John 1:14<br><br>the Word became flesh: Jesus Christ was unique, for He was God from all eternity and yet joined Himself to sinful humanity in the incarnation. The God-man possessed all the attributes of deity (Phil. 2:6) and the attributes common to humanity (apart from sin), and He will exist forever as the God-man in His resurrected body (Acts 1:11; Rev. 5:6). Only the God-man could be an adquate Savior; for He must be human in order to be able to suffer and die, and He must be God to make that death effective as a payment for sin. The use of the word flesh contradicts the Gnostic teaching that pure deity could not be united with flesh, which was regarded as entirely evil. <br>_________________________________________________<br><br>The word (Logos) became flesh. Christ, the eternal Logos, who is God, came to earth as man. Yet in doing so, He did not merely "appear" like a man; He became one (cf. Phil. 2:5-9), Humanity, in other words, was added to Christ' deity. And yet Christ, in becoming "flesh", did not change; so perhaps the word "became" (egento) should be understood as "took to Himself" or "arrived on the scene as."....Jesus' sonship is unique for He is eternal and is of the same essence as the Father. The glorious revelation of God which the Logos displayed was full of grace and truth, that is, it was agracious and truthful revelation (cf. John 1:17).<br><br>___________________________<br>This will claify the issue.
