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The Faith of Jesus - Alonzo T. Jones

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from mankind; indeed, His nature is not human<br />

nature at all, but divine.<br />

That is the Roman Catholic doctrine<br />

concerning the human nature <strong>of</strong> Christ. But<br />

Catholic faith is not the faith <strong>of</strong> Christ; it is the<br />

faith <strong>of</strong> Antichrist.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Catholic doctrine <strong>of</strong> the human nature <strong>of</strong><br />

Christ is simply that that nature is not human<br />

nature at all, but divine. It is that in His human<br />

nature Christ was so far separated from mankind as<br />

to be utterly unlike--a nature in which He could<br />

have no sort <strong>of</strong> fellow-feeling with--mankind.<br />

But such is not the faith <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>. <strong>The</strong> faith <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> is that “as the children are partakers <strong>of</strong> flesh<br />

and blood, He also himself likewise took part <strong>of</strong><br />

the same.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> faith <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> is that God sent “His own<br />

Son in the likeness <strong>of</strong> sinful flesh.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> faith <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> is that “in all things it<br />

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