How could His earthly ministry have accomplished by hour two of His life?
Should His earthly ministry be so trivialized? His sermons, His parables,
His teachings as well as the miracles which all attested to the fact that He
was the Christ besides His fulfilled prophecy the Father never chose to
accomplish this by hour two of His life. To this the Apostle John who walked
with Christ could see the importance of His earthly ministry by penning
these words under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit: "And there are also
many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written
every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books
that should be written." Yet still we are told "He has been manifested to
put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." Yes, I believe that is the cross.
Yes they tried to kill Him at His birth but that would have prevent His
earthly ministry.
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen
His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father,
full of grace and truth."
Harry
Chad Richard Bresson <breusswane@...> wrote:
IOW, every sentence you have here, minus seek and save (which itself is
grounded not in Christ's earthly ministry, but the cross), speaks of his
death... something that could have been accomplished in hour #2 of His life.
You can't find any "reason" for his life as an adult?
Chad Bresson
Xenia, OH
----- Original Message -----
From: "H Dorrington"
To:
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Active obedience of Christ
> Why did Jesus share in our humanity?
>
> He came to do the will of the Father which involved both fulfilling
> prophecy, His earthly ministry as well as His death on the cross.
> For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.
> For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for many.
> But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels,
namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of
death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. For it
was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many
sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through
suffering.
> Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity
so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that
is, the devil-- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by
their fear of death. For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's
descendants. For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every
way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in
service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
> Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of
the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been
manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
>
>
> Harry
>
>
>
> Chad Richard Bresson
wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H Dorrington"
> > No, He came to do the will of the Father.
>
> Which was what? Why was the will of the Father not fulfilled on day 2 of
> His life?
>
> Chad Bresson
> Xenia, OH
>
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