The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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We must distinguish between Christ's nature of<br />
equipment, and what He did with it, namely, His<br />
performance. Our performance is that of sin; His<br />
performance was perfect righteousness. If Christ<br />
lived a holy life in holy flesh in a holy nature<br />
unlike ours, He would not be "Immanuel, God with<br />
us." <strong>The</strong> glory of the "message of Christ's<br />
righteousness" is that His amazing performance<br />
was with our equipment, even our fallen human<br />
nature. Christ was "in all things ... made like unto<br />
His brethren," sent "in the likeness of sinful flesh,"<br />
"in all points tempted like as we are, yet without<br />
sin." "Holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from<br />
sinners" means "without sin," yet tempted as we<br />
are, not merely as the sinless Adam was tempted.<br />
Thus Christ is "that Holy One." <strong>The</strong> angel was<br />
glorying in Christ's performance, not His<br />
equipment, for He was to be "born of thee," "made<br />
of a woman, made under the law" (cf. Luke 1:35,<br />
Galatians 4:4, KJV). His holiness was sublime and<br />
glorious, for it was perfected in fallen human flesh,<br />
the result of conflict with temptation, yes, even<br />
"unto blood," "even the death of the cross"<br />
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