David wrote: The heart is not the flesh, but
rather it is the spirit, the center of man. Jesus was a pure man, the Son of God, in the form of sinful flesh, in mortal form, that he might conquer sin and the lust of the flesh, the pride of life, and all that has caused men to depart from the commandments of a Holy God.
David, I am listening to this HofJ thread mainly to shed more light on your anthropology. So far I think I understand that you believe the spirit of a human being to be pure and willing to do what is right, as opposed to the flesh, which thwarts it. Above you identify the heart with the spirit. Isn't it the heart that, according to Jeremiah, is desperately wicked (KJV), a view that I think I find elsewhere in Scripture as well? Am I misunderstanding you? Or would you say that each person's spirit starts out good but typically gets progressively corrupted by giving in to the flesh?
Debbie
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