rrobs
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I don't think I was clear enough in that post. The key word in "man part" is "part" which is never mentioned in the scriptures. As you said, there are several verses that say Jesus was a man. He was a lamb without blemish from among the flock, which is what the law required. Jesus and Adam both started out without a sin nature, but it only took Adam one act of disobedience to lose that perfection. Jesus could just as easily have lost his perfection, in which case we'd still be waiting for redemption from sin and death. He was tempted just like you and I. I sure don't feel like I'm God when tempted. Neither did Jesus.Acts 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God
Romans 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
You might want to start all over again,.
The point is that Jesus obeyed God 100% of the time. He never missed a beat. Even obeyed to the cross. He knew he'd be beaten more than any other man (Isaiah maybe???), and die a most gruesome death. Not that he was real keen on the idea. He asked God 3 times to take the cup away from him. Of course he ended up saying, "not my will but thine be done."
Making Jesus out to be God deprecates his true accomplishment. I mean, would anybody think it a big deal for God to obey Himself, believe Himself that he'd raise Himself from death? He's God, it'd be a cake walk for Him. A very boring story. But for a man to do all of that is another story altogether. Truly the story of the ages. If only Trinitarians had a small glimpse of what they are missing, the church would be a different animal. God could bless the church so much more if they only worshiped Him as the one true God. They would also follow Jesus much closer, knowing that they can do the works he did because we can hope to follow a man. Good luck trying to follow the example of God! Would we start by creating another universe maybe?