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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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"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 Cor. 15:39 |
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"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.
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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
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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
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"But when the
fullness of the time was come,
God sent forth his Son,
made of a woman,
made under the law."
Galatians 4:4 |
"And the Word
was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory,
the glory as the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth."
John 1:14 |
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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
is another."
I Cor. 15:40
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What is
a spirit being?
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Spirit
beings
can be present,
yet invisible.
Elisha's Servant
saw Angels in Chariots
Spirit beings
can assume
human forms.
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An Angel Appeared
to Gideon
Spirit beings
are glorious
and bright.
Saul of Tarsus
"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 |
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Spiritual and
human natures
are distinct.
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Mortality
means
death is possible.
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Immortality
means
death is impossible.
There is
confusion on mortality
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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,
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God had a
right
to create Jesus higher than
the angels.
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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
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Hath not the potter power
over the clay?
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The human
race are Gods children by creation the work of his hands.
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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?
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The Church
is being selected
for a purpose.
The church class
is chosen by
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"Glorified"
signifies "Honored."
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Called,
chosen,
and faithful.
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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."
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The New
Nature: Begetting,
and then
a Birth.
Water Baptism
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Embryo
"New Creature" development
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The First
Resurrection
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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 |
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Transformation
of character
and nature.
Altar of Sacrifice
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"And be not
conformed
to this world;
but be ye transformed
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
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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.
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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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