I argue that his uniqueness
> stems from his spirit, his identity as the Son of God. The word "likeness"
> in Romans 8:3 is used, not to convey that Jesus had an imitation body or a
> counterfeit human flesh, but rather to point to the similarity or likeness
> of his body to sinful flesh. It was the sameness of his physical body to
> sinful flesh that makes Paul's point about how he condemned sin in the
> flesh.
> stems from his spirit, his identity as the Son of God. The word "likeness"
> in Romans 8:3 is used, not to convey that Jesus had an imitation body or a
> counterfeit human flesh, but rather to point to the similarity or likeness
> of his body to sinful flesh. It was the sameness of his physical body to
> sinful flesh that makes Paul's point about how he condemned sin in the
> flesh.
David, I am just listening from the
sidelines on this one, but would like to know (for my own pondering) if by
this you mean that Jesus did not have a human spirit, i.e., that only his
body was human--assuming for now your body + spirit model
from our earlier discussion.
Debbie
