Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2012 11:59:21 GMT
If we are doing things that we think are good,and are waiting for recognition,then we have done those good things for the wrong reason.Which,in the eyes of God,are just as bad as doing bad things for the right reason! Jesus said there is none good but one,that is God! When Jesus made this statement,He was not denying He was good,pure and sinless,He attempting to draws the young mans attention to the fact that,good works with wrong motive is wrong.
If we believe the Biblical account of Christ and His sinless perfection then we can know that how He went about doing things was always with the right motive and intent.Which was to bring glory to God! Jesus was indeed like no other.He was completely man and yet thoroughly God.He possessed what has been called the "Hypostatic Union",the union of humanity with Deity.Although He always possessed Deity,He limited the expression of Deity,for a period of time,in order to become man.The thought is brought out in the Philippians 2:5-8 passage that the apostle Paul wrote. As mere finite humans,it is extremely difficult to comprehend all that this small passage teaches.But it is plainly clear,by verse 8,that although he was God,and did not have to do what He did,He humbled Himself and became obedient to the Father's will and became a man.It is difficult for humans who have limited understanding and knowledge to completely fathom the Infinite Being of God,but this is where faith comes into the picture.We can trust the record of Scripture,although we may not completely understand it all,that God has revealed to us that He did become a man.
For people who believe God can do anything He chooses to do,it seems a contradiction in belief not to believe that if God wanted to,He certainly could become man.This is exactly what he did do.He did become a man,this man was the Son of God.There has not yet been one person who rejects the Biblical account of the Incarnation (God becoming man),who can explain why the God they believe in,who can do anything,could not become a man! All the cults are more than willing to argue until blue in the face that Jesus was not the God of Heaven,yet not one will offer an explanation as to why He couldn't do that if needed.
But then,this is precisely what was needed.This is the true gospel (Good News) of the Kingdom.The King of the Kingdom,became a man to live the perfect life that Adam was originally created to live,but forfeited through disobedience.Jesus Christ,was in fact God manifested in the flesh,but did not walk the earth as God,but,as a man,depending completely on the power of the Holy Spirit to enable Him to be our perfect sacrifice and example of how we too,must depend upon the Holy Spirit for power to live the overcoming life. I'll be the first to admit,it is still difficult for me to wrap my mind around all that this entails,but,this is the Biblical record of what took place.
This time of the year is normally set aside to celebrate the birth of the King,Jesus Christ.This is why when He was born into the world,the wise men from the east traveled to find Him and worship Him.This is the reason why,when brought into the world as the Only Begotten Son of God,that the Father commanded all the angels to worship Him (Hebrews 1:6),and,this is the reason why we,as His creatures should worship the Son of God,God the Son,today!
Let the skeptics and unbelievers rail against Him,let them tear their garments and throw dust in the air,let them sit in piles of ashes and be sullen and hardhearted.But the KING of kings and the LORD of lords,Jesus Christ is coming soon! Are you ready to go out and meet Him,are you?.....This is why we celebrate Christmas,not because the Catholic Church wants to rob God of His proper glory and take credit for the Christmas story.It is a done deal,and it was done long before there was even a Pope,or the cults to reject it.It was determined before the foundation of the world was laid (I Peter 1:18-20)............This is why I worship Jesus Christ.......thank you,Ccm Apologist
