What did Jesus condemn by coming in the likeness of sinful flesh?
By coming in the likeness of sinful flesh, Jesus condemned the old Adam and the flesh. His purpose was to meet man at his level, in man's frame of flesh, and condemn sin and the flesh. That was His whole reason for coming.
Les explains that God sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh. Jesus Christ, the Creator God of Genesis 1 who spoke the universe into being and formed Adam from the dust, came in that likeness. For the sake of dealing with the old Adam, He condemned the old Adam and the flesh. His purpose was to get down at man's level, in man's frame of flesh, that He might condemn sin and the flesh. Les says this is something he still cannot comprehend except through the eyes of faith.
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
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Why did Jesus come to earth in the flesh?
The whole purpose of Jesus' coming was to get right down at man's level, in man's frame of flesh, so that He might condemn sin and the flesh.
What was Jesus's whole purpose in coming?
Jesus's whole purpose in coming was to get right down at man's level, in man's frame of flesh, so that He might condemn sin and the flesh.
How can the Creator God coming in the likeness of sinful flesh be comprehended?
The Creator God taking on the likeness of sinful flesh is something Les cannot comprehend except through the eyes of faith.