@SteveMeisterVDM Indeed. God doesn’t need emotions to know that the creation he brought into existence out of nothing depends on him.

[Brian Kilmeade @kilmeade]

Huge loss for our country…like losing Tom Brady in prime of career!! Hegseth Cuts Army Commander’s Storied Career Short as Part of Broader Shake-Up https://t.co/8HyhJ1UR0S

[Nick Schifrin @nickschifrin]

Former Army 3-star to me about Gen. Chris Donahue: "Why doesn’t Hegseth explain why he removes generals and admirals? We all understand 'relief for cause,' but relief without cause only leads to speculation about the Secretary's motives and undermines trust in the Officer Corps and in the Ranks."

Former Army 4-star:
"The day that Randy George was fired, my phone blew up. But not with the guys who had been fired. It was the Lieutenant Colonels and Colonels who were saying to me, 'What am I doing? Should I continue to serve?' Because there’s no justification. I am concerned about the force, the next echelon down who are watching these decisions and not understanding the why behind it. They say, 'I am considering my future'... They’re losing talent left and right."

[SGM Mike Vining @ Blasting Through Official @BlastingThrough]

Many podcasters ask me what Delta's number one selection criterion is for a candidate. I think, more than anything, they look for people who do not know the meaning of the word "quit." Whether you’re looking to join Delta or seeking success in any life choice, refusing to quit will take you very far.
The photo is of me coming into the last point on the last day of Delta's Selection and Assessment. I just did 40 miles, carrying 58 pounds in my pack. It took me 15 hours and 15 minutes. I had no idea this was the last day, the finish. I no longer felt that I was connected with my body. I was just moving forward. I didn’t know the meaning of the word “quit.”

[Steve Meister @SteveMeisterVDM]

Turretin on how God and all His attributes are for us in the gospel:

“God so gives himself to us as to be ours as to all the attributes (conducing to our advantage and salvation). They are well said to be ours by fruition and use because their salutary effects flow unto us.

Ours is the wisdom of God for direction;

the power of God for protection;

the mercy of God for the remission of sins;

the grace of God for sanctification and consolation;

the justice of God for the punishment of enemies;

the faithfulness of God for the execution of promises;

the sufficiency of God for the communication of all manner of happiness.

And as sin brought innumerable evils upon us, we find a remedy for all in the divine properties:

wisdom heals our ignorance and blindness,

grace our guilt,

power our weakness,

mercy our misery,

goodness our wickedness,

justice our iniquity,

the sufficiency and fulness of God our poverty and indigence,

fidelity our inconstancy and fickleness,

holiness our impurity and life our death.”

- Francis Turretin