Subject: Things people THINK in the BIBLE but not |
Bible Note: Ancient, In regard to your question, I'll address two main points: 1. "So was he also formed in iniquity?" No. Scripture explicitly tells us in Hebrews 4:15 that "...we do not have a high priest(Jesus) who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." Christ was begotten, not created and is the Eternal Son of God. The point of Phillipians 2:5-11 is that Christ humbled Himself, becoming obedient to the point of death on a cross. This does not say or mean He gave up any of his Diety. God would not have exalted Him or given Him the name above all names if He were not God- equal with God. As Is. 42:8 says, "I will not give My glory to another". Who Christ is as to His Being and work is the most impotant question we must answer! 2. Paul was an apostle, called of God. Josephus was not. I don't know of any scripture that tells us that Paul "considered part of the creation philosophical"? If we don't understand the literal creation as God set forth in Genesis, then we fall prey to higher criticism- that being that God's Word is not really authoritative, etc. God was in the beginning and created the heavens and earth (Gen. 1:1) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |