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Originally posted by darkwoof
Eh, not quite so. Sin came into the world when Man disobeyed God. Angels (the ones who are loyal to God) are sinless and yet that doesn't make them God, does it?
Christ was conceived not carnally, but via the Holy Spirit and conceived without sin. That said, he's not "created humanly", but fully human nonetheless.
Okay. But then you run into the other side of the problem. He was not a fit sacrifice for He was not like us at all. He was not a man so He could not die for our sins. So we have the God man.
1. Only God could live a sinless perfect life in this world and had the power to conquer death.
I do not believe that angels would be able to face temptation like we do in this world and be able to not sin. Augustine held that the angels no longer have a will of theirown. That after the fall of Satan God took away their freewill. I do not know if that is true but it is an interesting theory.
2. He had to be a man so He could suffer like us and be tempted just like us.
I do not belive that an angel would be able to not sin while being a MAN also and being tempted as we do in this world. Only God could do that.
Oh and Adam and Eve gave into sin so while they were sinless for a time they definitely showed that they could not do it.
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