Critique Of Lehman Strauss's Why God Became Man?

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Lehman Strauss
Critique
Why God became man, is a heavily debated theological question? The article, “Why God Became Man, by Lehman Strauss is a well written article on this topic. Throughout the article he exhibited his knowledge of the scriptures, in which, they supported his view. However, Strauss article was written with a bias point of view. After reading his article it is easy to come up with the conclusion that Strauss is a believer of the scriptures in detail about Why God Became Man. In addition, he wrote this article on grounds that he belief is accurate and correct. He didn’t leave any room for other opposing views on Why God Became Man. During Strauss’ execution on this topic, he brought our many major points to give clarity …show more content…

I must say the points that he made I agree. My view on this topic is also scriptural. Although, the word incarnate is not written in the Bible per se, there is much evidence that God indeed fashion Himself in the flesh. John inscribe this in his book, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” However, through the Virgin Birth, He did not compromise His deity. One reason of the many, is that God became flesh to relate to us. The Bible states that God was fully human, and fully God at the same time. However, He was quite divine at the same time because He couldn’t sin. During His earthly ministry, He often had humanistic needs. The Bible declares, “After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” In addition, often times He exhibited human emotions. (Matthew 26:38). Although, God humbled Himself in the flesh, he was still fully divine. He could never stop being God, because He is immutable (Hebrews 13:8). In conclusion, when speaking of the Incarnation of Jesus, it still remains that He is fully God, that became fully

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