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What is a perfect man?
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There were only two perfect men – Adam and Jesus.
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Adam was made ruler over all earthly things...
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flesh
is not the same;
but there is
one kind of flesh
of men, another
flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and
another of birds." I Corinthians 15:39 |
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"A little lower" does not mean a little less perfect. |
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Perfecting a nature does not change a nature.
There is a variety in perfection.
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There are distinct differences of each nature.
The highest grade of mineral is a little lower than the lowest grade of vegetable, because in vegetable there is life. |
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There is a great contrast between sinful and restored mankind.
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Perfect man is not a spiritual being.
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Jesus, being a perfect man, could keep a perfect law.
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Only a perfect man could give a corresponding price for a perfect man. |
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Jesus was not a combination of two natures.
Twice, Jesus experienced a change of nature. |
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Jesus gave an equivalent for what Adam lost.
"For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens." Hebrews 7:26 |
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"There
are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial;
but the glory
of the celestial
is one,
and the glory
of the terrestrial
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What is a spirit being?
Spirit beings can be present, yet invisible. |
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Elisha's Servant Spirit beings can assume human forms.
An Angel Appeared to Gideon |
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Spirit beings are glorious and bright.
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Mortality means death is possible.
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Immortality means death is impossible.
There is confusion on mortality and immortality. |
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Mortal life is sustained by external elements.
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Only the Divine Nature is immortal.
The great mass of mankind will always be mortal.
Satan is to be destroyed, which proves that angels are mortal. |
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Man being mortal – destroys the doctrine of eternal torment.
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die." |
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God had a right to create Jesus higher than the angels.
Justice understood.
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Hath not the potter power over the clay?
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Man will be absorbed and enraptured with the glory on the human plane.
As God rejoices
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What is God’s plan for the Christian church?
The Church is being selected for a purpose.
The church class is chosen by an individual trial and by individually overcoming. |
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"Glorified" signifies "Honored."
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Called, chosen, and faithful.
The call
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There is no blending of natures.
The change of nature from human to divine is a reward.
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The New Nature: Begetting, and then a Birth.
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Embryo "New Creature" development
The First Resurrection
Consecration |
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| Renewing your
minds – a transforming work
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Transformation of character and nature.
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The "earnest" of our inheritance
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Transforming
of the mind –
Change of the body – instantaneous |
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Spiritual natures have a wider range of faculties than the human.
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We catch only glimpses of the divine wisdom, power and goodness.
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A change of nature does not cause a loss of identity.
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You who are consecrated, to which influences are you submitting?
"...Be ye transformed."
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