The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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justification of life" (verse 18, KJ V). For "all men"<br />
Christ has canceled out the guilt of "original sin."<br />
We have no reason to adopt the Catholic theory.<br />
We are born with a sinful nature, however,<br />
which means that we are born in a state of natural<br />
separation from God—alienation from Him. If that<br />
terrible gulf of separation is not bridged by divine<br />
love expressed through "the praying mother" (and<br />
father), the child's natural alienation from God will<br />
result in its becoming perverse in disposition,<br />
expressing temper tantrums, etc. Actually, it is "the<br />
faith of the praying mother" that enables her babe<br />
to "dwell as under the shadow of the Almighty."<br />
24. In what way then was Christ different from<br />
us as a baby?<br />
Christ was indeed different from us in that<br />
"God is agape," says 1 John 4:8. He Himself<br />
exercised faith. Since Christ was agape in human<br />
flesh, He was always divine as well as human.<br />
Thus He was different from us, who are born<br />
without agape, and are only human, not divine. But<br />
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