Two wills or One will?

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>>Is the blind guy Jesus healed in John 9 also God? He too said "I AM" when
>>asked a question. In the original Greek, the phrase means more like, "I am
>>what I claim to be". 
>
>That's true in this particular scene.  However, "ego eimi" [I Am] also has 
>a divine meaning as well. Refer to any decent lexicon. (Rudolf Bultmann 
>lists at least four possible meanings from ego eimi. ) Context is 
>especially key when dealing with greek.

Still, the blind guy makes a valid point. What did Bultman say? Wasn't he a
total loser way-too-liberal theology type anyways?

>We see in the arrest of Jesus in John 18 the reaction of the soldiers to 
>Jesus' first response "ego eimi".  They fall down on their faces! 

I never said 1ness/3hood doesn't have it bright spots, it surely does. That
is an excellent point. I do not deny it.

However, there ARE other verses!

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