I know the scripture says it was a sign, what in the statement makes it exclusionary? JUST a sign?
--- David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terry wrote: > > Tell me, David. If Jesus was born with the same > > nature as us, why would He have had to be born > > of a virgin and sired by God? A hooker and a junkie > > could have given us another man with a sin nature. > > What am I missing in your thinking? > > What you are missing is that God required both. If he was the > product of a > hooker and a junkie, he would have been like other men but not God. > If he > bypassed Mary entirely and just came to earth in his own form without > the > flesh, or created his own unique flesh, then he would have been God > but not > related to man. To be both God and Man required the unique way in > which he > was born, but I must also point out that being born of a virgin was > primarily a sign and not a necessity of what God was doing in > becoming > flesh. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you > may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you > have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
