The Life of Christ

That is so good! I love it when you said that God sending His Son and becoming a man showed legalism. God is a spirit; He could not come down to earth as a spirit. God had to have a body in order to come into the earth. Hebrews 10: 5-7 says, Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me. God was simply perfect; he would not transgress His own Word but did things decently and in order. This just shows us even more how honest and pure God is. Who wouldn't serve a God like that; He is definitely not like man.

I really appreciate how you said Jesus had to become a sacrificial lamb as this was his assignment from the very beginning. It was God that crucified Jesus for our sins and the Romans just nailed him to the cross. Jesus did not have any sin in him but our Father used him as a pathway to save us from ourselves.

Letasha, the reference you used from Luke 22:42, and I paraphrase from Jesus’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, Please take this cup from me, Father …..this cup was much suffering. This supports that Jesus was human in body /flesh because he knew what was coming, the pain and suffering before the crucifixion, then the ultimate suffering during the crucifixion. Jesus even sweated drops of blood while praying in the Garden. This was a foreshadowing of His blood being shed. Only by taking on flesh could Christ fulfill every prophecy and accomplish God’s perfect will. As you said, God had to manifest Himself in human /flesh to do exactly that. You and I both referenced John 3:16, KJV says, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. He purchased us with the precious blood of Jesus, like that of a lamb without spot or blemish, which can be found in 1 Peter 1:19. You mentioned that Jesus became the sacrificial lamb and referenced John 1:29. When John saw Jesus approaching, he said, Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! Powerful response, Letasha!