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What is
a perfect man?
There
were only two perfect men Adam and Jesus.
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Adam was
made ruler over
all earthly things...
...a little lower
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"All
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 |
"A
little lower" does not mean
a little less perfect. |
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Grades of
Heavenly
Spiritual Being |
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Grades of
Earthly or
Animal Being |
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Grades
in the Vegetable
Domain |
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Grades
in the Mineral
Domain |
Divine
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Angelic
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Human
Brute
Fowl
Fish
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Trees
Shrubs
Grasses
Mosses
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Gold
Silver
Copper
Iron
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Perfecting a
nature does not
change a nature.
There is
a variety
in perfection.
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.
Perfect man
is not
a spiritual being.
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Jesus, being
a perfect man,
could keep
a perfect law.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 "There
are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial;
but the glory
of the celestial
is one,
and the glory
of the terrestrial
is another."
I Cor. 15:40 |
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What is
a spirit being?
Spirit
beings
can be present,
yet invisible.
Elisha's Servant
saw Angels in Chariots
Spirit beings
can assume
human forms.
An Angel Appeared to Gideon
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Spirit beings
are glorious
and bright.
"At midday, O King, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the
sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking
unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks."
Acts 26:13,14 |
Spiritual and
human natures
are distinct.
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Saul of Tarsus
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Mortality
means
death is possible.
Immortality
means
death is impossible.
There is
confusion on mortality
and immortality. 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.
Man being
mortal destroys
the doctrine
of eternal torment.
"The soul
that sinneth,
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God had a
right
to create Jesus higher than
the angels.
Justice
understood.
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Aspiration of Lucifer--
"How art thou
fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer,
son of the morning!
"How art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken
the nations!
"For thou hast said
in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
"I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides
of the north."
Isaiah 14:12,13 |
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Abraham
Hath not the potter power
over the clay?
The human
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Man will be
absorbed
and enraptured with the glory on the human plane.
As God rejoices
in perfection,
so will it be
with man.
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What is
Gods
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."
Called,
chosen,
and faithful.
The call
is conditional.
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There is no
blending
of natures.
The change
of nature
from human
to divine
is a reward.
"He is risen."
The New
Nature: Begetting,
and then
a Birth.
Water Baptism
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Embryo
"New Creature" development The First
Resurrection Consecration |
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Renewing your
minds a transforming work
"I beseech you
therefore, brethren,
by the mercies
of God,
that ye present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service."
Romans 12:1
Transforma- tion
of character
and nature.
Altar of Sacrifice
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"And be not
conformed
to this world;
but be ye trans- formed
by the renewing
of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will
of God."
Romans 12:2 |
The "earnest"
of our inheritance
Transforming
of the mind
gradual Change of the body
instantaneous
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Spiritual
natures have a wider range of faculties
than the human.
We catch
only glimpses
of the divine
wisdom, power
and goodness.
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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