How can God justify the ungodly and still maintain His integrity to His law?
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The physical body itself is just the vessel in which the spirit of Christ dwells, there isn't anything bad about the human body. It's the carnal mind that is an enemy of God. There is nothing in the fleshly mind (intellect, logic) that can receive anything from God. It is completely corrupt because it is not stable and is like a sea tossed all over the place by conditioning, instinctiveness, emotions, physical senses, etc.
We walk by faith in Jesus Christ alone, not by sight or human reasoning.
We walk by faith in Jesus Christ alone, not by sight or human reasoning.
Paul (who, BTW, is inspired):
Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find....20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. .... 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man (i.e, the converted mind/heart). 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind (my will power), and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Notice where nothing good dwells:
1] "in my flesh" or "in me"
2] "sin...dwells in me"
3] "in my members"
Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find....20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. .... 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man (i.e, the converted mind/heart). 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind (my will power), and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Notice where nothing good dwells:
1] "in my flesh" or "in me"
2] "sin...dwells in me"
3] "in my members"
For any SDA here, I remember a quote from Ellen White that agrees with Paul:
"Through sin the whole human organism is deranged, the mind is perverted, the imagination corrupted. Sin has degraded the faculties of the soul. Temptations from without find an answering chord within the heart, and the feet turn imperceptibly toward evil."
"Through sin the whole human organism is deranged, the mind is perverted, the imagination corrupted. Sin has degraded the faculties of the soul. Temptations from without find an answering chord within the heart, and the feet turn imperceptibly toward evil."
Remember that I said Christ, as God, assumed our humanity (flesh). What do I mean by assumed?
I mean that as God, He borrowed that which was not His by native right. He took upon Himself something that was ours, not His. And He temporarily did this in order to redeem us.
Evidence:
2 Cor 5:14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died... 16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh (i.e., according to his fallen humanity); even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ (by faith is inferred), he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, all things have become new.
1] Notice that when Christ, as the son of man, died, all men died in Him.
2] Notice that Christ was known (past tense, refers to before the resurrection) "according to the flesh"
3] But now, after the resurrection, Christ wasn't known according to the flesh. Why? He left "the body of sin" (our humanity polluted with iniquity) in the eternal grave.
4] That's because Christ was raised with a glorified, immortal, sinless humanity indwelt by agape love. In Him we have a new creation. He is the last Adam. In Him we stand perfect, by faith, before God and His law in the most holy place.
I mean that as God, He borrowed that which was not His by native right. He took upon Himself something that was ours, not His. And He temporarily did this in order to redeem us.
Evidence:
2 Cor 5:14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died... 16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh (i.e., according to his fallen humanity); even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ (by faith is inferred), he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, all things have become new.
1] Notice that when Christ, as the son of man, died, all men died in Him.
2] Notice that Christ was known (past tense, refers to before the resurrection) "according to the flesh"
3] But now, after the resurrection, Christ wasn't known according to the flesh. Why? He left "the body of sin" (our humanity polluted with iniquity) in the eternal grave.
4] That's because Christ was raised with a glorified, immortal, sinless humanity indwelt by agape love. In Him we have a new creation. He is the last Adam. In Him we stand perfect, by faith, before God and His law in the most holy place.
Your way of thinking means there's something good in us. In fact that's why some Christians teach that when a believer dies something transcends death and, without the resurrection, goes directly to heaven. That something must be good because nothing with sin in it can enter heaven.
So what part of you is naturally holy that it doesn't need to be changed at the resurrection? Please do tell - I am all ears!
So what part of you is naturally holy that it doesn't need to be changed at the resurrection? Please do tell - I am all ears!
Let me remind you of what Paul stated:
"Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God....we will all be changed."
Why changed?
Because our humanity is polluted with self-love. At the resurrection we receive our new creation, in Christ Jesus in the heavenly places, in an instant and at the last trumpet, for the trumpet shall sound and we will be raised in perfection. That happens at the resurrection.
When you, a child of Adam, dies nothing survives because everything in you has been touched by sin and therefore everything is you is polluted. As Paul said, "I know that in me dwells nothing good."
If there's something good, then you don't need Christ because He came to save 100% sinners....
"Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God....we will all be changed."
Why changed?
Because our humanity is polluted with self-love. At the resurrection we receive our new creation, in Christ Jesus in the heavenly places, in an instant and at the last trumpet, for the trumpet shall sound and we will be raised in perfection. That happens at the resurrection.
When you, a child of Adam, dies nothing survives because everything in you has been touched by sin and therefore everything is you is polluted. As Paul said, "I know that in me dwells nothing good."
If there's something good, then you don't need Christ because He came to save 100% sinners....
