JC Firstborn

Connections List
 * JC death atonement
 * JC
 * Being part of Trinity
 * Adam first, OG sin
 * 1 Corinthians 15
 * Romans 1
 * Discipleship
 * Continuous Commands
 * JC death house
 * Image of God, become
 * Ephesians 4
 * Ephesians 5
 * Ephesians 1
 * JC Man
 * Incarnation
 * Sacrifices
 * JC Priest
 * Imitate/conduct God
 * Temptation
 * Death to Sin
 * "Son of God"
 * SonsandDght of God
 * Atonement vocab

Scope
 * Ways in which JC is like us, brother
 * JC is the first of us through processes
 * We are to be like JC
 * NOT practical or enum on what to imitate in JC - see 'imitate God'

Pages/sub/cat
 * JC is a perfect man/example metaphysics (see connection)
 * consider separating brother, imitate, and firstborn concepts (see full title)
 * JC Firstborn over these populations
 * JC Firstborn salv mech
 * JC Firstborn other effects, mech
 * JC like us/brother behaviorally
 * Imitate
 * Imitate basis

Firstborn over these populations:
 * Heb 1:6 JC=God's firstborn, John 3:16
 * Col 1:18 firstborn of the dead (saved), Rev 1:5, 1 Cor 15:20
 * 1 Cor15:20-24, we ressurrect at 2nd coming vs JC firstborn resurrected
 * Romans 8:29 God predestined us to be conformed to image of JC, JC firstborn (sanct)
 * Col 1:15 JC firstborn over all creation, heaven & earth, thrones powers rulers... (king). This definition seems different than std firstborn functionality. Ps 89:27
 * Acts 5:31 JC is pioneer/leader (general application)

Firstborn mechs for salv and other core theo - distinct from JC house
 * Eph 1:19-20 same power that raised JC is for us in direct mechnical contact (kata)
 * Eph 2:6 raised us and seated us with JC

Firstborn other effects JC made and operated like us
 * Heb 4 - temptation
 * John 14:12-14 - do even greater things. This is due to JC as priest though, less of firstborn.
 * Imitate (see section)
 * Gal 4:4 JC, by not sinning, demonstrates he is of age to become a son under the faith principle. We like him come out from under the law by taking his righteousness.
 * Hebrews 2:5-18, for a little while made lower than angels now crowned, made perfect via suffering,
 * Heb 2:5-18 JC brother, tempted
 * Luke 5:16 Prayed, quiet times, lonely places
 * Matt 26 Gethsemane, "not my will but yours"
 * John 15 region and other parts of John, son obeys father, doing his will

Imitate:
 * 1 Peter 4:1 same attitude as JC suffer in body
 * Philippians 1:8 long for you with all the affection of JC
 * Philippians 2:1-11 if any comfort, be like minded, selfish ambition, same mindset as JC, very nature god
 * 1 Thess 1:6 imitate us and Lord in suffering
 * 3 John 1:11 imitate what is good
 * 1 Pet 2:21 Jc left us a suffer example
 * 1 Cor 11:1 imitate Paul who imitates JC
 * Heb 12:3-4 imitate in resist sin

Imitate basis:
 * It is not a reflexive reaction to love others because God loved us. It is not out of some desire to repay. We cannot repay. The connection is in several ways:
 * 1) We are commanded to love others. Simple. No reason needed.
 * 2) God gives us the power by making ourselves secure so we have nothing to lose
 * 3) God gives us an example via JC which is helpful. JC was not just an example, he also, via JC House, provides the fx. But he is also an example to make it easy to follow. Brother.
 * Eph 4:32-5:2 forgive as God forgave. NOT forgive b/c God forgave
 * John 17:18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world