Hi Izzy, just a few
thoughts to consider .... Why would Jesus have
to come with the human tendency to sin? I’m just using that term to say that
I believe he had the same human nature that we have—was fully human;
could have sinned if he wanted to. The first Adam
had no human tendency to sin before the fall and he made that choice anyway – Which we can
do even though we are born again. We now have two choices: to sin or not
to sin. Prior to being in Christ we had no freedom to live w/o sin. Jesus had no tendency
but he had the same opportunity when confronted with the voice of the same
adversary in the wilderness and He chose not to. The first Adam did
not have Romans 7:17 type sin indwelling him before the fall. Jesus the
second Adam did not have Romans 7:17 type sin indwelling him either for if he
had he would have been ineligible as a sacrifice for he would not have
been a "spotless Lamb" That’s my
point: if you believe that humans are born guilty of sin (if that is your idea
of Original Sin), then we are born with indwelling sin—not just the human
inclination to sin. I believe Original Sin is only the human tendency, or
propensity, to sin. We are not born guilty and condemned unless/until we
actually commit a sin. That’s my view of it. jt: We are free so
long as we consistently walk after the Spirit according to Romans 8:1b
(which has been cut out of the NIV) but still this is not exactly like the
pre-fallen Adam since he had no lust in his flesh (before the fall he was
naked and without guilt or shame). Actually it was his lust
for the apple, or to please Eve, that tempted him to sin. I used to
believe that Romans 7 described the unregenerate man but have since
learned that Paul had been born of the Spirit (or born again) for at least
20yrs when he wrote this. The book of Romans is written to believers
at Paul has been known to
miss it. He called the High Priest a "whited sepulchre" and had to
apologize for it; he also got into a fritz with Barnabus over John
Mark. For him it was a learning process like it is for us. However,
I don't see Jesus "missing it" at all, ever, during his earthly
ministry even when he called ppl vipers and sons of their father the devil and
when he cleansed the temple it was "righteous zeal"- He
took our likeness upon himself but this likeness involved the limitations of
human flesh in outward form only; it was at Calvary that he took upon
himself our sin and the breach with the Father that it caused and this is why
he cried "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" as our
substitute. True. Izzy Grace and Peace, judyt. . |
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