Section 4
serpent, but it did not have the nature of a ser pent. Likewise, when Christ became flesh, He had only the appearance of the flesh of sin; He did not have the nature of sinful flesh. After Christ became flesh, it was necessary for this flesh to be restored.
Luke 1:35 says, "The angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; wherefore also the holy thing which is born will be called, Son of God." Because what was conceived in Mary was of the Holy Spirit, what was born of this conception was a "holy thing," something intrinsically holy. This holy thing, however, was born into flesh. The "thing" was holy, but the flesh was not holy. However, the holy thing that was born into the flesh would sanc tify, restore, flesh. Christ was conceived of the divine essence with the divine attributes to sanc tify the human virtues.
TO EXPRESS GOD IN THE HUMAN VIRTUES
The divine attributes fill, strengthen, enrich, and sanctify the human virtues for the purpose of expressing God in the human virtues. Accord ing to the four Gospels, whatever the Lord Jesus