RE: [TruthTalk] Jesus' Nature

[ShieldsFamily]

Just wanted to add another point: Jesus called himself the Son of Man.  He was the second Adam.  He came to restore mankind to the state that Adam was in prior to the Fall.  Adam was not created with an “original sin” sin nature.  But he was created with Free Will.  Adam could choose whether or not to sin.    Who was the first person to sin? It would appear that Eve was.  However she did not sin because she was deceived (much like a child prior to the age of reason).  Adam, however, was not deceived (having been instructed directly by God, unlike Eve).  Adam knew full well that he should not partake of the apple, and yet chose—eyes wide open—to disobey God.  Thus scripture tells us that Adam brought the sin nature upon all humankind.  Everyone born since Adam has NO choice to walk free of sin.   Jesus had to come as a descendant of Adam, with our same human tendency to sin, and overcome it by not sinning to restore us to Adam’s state.  If we are truly in Christ we now, like the original pre-fallen Adam, have a REAL choice of whether or not to sin.  We are now actually FREE to walk free of sin each moment, each day.   He who the Son sets free is free, indeed!   Izzy