The Covenant
"God desired to make a covenant with mankind that would secure us in relationship with Him for all eternity. He knew, however, that once we fell in to sin , we would never be able to keep covenant. Humans were now filled with a sin nature, which made it impossible for us to to hold up our end of the agreement. To fulfill the covenant terms, God required a sinless representative for mankind who would keep all the conditions. But no sinless person could be found. As a result He chose to fill this position Himself. By becoming a man, He took our place in covenant. Jesus also took God's place in covenant-because He is God. He is both man and God; in reality then, He was cutting a covenant with Himself. This is how God could cut an eternal, unbreakable, unfailing covenant with humans. To fulfill this plan, Jesus, who was fully God, left heaven and came into the the sinful world as a man."
"When He came as a man, He had to fulfill all of man's covenant terms laid out in the Old Testament Law. If He failed to fulfill every point of the Law, or if He gave in to temptation just once, then He would not qualify as a keeper of covenant on mankinds behalf. Though that would have been devestating for us, He had an even greater risk. In Scripture, Jesus is referred to as "the last Adam" (1 Corinth 15:45) The first Adam was a perfect man before the Fall; he was made in God's image and likeness. When he fell into temptation, the rule and dominion that God had given him was surrendered to satan. Romans 6:16 teaches that submitting ourselves to sin turns us into sin's slave. Adam became such a slave when he submitted to satan's temptation, and that also would have happened to the last Adam (Jesus), if He had fallen into even the slightest temptation. Only pure Love would be willing to take a risk like that. "
" Jesus came just as the first Adam did. He was of mankinds nature, yet without sin. He was to fulfill man's requirement in covenant with human power and capabilities. The Holy Spirit came upon Him to empower Him, just as the Holy Spirit empowers you today. Through the Holy Spirit's power, Jesus the Man remained sinless throughout His entire life on earth. You need to understand that He resisted sin in man's strength, with th epower of the Holy Spirit helping Him. even though Jesus was perfect and without a sin naturem He had a huge wrestle in His soul against sin."
Patricia King
-Light Belongs in the Darkness-
pg 115,116
Awesome.
"When He came as a man, He had to fulfill all of man's covenant terms laid out in the Old Testament Law. If He failed to fulfill every point of the Law, or if He gave in to temptation just once, then He would not qualify as a keeper of covenant on mankinds behalf. Though that would have been devestating for us, He had an even greater risk. In Scripture, Jesus is referred to as "the last Adam" (1 Corinth 15:45) The first Adam was a perfect man before the Fall; he was made in God's image and likeness. When he fell into temptation, the rule and dominion that God had given him was surrendered to satan. Romans 6:16 teaches that submitting ourselves to sin turns us into sin's slave. Adam became such a slave when he submitted to satan's temptation, and that also would have happened to the last Adam (Jesus), if He had fallen into even the slightest temptation. Only pure Love would be willing to take a risk like that. "
" Jesus came just as the first Adam did. He was of mankinds nature, yet without sin. He was to fulfill man's requirement in covenant with human power and capabilities. The Holy Spirit came upon Him to empower Him, just as the Holy Spirit empowers you today. Through the Holy Spirit's power, Jesus the Man remained sinless throughout His entire life on earth. You need to understand that He resisted sin in man's strength, with th epower of the Holy Spirit helping Him. even though Jesus was perfect and without a sin naturem He had a huge wrestle in His soul against sin."
Patricia King
-Light Belongs in the Darkness-
pg 115,116
Awesome.