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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
We only know Him through His Word. Everything He was written, must come to pass.
Isiah 9:6 " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
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I know I'm asking rhetorical questions, but my understanding was the God took on the robe of flesh to conquer sin once and for all. Not to obliterate it, but to be the "first fruits" of humanity that could break thru the sin barrier......i.e., as the first man Adam introduced sin, the second man (Jesus) conquered sin.
He who knew no sin became sin for us, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.
The real question is - how far did His humanity go? Was he able to sin but avoided sinning? Was he unable to sin?
My guess is that he was fully human, and as I mentioned earlier, he asked that the cup be taken from him on Golgotha, he despaired "my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (doesn't sound like the words of a fully convinced deified being), and he actually died..........
So, from all of this, I draw the conclusion that Jesus was fully God, yet fully man. I believe the humanity HAD to be able to sin in order to defeat sin....otherwise, he was nothing more than a robot....
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