He was in the world,
and the world
was made through Him,
and
the world did not
know Him.
He came to His own,
and His own
did not receive Him.
But as many as
received Him,
to them He gave the
right to become
children of God, to
those who believed
in His name: who were born,
not of blood, nor of
the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of
man, but a God.
And the Word became
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.
John 1:10 -- 14
The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us as the opening
Scripture has informed us that what we have when we speak that which gives
order to that which is heard, the word that we have in our hearts and is
demonstrated, and exercise in our speech, and in our daily lives. That which we have in our mind according to
the inward sound of our mind which is a speech unto itself is complete teaching
us that although the Word became flesh his divine nature in no way was modified
even by means of the suffering in His flesh.
The Wisdom of God, the second Person of the Trinity took upon Himself
our weaknesses and lived on this earth and sinned not albeit He was complete as
man as any man that ever existed upon the earth with one exception, He carried
no portion of the original sin by Adam for his Father was God and by being
conceived by the Holy Spirit God the Father could be His Father, and He was
God’s only begotten Son. Jesus Christ
in full of grace and truth. The
Scripture is clear that God's children must believe in the name of Jesus Christ
and it is those believers that are the elect of God by the will of God and not
that of man. This is a great ministry
that God Himself would come as the Only Begotten Son and pay the debt of owed
to God and then apply that propitiation for sin to those chosen before the
foundation of the world: "And we
know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who
are called according to His purpose.
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the
image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also
called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also
glorified" (Romans 8: 28 -- 30).
God in His infinite mercy extended His grace and this is not due to any
goodness in man or what ever man made to that is considered good so that God
would save him. Salvation is by God's
by the foolishness grace: "For by
grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the
gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good
works, which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them"
(Ephesians 2: 8 -- 9). Jesus
Christ's the incarnate Word, the incarnate Wisdom, gave healing to all who are
His bride. As medicine brings remedies
improving our health, so the remedy of God through His Only Begotten Son
brought the needed to remedy for senators to heal and restore them. Wisdom by taking on our flesh became adapted
to our wounds, curing some of them by their opposites, and some of them by
their likes. What is meant here is
this, that Jesus Christ applies that which is fit for the injury, or sin of an
individual. Jesus Christ has applied
Himself to cure and heal for He is both the healer and the medicine for sinful
man. Jesus Christ restores prideful and
sinful man by means of His humility and as we are conformed to the image of
Jesus Christ's we apply His humility in our lives. We were once in the snared by Satan but set free by the
foolishness of God. Man had but one
thing that needed caring and that was the incurable mortality that was incurred
by Adam. Adam used his immortality
badly and that is true of us also who are of the progeny of Adam having his sin
by heredity imputed to us. It was the
immortal Jesus Christ who through His immortality could heal our lost
immortality and restore us to that person(s) immortality. To our opposites a remedy must be had, our
vices could only be cured by means of His virtue. Jesus Christ came as a man to save us who are men, as a mortal to
save us who are mortals, by death to save us who were dead. What is now needed to be employed in the
lives of Christians is the medicine of Christianity, not just any Christianity,
but Authentic Biblical Christianity.
Yes, God's children are elected by Him.
This does not mean that a person who claims to be Christian can be
apathetic for watch is required of us is to study His word and then apply the
truth of His word in our lives. This
may mean changes and change is never easy but to look for the easy way out is
not Authentic Biblical Faith. So we
must now look at faith and how faith is exercise in our lives.
Beloved, now we are
children of God;
and it has not yet been revealed
walk we shall be,
but we know that when
He is revealed, we shall be like
Him,
for we shall see
Him as He is. And everyone
who has this hope in Him purifies
himself, just as He
is pure.
1 John 3: 2 -- 3
Keep His
commandments: abide in Him
Richard L. Crumb
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