PROTESTANT MATRIMONY IS VALID IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
DID SATAN KNOW JESUS WAS GOD?
We read in the synoptic gospels that Satan came to
tempt Lord Jesus in the desert. The question arises: Could have Jesus really
fall into sin? ; and furthermore, why would Satan try to induce Jesus to fall
into sin if he knew God cannot possibly sin? (Mt 4:1-11; Mk 1:12-13; Lk 4:1-13).
When Satan tempted Lord Jesus, he repeatedly asked, “If you are the Son of God” (Mt 4:3, 6), before making his evil offerings, which in turn contrasts with the explicit declaration of different demons that Jesus was indeed “The Son of the Most High God” (Mt 8:29; Mk 1:24; 5:7; Lk 4:34; 8:28).
When the Logos incarnated to carry on the divine Plan of Salvation, the divinity of the Messiah was hidden from unbelievers and demons, for two reasons:
The prime object of the redemptive plan was centred in the humanity of the Redeemer, not in his divinity. The Logos of YHWH became the person of Jesus of Nazareth at the incarnation, in representation of the whole human race in order to carry on the vicarious atonem…
When Satan tempted Lord Jesus, he repeatedly asked, “If you are the Son of God” (Mt 4:3, 6), before making his evil offerings, which in turn contrasts with the explicit declaration of different demons that Jesus was indeed “The Son of the Most High God” (Mt 8:29; Mk 1:24; 5:7; Lk 4:34; 8:28).
When the Logos incarnated to carry on the divine Plan of Salvation, the divinity of the Messiah was hidden from unbelievers and demons, for two reasons:
The prime object of the redemptive plan was centred in the humanity of the Redeemer, not in his divinity. The Logos of YHWH became the person of Jesus of Nazareth at the incarnation, in representation of the whole human race in order to carry on the vicarious atonem…
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