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Bible Writers' Theology Chapter Seven
is the Lord, said, "This is he of whom I said. After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me" (John 1:30). Therefore, the Word which was existing in God and was God, was indeed before John and was made flesh and born after John (Luke Chapter 1).
7.2 Separate from Sinners
"For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners and made higher than the heavens" (Hebrews 7:26). The created Adam is the father of the entire human race since we all have descended from him through natural generation. It is on this basis that all men have been born sinners: Adam had transgressed against the law of God. The law of God, in particular, is the expression of His will enforced by His power. It is clear that the law of God is not some arbitrary thing, since it springs from His nature. It is not only negative, but also positive, demand ingconformitytoGod. Itisnotaddressedtoonlyapartofman'sbeing,but to body and soul alike. The law is not published for the outer man only, but fortheinnermanalso. Thelawisnotlimitedtothosethatareconsciousof it, but exists for all whether we recognize it or not. It is not confined to any locality or class of people, but includes all of humanity.
The law of God was not given as a means whereby man might be saved. Paul said, for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law" (Galatians 3:21). "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh..." (Romans 8.3). Sin is the violation of the law of God; man is a moral and rational
creature. We are of necessity bound to the law of right and wrong. Both the Old and New Testaments use various terms for sin and sinning. Some of these are sin, disobedience, iniquity, lawlessness, transgression, trespass, ignorance, godlessness, wickedness, unbelief, unrighteousness, unjustness and unholiness. (See Genesis 18:20; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:19; Leviticus 16.34, Titus 2:14; Exodus 23:21; I Timothy 2:14; Ephesians 2:1; Hebrews 9:7; I Peter 4.18; Proverbs 11:31; Romans 11:20; I John 1:9; Deuteronomy 25:16; I
Timothy 1:9.)
Since God is a creator of soul and body, God's law is present in all natu ral generation. Men resemble their ancestors in spirit as well as in body. If heredity explains similar bodily traits, it even more accounts for the spiritu al resemblance. Scripture speaks of Levi being in the loins of his father (Hebrews 7:10). If the father begets his son after his likeness, it is true that
the law of sin is transmitted to the child, through the combination of the seed and the egg. David also affirms this by saying, "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me" (Psalm 51:5).