Hi OC,

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God created the physical and died to redeem it, not just the spirit of man. If the physical is unimportant, than there was no reason for Jesus to come in the Flesh. He was made flesh to redeem us in the flesh.


But was He successful or did he merely manage to make a covenant and say keep on trying I will be rooting for you, be perfect and I will give you eternal life ?

We should remember that the gospel is not good advice, but good news!!It does not tell us what we are to do to earn salvation or how to keep it , but proclaims to us what Christ has done to save us sinners from His wrath,he has given us eternal life!!!

Under the covenant made with Adam, mans destiny depended upon on his own works. We are all familiar with the results of that trial!! Now if man could not work out his salvation when he was upright ,what chance has he to do it working from this fallen state?

Happily for us, God has taken the matter into His own hand.

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour(grace) unto them.Psa 44:3

And if God again gave men free will by which to work out his salvation, what would He be doing but again instituting the covenant which has already been tried and ended in
failure?

Suppose a man is carried away by a torrent which he is unable to master, would it be reasonable or wise to save him out of this powerful adversary only to recruit his strength for a second trial? Would it not be mockery to save him only to repeat the process ,and call that process redemption!!

Would this not bring shame to the powerful one!!(Jesus Christ) who revives these poor weak dum creatures such as us?

If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.Heb 6:6

In Christ, garee