Recently, I wrote an article on divine impassibility. In the article, I tried to show how only the suffering God can help us during times of crisis. It was not an article "proving" the doctrine since divine impassibility is both creedal and confessional, although at some point, I would like to write a scriptural-theological argument for the doctrine.
Brother, this is deep, rich teaching, and I appreciate how clearly it lays out the mystery of the cross and the heart of our Triune God. What Wyatt wrote reminds me that the cross is not God breaking apart it’s God working in perfect unity to save us The Father loved, the Son suffered in the flesh, and the Spirit perfected the sacrifice. It’s just like Scripture says God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19). Not distant. Not divided. Present. Acting. Saving. And the beauty is this: Jesus took on our humanity without ever surrendering His divinity. He became what we are so He could heal what we could never fix. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). Fully God, fully man one Person. That’s why He could truly suffer and truly die, yet still remain the eternal Son. And at the cross, He endured every pain through His human nature, while His divine nature remained unchanging, just as Scripture declares: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Brother, this is what makes salvation so beautiful. The immortal One stepped into mortality for us. The sinless One carried our sins. The strong became weak. The unsuffering took on suffering. All so that we could be brought into God’s life For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God (1 Peter 3:18) What a Savior. What a love.
Brother, this is deep, rich teaching, and I appreciate how clearly it lays out the mystery of the cross and the heart of our Triune God. What Wyatt wrote reminds me that the cross is not God breaking apart it’s God working in perfect unity to save us The Father loved, the Son suffered in the flesh, and the Spirit perfected the sacrifice. It’s just like Scripture says God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19). Not distant. Not divided. Present. Acting. Saving. And the beauty is this: Jesus took on our humanity without ever surrendering His divinity. He became what we are so He could heal what we could never fix. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). Fully God, fully man one Person. That’s why He could truly suffer and truly die, yet still remain the eternal Son. And at the cross, He endured every pain through His human nature, while His divine nature remained unchanging, just as Scripture declares: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Brother, this is what makes salvation so beautiful. The immortal One stepped into mortality for us. The sinless One carried our sins. The strong became weak. The unsuffering took on suffering. All so that we could be brought into God’s life For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God (1 Peter 3:18) What a Savior. What a love.