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RE: A Short Story - Why was the Word made flesh?
Of a truth, the answer given by the boy is the best.
The word was made truth, so that they'll be no reason for humans to say that the conditions given by God to make heaven are unrealistic. Yeah, they may seem somewhat too hard, but Christ came in the flesh and withstood all this pains and did triumph over it. So, there's the reason why it was flesh, for humans to know that, if only they're willing, they could achieve anything. If the word wasn't flesh, humans would have used this to question God.
I agree. Jesus needed to be seen as having truly conquered 'the trials and temptations' that man was daily confronted with. To do this, he needed to be as man was. to live as man lived. Otherwise his victory over sin, would have held little significance, were it to have been done as a GOD. It would have been more like he had "cheated".
Overall, his human nature put him at par with man, so that in his victory, would man found the faith, and the strength to overcome sin. If Jesus could overcome sin, Who are we not to? He was after all a man.