DEITY IN THE PERFECT HUMANITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST *

DEITY IN THE PERFECT HUMANITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST *
*PART 4 OF 4*
*BY RUSSELL S. MILLER *
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"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that CHRIST
JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SAVE SINNERS; of whom I am chief" (I Tim.1:15).
"By the which Will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all."
"But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins FOR EVER, sat
down on the right hand of God" (Heb.10:10,12) .
And not only would Jesus Christ not sin, He CANNOT sin, for He is GOD!
See I John 3:9. Thus the perfect Man, the God Man Christ Jesus, offers a
propitiatory sacrifice that satisfies God's holy Law forever.
The work of redemption was finished in Christ's sacrifice for sin, God
was satisfied; salvation from sin was fully purchased, because Jesus
Christ is the spotless, sinless, Lamb of God.
Now here is something to consider in light of the fact that "we must all
appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in His Body, according to that he hath done, whether it
be good or bad" (II Cor.5:10).
Will this Athenian doctrine (Acts 17:19,21) that is being espoused bring
others closer to the Lord? Or, are they being "carried about with every
wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness whereby
they lie in wait to deceive" (Eph.4:14)?
Furthermore, in his Romans epistle the Apostle Paul states:
"Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and
offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own
belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
simple" (Rom.16:17,18) .
Don't join their camp, nor invite such teachers into your church no
matter how good of a speaker, but "reject" their teachings, and "avoid"
them. "For ... they shall turn away their [your] ears from the truth,
and [you] shall be turned unto fables" (II Tim. 4:3,4).
"A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition,
reject; "Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being
condemned of himself" (Tit. 3:10,1l) .

*What do we have in this life *
*that is unfailing and inexhaustible? *
*Nothing except God's unfailing love.*
*Even when we disappoint, hurt, offend,*
*or rebel against him, he still loves us.*
*While we were sinners he sent*
*Jesus to redeem us from sin and death.*
*Why trust anything or anyone else with our future?*
*Let's lean on God's unfailing love!*

DEITY IN THE PERFECT HUMANITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST *
*PART 3 OF 4*
*BY RUSSELL S. MILLER *
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In the discourse, at the feast of tabernacles in John, Chapter 7, the
Jews "marvelled" that the Lord taught with such grace and truth.
"For He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes"
(Matt.-7:29) . The Lord spoke very boldly to these Pharisees that His
"doctrine" was to do the will of God (John 7:16,17). And as they went
about accusing Him of having "a devil" (7:20; 8:48,52; 10:20), notice
His response to their wickedness in John 8:44:
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of
his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it" (John 8:44).
The Lord was compelled to answer their bitter unbelief with such strong
language because they, knowingly (John 15:22-24), would not accept Who
He was.
Thus these words are written of God: "Let no man say when he is tempted,
I am tempted of God: FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED WITH EVIL, NEITHER
tempteth He any man" (Jas.1:13).
In the Apostle Paul's struggles to do the will of God he utters these
words in Romans 8:3 concerning the perfect humanity of Jesus Christ, and
His Deity:
"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh,
God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh."
*
*The Lord Jesus was in "the likeness of sinful flesh" but He did not
sin! There was no old Adamic nature in Him! It was on account of our
sins, your sin and mine, it was "for sin" that God "condemned SIN in the
flesh," and turned His back on His Son (Matt. 27:46) . The Lord Jesus
wasn't just "found in appearance as a man," He was wholly man, and at
the same time wholly
*
*God:*
*"And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the cross" (Phil. 2:8).

*Now blest in heavenly places *
*In Christ at God's right hand;*
*And filled with all His fulness *
*Complete in Him to stand. *
*Sing to the praise and glory *
*Of Him Who thus hath shown *
*Such gracious love and mercy, *
*To call us for His own. *
*--Wm Hallman*

DEITY IN THE PERFECT HUMANITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST *
*PART 2 OF 4*
*BY RUSSELL S. MILLER *
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In Isaiah 7:3 the prophet was told to go to Ahaz and to take his son
with him, and this is a clear declaration that Isaiah's wife was not
"the virgin" spoken of in Isaiah 7:14, for his son was already born and
named "Shearjashub" (Isa.7:3), NOT Immanuel! And in Matthew 1:23 we have
the quotation of Isaiah 7:14, "Behold a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which
being interpreted is GOD with us" (Matt.1:23), speaking of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Thus the angelic announcement in Luke 2:13,14:
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace, good will toward men."
It is concerning Immanuel's birth, the birth of Jesus Christ, that the
Apostle Paul writes these words in Hebrews 1:6:
"And again, when He bringeth in the First begotten into the world, He
saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him" (Heb.1:6).
It is because GOD "CANNOT LIE" (Tit.1:2) that the Apostle pens these
words, and in the same chapter, God the Father again speaks, showing
that Christ IS God!
"But unto the Son He saith, Thy throne, 0 God, is for ever and ever: a
sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom" (Heb.l:8).
Furthermore, the Apostle Paul ascribes the entire work of creation to
the Son of God. "And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the
foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of Thine hands"
(Heb.1:10).
In the first chapter of John's Gospel, and the first verse, are these
words:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. "The same was in the beginning with God" (John 1:1,2) .
"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" (John 1:14).

*"It is impossible to righteously govern the world *
*without God and the Bible.*
* The Bible is the sheet-anchor of our liberties."*
*George Washington*
*First President of The United States*
*and Father of our country*

DEITY IN THE PERFECT HUMANITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST *
*PART 1 OF 4*
*BY RUSSELL S. MILLER *
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Those who should know better are propagating a false doctrine that
places doubt on the Deity of Christ. They have now come to the erroneous
conclusion that our only Saviour, Jesus Christ, could have sinned! Mind
you, He didn't of course, but they say He could have! This doctrine is
not only erroneous, it is also heresy, and precious souls are being led
astray.
Furthermore those who propagate such teachings plainly reveal that they
do not believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ; nor do they know, or
understand, the purpose of God in entering the stream of humanity
through the Virgin Birth.
If Christ could have sinned then He was no different than the first
Adam, and His sacrifice was no better than the Mosaic system, and we are
yet in our sins! It is WE rather who inherited Adam's sin, and Adam's
sinful nature, and not the Lord Jesus. He was no sinner. Adam's sinful
nature was NOT transferred to Him. There was none of Adam's sinful blood
coursing through His veins. Thus the purpose in the Virgin Birth of
Christ is fulfilled. He lived the perfect sinless life before the world.
Consequently, at Calvary, He could take our sin-that Adamic nature-upon
Himself, and bear our sin on the cross. As Paul states in II Corinthians
5:21, Christ was "made sin for us" at Calvary, Christ, who "knew no sin;
THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM." But not only did
the Lord Jesus take our sin upon Himself, Paul further declares that
"CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS." He took our SINS upon Himself also, when He
died upon that cross. Thus in Paul's epistle to the Ephesians we read
these words concerning the Lord Jesus:
"In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of His grace" (Eph.1:7).
Plus, His resurrection from the dead is a clear declaration that there
was not one fraction of a possibility that our Lord Jesus Christ could
have sinned.
In Hebrews 7:26 we read these words concerning the Lord Jesus Christ:
"For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled,
separate from sinners, and MADE HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENS" (Heb.7:26).
It is therefore not a question of whether or not Christ could have
sinned-what a horrible thought! It is rather a fact that Jesus Christ
WOULD NOT sin. Lucifer rebelled, and sinned wickedly in departing from
God to do evil and became the Devil. Adam and Eve sinned, and plunged
the whole human race into sin (Rom.5:12). You and I sin! But Jesus
Christ WOULD NOT sin. He "set His face like a flint" to bear our sins on
Calvary's cross (Isa. 50:7; Luke 9:51; Heb.10:5-7).
Merry Christmas! I hope as you celebrate you will celebrate the person
of Christmas - the Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that He is real to you.