Post by ResLight on May 13, 2014 10:50:55 GMT -5
Contrary to what many believe, being a sinless human being does not mean that one has to sin. Indeed, one of reasons that Jesus became flesh was to prove that a sinless man could obey God. If Jesus was God Almighty Himself in the flesh, then rather than condemning sin in the flesh, Jesus actually justified sin in the flesh. -- Romans 8:3.
Adam was given a choice, and he chose to sin. God did not force him into sinning. Adam was perfect in his sinlessness, and he was incorrupt, but he was not incorruptible. He was perfect in all else except that he had not yet perfected faith (1 Thessalonians 3:10) in his Creator. God originally made Adam upright (just, straight, righteous) and, as such, good. (Ecclesiastes 7:9; Genesis 1:31) When Adam disbobeyed, he was no longer counted as a son of God (Luke 3:38; Romans 8:14), but he became by nature a son of disobedience, a child of wrath. (Ephesians 2:2,3) As a result of his disobedience, God condemned man (in Adam) to a bondage of corruption (crookedness, unrighteousness) and vanity, from which man could not make himself straight. -- Ecclesiastes 1:2,3,8-17; 7:13; Acts 3:13; Romans 1:21-2:1; 3:9,10,20; 5:12-19; 8:20-22; Galatians 2:16; 3:12.
Another thing that Adam lacked was experience; Jesus, on the other hand, had been with and learned from his God and Father before he became a man, a little lower than the angels, and thus could tell of heavenly things. (John 1:1,2; 3:12,13; 8:28; 17:1,3,5) Unlike Adam, Jesus constantly followed the leading of God's spirit (Romans 8:14), by which he surely received strength to remain obedient to his God and Father. -- Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 5:8.
On the other hand, if Jesus had been God Almighty in the flesh, Jesus' obedience, rather than condemning sin the flesh, would have justified sin the flesh, for it would have proved that for a sinless man to be obedient to God Almighty, that man would have to be God Almighty in the flesh. However, Jesus was indeed, while he was in days of his flesh (which is past, by the way -- Hebrews 5:7), of the same bodily glory that Adam had before Adam, having the unblemished glory of the image of God, but, unlike Adam, Jesus never fell short of that glory due to sin. -- Genesis 1:26; Psalm 8:4,5; Romans 3:23; 1 Corinthians 15:39-41; Hebrews 2:9.
Some other things I have written on this:
Did Jesus Have a Sinful Nature?
atonement.rlbible.com/?p=426
How God's Son Condemned Sin in the Flesh
atonement.rlbible.com/?p=51
The Price of Redemption - God or Man?
atonement.rlbible.com/?p=242
Adam was given a choice, and he chose to sin. God did not force him into sinning. Adam was perfect in his sinlessness, and he was incorrupt, but he was not incorruptible. He was perfect in all else except that he had not yet perfected faith (1 Thessalonians 3:10) in his Creator. God originally made Adam upright (just, straight, righteous) and, as such, good. (Ecclesiastes 7:9; Genesis 1:31) When Adam disbobeyed, he was no longer counted as a son of God (Luke 3:38; Romans 8:14), but he became by nature a son of disobedience, a child of wrath. (Ephesians 2:2,3) As a result of his disobedience, God condemned man (in Adam) to a bondage of corruption (crookedness, unrighteousness) and vanity, from which man could not make himself straight. -- Ecclesiastes 1:2,3,8-17; 7:13; Acts 3:13; Romans 1:21-2:1; 3:9,10,20; 5:12-19; 8:20-22; Galatians 2:16; 3:12.
Another thing that Adam lacked was experience; Jesus, on the other hand, had been with and learned from his God and Father before he became a man, a little lower than the angels, and thus could tell of heavenly things. (John 1:1,2; 3:12,13; 8:28; 17:1,3,5) Unlike Adam, Jesus constantly followed the leading of God's spirit (Romans 8:14), by which he surely received strength to remain obedient to his God and Father. -- Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 5:8.
On the other hand, if Jesus had been God Almighty in the flesh, Jesus' obedience, rather than condemning sin the flesh, would have justified sin the flesh, for it would have proved that for a sinless man to be obedient to God Almighty, that man would have to be God Almighty in the flesh. However, Jesus was indeed, while he was in days of his flesh (which is past, by the way -- Hebrews 5:7), of the same bodily glory that Adam had before Adam, having the unblemished glory of the image of God, but, unlike Adam, Jesus never fell short of that glory due to sin. -- Genesis 1:26; Psalm 8:4,5; Romans 3:23; 1 Corinthians 15:39-41; Hebrews 2:9.
Some other things I have written on this:
Did Jesus Have a Sinful Nature?
atonement.rlbible.com/?p=426
How God's Son Condemned Sin in the Flesh
atonement.rlbible.com/?p=51
The Price of Redemption - God or Man?
atonement.rlbible.com/?p=242
