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than one member in the God
Family.
Chrlst the Everllvl ng
In the O ld Testament the
Logos
is
called by different names. God calls
people and beings
what they are.
There was an archangel, perfect
in beauty, full of knowledge. He
was named what he actually was–
LUCIFER, which in English mcans
"Shining Star of the Dawn"-or
Lightbringer. But when through
pride he decided to compete against
God for supremacy of the universe,
and to take possession and rule
from God, his name was changed to
what he now was-Satan, which in
English means "Adversary," or
rival or competitor.
Therefore the names of Christ
have always been-whether names
or titles- words which describe
what he is.
Most frequently he was
called
Yahweh,
erroneously trans–
lated in the American Standard
Version " Jehovah." In the King
J ames it is rendered "LORD."
Today we do not know either the
correct spelling or pronunciation of
this name. lt was regarded as so
sacred it was never pronounced in
ancient Judah, any more than a son
who properly honors his father
would call him by his first name. Yet
we know its MEANING-it means
"The Eternal"-or the One in whom
is inherent LJFE.
It signifies One who
possesses lije inherent from eternity
to eternity - life source!
He also was
callcd
Yahveh-rophehcha- God
your healer. He gave his name to
Moses as " 1 AM." That is, the One
who IS- who EXISTS- who has life
inherent in himself!
He also is the Word or Spokes–
man. God i s Creator- but the
Father created all things by, and
through, Christ the WORD.
He (Christ) is the One who
"SPAKE, and it was done." He is the
One who said, "Let there be
light" - and t he Holy Spirit (the
spi ritual essence or power that
emanates from both Father and
Son) moving upon the face of the
water performed the command, and
"there was light."
Yet J esus spoke, or commanded,
only what the Father had com–
manded him. Father, Word and
Holy Spirit combined in perfect
harmony in Creation!
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Now, the
Logos- the
WORD–
was God. "The same was in the
beginning with God. All things
were made by Him.... In him was
LJFE.... And the Word
was made
flesh,
and dwelt among us" (John
1:2-4, 14).
Chrls t Was CONVERTED lnto Flesh
Notice, the " WORD," who was the
ETERNAL- the EVERLIVING- in
whom was LJ FE-eternal life- by
whom aH things were made and
created-the very God himself–
HE WAS MADE FLESH.
Notice, he did not merely enter
into sorne mortal fleshly body- the
body of another. He was not sepa–
rate from the flesh, as One inside
the flesh. l t says in plain lan–
guage-IF we believe the scr ip–
ture~IF
we believe it means what
it says- it
says he was made
fiesh!
That is, he who had existed from
eternity-he by whom God created
the worlds and all things therein,
he who
was
and
is
LJFE, he who was
GoD- he
was made flesh- con–
ver ted INTO flesh, until he
became
fles h; and then he WAS flesh!
And , being flcsh - being hu–
man-he divested himself of inher–
ent immortality for the time being.
He gave up immortality for us–
that he might
die
for us- pay the
penalty of our sins in our stead.
But, though human, he did have
from birth, what we
may
receive as
God's
GIFT,
by GRACE, the indwell–
ing of God's Spirit- that he, even as
we, might be resurrccted from the
DEAD, and given by thc Father
immortal life- that is,
converted
back into spiritual immortality so
that he by the resurrection once
again
became
divine Spirit-or very
GoD! Thus he made the same resur–
rection possible for us- that
we
may
also become divine Sons of God.
Yes, Jesus was a flcshly MAN. He
was God come in human flesh.
And, when converted into human
flesh, the LIFE that kept him alive
resided IN THE BLOOD, as in all who
are
flesh
(Lev. 17:11 ). The breath
oxidizes the blood and is called the
"breath of life"- of animal or
human life.
Jesus was also GoD- he was
both human and divine. But he was
not Goo inside of, yet separate
from, the body of flesh- he, God,
WAS MADE FLESH, untiJ he, still
Goo-God
with
us-became God
IN
(not
i ns ide of) the human
flesh-God manifest IN THE FLESH
(J
Tim. 3: 16)-"Forasmuch then
as the c hildren are partakers of
flesh and blood, he also himself
likewise took part of the same"
(Heb. 2: 14).
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That is, as we humans are par–
takers of flesh and blood, Jesus
Christ, also, in exactly the same
manner, was partaker of flesh and
. blood.
And why? Why, in order that he
might
DI E!- "that through
death
he might destroy [annul] him who
had the power of death, that is, the
devil. ... for verily he took not on
him the nature of angels; but he
took on him the seed of Abra–
ham.... made LIKE unto his breth–
ren" (verses 14, 16, 17).
Jesus carne NOT in the nature of
angels- that is, spirit nature. He
was a human being. He was MADE
FLESH- made HUMAN. He took On,
at birth, HUMAN NATURE. He was
tempted in all points like we are .
He suffered as we do. He was
forced to resist the pull of human
nature, even as you and
l.
He, God,
BECAME MAN- man SO that he
couLD DIE for us, that our sins
might be erased and forgiven!
lt Was CHRIST Who Died
JeSUS OlED! Jesus WAS OEAD!
And for three days and three
nights the Second Person of the
Godhead- EMMANUEL- Goo with
us- GoD
made
human flesh-was
DEAD!
And dead matter cannot impart
life. Life can come only FROM life.
As a human, Jesus was the Son of
God the Father. God was his only
Father. Mary was his mother. He
became the SoN OF man at his
human birth. And now he was
DEAD-yes, DEAD! lf he was not
DEAD, then the penalty of
your
sins
is not yet paid. You are yet in your
sins. You are without hope! But
Jesus was DEAD!
If
there were no other Person in
the Godhead, then the Giver of all
life was dead and aH hope was at an
end!
If
there were no FATHER in heav–
en while Jesus Christ lay dead- his
blood in which resided his
LIFE,
shed from his veins, given for you
The PLAIN TRUTH