by jimwalton » Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:24 pm
Watchman Nee writes that God created man because He wanted more children. God was not satisfied that Christ should remain his only begotten son. He wanted more children who were like Christ and likewise glorified.
Rom. 8.16-18 – heirs of God, his children
Rom. 8.29-30 – Jesus is firstborn among many brothers
John 1.14 – Jesus was God’s only begotten, but (v.12) he wanted more children
Heb. 2.10 – God wanted to glorify more sons
And even though He knew we would sin, He knew His power of redemption was stronger than our sin. As the old hymn says, "Grace that is greater than all our sin."
Why was God grieved that he had made man? Because they chose evil and refused to repent from it. No one likes to punish the ones we love. But God cannot allow evil to stand. God is "auditing the accounts," so to speak, and grieved over the only possible recourse: judgment.
Watchman Nee writes that God created man because He wanted more children. God was not satisfied that Christ should remain his only begotten son. He wanted more children who were like Christ and likewise glorified.
Rom. 8.16-18 – heirs of God, his children
Rom. 8.29-30 – Jesus is firstborn among many brothers
John 1.14 – Jesus was God’s only begotten, but (v.12) he wanted more children
Heb. 2.10 – God wanted to glorify more sons
And even though He knew we would sin, He knew His power of redemption was stronger than our sin. As the old hymn says, "Grace that is greater than all our sin."
Why was God grieved that he had made man? Because they chose evil and refused to repent from it. No one likes to punish the ones we love. But God cannot allow evil to stand. God is "auditing the accounts," so to speak, and grieved over the only possible recourse: judgment.