Subject: Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? |
Bible Note: Steve and Hank! Now those are "come-backs", I'll say! I appreciate the education, Guys. I've looked up the heresies y'all mentioned, and was linked to two others plus the orthodox view, the Chalcedonian Creed, with which I agree, except for calling popes "holy fathers" and Mary "the mother of God". I thought the comments I'd made would have established that I believe that Jesus was and is both fully God and fully man, although I did fail to mention that he had two natures in one person; and I can see how the wording was misunderstood. Thanks for pointing it out. I can use that precaution in other venues in which I'm involved. Any other contributions will also be appreciated. As to whether Christ had a human mind, if he hadn't, he couldn't have grown in wisdom as is stated in Luke 2:52, for he would have already had all wisdom at conception when his Spirit was incarnated. His two natures were evident as his two wills were exhibited in his prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane, "Not my will but thine be done." His human nature willed to live, but his divine nature willed to obey the Father even unto torture and death, if there was no other way. Let me restate an earlier question of mine: If a sinful nature is inherent in all the seed of the man Adam, HOW was it not inherent in THE SEED OF THE WOMAN, Jesus Christ? We all know he had to be sinless to qualify as the innocent sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. But, that only explains WHY he SHOULD not inherit a sinful nature - if it were inheritable at all. Now, somebody please tell me HOW he escaped this alleged natural inheritance with which all other humans are supposedly conceived. Mary and all her mothers before her are daughters of Adam - and of Eve, who was first in the transgression in Eden; so surely Mary would have passed her sinful nature on to her firstborn son, if it had been transferable, even though he was not sired by a man. I still haven't seen a jot or a tittle of scripture that shows that carnality is bred through men but not through women. Some have said it's because Eve, having been deceived was not responsible. Sounds like a condescending male chauvinistic blonde joke to me. Eve may have been blonde, but she was not a dizzy, dinggy blonde. As God's final genesis creation, she was a masterpiece of intelligence and wisdom, as well as beauty and personality. Had to be! Come back? Restate |