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To: faithhopecharity
Just for fun. Pretend for a minute we find real proof he was married. ( like he would have been expected to be, in that place and time and especially Given his role). Just pretend. Now, what difference would that make? Just asking. I can’t see any big negative.

Big difference, Dude. As the only sinless man to have ever walked the earth, Jesus was not subject to the lusts and temptations of mankind. He came to be a living witness to God, to fulfill the law, and to die for all sins.

Were he to have married and had children then this would have been the life of an ordinary man, not God in flesh. And our faith would be a lie.

Incidentally, you might recall that the "Jesus married" notion is exactly the hidden secret revealed at the end of Dan Brown's bestseller, "The DaVinci Code."

25 posted on 04/10/2014 8:51:34 PM PDT by tom h
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To: tom h

Thanks. But I’m not quite sure. There is absolutely no sin in being married and having children. Indeed, it’s part of the divine plan for us. And it’s one if the very first commandments to be fruitful and multiply. Many would argue that there is a sin of not obeying the above, and both the Church and Judaism teach the centrality and sacred nature of marriage and family life. . And at the very least, since Jesus came as a human, his being married would have served as a good example for us. I’m listening and not arguing just trying to understand better is all. Thanks.


29 posted on 04/10/2014 9:02:36 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: tom h
Were he to have married and had children then this would have been the life of an ordinary man, not God in flesh.

Unless...

Ordinary men and women are simply the embodiment of God, as Jesus was, and he is more the Great Example than the Great Exception.

He came to be a living witness to God, to fulfill the law

And no other human being ever could do that? Are we not witnesses to God every moment?

If God is Omnipotent, then is God not Infinite? Otherwise, there would necessarily be a limit on God's power.

Now if God is Infinite, then mustn't God be boundless? So how could anyone or anything be "not of God" or outside that which is Infinite? And how could there be anywhere God is not, including inside you and me?

Does that not make us "the image and likeness of God" in a very literal sense?

39 posted on 04/10/2014 9:28:28 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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