So explain exactly how Jesus is God in the
flesh. Exactly how does this work ?
God was his spirit, not his flesh. Flesh cannot inherit (the kingdom of) God. Flesh was never perfect (as God is perfect) because it was created by imperfection.
Romans:
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 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:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
The law(s) of Moses were of flesh. The law(s) of the Spirit (capital S) is perfected in love.
It defines the Word. Grace and truth as flesh, but not as blood and flesh as other men. His body grace and truth, his blood the Spirit from God. He was alive, yet we were dead. The spirit is what makes us alive. The flesh profits nothing.
John:
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 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.
Gospel of Thomas:
(108) Jesus said, "He who will drink from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will be revealed to him."
The things that are hidden, are still hidden from the orthodox. They reverted to seeing the OT god of flesh.
Only through spiritual understanding can man die, then live. To others, they live, then die.
Romans:
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
The difference is being "led" by the Spirit. Did man tell you not to seek non canon scripture, or did the Spirit?
It's all about who you trust to reveal truth. But for sure, it's not in following the flesh, in any term.