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FAQ # 202
QUESTION 202
: Why Did God Become a Human
Being?
Because of you.
Though I’m being frivolous with that opening remark,
it really boils down to that. However, let me glean from other FAQ’s that
I’ve answered.
This verse sums it up, "Inasmuch then as the children
have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same,
that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death,
that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all
their lifetime subject to bondage" (Hebrews 2:14-15). In other words,
Jesus Christ is simply God the father in flesh. It clearly stated that:
“Inasmuch then as the children
[WE] have partaken of flesh and blood [ARE HUMANS], He [GOD
THE FATHER OF US], himself likewise shared in the same, [BECOME
HUMAN].”
God took on the challenge and enfleshed himself, or
become human, not only to prove that he can be victorious over it, but
also to free us who are unable to overcome it and live. That’s why the
scripture taught us, “we have not an high priest [CHRIST] which
cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all
points tempted like as we are” (Heb 4:15). That’s why he prayed, he orated
what the flesh was pulling on – “not my will,” “glorify me from” the fallen
Adamic flesh. That’s why he fed, he knew what it means to be hungry. That’s
why he forgives sins, he knew what it meant to have devils tempting and
tormenting. That’s why he came, that’s why he paid the price, that’s why
he redeemed us where the Law or our own efforts couldn’t. No wonder they
call him the savior. He had always sent saviors (Neh 9:27) but they couldn’t
do what he could. So he finally came himself and knew what it meant to
be in an fallen Adamic flesh surrounded by devils. He finally could be
touched by what we felt and thus wiped our slate clean, “forgive them;
for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).
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