The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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in Romans 8:3 with Paul's use of the same syntax<br />
in Philippians 2:5]. One of the most encouraging<br />
things in the Bible is the knowledge that Christ<br />
took on Him the nature of man; to know that His<br />
ancestors according to the flesh were sinners.<br />
When we read the record of the lives of the<br />
ancestors of Christ, and see that they had all the<br />
weaknesses and passions that we have, we find that<br />
no man has any right to excuse his sinful acts on<br />
the ground of heredity. If Christ had not been made<br />
in all things like unto His brethren, then His sinless<br />
life would be no encouragement to us. We might<br />
look at it with admiration, but it would be the<br />
admiration that would cause hopeless despair [<strong>The</strong><br />
Gospel in Galatians, p. 61, emphasis original].<br />
You are shocked at the idea that Jesus was born<br />
under the condemnation of the law, because He<br />
never committed a sin in His life. But you admit<br />
that on the cross He was under the condemnation<br />
of the law.... Well, then, if Jesus could be under the<br />
condemnation of the law at one time in His life,<br />
and be sinless, I see no reason why He could not be<br />
under the condemnation of the law at another time,<br />
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