THAT WE MIGHT RECOGNIZE HIM

AS HE IS

As the Agent of creation by Him we all exist (Col 1:16-17)

As the Son of God He is the preexistent Son that was given (Isa 9:6).  He blessed us, chose us, predestinated us and accepted us in Himself before the foundation of the world (Eph 1:3-6)

As the Son of Man He is the Child that was born to us (Isa 9:6; Luke 2:11), grew to manhood under His earthly parents (Luke 2:42-52; Matt 1:20); Luke 3:23), was

THE END POINT

The prophetic Voice to Abraham established Israel…and later the prophetic Voice projected Israel's fall. The Old Testament prophets, by God's Voice through them, established the coming of the Messiah to His own, and that same Voice

PROGRESSIVISM

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool (Isa 1:18).

We have gotten much spiritual mileage out of the above verse, painting our sins as flaming scarlet and the deepest crimson, deserving hell fire for sure, but then turning them white as snow: forgiven and washed away by the Word of God.  Good mileage.  Good preaching for sure.  But I wonder if the verse could not just as well refer to

ENTIRELY IMPOSSIBLE

Note:

1/Bold type is used for emphasis

2/ All definitions are in brackets, written in italics and are taken from Strong’s and Thayer’s dictionaries

Luke 18:27

27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

I propose to you that it is impossible that the human mind