The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum The Mediator of Men not devils

Okay, let's run with this one for starters and see where we get.

So, man was made in the exact same image as Jesus Christ? IF that is true then it must also be true that Adam and Eve were made identical to Jesus Christ. After all, the Scriptures say that Jesus Christ is the exact (express) image of the invisible God, cf. 2Cor 4:4; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3. And is it not true that Jesus Christ IS the living God?

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IF the "image" in which man was made did not include the attribute of deity, aseity, transcendence, et al, i.e., the incommunicable attributes of God, and this image is identical to that of Jesus Christ, then it has to follow that Jesus Christ is not God, right? Hey, this is what follows logically from YOUR words.

Okay, let's run with this one too and take it to its logical conclusion.

1. Sinners oops, the Elect have this "image of God" restored, which is created again in regeneration.
2. This "image" is that which Jesus Christ has possessed from all eternity.
3. Jesus Christ is perfect God.
4. This new image that the elect received in regeneration is "restored 100 fold".
5. Sooooooo, the regenerated elect man has a new image that exceeds not only that which Adam had but also the very image of Jesus Christ by 100 fold!!

Please tell me sir, how it is that a mere man, a creature created by God can possess an image that surpasses that which Christ, the living God-man, possesses by 100 times?

Lastly, I too want to challenge you on the eternal existence of JESUS the Christ. The Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, the only begotten of the Father undeniably is eternal, He being God of very God. But JESUS of Nazareth, son of Joseph and Mary, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born in Bethlehem Judah occupies time and space. God became man and lived upon this earth just as other men. Such must be the case if only for the reason that JESUS the Christ was the second Adam Who came as the perfect substitute for sinners, i.e., He had to not only obey all that God required in His law perfectly, but He also had to endure all the temptations, hardships, etc., through a perfect submission to the Father. That He surely did! This was not done in eternity but in history. Consider:

John 1:14 (KJV) "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

Philippians 2:6-7 (KJV) "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:"

Hebrews 2:18; 4:15 (KJV) "For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted." ... "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

Unconfusedly yours,