Becoming a Human and the Transformative Power of Grace

Becoming a serviceman has both a philosophical and theological inclination. For Hegel, sightly is the unity of existence and vigour. It means that being exist out of nothing and this being underg wholeness a process of develop handst which made the being a proper. So bonny means the being in transit, or in the coming to be. Theologically how forever, becoming means more than the existence of being out of nothing.Becoming means not only transformation it is a movement from one aim to another (Wawrykow, p.22). Becoming involves change and development. Applying becoming to kind-hearted being then speaks of the origination of the human beings, which was simply nothing as being come out of nothing and what men go away be is still a becoming.In theology and religion, becoming a human usually harbour to Jesus Christ as matinee idol who became man. In Saint capital of Minnesotas letter to the Philippians chapter deuce, verse. 7 referring to Jesus, capital of Minnesota says but m ade himself nothing, Here the essence of becoming is all the way manifested.It was from this situation that Jesus became human and Paul goes on to say that when Jesus became nothing he was becoming a human victorious the very nature of a servant verse 7. Jesus previous condition according to Paul is that he was in the very nature of immortal Verse 6 in which he has locomote to a different condition of becoming a human being. In his letter to the Romans, Paul describes the human condition in Chapter 3 verse 23, as being lost in sin and had glide by short of Gods Glory.Paul categorically said that all bugger off sin and God will punish everyone with sure death because of the sins committed. The gravity of mans sins according to Saint Paul is that even so men knew God they neither glorified him as God, nor gave him thanks Chapter 1 verse 21. Thus, Jesus becoming a human is an act of grace made available by God to human being. This is clearly explained by Paul in chapter 6 verse 23, which says, For the wages of sin is death but the largess of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (NIV).Here there are ii theological discussions involve about the condition of human being. First, all human beings according to Paul have fall into sin and deserved Gods punishment. Andrew Purves and Charles Partee call this fallen condition as degeneracy. Although depravity for them does not mean of total abandonment of God of the human being, they pointed out that human depravity means, nothing about us is beyond the reach of sin. In other words, all the human faculties are expose to sin and are indeed contaminated by sin.Paul admits this in Romans Chapter 7 14-25, in his confession of his condition with sin contaminating all his being. Paul confessed that he wants to approximate but he cannot do the good he wants but the evil the he do not want to do. In verse 23 Paul explained that the reason of his struggle is that there is another law at work in him. Paul said, But I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me prisoner of the law of sin at work within the members of my body Romans 7 23.Because of this condition of the human being, Paul emphasized that there is an extreme need for human being to be rescued from the fallen condition. Theologians call this as repurchase. This was exactly the purpose of Christs human becoming which Paul explained in his letter in Philippians chapter 2. G. M. Newlands contends that Jesus life, death, and resurrection were in relation to humanity in severalise to be conciliate to God. Newlands pointed out, It is through the transformative humanity of Jesus Christ that we recognized the divinity within him (p. 107).He meant that God is not only compassionate on the human beings predicament but besides the source of effective transformation. The nature of Gods grace according to William B. Arnold, there are two important manifestations of Gods grace. Ac cording to him, Gods grace Comes to us freely and without addiction on our asking (p. 30). Paul in Romans Chapter 5 verse 8 explains this, Paul says But God demonstrates his own love for us in this While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Arnold pointed out that Gods transformative grace is Gods initiative.The implication of God transformative grace in human being is that it reconciled man to God, in a way that his fallen nature has been restored to its former condition prior to his fall in to sin. Paul stated in Romans chapter 11 verses 30 that gentile people had been at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as result of their disobedience. remainder Human becoming must be seen in the context of Jesus intension of taking human dorm and live a human life, and die on the cross for the forgiveness of sin and for the redemption of humanity from the fall to sin.The transformative grace of God has been the Gods initiative and the proof of Gods love for his creat ion, as he did not totally leave humans just by them selves notwithstanding of their sins. The transformative grace is the grace of God that enables human to able to be united with God, through the work of the saintly Spirit. It is also the saving grace of God given to human being through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, that who ever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life, John 3 16. 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