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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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...a little lower
than the angels.
"A
little lower" does not mean
a little less perfect. |
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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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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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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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There is
a great contrast between sinful
and restored mankind.
Perfect man
is not
a spiritual being.
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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"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 Corinthians 15:40
What is
a spirit being?
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Spirit beings
are glorious
and bright.
Saul of Tarsus
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Spiritual and
human natures
are distinct.
Mortality
means
death is possible.
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Immortality
means
death is impossible. There is
confusion on mortality
and immortality.
Only the
Divine Nature
is immortal.
The great mass
of mankind will always be mortal. |
Mortal life
is sustained by external elements.
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Satan is to be destroyed,
which proves that angels are mortal. |
Man being
mortal – destroys
the doctrine
of eternal torment. "The soul
that sinneth,
it shall die." |
God had a
right
to create Jesus higher than
the angels. |
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Hath not the potter power
over the clay?
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The human
race are God’s 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.
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As God rejoices
in perfection,
so will it be
with man.
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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. |
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. |
The
New Nature: Begetting,
and then
a Birth.
Water Baptism
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Embryo
"New Creature" development
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Renewing your
minds – a transform- ing work
Transform-
ation
of character
and nature. |
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Consecration
Altar of Sacrifice
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Transforming
of the mind –
gradualChange of the body –
instantaneous |
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. |
You who are
consecrated,
to which influences are you submitting? |
"...Be ye transformed."
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