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From: "H Dorrington" <hjdinfl@...>
> Ground Zero:  The Biblical answer quoted from the Bible, not reasoned from
a theological system

This is a red herring.  The "system" is the Bible speaking for itself.  The
argument that "systematic theology" is not Scripture is inherently
anti-intellectual and ultimately, unbiblical.

>Galatians 1:4 "who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present
evil age, according to the will of our God and >Father" This is His own
revelation so it does not make God out to be "arbitrary and beyond His own
revelation" since He >has chosen to say and therefore reveal this truth to
us!

This still begs the question!!  This verse could have been accomplished in
hour #2, which means this verse is not an end-all be-all but merely one part
of the whole.

> To say: "His entire life in obedience to the Law was necessary for our
salvation" is conjecture.

Well... no it's not, as Mike pointed out.

>"His teaching by life and example, IMHO, is trivializing of his life and
serves no *real*, salvific purpose." Scripture also >says He ate, drank,
slept, and wept and this may serve "no *real*, salvific purpose" except
Scripture teaches "He too ?>shared in their humanity so that by His death He
might destroy him who holds the power of death."

A verse pulled out of context to prove a point that can't be made.  One
cannot "share in humanity" without also subjecting oneself to the "obedience
for life" Law that is inherent to man's existence.

The Bible states this, >where does it state "His entire life in obedience to
the Law was necessary for our salvation"?

In the very verses you've posited for your own position.

Chad