Section 5

did in His life on earth was the expression of God in His human virtues. In the Man-Savior the divine attributes were brought into the human virtues for the expression of God.

BORN OF THE HUMAN ESSENCE

WITH THE HUMAN VIRTUES

CREATED BY GOD FOR MAN

The Lord Jesus was born of the human essence with the human virtues created by God for man (Luke 1:31). To say that He was born of the human essence means that He was born of man, that is, of mankind, of humankind. Christ was born of mankind with the human virtues cre­ ated by God for man.

When Christ became incarnated, He put on the human virtues. He was born of mankind with the human virtues God had created. Ac­ cording to Genesis 1, God created man in His image. The phrase "in His image" implies the human virtues. This means that the human vir­ tues are actually the image of God for the ex­ pression of God. Therefore, the human virtues were created by God for man so that man may express Him.

In His incarnation the Man-Savior was born in such a way as to have the human virtues. He

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