But you have to understand that Christ not only took on our nature but He was born of the Spirit from the womb so His nature was already changed as we can be changed if we are born again of the Holy Spirit.
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Red, His human nature was not changed. It remained sinful but through faith He partook of the fullness of God through the gift of the Holy Spirit and He overcame as we are to overcome. He lived a sinless life in sinful flesh.
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1Ti_3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
As we see; the Bible is clear. It tells us there is no argument against the fact that the divine nature is a mystery. It tells us that "God" meaning divine nature, was "manifest in the flesh." It does not say "became sinful flesh;" but manifested in the flesh." In other words, all we really know is that when Jesus lived on earth and died for our sins, He had both natures. It is both wrong and useless to argue away about the rest. Infact, we are told not to.
In our human sphere; there is only one way we can know anything at all about the divine nature. In some writing she did to physicians and medical students; Ellen White stated the following:
"Those who argue for the policy plan will not enlighten the suffering one as to the nature and cause of the disease which has seized upon his body. They should, with tact and wise discrimination, with tenderness and love for his soul, open to him the reason of his sickness, and then seek to enlighten his mind, that he may bring his appetite and passions under the control of reason, and find a sure remedy for every malady in Jesus Christ"{PH167 27.1}
"Find a SURE remedy for every malady in Jesus Christ." This is the only way to know Jesus, and to "partake of His divine nature." We do not enlighten anyone needing 'the truth as it is in Jesus' by setting everyone straight on our version of the divine nature. All we really know is that He had both; the rest, as the Bible says, is a mystery.
It is only through the promises of God and our personal relationship to Jesus that we "partake" of His nature and have testimonies of what He has done to replace all the theatrical posturing of his exact nature when he lived here on earth.
2Pe_1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
We have no business setting people straight on stuff we cant ever know ourselves; and especially is this true regarding the nature of Christ. The only thing that should be happening is described well in the following passage, by Ellen White, as well as the following scripture:
1 John 1:1-3, Rev 12:11:
God invites us to prove for ourselves the reality of His Word, the truth of His promises. He bids us “taste and see that the Lord is good.” Psalm 34:8. . . . {CSA 47.3}
And everyone who has passed from death unto life is able to “set to his seal that God is true.” John 3:33. He can testify, “I needed help, and I found it in Jesus. Every want was supplied, the hunger of my soul was satisfied; and now the Bible is to me the revelation of Jesus Christ.” . . . {CSA 47.4}
Too often, on this and other forums, our testimony is how wrong the church is on this or that.
My testimony is that I needed help; and I found it in Jesus. And this should be everyone's testimony.
