Pilgrim said:
For me the answer is simple. Christ's greatest sacrifice which moves me to worship was HIMSELF; His passive obedience (death) and His active obedience (perfect life). Both are absolutely necessary for our salvation. In His death He endured the penalty of sin, "being made sin that we might be the righteousness of God in Him." (2Cor 5:21) In His life He procured that perfect righteousness which is imputed to us who believe with a true and living faith. (Rom 4:5; Phil 3:9)
Thank you for saying this I felt a little funny dividing up His work.
Now, as to the statement above, re: "He united Himself with the form of a man <span style="background-color:yellow">[/b]throughout eternity</span>[/b] . . ." this unfortunately is not true. The Son of God took upon Himself the form of a man IN HISTORY, (cf. Jh 1:14; Phil 2:5-8; Isa 7:14; Matt 1:16, 20-23; Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4; 1Tim 3:16; Heb 2:14-17; 10:5; et al)
The question was about Jesus Christ so it's true that the "Son of God" took upon Himself the form of a man only after being "made of a woman".
I would like to add though that there were also pre-incarnate manifestations of
Christ in the form of a man
after creation.
He appeared to Adam, Genesis 3:8, He appeared to Isaac, Genesis 26:2, He appeared to Jacob, Genesis 32:24, 30, and to Moses, Exodus 3:1, 2, 3, and others.
William
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