God Became Man for Sinners

Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once. We had that challenge a few weeks ago. A wedding and a graduation were scheduled on the same day, so my wife and I had to split up. She and the boys went to the graduation, and I went to the wedding. It would’ve been nice if I could’ve just duplicated myself and sent one of me to each place.
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It is impossible for me to do such a thing, but it is not impossible for God. He can be in more places than one. Further, although He is a single God, He is composed of three separate distinctions: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
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All three parts of the trinity are one God each with a separate purpose. Consider that our hand does not have the same purpose as our head, but they are still both part of a single body. The body illustration is insufficient to describe God though. Apart from the Son, who took on human flesh, God is Spirit.
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This brings us to a very important concept. Who is Jesus Christ, the man who was born in Bethlehem and died on the cross? Was He a man who stove hard to be sinless so that He might attain the right to be included in the trinity, or was He always God who took on the job of coming to earth as a man to die for our sins?
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The answer is clear. Jesus always has been God- even before He was born in Bethlehem. “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” (Micah 5:2) As God, Jesus was even involved in the creation of the earth. “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” (Colossians 1:16-17)
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Many other verses show Jesus is God and show that He always has been God. He did not have to attain that position by living a good life. So what are some of the implications of thinking that Jesus attained Godhood, rather than always possessing it? Some people think that they as well can attain Godhood. This is the grave error of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons). It is also the error of some holiness teachers who think that if Jesus could attain sinlessness, then so can other men.
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Jesus DID become a real human man, but He was able to remain sinless because He always has been God. Mere men do not have the same ability, that is why we are so dependant upon Christ. “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” (Romans 3:10) “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8)
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Harry A. Ironsides tried to obtain sinless perfection and quickly realized it was a losing battle. He finally realized that he needed to strive to do right and trust Christ’s forgiveness when he could not. He went on to bring great comfort to others in the same struggle by writing the book, Holiness: The False and The True. What a reminder of I John 1:9- 2:2, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”