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Self-emptying glorification

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Self-emptying glorification is grounded in the Name that reveals God in the midst, emptying confusion with the created from vision of God at centre, purifying the heart with turning (metanoia), illumining the heart with seeing (theoria), emptying all that usurps God in the heart in self-emptying deification (theosis).  Elders point out where God is to be found when they introduce the mystery of the… Read more »

Self-emptying Kenosis

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The Apostle Paul writes to the Philippians that the mind of Christ does not grasp at divinity, as if equality with God was something to be possessed, but empties itself.  That is, Christ empties himself to take the form of a servant, created in the likeness of men.  Being found in the form of a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient… Read more »