Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 9
The Q&A comment claims death is “not normal for humans,” that Adam and Eve “were not made… to die,” and that since Jesus never sinned “there was no law by which he could rightfully be put to death”; what does this suggest about God’s original intent for embodiment, and how might that challenge common Christian language like “I’m only human”?
Another way to ask: If death wasn’t part of God’s original plan for humans, and Jesus didn’t deserve death because he never sinned, what does that say about God’s purpose for having bodies? How might that challenge the phrase “I’m only human”?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The transcript suggests God originally intended embodied human life to be alive and unbroken, not naturally ending in death; death entered as the spread of sin. That challenges “I’m only human” when it’s used to excuse sinfulness and defeat, because the speaker argues “human” originally meant life with God—not “fallen humans.”
- In Q&A: “death is not something normal for humans… That wasn’t the original design… He didn’t design Adam and Eve to die.”
- The rationale is linked to Romans 5:12 as read in the message: “death spread to all men because we have all sinned.”
- He claims Jesus’ sinlessness means death lacked legal right: “since he never sinned, there was no law by which he could rightfully be put to death.”
- He adds that Satan’s attempt was “not allowed under any kind of law in the universe,” and it “wreck[ed] his own kingdom.”
- He critiques the phrase: “We talk about that… ‘I’m human’… we mean fallen humans… we all die,” but “humans were not made to be that way. And Jesus came to reset that.”
- The “reset” theme matches his second-Adam teaching: Jesus starts “a new way of being human.”